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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

Book Review – Perfect Strangers by J.T. Geissinger

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Perfect Strangers

<— HOLY MOLY PURE FANTASTICNESS ALERT!!!!!!! OMG. You guys were NOT kidding when you told me to read it ASAP so I wouldn’t come across any spoilers and I could experience that jaw-dropping twist blindly. Actually… TWO jaw-dropping twists. I have not been this elated in AGES. Pure steamy book romance at it’s finest, with but then even better. BOOK CLEVERNESS!!!

R. Renee: My readers group is going ballistic over Perfect Strangers by J.T. Geissinger. Thinking of reading it next (whenever I start reading again). 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

Book Review – Devastated by R.L. Mathewson

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Devastated (Anger Management Book 1) <— P.S. It’s going live in just a couple of days – 10-25-19!!!

When R.L. Mathewson sent me an early review copy of her latest release “Devastated” she included a warning. Just as the moody cover (and title) portray, she told me this one was somewhat darker (or more serious in nature) than her amazing comedy romances that we’ve gone so crazy for in the past.

So, I was fretting. Why? ‘Cause her love stories are totally my kind of “comedy romance”. Witty and gleeful and believable. She (er… I mean… her characters) are absolutely hilarious. From their quick-witted remarks and thought processes, to some of their not-so-smart fumbles and mistakes (that end up being amusing anyway), her books have me grinning, laughing and exhilarated. read more