Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca

Sunset by Sharon Sala @sharonsala1 @sourcebookscasa.bsky.social @SourcebooksCasa @sophiarose1816

Sunset by Sharon Sala  @sharonsala1 @sourcebookscasa.bsky.social @SourcebooksCasa @sophiarose1816

A banged up former Pro Rodeo bull rider inherits a ranch in Texas and meets a friendly diner waitress, two wounded hearts cross paths in this first in series small town contemporary romance sprinkled with some indigenous magical realism.  I was introduced to Sharon Sala’s writing when I began reading her Blessings, Georgia series and […]

Posted June 11, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 18 Comments

Beneath the Burning Sea by Amanda Bouchet @amandabouchet.bsky.social @sourcebookscasa.bsky.social @AuthorABouchet ‏@SourcebooksCasa

Beneath the Burning Sea by Amanda Bouchet @amandabouchet.bsky.social @sourcebookscasa.bsky.social  @AuthorABouchet ‏@SourcebooksCasa

I read the trilogy which started the Kingmaker Chronicles series.  Cat and Griffin were the main characters there.   Now we are getting stories from the rest of Team Alpha.  I enjoyed the mythology, gods and creatures. I wanted to see what happened with the characters. In the novella, Of Fate & Fire, we learn about […]

One Hot Cowboy Wedding by Carolyn Brown #CarolynBrown @SourcebooksCasa @sophiarose1816

One Hot Cowboy Wedding by Carolyn Brown #CarolynBrown @SourcebooksCasa  @sophiarose1816

Best friends to lovers and Vegas pretend marriage together in a down home cowboy romance is a potent combo which this dear reader found irresistible.  An auto-buy author’s older edition gets a re-furbishing from the publisher and reminded me I still hadn’t finished pursuing all the books in this sassy fun cowboy romance series. One […]

Posted June 7, 2023 by Sophia in Book Review / 20 Comments

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles @kj_charles @SourcebooksCasa @sophiarose1816

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles  @kj_charles @SourcebooksCasa  @sophiarose1816

After the high praise I felt for the 1920’s era Will Darling Adventures trilogy, I couldn’t keep my anticipation under wraps when I spotted another KJ Charles series set in Regency Napoleonic era rural Kent with another pair of unlikely opposites from different classes.  No surprise I devoured it in two sittings. The Secret Lives […]

Posted March 8, 2023 by Sophia in Book Review / 19 Comments