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  • Romance and Rivalry: A Wedding Planner’s Dilemma
    Romance

    Romance and Rivalry: A Wedding Planner’s Dilemma

    Our Ex’s Wedding by Taleen Voskuni (jan 20, 2026) Thank you, @berkleyromance and @prhaudio for the gifted copies! #berkley #berkleypartner #berkleybookstagram #prhaudioinfluencer Bay Area wedding planner Ani Avakian’s business depends on delivering a flawless wedding for an indie movie star and her fiancée at a stunning Armenian-owned winery. The only problem? The winery owner, Raffi…

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  • Review of The Suite Secret and The Other Brother
    Romance, Spicy

    Review of The Suite Secret and The Other Brother

    The Suite Secret (Jan 13, 2025) and The Other Brother (Jan 15, 205) – Thank you, @readforever and @hachetteaudio for the gifted print and audio copies! When I got the book and realized it was the second in a London-based series, I went back and got The Other Brother so I could start from the…

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  • Exploring Sibling Dynamics in Sports Romance
    Romance, Sports

    Exploring Sibling Dynamics in Sports Romance

    Only on Gameday by Kristen Callihan (Jan 6, 2026) Thank you, @HTP_Hive for the gifted digital and audio copies! This was my first book by @kristen_callihan but it won’t be the last! August Luck could be the best NFL rookie in a generation – if he can get out of his own way. He keeps…

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  • Spicy Christmas Romance: ‘Can I Tell You Something?’ Review
    Romance, Spicy

    Spicy Christmas Romance: ‘Can I Tell You Something?’ Review

    Can I Tell You Something? By Holly June Smith (Nov 9, 2023) I’d been seeing this novella everywhere, so it became my final holiday romance of 2025! This is a BANGER of a holiday novella both literally and figuratively. Hannah has been looking forward to 2 weeks with her family on their annual Christmas trip…

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  • Celebrity Romance Meets Small-Town Charm
    Romance

    Celebrity Romance Meets Small-Town Charm

    The Odds of You by Kate Dramis (Jan 6, 2025) Thank you @youhadmeathea and @macmillan.audio for the gifted audio copy of this really wonderful celebrity romance. #macadudio2026 One year ago, Sage Collins transformed her life. She went from being a data analyst to being a NYT bestselling author. Now she’s on her way to Comic…

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  • Until I Die: A Gripping, Dark, Dystopian Romantasy
    Fantasy, Romance

    Until I Die: A Gripping, Dark, Dystopian Romantasy

    Until I Die by Deidra Duncan (Jan 6, 2026) Thank you, @deidraduncanwrites for the gifted advanced digital copy of this book that now ranks among my favorites! The United States sits unrecognizable from the intent of the founding documents. Now under the authoritarian rule of the New American Order (NAO), rights have been suspended, dissent…

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