Love Edy by Shewanda Pugh

I don't read YA romance books for the most part. Reading about kiddies in love and angst really doesn't hold much appeal to me as an adult woman. That's not meant to be judgmental of anyone who does enjoy this genre, it just ain't for me. Because it is so popular however, I figured I would give Love Edy a shot (plus I'm really loving that cover). Well I'm happy to say that not only did I read it, but I ended up liking Love Edy. Quite a lot actually and I'm so glad that I gave it a try. The author has a very beautiful voice and the words just seemed to flow in the telling of this story. It grabbed me from the start and held my interest and curiosity captive until the book was finished. There were some things that I didn't care for, but the good outweighed the bad in my opinion.

For Love & Liberty: Untold Love Stories of the American Revolution by Alyssa Cole, Lena Hart, Kate McMurray, and Staey Agdern

For Love & Liberty is an anthology set during the Revolutionary War. It is unique in that it is not only culturally diverse, but also features a m/m storyline. Typically Revolutionary War romances only tell the story of one type of couple, so initially this intrigued me. There are four stories featured in this anthology. In the first story entitled Be Not Afraid we have a love story with a hero who is a slave fighting as a Patriot and a heroine who is a runaway slave who has decided to take her chances with the British and their offer of freedom away from America. The second novella is A Sweet Surrender and the hero is a British soldier who is nursed back to health secretly by the heroine who is a Native American/African woman. The third story, Rebels at Heart, is a m/m story about an ex-slave and an eccentric American man who masquerades as a British man of wealth. The final short called Home, is the story of a young Jewish couple who are faced with war days before they are to marry and the choices that they must make for their future.

Rumors of Wars by R.L. Craven

I was given the opportunity to read Rumors of Wars and I wasn't really certain what to expect. The cover (here I go again...) is entirely unremarkable and nothing about it really