{"id":617,"date":"2016-11-03T20:28:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T00:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/?p=617"},"modified":"2017-05-20T11:41:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T15:41:10","slug":"a-summer-of-sweet-romance-book-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/?p=617","title":{"rendered":"A summer of sweet romance (book reviews)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2eXuEam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-618\" src=\"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sufra-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Suffragette Scandal\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Ready for one last book-recommendation post? This selection is intended for the romance lovers who don&#8217;t necessarily need any magic in their books beyond the sparkle of a perfect love story. Without further ado, here are my top picks from a summer of romance.<\/p>\n<p>All of Linnea Sinclair&#8217;s books are top-notch science-fiction romance, in my opinion, but my favorite so far has been the series-starter <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2e4EwjS\">Gabriel&#8217;s Ghost<\/a>. If you enjoy space opera but wish the mainstream offerings had a bit more of a love story, then these books will be a great fit for you.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing along the geeky route, Kelly Hunter&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2eZnUHZ\">The Courage of Eli Jackson<\/a>\u00a0is a\u00a0tight love story between a heroine who adores cosplay and a boatbuilder hero. The novella is well written and left me wanting more&#8230;in a very good way.<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t go wrong with any book in Courtney Milan&#8217;s Brothers Sinister series, but <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2eXuEam\">The Suffragette Scandal<\/a> is the best of a good lot.\u00a0The characters were perfect. The history was fascinating. The feelings were spot on. How soon will I forget it so I can read it again?<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Amanda Quick&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2e4ETLl\">Ravished<\/a>\u00a0reminded me of many of the delightful parts of the Amelia Peabody series, with a historical setting and a heroine interested in paleontology (instead of Egyptology &#8212; close enough!). Definitely a suck-you-in, feel-good read.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that&#8217;s enough to keep you busy for a week or two. And I hope I don&#8217;t forget to report on my favorite reads for five months next time! Happy reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready for one last book-recommendation post? This selection is intended for the romance lovers who don&#8217;t necessarily need any magic in their books beyond the sparkle of a perfect love story. Without further ado, here are my top picks from a summer of romance. All of Linnea Sinclair&#8217;s books are top-notch science-fiction romance, in my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[140],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-fantasy-paranormal-romance-fantasy-romance-reviews","tag-romance-books","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aimeeeasterling.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}