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- Review of Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
Thirty-two-year-old Fern Brookbanks has pinned most of her romantic dreams on Will Baxter--despite the connection and a pact to meet up one year later at her family resort...but while Fern showed up to their romantic
- Review of The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Ashley Poston's newest romantic fiction is centered around Clementine, a harried book publicist who falls Ashley Poston is also the author of The Dead Romantics.
- Review of The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Desai's first novel in decades is a 688-page tale that meanders through India, New York, family and romantic
- Review of The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason
With romantic notions in his head about noble work in a field hospital filled with brilliant surgeons
- My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer
coping with the grief of having lost her mom--while navigating the sparkly idea--and messy reality--of romance , with the inspiration of her mom's favorite romantic comedies. Liz is a hopeless romantic who has been waiting her whole high school career to be swept off her feet in quintessential romantic-comedy fashion--with the perfect soundtrack playing in the background. the banter, the heartbreaking, heartwarming growth, the fun--this is basically a perfect young adult romantic
- Review of Into the Wilderness (Wilderness #1) by Sara Donati
trials and adventures of a feminist woman in the 18th century wilderness of New York, and offers copious romance true origins, Into the Wilderness did scratch the itch of reading a combination of historical fiction, romance The Elizabeth-Nathaniel relationship is romantic and saucy and swoony.
- Review of Betting on You by Lynn Painter
But the hotel guests' romantic futures aren't the only ones Charlie has placed a bet on.
- Review of Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld
More Bossy Curtis Sittenfeld (and short-story) love You can click here for my review of Sittenfeld's Romantic
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/5/22 Edition
about natural disaster and new beginnings; I'm reading Twice in a Lifetime, Melissa Baron's romantic The Cormoran-Robin romantic tension without culmination is in full force. Moonlighting Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd inconvenient-attraction, opposites-attract, workplace-romance
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/17/25 Edition
Romantic undercurrents are wonderful, and there is No Swooning or Ridiculousness.
- Review of Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik
tantalizing peek into Novik's next world, with a savvy, gruff female captain at sea, her beloved, artistic, romantic
- Review of The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
For a resolution to their personal and romantic troubles, both women will need to be more brave and more
- Review of Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Each of their romantic relationships is unconventional, and various players involved struggle to let
- Review of You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
Sittenfeld is also the author of Romantic Comedy, American Wife, You Think It, I'll Say It, Prep, Rodham
- Review of Boys I Know by Anna Gracia
After a disastrous encounter with Rhys, a new romantic opportunity arises...and June suddenly finds herself
- Review of Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle #1) by Tracy Deonn
There's a lot of fairly chaste attraction with a heavy emphasis on romantic feelings. Deonn seems to be setting up a clear love triangle for book two--duties and resulting romantic possibilities
- Review of How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) by Cristina Fernandez
In fact, she's reminded again that her schedule really doesn't allow time for romantic entanglements How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) is a wonderfully romantic story about finding your own true
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/8/25 Edition
intricately plotted fantasy series, The Raven Scholar ; and I'm listening to the first in Devney Perry's romantasy There is a romantic element, but this is, happily for me, a richly built fantasy and not a romantasy. This first romantasy in Perry's planned trilogy offers monsters, royalty, secrets, hidden identities, Devney Perry is also the author of forty romance novels.
- Review of The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith
new investigator on the team comes from the police and is a known rabble-rouser with her mischievous romantic
- Review of Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Carley Fortune offers a satisfying story of coming home, young love, mistakes and redemption, romance I read this satisfying, romantic read in a day. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?
