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- My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads
How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) is a wonderfully romantic story about finding your own true Quinn offers plenty of interpersonal conflict, romance, suspected double-crossing, and details of life
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/13/25 Edition
Bletchley Park codebreaking story featuring a tenuous dragon-human truce; and I'm listening to the romance But someone mischievous has put the dust jackets of her wholesome books on LGBTQ+ novels, romances, literary Little Library of Banned Books as an audiobook. 02 A Language of Dragons: An Epic Tale of Forbidden Romance
- Review of Dream State by Eric Puchner
Dream State felt like different genres in one book; what felt like a romance became a story of characters design says "literary fiction" to me, but the novel felt at first very much like a light, formulaic romance But the draw to the romanticized past and what might have been, alternating with the waxing and waning
- Review of Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross
In Divine Rivals, Iris and Roman, two journalists, are competing for a permanent position as a newspaper But the person receiving these missives is not Forest, but Iris's work nemesis, Roman. Then an unexpected arrival and violent event rip apart everything Iris and Roman had been building.
- Review of Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Ali Hazelwood brings her wonderful banter and an intriguing mystery to this steamy interspecies romance If you like books about interspecies romance (yes, I just typed that sentence!)
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/24 Edition
noir, dark humor mystery; I'm reading Lex Croucher's soon-to-be published sassy young adult medieval romance things get complicated for both Mariel and Clem in this sassy, fun, queer historical fiction young adult romance
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/14/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Emily Henry's upcoming romance story-within-a-story, Great about their work--but when opposites attract, Henry brings the characters together with warmth and romance
- Review of The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
emotionally sensitive NFL player and his quirky, irresistible female agent is a sweet second-chance romance I loved the fake marriage, the push and pull of career and love, and the second-chance romance.
- Review of Bull Moon Rising (Royal Artifactual Guild #1) by Ruby Dixon
Ruby Dixon's paranormal, interspecies-romance novel Bull Moon Rising begins with privileged heiress Dixon is the author of 21 Ice Planet Barbarians novels and dozens of other steamy-romantasy books.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/29/24 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Villain Edit , a contemporary romance novel about a dating-focused 01 The Villain Edit by Laurie Devore Jac Matthis is a romance novelist whose first book tanked (the main
- Review of Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3) by Rebecca Yarros
In the third book in the series, the significant romantasy elements take a back seat to quests for knowledge This makes the angsty romance at the heart of the book feel like reckless ridiculousness rather than series offered less page time to the dramaaaatic elements, but there's no denying that this series is romantasy --and for me, the romantasy pieces are the least intriguing elements.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/18/23 Edition
01 Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross In Divine Rivals, Iris and Roman, two journalists But the person receiving these missives is not Forest, but Iris's work nemesis, Roman.
- Review of Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
In the acknowledgments, the authors reference wanting to create a Romancing the Stone-type playful, fast-paced Something Wilder is romance with a vivid Western setting, and while the early turns and surprises didn't
- Review of An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell #6) by Deanna Raybourn
story is lovely, and Veronica's matter-of-fact approach to this relationship as well as cross-class romance
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/23/25 Edition
from three different names bestowed upon a baby boy; I'm reading the first in Dani Francis's dystopian romance
- Review of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
mother and her three grown daughters as Lara recounts the surprisingly layered story of her youthful romance due to the virus, and to make the time pass, the girls beg Lara to share the story of her youthful romance
- Review of A Far Better Thing by H. G. Parry
existence--not to mention Darnay's more handsome, less world-worn version of Carton's appearance, and his romance
- Review of The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin
The author's historical fiction romance-writing is evident here, in contrast to the tone of The Last is summarized rather than shown, and I felt that I could see evidence of Martin's historical fiction romance
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/5/25 Edition
historical fiction-horror story, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter ; I'm listening to Abby Jimenez's newest romance
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/11/24 Edition
01 Bull Moon Rising (Royal Artifactual Guild #1) by Ruby Dixon Ruby Dixon's paranormal, interspecies-romance had realized that Dixon is the author of 21 Ice Planet Barbarians novels and dozens of other steamy-romantasy
