Romance and Sensibility

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3.5 stars, Historical, Review

The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare

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Content Warning: Mentions of sexual abuse of a teenager   Rating:★★★ +.5 | 7 hours 8 minutes | Historical Romance | Avon | 8/13/2019 26-year-old Lady Penelope Campion has successfully avoided her season for a decade by sequestering herself in her home and committing to the care of abandoned animals. But her family has finallyRead the Post

1 star, Contemporary, Review

Fluffy by Julia Kent

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Rating: ★ | 7 hours 4 minutes | Contemporary Romance | Prosaic Press | 4/30/2019 I heard the beginning of Fluffy on The Story Bites podcast –a podcast that plays and discusses audiobook snippets. In the Fluffy snippet Mallory, a recently unemployed house stager, is answering a Craigslist ad for a fluffer–assuming they mean aRead the Post

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Six Fall Romances To Cozy Up With By The Fire

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Fall is the perfect time of year to settle into a romance novel! These heart-racing, steamy and opulent romances will be the perfect companion for any pumpkin spice latte. The Spitfire by Christi Caldwell (Sept. 17) A former courtesan and madame strikes out on her own and stumbles across as Earl. Lush Money by AngelinaRead the Post

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Tropes and Sensibility: Fake Relationships

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Welcome to a new feature where we talk about and give romance recommendations based on a much-loved a romance trope. I love a good fake relationship because it adds a dose of dramatic irony to the story and leaves room for some Three’s Company style hijinks! Fake Relationships work best for me when there areRead the Post

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KE’s Get To Know The Romance Reader Tag

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Today, I’m doing the Get To Know The Romance Reader Tag created byBree at Falling for  Romance. What is your romance origin story? (How you came to read your first romance novel) I didn’t start reading romance until my early 20s. The used bookstore I went to had shelves and shelves of them but noneRead the Post