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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… Solved! The book where they both unknowingly dress up as superheroes for Halloween and it becomes their thing…

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Maxima needs our book help! This one sounds SO sweet. I’d say a tutor/friends-to-lovers thing going on here. It almost seems like something like Elle Kennedy’s “Off Campus” series that I loved so much and need to catch up on the latest ones…

She asks:

Hi

Looking for a book where the hero and heroine are in law school and the heroine loses part of her grant or scholarship for school so gets a job working for her professor to help his son focus more.

The son has been trying to date the heroine for a while but she resists bc she sees him as a player and she is too focused on school. read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book about the brooding club owner and the bubbly heroine that bakes cupcakes…

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Shubh has two questions for us today, so I decided to separate them out into 2 posts. This one sounds like so much fun!! I love brooding, grumpy heroes!

She asks:

Hi

Im looking for book where the hero is a club owner or sth and has many guys working from him he is cold and the heroine is sweet bubbly and she bakes awesome cupcakes that other guys like.

Sorry its vague buts its all I remember.

Thank for your help

Anyone have a guess?

Niki: Not sure, but it sounds good!

CorkDork11: Kiss My Cupcake by Helena Hunting? The hero owns a sports bar in that one read more

Claire Kingsley – The Bailey Brothers Series Reading Order

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SMALL TOWN ROMANCE ALERT!! THIS SERIES IS BEST READ IN ORDER so I’m dedicating a post to the series and the reading order guide. 😉

About book #1:

One night brings them together. Another night tears them apart.

Grace Miles misses her easy friendship with Asher, but growing up means growing apart. And really, how could he fall for her when they spent their childhood getting muddy in the creek and splitting sticks of gum?

But this summer, something feels different. If Grace didn’t know better, she’d think Asher was flirting with her. Those dark eyes, hard body, and wicked smile make her insides swirl and her heart dare to hope for things she’s convinced herself she’ll never have. read more

Mariah Dietz – The Dating Playbook Series Reading Order

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<— SPORTS ROMANCE SERIES and it sounds like it’s all sorts of our favorite tropes!! YAY US!! The final book in the series just went live today, so the author let us into her writing world (and the inspiration for her series) right here in a fun guest post.

Kostantina: Mariah Dietz, Your books are amazing!! They make me want to stay home and read instead of work ! ❤️❤️❤️

P.S. Each one CAN be read as a standalone, and the author says:

I wanted to ensure that each book could stand alone and be read and enjoyed as a true standalone and that for those who had been with me through this series, they would receive an entirely new story with new plots and struggles and accomplishments, while still getting the comfort and familiarity through glimpses at the previous couples. read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book about the heroine that has feelings for her best guy friend, but his mother hates her!

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Kelly needs our book help!! And I LOVE that there is so much detail of what she remembers ’cause I have a feeling this one will be guessed quickly. And it sounds tumultuous. YAY US!!

She asks:

Maryse, need your help finding a book.

Earlier today I was on Facebook and saw a recommendation for a book by Siobhan Davis. So I opened up my library to see if I already had it, (I am a book hoarder so sometimes I have a book already in my library but haven’t read it), and I thought I had found it and started reading it. read more