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Contemporary, Genre, LGBTQIA, Review

Romance Doppelgangers: Love & Other Disasters and Chef’s Kiss

November 6, 2022 Leave a Comment

I’ve noticed quite a few romance novel doppelgangers lately and thought it would be fun to review books with similar themes and see how each book plays with them. Love & Others Disasters by Anita Kelly and Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander are both debut* grumpy/sunshine queer romances centered around cooking and feature a cisRead the Post

Contemporary, LGBTQIA, M/F, Review, Small Town

Heartland and Waylaid by Sarina Bowen

June 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

The last two books in the True North series return to Shipley Farms with romances for the youngest members of the Shipley family–20-year-old twins Dylan and Daphne.  Heartland (True North #7) At 18 years old, Chasity Campbell escaped a fundamentalist cult and found home in rural Vermont’s small community of cult survivors. Now a 21-year-oldRead the Post

Contemporary, Interracial, LGBTQIA, M/M, Review, Small Town

Meet Cute Club Jack Harbon

June 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

Romance novels are everything to 26-year-old Jordan Collins, the founder of Meet Cute Club–an all romance book club. Rex Bailey, the grumpy new bookseller in town, is the last person Jordan expects to join the club. Rex has never read a romance but is captivated by Jordan’s passion for the genre. When the Meet CuteRead the Post

Contemporary, LGBTQIA, M/F, Suspense

BookTok Faves: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood and Neon Gods by Katee Robert

June 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

not me reading books because of that clock app 💀.there was so much hype around these two books on tiktok. for the most part I thought they were both…fine.  The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood. First of all, some of you owe this man an apology for making fun of how big heroes are described.Read the Post

Contemporary, Genre, LGBTQIA, M/M, Review, Royalty, unrated

Playing The Palace by Paul Rudnick

November 29, 2021 Leave a Comment

I’ve been procrastinating on writing this review and by the time I got started on it, I’d just listened to Paul Rudnick on the Audiobook Lovin’ Podcast. From that interview, I can definitely tell that he filled this unconventional romance, between chaotic event planner Carder Ogden and compassionate Prince Edgar, with the things he lovesRead the Post

Contemporary, Interracial, LGBTQIA, M/M, Multicultural, Small Town, unrated

Unguarded by Jay Hogan (Vino and Vertias #10)

November 21, 2021 Leave a Comment

This book is a lot like those fish out of water 90’s romantic comedies. We have 27-year-old Tai Samuels the (as the book describes him multiple times) sassy, lipgloss-wearing party boy who flees Boston with just the clothes on his back after a disastrous breakup. He makes a detour in small-town Vermont and, with aRead the Post

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