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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/28/23 Edition
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 Alice Network by Kate Quinn
I would have been in favor of having the romantic element be tied up without the Eve aspect, or having
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads
, 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. Click here for my full review of The Last Ranger. 11 Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy offers lots of funny, funny dialogue that delighted me.
- Review of Boy by Nicole Galland
I loved the romantic connection between Joan and Sander, Joan's scientific pursuits--particularly the
- Six Contemporary Novels I Loved in the Past Year
realizations that a septuagenarian achieves around her health, children, past secrets, friendship, romantic 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 Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
I couldn't get past the holes in the premise of this lighthearted, romantic, zany rom-com long enough potentially dangerous than playful to me for Sadie to be entering into vulnerable, one-on-one, and sometimes romantic
- Review of The Knight and the Moth (Stonewater Kingdom #1) by Rachel Gillig
The romantic aspect is less essential than the fantasy elements, which I appreciated. I don't love an overly swoony, melodramatic "romantasy" story in which characters' energy is spent on a spare yet satisfying fantasy world with a limited number of characters and an essential engaging romance
- Review of The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike #6) by Robert Galbraith
investigative work involves the somewhat tedious examination of online messages, and the Cormoran-Robin romantic push and pull is epic in its longevity as an inconvenient-attraction, opposites-attract, workplace-romance The women who are of romantic interest in Cormoran's life are, as in prior books in the series, emotionally
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/15/23 Edition
01 Meet Me At the Lake by Carley Fortune Thirty-two-year-old Fern Brookbanks has pinned most of her romantic into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later...but while Fern showed up to their romantic
- Review of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
realizations that a septuagenarian achieves around her health, children, past secrets, friendship, romantic
- Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year
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. I loved this story about relationships, complications, famous/everyday person romance, and a love of 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 Endling by Maria Reva
Reva layers mother-daughter yearning and broken bonds; desperate men with facile idealism and romantic
- 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 Nocturne by Alyssa Wees
Grace's benefactor, who barely speaks, seeks to control her, and has professed his romantic interest and fixating on her since her childhood (ugh), yet this predatorial scenario is made out to feel more romantic
- 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 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 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 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
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
She wrapped some of my favorite elements in funny banter, poignant (non-swooning) romance, and enough Meanwhile, she finds that the traditional thinking about a Guinevere-Lancelot romance is off base, but mage, intriguing magic, a terrifying destiny, showstopping secrets, danger and adventure, and a deep romantic This, my friends, is my sweet spot for romantasy. , and Suri offers up a wonderfully romantic, possibly doomed love story to feel angsty about and to cheer
- 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.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/17/25 Edition
Romantic undercurrents are wonderful, and there is No Swooning or Ridiculousness.
- 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
- 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 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 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
- 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 Boys I Know by Anna Gracia
After a disastrous encounter with Rhys, a new romantic opportunity arises...and June suddenly finds herself
- 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 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
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
a wonderfully oddball main protagonist, a strange adventure, a mystery to be solved, and simmering romance Romantic undercurrents are wonderful, and there is No Swooning or Ridiculousness. Desai's first novel in decades is a 688-page tale that meanders through India, New York, family and romantic
- 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 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 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
- Review of The Favorites by Layne Fargo
The relentless pacing, romantic obsession, twists and turns, dramatic setbacks, exhilarating success,
- 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 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
- 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 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 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, 9/1/25 Edition
upcoming (to be published tomorrow) literary fiction, Buckeye ; and I'm listening to Carley Fortune's romantic
- 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, 8/5/24 Edition
Cup , a fascinating fantasy-science-fiction mystery by Robert Jackson Bennett; and I'm listening to a romantic
- 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
- 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.
















































