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Shane and Illya: Rivals to Lovers in Heated Rivalry
Read more: Shane and Illya: Rivals to Lovers in Heated RivalryHeated 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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Romantic Tension and Humor in The Bodyguard Affair
Read more: Romantic Tension and Humor in The Bodyguard AffairThe Bodyguard Affair by Amy Lea (Dec 2, 2025) Thank you, @berkleyromance and @prhaudio for the #gifted copies! #berkleyromance #berkley #prhaudioinfluencer Noah Crosby just got an appointment as the Canadian Prime Minister’s Chief Protection Officer but the main reason for his return to his hometown after years away is to care for his mother after…
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A Quirky Murder and Romance in the Hands of Jenny Moke: A Review
Read more: A Quirky Murder and Romance in the Hands of Jenny Moke: A ReviewCross Your Heart and Hope He Dies by Jenny Elder Moke (Jan 20, 2025) Thank you, @macmillan.audio for the #gifted advanced listening copy! #macaudio2025 Publishing exec Juliette Winters doesn’t have time for love or friendships. She’s too busy trying to keep the publishing company afloat and if she can finally get her hands on the…
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Grief, Ghosts, and Love in ‘Seeing Other People’
Read more: Grief, Ghosts, and Love in ‘Seeing Other People’Seeing Other People by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka (Dec 9, 2025) Thank you, @berkleyromance and @prhaudio for the #gifted copies! #berkleyromance #berkley #prhaudioinfluencer If you love tender-hearted romances, you need to grab this one! Zach and Morgan went on one date. ONE DATE. Which is why she finds it particularly infuriating that, upon his…
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Why I Couldn’t Put Down Iman Hariri-Kia’s Female Fantasy
Read more: Why I Couldn’t Put Down Iman Hariri-Kia’s Female FantasyFemale Fantasy by Iman Hariri-Kia (Oct 14, 2025) This is one of those books that hooked me at the cover and then the description made me want to read it immediately. I grabbed the print and audio copies on Hoopla! This is very much two books in one: Joonie, a romance lover goes on a…
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Heart the Lover Review: A Journey Through Academia and Emotions
Read more: Heart the Lover Review: A Journey Through Academia and EmotionsHeart the Lover by Lily King (Sept 30, 2025) I was inspired by a number of reviews of this one to grab it, first among them @books_with_bex because if she rates a book 5 stars, I stand up (ok, sit up) and pay attention. Twenty years ago, in her senior year, Jordan meets intensely academic…
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