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★★★★ "One night in a snowstorm..." two people who have been hiding their crushes give in - age gap, kids, forbidden status be damned.Every time I get in the mood for a "single parent trope" I reach for this book. There's something so adorable to me about a book with a single…

Last summer I picked up a book series I had high hopes for: it was a Disney retelling centered around the villains and a BDSM club. I loved all of them, binging the six books in a few days. I went on to rave about them on TikTok, and my video got over a million views. This series has a special plac…

★★★★★ Picture this: a Victorian-era lady-gang hell bent on taking down awful men and looking good doing it... with a love story between a scandalous lady and a loyal and protective hero who proves some men deserve rights. I have wanted a Sesily/Caleb story SINCE Day of the Duchess. Remember when the…

Indie romance is probably 90% of what I read... maybe more. An indie book is a book published by an independent publisher - also known as any publisher outside the "Big 5" (Hachette, Harper Collins, Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster). Self published books are indie boo…

When I bought my wood-and-metal bookcase in 2020 I really didn't foresee myself filling it so quickly and running out of room. By January 2021 it was overflowing and I got rid of almost 100 books (giving them away and putting together mystery boxes for my Instagram followers), and it worked for…

For so long I said "mafia romances just aren't for me" - I tried fan favorites like Bounde by Honor (OMFG NO) and The Darkest Temptation (meh) and nothing worked for me. Then I started reading Sophie Lark... and I read all her books in a week and a half.My favorite series from her is …

I recently started doing spreads for books so I'm by no means an expert, but I've gotten quite a few questions on my journal and journaling habits so I figured I'd put it all in one place!There's no one right way to journal but personally I've found I have the most fun and am th…

★★★★★ An unlikely friends to lovers romance with a perfect soundtrack, cute text messages, and the perfect balance of rom + com. I loved this even more than I loved It Happened One Summer.It shouldn't be surprising... I've been more partial to friends to lovers than enemies (or antagonists) …

★★★★ A spoiled Alexis Rose type is cut off by her stepfather and sent to a tiny town in Washington to learn the value of money and reconnect with her birth father's roots... and she meets a gruff, grieving widower.  I'll be honest... I haven't watch Schitt's Creek. But I've seen …

★★★★ New Girl with a reverse harem twist: 3 popular podcasters give their bad-at-dating neighbor training on how to date by all being her fake boyfriend. I picked this book up last minute for my vacation, and absolutely LOVED it. Most reverse harems center around fantasy-ish books, where there's…

I love collecting romance-related art, and I used to do it through postcards - the 4x6 size was perfect to include as a prop in a book picture and easily storable, since I don't have the room for posters or larger art prints. But once I started my reading journal I switched to purchasing sticke…

★★★★ The Sweet Queen and Mixer King have been butting heads their whole life, but have to play nice when they take maid of honor / best man roles in a wedding. I loved so much about this book! First of all,the cover… I mean it had to be said, it’s stunning - when I say I like illustrated covers THIS…