Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian
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Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian

Narrated by Joel Leslie Apart from the author/narrator combination, which is usually a sure win for me, the big attraction of Peter Cabot Gets Lost was the 1960’s setting. It feels like a very underrepresented historical period within romance and…

Proper Scoundrels by Allie Therin
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Proper Scoundrels by Allie Therin

Narrated by Joel Froomkin Note: Although this is a standalone novel, it is linked to the Magic in Manhattan series; and as there are references to events that occurred in those books, there are likely to be spoilers for the…

Sink or Swim by Annabeth Albert
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Sink or Swim by Annabeth Albert

Narrated by Greg Boudreaux and Joel Leslie Sink or Swim is the second in Annabeth Albert’s Shore Leave series, but you can easily jump in here without having read or listened to book one, Sailor Proof, as the stories are…

Life Lessons by Kaje Harper
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Life Lessons by Kaje Harper

Narrated by J.F. Harding Kaje Harper’s Life Lessons (first published in print in 2011) is the first in a series of four books that follows high school English teacher Tony Hart and widower and deeply closeted homicide detective Jared Maclean…

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
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A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Narrated by David Thorpe Freya Marske’s debut novel A Marvellous Light is the first in a new historical/fantasy romance series set in Edwardian England. I read it back in December 2021 and enjoyed the clever blend of magic, humour, mystery…

Madison Square Murders by C.S. Poe
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Madison Square Murders by C.S. Poe

Narrated by Kale Williams C.S. Poe kicks off her latest series of m/m mysteries in grand style with Madison Square Murders, book one in her New York-set Momento Mori series. It’s a clever, tightly plotted mystery featuring one of the…

Subtle Blood by KJ Charles
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Subtle Blood by KJ Charles

Narrated by Cornell Collins Note: Subtle Blood is the third instalment of a trilogy which has an overarching plotline; listeners are advised to listen to Slippery Creatures and The Sugared Game first. There are spoilers for those books in this…

Against the Grain by Jay Hogan
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Against the Grain by Jay Hogan

Narrated by Gary Furlong Book four in Jay Hogan’s Auckland Med series, Against the Grain features a wonderful, ‘grown-up’ romance between two very different men whose willingness to communicate and work at their relationship is so refreshing in a genre…

Must Love Demons by Meghan Maslow
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Must Love Demons by Meghan Maslow

Narrated by Darcy Stark Confession time. I had absolutely no idea what to expect when I began listening to Must Love Demons – I picked it principally because of Darcy Stark, whose narration in Eden Winter’s Diversion series has so…