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Contemporary, Review, unrated

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

October 5, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating: Unrated | 9hrs 32 mins | Forever Romance | Contemporary | 06/11/19 The Friend Zone is one of the first in the trade illustrated cover romances (that have sparked many a conversation on Twitter) that I’ve read and wow it this book a doozy. I’m not a romance genre purist, I’m open to non-traditionalRead the Post

3.5 stars, Contemporary, M/M, Review

King Me by Lucy Lennox (Forever Wilde #7)

October 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★+.5  | 298 Pages | Contemporary Romance | Self-Pub | Release Date: 7/16/2019 For years FBI agent Dirk Falcon has been after notorious art thief Le Chaton, otherwise known as Kingston Wilde– an American expat studying art in France. When a priceless crown is stolen by King’s ex-boyfriend, Falcon recruits King to steal the crownRead the Post

Contemporary, East Asian, Multicultural, Review, unrated

Clean Breaks by Ruby Lang (Practice Perfect #3)

August 26, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating: Unrated  | Crimson Romance | Contemporary  Romance | 2/20/2017  Clean Breaks by Ruby is book three in Lang’s Practice Perfect series, which centers around a group of close-knit friends in their thirties whose struggles lead to a lasting romance. After battling cancer with the support of her friends Sara Soon is ready to take backRead the Post

3 stars, East Asian, Multicultural, Review

The Bride Test By Helen Hoang

August 24, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★ | 320 pages | Berkley| Contemporary Romance | 05/07/19 | For 23-year-old hotel maid, Esme what started out as just another day at work trying to support her mother and young daughter quickly turns into the proposition of a lifetime after a chance encounter with a matchmaking Vietnamese-American businesswoman looking for a bride for herRead the Post

3.5 stars, Black Romance, Contemporary, LGBTQIA, Review

Acting on Love by Te Russ

August 23, 2019 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★+.5 | 297 pages | Contemporary Romance | Self-Pub | Release Date: 4/3/2018 After a sex scandal throws a wrench in her career, actress Rocki Malone returns to her hometown with her childhood neighbor/bodyguard Seth Gardiner in tow. To keep her matchmaking mother off her back, Rocki tells her she and Seth are datingRead the Post

4 stars, Contemporary, LGBTQIA, M/M, New Adult, Review

Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy

July 15, 2019 Leave a Comment

  Rating: ★★★★  | 8 hours 4 min. | Sports Romance | Self-Pub | Release Date: 7/28/2015 I enjoy the occasional hockey romance even though my knowledge of hockey goes as far as this Chance The Rapper sketch on SNL and that Twitter thread where a Black guy discovered hockey. I was scrolling through AudibleRead the Post

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