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If you're a fan of small town romance + enemies-to-lovers, Jeannie Chin's The Inn on Sweetbriar Lane by will probably hit all the right notes for you.
It's a hit-or-miss trope for me, and in this case, I felt like I'd read it before. All that felt fresh…
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I loved the concept, and it's a fast read, but The Layover's execution just fell short.
The hardest thing about enemies-to-lovers is seeding the idea that the two MCs actually like each other beneath all the bickering and banter. Without it, the romance just isn't believable. And that's exactly…
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If you're a fan of small town, slow burn, second chance romance, pick up Second Chance on Cypress Lane.
Dakota is back on the Outer Banks after her TV news career is torched by scandal. She's picking up the pieces and trying to keep the reason for her…
Twelve Dogs of Christmas by Lizzie Shane
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Ally Gilmore is back in Pine Hollow to visit her grandparents for the holidays, when she discovers a Grinchy councilman is responsible for pulling the funding for her grandparents animal rescue. And they've got just a month to find new homes…
Summer might be winding down, but there's no reason that hitting the books should be a bad thing. Pick up one of these late summer romances...I mean, don't they say July, August and September is mon-swoon season? I'll show myself out.
HERE TO STAY by Adriana Herrera
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 25,…
In HERE TO STAY, Rocco and Julia are caught between two factions of a family as they prep to take their department store public. Rocco is doing diligence and his clients are ready to put the store's foundation on the chopping block. Julia directs the foundation's after school programs.
If enemies-to-lovers in an…
A sweet and sexy romance set in the world of telenovelas, You Had Me at Hola is an absolute delight!
I loved that You Had Me at Hola felt like a romance between two full-fledged adults. Jasmine is fresh off a very public breakup and Ashton tends to keep people at arms length. They…
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PARADISE COVE, book two in Jenny Holiday's Matchmaker Bay series, starts like a lot of small town stories. A big city doctor escapes to small town for a slower pace and cheaper cost of living and falls for a hunky local. But Holiday elevates the trope in a…
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Glamour, Glitz, and Grit Make To Make You Feel My Love A Perfect Beach Read
Maggie Wells' To Make You Feel My Love sent me down a YouTube rabbit hole listening to covers of To Make You Feel My Love. It's one of those songs, that for…
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BLITZED by Alexa Martin was one of my most anticipated 2019 reads. As we got to know Brynn Sterling over the course of INTERCEPTED (review) and FUMBLED (review), it was pretty clear she'd eventually get her book. Her woman-focused bar, HERS, became the de facto gathering…
