Check out A Book Lovin’ Mama’s Blog Challenge Update for Romanceopoly, Books Read for March 2026, Monthly Review Round-Up for March 2026, StoryGraph Wrap-Up Graphic, and Upcoming Reviews for April 2026.

Reading Challenges for 2026 (Updates)

I’m participating in the Romanceopoly Challenge hosted by Under the Covers Book Blog this year.

I completed three reading challenge prompts for the Winter Event – Frostbitten Trials in March 2026.

Frostbitten Trials – Winter Event

• The Winter King by C.L. Wilson (SHIMMER CLASH: Read a fantasy romance featuring a winter setting or ice magic.)
• War by Laura Thalassa (CRIMSON BRAWL: Read a dark or paranormal romance (possessive alphas, morally gray, blood pacts, dangerous love interests))
• Your Knife, My Heart by K.M. Moronova (VELVET BLITZ: Read a dark romance (psych thrillers with romance, villain MCs, or mafia/assassin love stories))

Recap of February 2026 Reviews

• [4 Mar] You Can Kill by Rebecca Zanetti ★★★★
• [5 Mar] The Winter King by C.L. Wilson ★★★★★
• [8 Mar] Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh ★★★★★
• [9 Mar] To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast ★★★★
• [12 Mar] Willing Prey by Allie Oleander ★★★★
• [20 Mar] Killer Secrets by Lora Leigh ★★★
• [22 Mar] Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh ★★★★★
• [23 Mar] Your Knife, My Heart by K.M. Moronova ★★★½
• [24 Mar] Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb ★★★★★
• [28 Mar] Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs ★★★★
• [30 Mar] The Fire Bride by Gena Showalter, Jill Monroe ★★★★½

StoryGraph Wrap-Up Graphic for March 2026

Upcoming Reviews for April 2026

• Our Italian Summer by Jennifer Probst

• Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost

• Princess of Blood by Sarah Hawley

• Rise of a Queen by Rina Kent

• Missing in Death by J.D. Robb

• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

and many more.

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Owner/Reviewer at A Book Lovin' Mama's Blog

I guess I should type a bio here. I'm FranJessca, or Fran for short. I'm the owner/reviewer behind A Book Lovin' Mama's Blog. I've been reading and reviewing books on my blog since leaving the Navy in 2011, and I will keep doing it as long as possible. My favorite genres will always be Romance & Fantasy, and I read every subgenre underneath those two genres. (Sorry, not a fan of nonfiction, so don't try to convince me to read it.)
My obsession with reading started over 30+ years ago when I went to my first Scholastic Book Fair and found R.L. Stine's Fear Street series. Later, I came across Anne Rice's novels at my public library when I was fourteen when my obsession with vampires started. I was the girl who preferred to be a vampire over a princess any day. My husband says I would leave him a heartbeat for a vampire that looked like Spike or Angel (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) or Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries. (It's true, though, and he's accepted it.)

Latest posts by FranJessca (see all)

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