It’s been a long time since I read an HP romance and it’ll be a long while yet before I do so again. Not because I didn’t enjoy Shock Greek Heir (what a ridiculous title: I loved it), but because I did. I shall now … Continue reading HP Romance Audiobook Review: Lynne Graham’s SHOCK GREEK HEIR| Miss Bates Reads Romance
To enter Carla Kelly’s world is soul-soothing. Her characters are what brings me to her over and over again. I love how they’re reverent, yet earthy, with rueful senses of humour and a warm, understated kindness. This Kellian ethos makes for a perfect match to … Continue reading Audiobook Historical Romance Reviews: Carla Kelly’s “Christmas Promise,” “Captain Grey’s Christmas Proposal,” and “The Captain’s Christmas Journey”| Miss Bates Reads Romance
I was content to return to fictional Bethany, Vermont, and Stewart Taylor’s Detective Franklin Warren and former sort-of-spy, Alice Bellows, and a 1960s changing America with its anti-Vietnam…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
3 posts published by Miss Bates during October 2025| Miss Bates Reads Romance
Given how much I enjoy and admire Herron’s Slough House series, it was interesting to see where he started with Down Cemetery Road. And where he started was in a more conventional thriller place than the genius, quirkiness, and depth of Slough House. And if … Continue reading Audiobook Thriller Review: Mick Herron’s DOWN CEMETERY ROAD (Oxford #1)| Miss Bates Reads Romance
Though I don’t read much category romance anymore, I’d still argue, especially given my recent Virginia Heath meh-experience, it’s the ideal romance length. Otherwise, unless the writer is an absolute master who spends years honing her novel, we get a lot of page-count filler…boring. But … Continue reading Inspirational Category Romance: Allie Pleiter’s A MONTANA-SIZED SECRET| Miss Bates Reads Romance
I enjoyed Heath’s first “Protegée” and looked forward to the second. Whether it was the heavy work days and family cares biting my reading butt, or plain old lethargy, it took me …| Miss Bates Reads Romance
Even though Julia London’s Everything Is Probably Fine is a misery-fest, I enjoyed it. Why? Because of the protagonist’s voice, the narrator’s interpretation, and lovable secondar…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
When I saw Center’s The Love Haters, I thought I’d get more of The Rom-Commers, that is, a romance as good. Because I really loved The Rom Commers, also Hello Stranger. There was much to love about The Love Haters, except it also had a saggy middle, too … Continue reading Contemporary Romance Leaning-to-WF Review: Katherine Center’s THE LOVE HATERS| Miss Bates Reads Romance
I’ve enjoyed every Matthews romance I’ve read and indeed, count Work of Art and Gentleman Jim among the best historical romances I’ve read. But Matthews’s traditionally publ…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
Jen Crusie’s Bet Me and Welcome to Temptation remain two of my favourite romances. Crusie is what the genre does best when it does it well. So, an opportunity to still experience a Crusie cannot be passed up…hence, why I nabbed the chance to listen to Crusie’s … Continue reading Audiobook Review: Jen Crusie and Bob Mayer’s Rocky Start series #1: ROCKY START| Miss Bates Reads Romance
In 2014, I read Emma Barry’s historical romance, Brave In Heart, and loved it. Last night, an insomniac’s kind of night, I finished reading Barry’s Bold Moves and loved it. What I…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
2 posts published by Miss Bates during August 2025| Miss Bates Reads Romance
I am here to say, again, how great this series is. And to say, again, don’t start with this latest, a very strong addition btw, but go to book #1, What Angels Fear, published in 2005, and con…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
I was enthralled by Moore’s Long Bright River and now I’ve read her latest, The God of the Woods, I can’t decide which one is better. I’ve spent long commutes and daily walk…| Miss Bates Reads Romance
