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friends to lovers

Reader Recommendations – Friends to lovers romance books

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Many requests for this list and oh boy do we have recommendations!!!

Nothing better than that slow burn. That… true-to-life angst and pining, OR surprise realization, that you have fallen deeply in love with the love of your life. And he just happens to be your very best friend.

Tracie: I just finished “Bad at Love: A Standalone Friends-to-Lovers Romance” by Karina Halle and would love to know if you have a list of other books or recommendations of books where they start as “just friends” first?? read more

Exclusive Excerpt of Jeannine Colette’s “A Really Bad Idea” (and it’s going live at midnight!!)

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<— Jeannine Colette’s latest (A Really Bad Idea) is GOING LIVE AT MIDNIGHT!!! Steamy and super-romantic and we have an exclusive excerpt so you can “taste-test” it. 😉

The author says:

A Really Bad Idea is a friends-to-lovers, secret-baby romance, but it’s also a medical drama!

While Meadow and her best friend, handsome cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Christian Gallagher, are secretly trying to have a baby, Meadow’s mother gets sick and Christian is the man who can save her. At the heart of this book is the essence of family, and the way that love is woven into our souls. read more

Reader Question – The book about the orderly that saw her eating chocolate pudding in her hospital bed with her finger…

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Vanessa is looking for this one! She gives us some AMAZING detail and it sounds like an incredibly heartwarming read (and quite a little shock of a spoiler that makes me want to read it) but I will spoiler-alert for you so you don’t see it if you don’t want to. 😉

She asks:

Hey Maryse!

I’m trying to find the name of a book for a friend. I know I have it amongst my thousands of books but I haven’t had any luck. Maybe you could help.

The girl was in the hospital because she had heart problems. Her Dr was her uncle, I believe that her mom was in love with but refused to date because he was her Dr. read more

Reader Question – The book about the college best friends that only hang out in private…

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Astuti wants to read this one badly!!! But she can’t remember it, and I love the premise. It rings a bell, or at least the “hanging out in private” part does…

She asks:

Funny story: I saw someone reading this on the train on my way to college. And I might have read a chapter or two.

From what I gathered, the male lead was a guy named Aaron and the female lead was Alysson. Now, they both have been best friends for 17 years and are in college now. Aaron used to have a crush on her when they were little. Also, he used to call her Muffin and still does. read more