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A Novel Love Story by Ashley Postonย ย
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:books about books, magic, slow burn, grumpy & sunshine. This book was a totally snooze fest. I loved her The Seven Year Slip but I struggled to finish this. So boring! “Love was tricking yourself into doing something you didn’t want to do, because you loved the person who did.Love was a bunch of small things that added up to bigger things.Love was feeling valued. And accepted.Just the way you were.It was never feeling too much, or not enough, even though often you were both, because Love loved you anyway. Not in spite of it, but because of it.“ A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fictionโฆ…
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Top Romance Novels of 2023
From fiction to nonfiction, from romance to thriller, from hot new releases to under-the-radar gems, hereโs all shesaidyestobooksโ favorites of 2023. The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe Series: Vicious Lost Boys #1 โฅ Young Adult Romantasy Content Warning: The stories were all wrong โ Hook was never the villain. For two centuries, all of the Darling women have disappeared on their 18th birthday. Sometimes theyโre gone for only a day, some a week or a month. But they always return broken. Now, on the afternoon of my 18th birthday, my mother is running around the house making sure all the windows are barred and the doors locked. But itโs…
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The Dixon Rule by Elle Kennedy
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:college sport romance, enemies to lovers, frenemies with benefits, fake dating, next door neighbors. I love some good banter and Elle Kennedy did not disappoint with this one. I loved the banter between Shane and Diana. I really felt the connection between these two. Seeing their relationship change over the course of the book was so fun, and really really cute. My only criticism is that the book was a bit too long. Some of the scenes felt like were written only to add pages to the book. I also found the dad drama close to the end SO unnecessary. Overall, a fun and cute read. Their back and forth…
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Spicy Books for the Smart
I like spicy books and I cannot lie. Readers of all romance books and lovers of smut, hereโs a list of books with tons of spicy but also great plots for you. The Devil by Ashley Jade Devilโs Playground #1 duet โฅ Erotica The Devil is the first book in the Devil’s Playground duet They’ll tell you I seduced them. Used my looks and body to lure them into my playground.They’ll tell you I’m a sinner. A demon who held them captive with temptation and lust.They’ll tell you I’m evil. A monster obsessed with the both of them.They’ll tell you they made a deal with the devil.What they won’t tell…
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Honey Cut by Sierra Simoneย
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:dark romance, age gap, arranged marriage, love triangle, bdsm, mystery, cheating, polyamorous, cliffhanger. I tend to skim sex scenes when they go on for several pages and there is just a lot in the bookโ but Sierra Simone does it masterfully. There is no one else who writes a sex scene like her. You just canโt get enough!! ๐ฅ๐ฎโ๐จ I am only giving it 4 because this one flowed a little slower for me than the previous book. But damn! I cannot wait for the sequel. That ending was shocking!! “Think before you sign your safety away because your safeword will be the only armor I leave you with.“ I…
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God of War by Rina Kent
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:mafia, marriage of convenience, amnesia, virgin heroine, touch her & die, enemies to lovers. I am conflicted about this book. It definitely has some great parts. There is definitely tension and chemistry between the main characters. And the banter was delicious. I really enjoyed reading some parts but it wasnโt perfect. I did have a few issues with it. 1- Ava was one of my biggest problem here. She does very stupid things and childish to provoke Eli, and that made her came off like a brat. Very immature and childish. She lacked substance and character development. 3- Some parts of the book felt very middle school. Like the part…
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The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:enemies to lovers, grumpy X sunshine. The Rom-Commers started out strong but it goes downhill as you read. In the end I couldnโt connect with either main characters. Both of them were pretty disappointing. Also, there is absolutely NO chemistry between these two. I wanted to love it so much more but sadly I found myself dragging through it. I donโt mean to challenge somebody elseโs opinion; however, The Rom-Commers was not to my liking. “Whatever story you tell yourself about your life, that’s the one that’ll be true.“ Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. Sheโs spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comediesโgood ones! That…
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Cruel Seduction by Katee Robert
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:marriage of convenience; enemies to lovers; mythology retelling; polyamorous; mmff relationship. What a glorious hot mess these four make when their emotions get tangled up!! Whew!๐ฎโ๐จ This series is always full of delectable spice, mythological references, and all the olympus world drama. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and the evolution of the characters. I only found Pandora and Aphroditeโs relationship underdeveloped. But I loved Theseus, Aphrodite and Adonis! “It never lasts, but there’s sweetness even in loss.“ He was my enemy. My lover. My husband. And the one man I swore by all Olympus I would destroy. Aphrodite has never flinched at getting her perfectly manicured hands dirty, and she’s…
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Crossroads by Devney Perry
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:second chances, cowboy romance, small town, childhood friends, workplace, forced proximity, itโs always been you, right person wrong time, dual timeline. I didn’t really understand their relationship. Why did they hate each other so much in the present? They met once a year for a week every year since they were kids, they ended up sleeping together when they were older, but once she left the ranch, they never kept in touch for the rest of the year until she was back in town. They never dated, they were only hookups. I just could not understand why they hated each other so much if they never once discussed their relationship…
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Collide by Bal Khabra
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: college sports romance, forced proximity, he falls firs, black cat girl & golden retrivier boy, full of swooniness; great dialogue & banter, slow burn. The way I ate this upโฆI had to force myself to put the book down when I needed it, and thatโs when you know itโs that good… Aiden is top tier book boyfriend material. He is sweet, caring, selfless and has the patience of a saint! Sorry Summer, but you could be really annoying sometimes ๐คญ but the way Aiden handled her had me swooning! The warm and cozy feelings that I got while reading this was unmatched! Cannot wait til more from this series…