Tag: ForcedProximity
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Rivalry and Romance: A Bookstore Battle
Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady (June 3, 2025) Many thanks to Berkley Romance and PRH Audio for the gifted advanced listening and reading copies! #berkley #berkleypartner #prhaudioinfluencer Josie Klein and Ryan Lawson each manage a bookstore on either side of a cozy coffee shop. Josie’s store is all about literary fiction, while Ryan’s…
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Finding Love at Sea: Total Dreamboat Review
Total Dreamboat by Katelyn Doyle (June 24, 2025) Thank you Flatiron Books and Macmillan Audio for the gifted advanced reading and listening copies! Hope Lanover is in desperate need of a reset. Her relationship has imploded, her boss is the worst, and she’s lost her spark. Luckily, her best friend Lauren, a media influencer, secures…
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Exploring Rom-Com Tropes in ‘How to Write a Rom-Com’
How to Write a Rom-Com by Christina Wolf (May 15, 2025) Thank you to Christina and Head of Zeus for the gifted digital advanced copy of this delightful charmer! Lucy Bowen works at the largest romance imprint in New York City, but she’s stopped believing in love herself, a tricky situation when your entire job…
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Navigating Love and Loss in ‘Fake It Like You Mean It’
Fake It Like You Mean It by Megan Murphy (March 18, 2025) Thank you, Net Galley, Megan Murphy, Dreamscape Audio and Alcove Press for the gifted advanced listening copy of this beautiful, emotional debut. Ellie was raised by her grandmother, Lovie, and now finds herself in a new chapter of their relationship as Lovie’s Alzheimer’s…
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Love and Growth in ‘Unlikely Story’: A Review
Unlikely Story by Ali Rosen (March 1, 2025) Many thanks to Net Galley, Brilliance Audio, and Ali Rosen for the gifted listening copy of this book, which landed on my NetGalley shelf at exactly the moment I needed it. Nora is a relationship therapist who also writes a popular advice column – under a pseudonym.…
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So Flocked: A Comedic Opposites Attract Small-Town Romance
So Flocked by Sarah Estep (Now on Audio – Feb 11, 2025) Don’t mind me; I’m just over here obsessed with this feel-good small-town romance series. So Flocked is book two in the Crane Cove series, and with book four just around the corner, I never want to leave this charming “Spicy Stars Hollow” world. Jordy Taylor is grappling…
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