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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

Reader Question – The book about the best friends and she’s in love with him but he’s confused about his sexuality…

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Katrina needs our book helps! Oh I would LOVE to know this one too. Beware of the end of the question (I spoiler-alerted before it happens) but it gives us a good idea of how it ends.

OMG I just had a flash… of what book she *might* be thinking of and that ROCKED MY WORLD!! I’ll post it below. 😀

She asks:

Thank you for making a post about how to make a reader question I have been thinking for days how to figure this one out. I have been on your blog for about a year now and its really helped me with my reading, and its really allowed me to branch out into different genres. read more

Isabel Lucero – Kingston Brothers Series Reading Order + Five Fun Facts & a signed book giveaway!

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<— STUDENT-TEACHER/ONE NIGHT STAND ALERT!! Against the Rules (Kingston Brothers Book 3) in this series of brothers (each one can be read as a standalone) IS LIVE!!! And the author is celebrating by sponsoring today’s Friday Finds newsletter! She’s sent over a Five Fun Facts about the series (and I LOVE how her personal life influenced these stories). 😀 And I’m stealing this right from her “Fun Facts” because it’s exactly what I wanted to know!! She says: read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book where her boyfriend’s brother saves her during a shooting…

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Michelle is looking for this one! I could swear I’ve read this exact scene, so I know I’ve read this one… but I can’t pinpoint what book it was. But it was at least 3 to 5 years ago? P.S. BEWARE of the huge spoiler alert!!

She asks:

Hi Maryse

I’m looking for the book about a girl who’s boyfriend was a singer in a band involved in a mass shooting at the club where he was performing.

His brother saves the girl from being shot, but her face gets scarred from glass on the floor. read more

Willow Aster – Kingdoms of Sin Series Reading Order

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<— Ohhhh this one sounds super-angsty and unrequited!!!! And the rest of the series sounds like romance-fun too!!

About book #1

I was naïve to think my marriage to Luka Catano might work.

I was infatuated with him from afar… Until I met him. He loved the challenge of his next conquest, anyone would do…  Except me. A wife was never something he wanted.

Torturous was not a strong enough word to describe how I felt when I was in a room with Luka. Besides hating nearly every word that came out of his mouth, I also drowned with lust every time I looked at him. read more

Kennedy Ryan’s “Queen Move” is LIVE and we’re having a giveaway!

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SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE ALERT!!! QUEEN MOVE (the latest romance release by Kennedy Ryan) IS LIVE!!!!

This is Kimba’s story and while we met her in the “All The Kings Men Duet“, this one CAN be read as a standalone. 😀 P.S. Kennedy and her publisher (The Blue Box Press) are today’s newsletter sponsors, and we’re celebrating with a giveaway!

Lisa: The All the Kings Men Duet has become one of my favorite reads this year. This story line had it all! When an author can combine social justice issues with a riveting slow burn romance?? Yes please and more!! read more