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Reader Recommendations – Our Favorite “Wake Up Married” Romance Books

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READER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AN ACCIDENTAL MARRIAGE ALERT!! Yolanda is looking for your absolute favorite recommendations in the “wake up married after a one night stand” trope <— Tee hee!!!!

She asks:

Yolanda: Hello, I read a book titled Lick (Stage Dive Series Book 1) by Kylie Scott and really enjoyed it, so I read the rest of the books in the series.

Now I would like to find similar book where couples wake up married after a one night stand and stay together. Can you help me with recommendations? Thanks! read more

Reader Recommendations – Our Favorite Plain Jane or Ugly Duckling Romance Books

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A few requests for this trope and how could I resist?? Especially when two of ’em just hit my radar BIG time today!!!

Mary: …wondering if you or your readers might be able to recommend some books with the ugly duckling to swan theme. You know where the heroine is gorgeous inside and just needs to build her self esteem and have a makeover to get the hot guy’s attention i.e. Laurie in Sweet Dreams. Or she’s an ordinary girl but the gorgeous guy gets to know her and thinks she’s gorgeous… i.e Zoe from Perfection (A Neighbor From Hell Series Book 2). read more

Reader Recommendations – Our Favorite Time Travel Romance Books

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Jamie’s looking for a specific genre, and while I DO have some favorites, and a category for it (I’ll link it below), I figured I’d open up her question the all of our fellow readers for their own recommendations. ‘Cause obviously I LOVE this genre too (I just realized I’ve quite a few, and loved them most of ’em like crazy). 😀

She asks:

Hi Maryse!

Do you have a list of your favorite Time Travel books?

I was thinking of Outlander, Beyond the Highland Mist (Highlander Book 1) by Karen Marie Moning and The Fantasyland Series by Kristen Ashley. read more

Reader Recommendations – Our Favorite “Falling In Love With An Assassin” Romance Books

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Since J.A. Redmerski’s MUCH LOVED “In the Company of Killers” series is being made into a movie and TV series I’ve had a few requests lately for a list of our favorite assassins romance books! 

Robyn: I’m rereading JA Redmerski’s In the Company of Killers series. I am so in love with these books even though I’ve read them so many times. There is just something about assassins and their mates that hook me. I love this trope! We should make a list Maryse!

Stephanie: I would also love to see Maryse create a list of Assassin’s novels because I absolutely loved the Killing Sarai (In the Company of Killers Book 1) Series and haven’t really seen any other series/novels like it. read more

Reader Recommendations – Our Favorite Enemies to Lovers Romance Books

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OMG!!! I DO have a category for the enemies to lovers trope on my blog (includes everything from reader questions, reviews, and series tagged this way) but how do I NOT have a favorites list for this? This is one of my FAVORITE tropes and I have quite a few I could add.

Nothing better than that resistance and the push-push (not push pull), that fuming and that agony of the inevitable slow burn when the one she (or he) can’t stand, actually shows a sweeter side. The reluctant friendship (or truce) and then… ahhhhhhhhh the romance relief. Exactly the payoff we were hoping for!!! read more