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Holiday Romance and Healing: A Tale of Joy and Jamie
A Cozy Holiday by Kels and Denise Stone (Nov 21, 2025) I discovered Kels and Denise Stone this year and now (including this novella) I’ve read four of their books. There’s just something so fun about their writing! When Joy Winters walks in on her boyfriend cheating on her only to have him blame her…
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Second Chances in Hockey Romance: Check the Halls Review
Check the Halls by KM Gills (Oct 15, 2025) I loved the first book in this series, O Goalie Night, so much and I was incredibly intrigued by the characters who were the center of this book, so I jumped right into this one soon after finishing the first. NHL superstar Ben Michaels, previously known…
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Game Changer Review: Smoothies, Hockey, and Insta-Love
Game Changer by Rachel Reid (October 2022) Obviously, after inhaling Heated Rivals on audio, print and the first 2 episodes on HBOMax (can we talk about this adaptation? Can all books be adapted with this dedication to the source material?!?!?) I had to grab this one! Kip Grady does not love his job making smoothies.…
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Shane and Illya: Rivals to Lovers in Heated Rivalry
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (March 25, 2019) With this one premiering as a limited series on HBO Max on 11/28/2025, I decided it was time to get it off the TBR! Thanks to @sarahtdubbwrites for talking about it on her account and reminding me to read it. I grabbed the audio through @everand_us and…
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Fun Holiday Read: Romance, Bookstores, and Second Chances
Booked for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins (Oct 24, 2025) I inhaled the first book in this connected stand-alone series and love it when the second book retraces some of the events from the first book but from a new POV. Juniper has finally achieved her goal of opening a romance-only bookstore in her small…
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Hostile for the Holidays: A Rivals to Lovers Review
Hostile for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins (Nov 27, 2024) This was my first Erin Hawkins book and I really, really enjoyed it. I’m absolutely going to grab the second in the series. The duet audio is fantastic – I grabbed it on Hoopla! Years ago, Stella’s childhood neighbor, Jasper, was her ultimate nemesis. From…
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