Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Lives in Austin, Texas. She/her. Loves reading books, writing about books and talking about books. On the CBR Board. May send you an email. Thinking about new challenges. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Emmalita's Quick Questions interview.)

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A Sweet Short F/F Romance

Knit One Girl Two by Shira Glassman

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First, I need to tell you about Romance Sparks Joy. It was born earlier this year in response to yet another slate of predominantly white and straight RITA awards finalists. Courtney Milan initially came up with the idea of an online romance book club that focused on underrepresented authors. She passed it on to a group of readers, reviewers and librarians who have worked hard this year to have a monthly book club on twitter, including author chats. If you are a twitter denizen, you […]

Buy a Christmas Novella, Feed a Puppy

The Christmas Rescue by Elizabeth Kelly

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The most important thing you need to know about Elizabeth Kelly’s The Christmas Rescue is that the proceeds go to Zoe’s Animal Rescue. Zoe’s Animal Rescue is doing great work in Alberta and is well worth your currency whether you want to buy this romance or not. Elizabeth Kelly, in addition to being an author of steamy romances, is also a foster to mom to a number of cats and kittens. She also has some permanent residents including a handsome, cat loving, medically challenged Great […]

A Good Start to an Adventure Romance in Space

Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet

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Just today, someone asked me how many space romances there could possibly be. I told them I had read three in the last couple of months and then I remembered I hadn’t finished my review of Nightchaser. Teresaelectro sold me on this one, and she was right, it’s a good read. Captain Tess Bailey starts out in danger, and ends the book in danger, and a whole lot happens in between. Bouchet injects some freshness into the familiar world of humans in space. There is an […]

What would you do if you won the lottery?

Beginner's Luck by Kate Clayborn

Luck of the Draw by Kate Clayborn

Best of Luck by Kate Clayborn

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Three friends get  drunk one night and buy a lottery ticket together, and then they win. Kate Clayborn’s series, A Chance of a Lifetime follows Kit, Zoe and Greer as they navigate their lives a few months post win. Most of us dream of what we would do if we had a large chunk of money – pay off debts, buy a nice house, support family, and so on. Kit said, “A house,” but what she thought was, home. Zoe said, “An adventure,” but what […]

A Short, Sweet and Sexy Romance

Grumpy Jake: a Novella by Melissa Blue

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I have followed Melissa Blue (@mel_thegreat) on Twitter for a while now. She is a goddammn delight. Last year, Her tweets led me to Suleikha Snyder’s Tikka Chance on Me (which you should 100% read), which kicked of a year of discovering so many new authors in 2019. Blue also writes as Dakota Gray. I have read Perv, but have yet to find a way to review it on a family site. You should also follow Melissa Blue on twitter, and try her books. Blue’s novella, Grumpy […]

This is the one I’ve been waiting for

House Rules by Ruby Lang

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Ruby Lang is one of the authors I started reading and fell in love with in 2019. I have enjoyed every one of her books, but I think House Rules is my favorite. It is a second chance at love romance between a long divorced middle aged couple who become roommates because real estate costs in New York City are awful. I received an arc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Many years ago, Lana Kau and Simon Mizrahi were married. They were in the […]



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