
No-Holds-Barred Romance Book Reviews
XO ~ Max Prospect

Witchy-Sweet Magic & Romance
This sugary confection by Sangu Mandanna is seasoned with enchanted herbs, accented with sassy children, mingled with family longing, sprinkled with a dash of some surprising spice.

The Bodyguard
Katherine Center’s book falls over itself with silly, slapstick goofiness, and is positively stuffed with fluff that I almost gave up reading it. But I didn’t…

Funny You Should Ask
Sussman’s writing is intelligent and wryly funny. Some may say it’s akin to a Taylor Jenkins Reid and Emily Henry mashup. So if you like those two authors, this might be perfect for you!

Heaven, Texas
A “plain looking” wallflower type and an abruptly retired, handsome-as-a-god football player turned movie star are thrown together in a small town for a movie shoot.

A Merry Little Meet Cute
A porn performer and a former boy band star meet on set at the family-friendly Christmas movie they’re starring in. What could possibly go wrong?

Winter ‘22 Hot Book Recs
A Hot Doc, a Plumber, a Circus Performer, and a Minotaur Walk into Your Bedroom…and that’s no joke, just my latest romance reads. Sometimes the my book selections run the gamut. These are courtesy of the Fated Mates podcast, which directed me to four solid reads. Three are contemporary romances and one is a monster one. Max’s first monster!

Thank you for Listening
Two audio book readers, an author’s dying wish, hidden identities and that one night in Vegas…

Nora Goes Off Script
Read it and weep. Get swept off your feet, root for this tough-as-nails heroine and collapse into your couch in a sobbing pile. Then start it all over again. You’ll thank me.

Fall ‘22 DNFs
I read some, I skimmed some. I thought, “Dear Book, it’s not you, it’s me.” I put them down, side-eyed ‘em, snuck back up on them…and finally gave up. Then I found the one, the story I needed right now.

Cheat Codes for Love Language
Planet romance novel is a strange and wonderful place with its own language and acronyms. And there are rules.

The Wedding Season
Matthew-the-loser dumps Freya practically at the altar, leaving the heroine to endure a season of weddings on her own. However will she manage?

Nice Spice Rack
In Romancelandia, there are some WILD discrepancies when it comes to the sexy business. Just like bras, it’s definitely not a one-size-fits all kind of situation. And, fortunately or unfortunately, there is no code printed on the covers to indicate the heat factor/spice level. Sometimes, you simply have to get under the hood and find out.

The Roughest Draft
Enemies to lovers, these co-writing main characters are experts on subtext and body language to the point of mind reading. Not a lot happens in this romance novel, which is not very romantic. Not at all.

Hot Blue Aliens
In a galaxy far, far away, men are built like sex toys. The Ice Planet Barbarian books are B-A-N-A-N-A-S. This series is Max’s first foray into sci-fi romance, a new-to-me yet giant, thriving sub-genre. How about those “spurs”? Amirite?

Husband Material
Why won’t people use their words? More talking would have resolved so much of what happened in this story. But I kept turning the pages of this light fiction read anyway.

Tanked
Mia Hopkins’ Eastside Brewery series is raw, real and un-put-downable. These single POV stories deliver gorgeous, gritty, swoony romances with zero bullshit, and include characters doing actual work, and work on themselves.

The Astronaut and the Star
Jen Comfort’s The Astronaut and the Star is hot and smart “gumpy-’n-sunshine” slow-burner romance with oodles of spice. And a twist at the end!

My First Time
Welcome to my blog. I like sizzling-hot romance reads with all the juicy, sexy-times business right there on the page. My book reviews feature swearing! Mixed metaphors! Non sequiturs! Tangents! If those things are not for you, let’s did and say we didn’t. Wait, let’s do and say we don’t. Kay? Byeee! - Max Prospect