All Books Considered

Encore Performance by Leila Sales Blurb from Goodreads : Emmy Gold—frontwoman of an indie-sleaze breakout band who’s since gone solo—can write a hit song in her sleep. Now, while back on tour with her former collaborator and crush Bishop, she’s finding out if she can rewrite her past. Deja View, an iconic indie band that released one perfect album two decades ago, broke up after the lead singer, Emmy, slept with the bassist, Bishop—an affair that, for her, was the culmination of years of yearning and, for him, seemed to be just another Wednesday. Since then, Emmy has gone on to a successful career as a singer-songwriter, one who never revisits her past until an anniversary tour to support their drummer’s medical bills forces her to reckon with who she and Bishop once were, and who they have since become. My Review: I have (and will) read every 831 Stories romance!  They are all perfect for these modern times, ...

Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Swati Hegde Blurb from Goodreads : In this second-chance workplace romance, two lawyers find themselves working in the same office after a steamy vacation fling a year and a half ago, from the author of Can't Help Faking in Love Naina Shetty is a proud workaholic, and she is gunning for a promotion at her law firm. No distractions will get in her way this time, not even the bad breakup that happened over a year ago. She brushed off her pain with a long vacation and a no-strings-attached fling with a handsome stranger, but now Naina is back to business. Unlucky-in-love Tejas Rajput hasn’t stopped thinking about the brown-eyed beauty he met on the beaches of Goa two summers ago. He’d been looking for a rebound to get over his ex—which is why he’d agreed to keep things strictly casual, use fake last names, and respond t...

Found Time by Caroline Goldstein Blurb from Goodreads : A second-chance romance that questions whether a whirlwind, week-long love story can still stir something three decades later. In 1993, Lili and Reid lock eyes after a Jeff Buckley show at Sin-é in New York’s East Village. Their connection is immediate and intense—kicking off a steamy summer romance that cracks something open for both of them—but the pursuit of another passion cuts it short. Thirty years later, they’re both navigating midlife as single parents of teen girls when they cross paths once more. Can they find their way to each other through the complexities of adulthood better than they could during the relative simplicity of their youth?    My Review: It's truly unreal that every 831 Stories romance that I read is better than the last!  These are all SO good but the latest is my current favorite!  Not sure who there is involved...

Still Into You by Erin Connor Blurb from Goodreads : Two exes reunite for a make-or-break interview that will either bring them back together ... or drive them apart forever. Sloane Donavan dreamed of being a rock journalist ever since she posted her first MySpace blog. Now, one journalism degree, a failed internship, and dozens of backstage passes later, she’s struggling to land a full-time staff position. So when punk rock’s most notorious and elusive frontman offers her his first interview in eight years, Sloane should be jumping at the opportunity—but taking it would mean reconnecting with the only guy she’s ever loved (and lost), Dax Nakamura. Unable to pass up a shot at making her name—and helping Dax clear the reputation that’s plagued his—Sloane agrees. It’s only a conflict of interest if anyone finds out. But the article Dax wants and the salacious tell-all Sloane’s editor is expecting are two completely diffe...

Never Over by Clare Gilmore,  Narrated by Carly Robins Blurb from Goodreads : A swoony second-chance romance where facing the one who broke your heart could be the thing that makes your dream come true. Twenty-five-year-old Paige Lancaster is one contract away from earning a living doing her favorite thing in the world: writing songs. But when a music industry professional suggests she might be holding back with her lyrics to lessen the heartbreak of an old flame, Paige doubts if her music is ready to be heard. In a rare, impulsive move, Paige contacts Liam Bishop after four years of no contact to ask him for a small favor: date her, and then re-break her heart, all so she can remember what those big, songworthy emotions felt like. And since Liam is the one who first set Paige on this career path, he hesitantly agrees. Across three months of Liam’s summer work travel, the exes are forced to share hotel beds, rehash...

One Last Shot by Betty Cayouette Blurb from Goodreads : From the creator of viral TikTok account Betty's Book List, a debut romance about a supermodel and a photographer with a past marriage pact who meet again ten years later on a photoshoot in Cinque Terre, Italy.From the moment Emerson and Theo met as teenagers, they were inseparable. But just when they finally expressed their feelings to one another, they were torn apart.Now, supermodel Emerson is nearing her twenty-eighth birthday, and she’s tired of looking for love in all the wrong places. When the calendar reminder for the marriage pact she and Theo made as teens goes off on her phone, she realizes this is it—her chance to rekindle the only romance that ever really made sense. Emerson convinces her grumpy agent to book her as the face of the fashion campaign that Theo, now a fashion pho...

Burn (The Pretenders #3) by Tamara Lush Blurb from Goodreads : A second chance may be too hot to handle in this sizzling romance set in the world of Formula 1 racing.Fired in a spectacular fashion from a job she loved, Lily Onassis has resigned herself to spending her days comfort-baking in her condo. But when her father has a heart attack, her life takes an immediate U-turn. As he’s wheeled into surgery, he has one he wants Lily to take over running his Formula World Team, which includes managing their sexy star driver, Max Becker. Max and Lily have a history, and when she walked away from their affair years ago, she swore she’d never go back to racing or to Max. She wanted a quiet, drama-free life—while he was the rising star of Formula World. Back in close proximity, the two must fight their burning attraction and keep their relationship strictly professional. Lily’s got a job to do . . . and so does Max. No distrac...

Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan Blurb from Goodreads : Beach Do take long walks on the sand. Do put an umbrella in every cocktail. Do NOT run into your first love. Sam’s life is on track. She has the perfect doctor fiancé, Jack (his strict routines are a good thing, really), a great job in Manhattan (unless they fire her), and is about to tour a wedding venue near her family’s Long Island beach house. Everything should go to plan, yet the minute she arrives, Sam senses something is off. Wyatt is here. Her Wyatt. But there’s no reason for a thirty-year-old engaged woman to feel panicked around the guy who broke her heart when she was seventeen. Right?  Yet being back at this beach, hearing notes from Wyatt’s guitar float across the night air from next door as if no time has passed—Sam’s memories come flooding the feel of Wyatt’s skin on hers, their nights in the treehouse, and the truth behind their split....

Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman Blurb from Goodreads : A former pop star finds herself back in the spotlight--along with an old flame from her past--in this "friends to lovers" meets "enemies to lovers" romance from the bestselling author of Funny You Should Ask. Then. Katee Rose is living the dream as America's number one pop star, caught in a whirlwind of sold-out concerts, screaming fans, and constant tabloid coverage. Everyone wants to know everything about her and her boyfriend, Ryan LaNeve, the hottest member of adored boy band CrushZone. Katee loves to perform but hates the impossible demands of stardom. Maybe that's why she finds herself in the arms of another CrushZone member, Cal Kirby. Quiet, serious Cal, who's always been a good friend to Katee, is suddenly Cal with the smoldering eyes and very good ...