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Romance and Sensibility

From First Page To HEA

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, 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

3.5 stars, 4 stars, 5 stars, Contemporary, LGBTQIA, M/F, Mini Reviews, New Adult, Review, Small Town

The True North Series by Sarina Bowen

September 7, 2021 Comment : 1

I randomly picked Steadfast off my bookshelf and was instantly pulled into the True North series. This series takes place in Vermont and centers around Shipley Farms–an organic apple orchard. Each book features hardworking characters as they build relationships, make sacrifices, and pursue their dreams. One of the things I love about this series isRead the Post

3 stars, 4 stars, Celebrities, Contemporary, Ex-Military, LGBTQIA, M/F, M/M, Review

Counterpoint and Reverb by Anna Zabo

May 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

One of my 2021 bookish goals is to read more series so I decided to finish the Twisted Wishes series. Each book follows a member of a queer rock band and has themes of found family, acceptance, and some light kink elements. I reviewed the first book, Syncopation, in 2019. Counterpoint Twisted Wishes’ 27-year-old  guitaristRead the Post

Contemporary, Genre, Interracial, M/F, Review, unrated

Like Lovers Do by Tracey Livesay

November 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

I actually…don’t read a ton of fake relationship books and I had to ask Kat what constitutes a fake relationship. As Glenn Wheldon from the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast would say, I feel like there is a taxonomy of fake relationship romance: a fake relationship between two strangers fake relationship between people who alreadyRead the Post

4 stars, Contemporary, Genre, LGBTQIA, M/F, Review

Small Change by Roan Parrish (Small Change Book #1)

December 8, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★★ | 285 pages | Self-published | Contemporary Romance | 6/1/2017  34-year-old tattoo artist Ginger Holtzman is intense, ambitious and a little rough around the edges–but she has to be to survive in the male-dominated tattoo culture. She’s the owner of the queer-friendly Philly tattoo shop Small Change. When she meets Christopher, the sunshine-yRead the Post

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