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Continue reading →: ‘Her Lessons In a Persuasion’ Review: An Entertaining But Sluggish Read***ARC provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*** A fake relationship is the impetus for the love story in Her Lessons in Persuasion by Megan Frampton. But the protagonists’ ambitions serve to keep them apart in a surprisingly relatable – if somewhat slow – historical…
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Continue reading →: ‘How To Fake a Wedding Date’ Review: Tropes I Loved But Shaky Execution***ARC provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*** How To Fake a Wedding Date by Karen Booth held much promise with every trope I absolutely love. And yet… When socialite Alexandra Gold desperately needs a plus one for her best friend’s wedding, she must ask for…
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Continue reading →: ‘A Guide to Being Just Friends’ Review: A Friends to More Romance Missing Something***ARC provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*** A Guide to Being Just Friends by Sophie Sullivan follows two people as they try to recover from past hurts, pursue their own goals, and stay far away from the prospect of any kind of relationship. The…
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Continue reading →: ‘Ship Wrecked’ Review: A Nuanced Romance with Complex Characters***ARC provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*** This review is admittedly a little late, seeing as how I finished this book late last year. But there was no way I was crossing that picket line considering what was happening with the Harper Collins Union…
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Continue reading →: ‘Ex Appeal’ Review: High School Sweethearts Find Love Again In This Steamy Romance***ARC provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*** Cathy Yardley’s Ex Appeal was a fun read that managed to hit a few unexpected sore spots while keeping me deeply invested in the characters and their growth throughout. Vinh and Emily were high school sweethearts and…
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Continue reading →: ‘How to Fake It In Hollywood’ Review: A Little Light on the Romance, Heavy on the Baggage***ARC provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*** A relationship of convenience and a lot of heavy baggage weighs this romance down, leaning into adult fiction territory for How to Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilder. When Grey Brooks finds herself a little light…
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Continue reading →: ‘Vanessa Jared’s Got a Man’ Review: A Sweet, Steamy, Second Chance Romance***ARC provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*** Vanessa Jared’s Got a Man by LaQuette is a wonderful contemporary romance that offers gripping and endearing characters, small-town charm, and a grounded grown-up romance that I personally have not gotten to read in a romance before.…
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Continue reading →: ‘How The Wallflower Was Won’ Review: A Sweet Romance That Almost Sticks The Landing***ARC provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*** A wallflower and a gambler find a way to help each other reach their goals…through marriage, of course, in How the Wallflower Was Won by Eva Leigh. While the dynamic is initially as awkward as it seems with…
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Continue reading →: ‘A Daring Pursuit’ Book Review: A Fun, Sweet, and Spicy Trope-y Travail***ARC provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*** If you’re searching for sweet and steamy rivals to lovers and mutual pining in your historical romance with beautiful characters that have depth, then A Daring Pursuit by Kate Bateman is the book for you! Carys Davies…
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Continue reading →: ‘The Wedding Season’ Review***ARC provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*** Though the description of The Wedding Season by Katy Birchall, Four Weddings and Funeral, it also feels like Bridget Jones’s Diary thrown in as well, if the protagonist’s narrations throughout the novel were any indication. The point…
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