Category: Contemporary Romance

Narrated by Richard Stranks Fearne Hill’s To Hold a Hidden Pearl is a lovely, character-driven contemporary romance featuring an eccentric grief-stricken earl and a big-hearted regular bloke who, in the time-honoured way of romance novels, hook-up one night only to…

Narrated by Simon Vance The first thing you need to know about The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle is that it is a quiet book. Quiet and gentle. It’s the difference between a cosy mystery set in rural England and…

Narrated by Adam Gold Each of the books in Nicky James’ Trials of Fear series features a protagonist living with an unusual phobia. Cravings of the Heart – an angsty, hurt/comfort story featuring an age-gap/brother’s bestie romance – is book…

Narrated by Gary Furlong The Vino and Veritas series has been something of a mixed bag overall. I’ve loved one or two of the books, liked a few and found several to be distinctly ‘meh’. It’s introduced me to some…

Narrated by Julia Whelan It’s no secret that Julia Whelan is one of my favourite narrators.  If she narrated more romance titles I’d be a very happy camper. In fact, the main reason I picked up last year’s Emily Henry…

Narrated by Kevin Earlywine My (Not So) Grumpy Professor is a light-hearted grumpy/sunshine age-gap romance set on a fictional college campus in southern Missouri in which the titular professor and his likeable and upbeat TA butt heads (and then other…

Narrated by Cooper North The Long Game, the sixth intstalment in Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series of hockey romances is one of my most highly anticipated books of 2022 – and I’m delighted to say that not only did it…

Narrated by Rebecca Mozo & Alastair Haynesbridge The follow up to 2020’s The Worst Best Man, The Wedding Crasher features Lina’s cousin, Solange Pereira, and Max’s best friend, Dean Chapman. The story is bookended by weddings – but I’m not…

Narrated by Kirt Graves Thirst for You is the second book in Jaclyn Quinn’s Beyond the Cove series, and my first book by this author; it’s an age-gap/best friend’s brother contemporary romance with a suspense sub-plot that is effectively threaded…