- Review of All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
This character's youthful romantic relationship, whose impact becomes pivotal in some ways, also didn't
- Review of A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang
I love Liang's books, and this departure from her romantic comedies is inspired by the Chinese legend
- Review of I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
settles down when she finally begins to explore her feelings for Julius in a wonderfully sweet and romantic
- Review of The Favorites by Layne Fargo
The relentless pacing, romantic obsession, twists and turns, dramatic setbacks, exhilarating success,
- Review of See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Rachel Lynn Solomon crafts another sweet, quirky, funny, romantic young adult story that plays with time characters and irresistible premises that play with time, as in her Groundhog Day -type setup for this romantic
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/21/24 Edition
If you like the sound of this book, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Romantic
- Review of What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown
I also didn't completely buy into the depth of her new key connection to a romantic friendship--nor the
- Review of Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin
But I thought Enid's romantic "love," when it was called such, felt juvenile in that it seemed superficial
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/5/24 Edition
Cup , a fascinating fantasy-science-fiction mystery by Robert Jackson Bennett; and I'm listening to a romantic
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/1/25 Edition
upcoming (to be published tomorrow) literary fiction, Buckeye ; and I'm listening to Carley Fortune's romantic
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/16/22 Edition
nonfiction book putting enslaved people at the center of our nation's history; and Part of Your World, romantic This is romantic, often funny, sometimes sexy, poignant, and it includes touches of magical realism.
- Review of The Spy Coast (The Martini Club #1) by Tess Gerritsen
The story tracks back through Maggie's past, including her missions and her romantic life, and introducing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/25 Edition
You can click here for my review of Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy , here for my Bossy take on American
- Review of To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose
One of my criticisms of the currently popular romantic fantasy Fourth Wing is that I wanted more more
- Review of Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
Their romantic connection is passionate but clandestine, and they manage to evade the scandal and punishment When the two are separated by circumstances, Lister moves on to explore long-term romances with various
- Review of Soulless by Gail Carriger
I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel--the first in a series--from Gail Carriger There are puns, innuendos, and there's wonderful banter, romance, sexy supernatural relations, and lots I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel from Gail Carriger.
- Review of A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
This is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes the romantic Passage North is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes the romantic
- Review of Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
And it’s probably unfair to take any issue with the sometimes overwrought (to me) romance and extensive talking about every aspect of it since this is categorized as Romance. Nora about almost everything about families and love and life, he had never recognized having had any romantic I love a romantic setup with a sassy political backdrop. Have you read this one yet?
- Review of The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike
This is captivating without being melodramatic, romantic without any overdone elements, and wonderfully It's captivating without being melodramatic, romantic without any overdone elements, and wonderfully
- Review of Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper
Harper allows for Falk to develop more fully as a character--as a friend, a romantic interest, a father
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/9/22 Edition
from Henry Fry about a young man resolving complicated questions about his romantic life, career, and commune-like East London community, Danny reckons with his life and his priorities and choices regarding his romantic
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/27/23 Edition
enemies, and as they agree to cover for each other amid sword-fighting, royal court goings-on, and romantic
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/9/24 Edition
Forgotten Kingdom (you can find a link to my review below), was captivating without being melodramatic, romantic
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/26/24 Edition
The story tracks back through Maggie's past, including her missions and her romantic life, and introducing
- Review of A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella
Now she's working at an animal rescue center and sorting out burgeoning romantic feelings for two different
- Review of Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh
and Violet fought through unimaginable difficulties, focused on their duties at the expense of their romantic
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
appealingly imperfect main character making missteps and forging a path forward while adjusting to romantic This is a great example of a light-fiction-feeling romance that deals with weighty, meaningful themes authors who offer deep, heartfelt situations, messy complications, and real-life consequences within a romantic
- Review of The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith
pivotal almost-kiss from a prior book, and each willfully believes that the other is disinterested in romantic
- Review of The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
It's an excellent setup for a romantic comedy of a book with enough heartache that your teeth don't hurt Sloan is a heavily tattooed yet romantically traditional woman sometimes presented as so broken that Jiminez provides the drama and angst and romance for picture-perfect escapism with a sexy center.
- Review of This Time It's Real by Ann Liang
Anyway, so she made up a sweeping romantic story, so what?

















































