Trigger warnings: recovering bulimic I’ve very much enjoyed Ms. Quarles’ Stolen Moments series, so I was very excited to get a chance to read this one! While I’ve read the previous two books, I think it could work as a standalone. Conor is the exceedingly Irish ginger captain of the men’s hurling team, and Claire is the captain of the women’s camogie team (pretty much the same sport as hurling). Claire’s had a crush on Conor since she first saw him, but figured he had no interest in her. Unbeknownst to her, Conor’s also had a crush on her sinceRead the Post
Review: Earning It – Angela Quarles
Trigger warnings: child abuse (as part of a character’s back story) While this is the first book in the Stolen Moments series, I’m actually reading it second, after Risking It. This is a hilariously funny, but also deep, enemies-to-lovers romance. “The realization that our date is close to over washes through me and leaves behind a jittery, panicky residue. It’s the only reason I can explain my next words, ‘Let’s have sex.’” Pepper would describe herself as having a “no-nonsense, driven attitude” that can occasionally come off as coldness. In reality, she’s the kind of person who’d name a Madagascar hissingRead the Post
Review: Risking It – Angela Quarles
Jane is an introvert in the truest sense of the word. Being around people – even her best friend – tires her out, and her idea of the perfect vacation is spending the day in bed reading. So when her best friend challenges her to a crazy roadside attraction road trip to get over a one-night stand, she agrees reluctantly, expecting that she’ll hurry through her daily itinerary and then spend the rest of the day reading in her hotel room. Until that one night stand misses his flight and ends up hitching a ride with her… I loved Jane andRead the Post