- Review of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Protective Services visits), all while navigating complex family dynamics--and maybe even a hint at a future romance
- Review of Steelstriker (Skyhunter #2) by Marie Lu
about loyalties and motivations, gutsy skirmishes, deep friendships, familial duty, and a smoldering romance Lu offers up their smoldering romance from a distance, focusing mainly on their emotional connection
- Review of A Power Unbound (Last Binding #3) by Freya Marske
Marske continues the LGBTQ-positive storylines in a Jack-Alan romance that is frequently intensely steamy
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/26/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Katherine Center's newest romance, The Love Haters ; I'm reading
- Review of Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King #1) by Tricia Levenseller
a key treasure map and handling hard-to-please fathers--and it lays the groundwork for a forbidden romance
- Review of The Excitements by C. J. Wray
Wray is a pen name for Chrissie Manby, author of Three Days in Florence and forty other romance novels
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/16/25 Edition
Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch #1) by Lyla Sage In the first book in Lyla Sage's modern-day Western romance
- Review of Charm City Rocks: A Love Story by Matthew Norman
I loved this story about relationships, complications, famous/everyday person romance, and a love of
- Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories
There is a lot more sexy yoga here than I could have dreamed of, plenty of romance, so very much wine But once I settled in, I gleefully tore through what felt like a mix of the detail and romance of Diana
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/10/24 Edition
and present-day obsession with fitness and happiness; and I'm listening to Ali Hazelwood's paranormal romance
- Review of Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road #1) by Rachel Hartman
She felt like she was seeing with two different eyes: an eye full of stars that still saw the romance Tess experiences unexpected, touching, and never-cheesy romance.
- Review of Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang
resources, our main protagonist is swept up into a relationship she never anticipated--the cooking and romance
- Review of Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
big-hearted story with magical realism, ghosts that haunt or help, earnest sweetness, a little wholesome romance
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/18/23 Edition
They beg her to share the story of her youthful romance and acting job alongside the now-famous Peter
- Review of True Biz by Sara Nović
True Biz is a coming-of-age story, a beginner's primer on Deaf culture, and a captivating novel about romance
- Review of The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin
Madeline Martin is also the author of The Librarian Spy and various romance series.
- Review of You Wouldn't Dare by Samantha Markum
I loved feeling confident that all would work out in some fashion, and ultimately the teen romance here
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/3/24 Edition
the Summer (Part of Your World #3) by Abby Jimenez Abby Jimenez is wonderful at crafting a satisfying romance
- Review of Fable by Adrienne Young
first installment of Young's two-book series, which features pirates, a brave young heroine, a little romance Fable, the first in a planned two-book series, offers pirates, a little forbidden romance, a handful
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/25/24 Edition
editor Horace Greeley, and the center of an international scandal when she unapologetically takes a Roman
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/26/22 Edition
With magical realism, romance, and a small-town setting.
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
who served there, suffered, and were largely forgotten or denied; this storyline is conflated with romance-novel The excellent historical fiction here is conflated with romance-novel-worthy storylines and dialogue
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/24/23 Edition
Fizzy is a successful romance writer, but she's never been in love, only in lust.
- Review of Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After #2) by Emiko Jean
purpose and destiny, and great evil-nemeses/cousin-conflict scenes, Tokyo Dreaming builds on the fun, romance
- Review of What You Can See from Here by Mariana Leky
There are some absurd elements, magical realism, fables, superstition, and romance in this translation
- Review of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Quinn offers plenty of interpersonal conflict, romance, suspected double-crossing, and details of life
- Review of One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
health scare, sibling tensions, some teenaged foolishness that leads to trouble, glimpses of satisfying romance
- Review of Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley
Romance may be the world’s oldest cult.
- Review of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
ACOTAR often read like a romance novel featuring fairies; I listened to this as an audiobook and admit The book is so romaaaantic and dramaaatic, it often felt like a romance novel with fairies added in.
- Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year
In Divine Rivals, Iris and Roman, two journalists, are competing for a permanent position as a newspaper But the person receiving these missives is not Forest, but Iris's work nemesis, Roman.















































