Tag: Rivals to Lovers
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Fake Dating & Rivalry: A Review of Love and Other Brain Experiments
Love and Other Brain Experiments by Hannah Brohm (Feb 3, 2026) Thank you, @simon.audio and @atriabooks for the gifted audio copy! #simonaudioinfluencer Dr. Frances Silberstein is stuck in the exhausting loop of short-term postdoc appointments after turning down a job offer years earlier (one that came from her then-boyfriend) because she was determined to make…
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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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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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An Academic Affair Review: Quirky Love and Rivalry
An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister (Nov 11, 2025) Thank you, @simon.audio for the #gifted listening copy! #simonaudioinfluencer Sadie and Jonah have been academic rivals for 15 years. First as students and then competing for the very small number of literary studies faculty positions available at Australian universities. They’ve also been reluctant roommates for almost…
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Down & Dirty: A Spicy Sports Romance Review
Down & Dirty by Maddy Lowe (Oct 25, 2024) Many thanks to @purplecouchbookshop for introducing me to the writing of @maddylowebooks – I’m completely hooked on this small-town Maine indie series! Women love Cory Ellis. Motocross legend who is a model on the side. A seemingly endless stream of beautiful Hollywood stars on his arm.…
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Unraveling the Twists of Threaded Lies
Threaded Lies by K. Bromberg (Oct 14, 2025) Thank you @macmillan.audio and @brambleromance for the #gifted advanced listening copy! I’ve been counting down since last fall’s jaw-dropping cliffhanger in book one, and this sequel did not disappoint. I won’t give a full summary because so much of the fun of this morally gray (but not…
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