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R.L. Mathewson – Anger Management Series Reading Order

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 <— NEW SERIES BY R.L. MATHEWSON ALERT!! AND THIS ONE IS GOING LIVE in just a few days!!! OMG how could I have forgotten how awesome her stories (and characters) are?? I’m halfway through this one and I AM LOVING IT!

I’m hooked ’cause it’s got the perfect amount of friends-to-lovers/slow burn, and he’s moody and totally uncuddly, and unabashedly uninterested in… just about everyone. 😉 And I just adore how quirky and nervous she is around him (she’s his new live in assistant), and yet, endearing and completely indispensable. Best of all? I’m loving how it’s unfolding. Totally believable (and so are all of the characters). read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book about the girl who used to play piano, but quit because her father had an affair with her best friend.

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Casey is looking for this book. GASP!!!!!!! That title says it all. 😉 HOLY. MOLY. But I don’t think I’ve read it. Have you?

She asks:

I read a book about a high school aged girl who used to play piano, but quit because her father had an affair with her best friend.

Her next door neighbor was a bad boy love interest, her dad took down the basketball goal because it made too much noise.

Please help me! It’s driving me crazy, and I want to read it again. It was awesome!

Thank you! 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

T.A. White – The Broken Lands Series Reading Order

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FANTASY ROMANCE WITH A STRONG HEROINE ALERT!! This series sounds epic, comes highly recommended, and book #4 just went LIVE!!

Danylle: …I finally found a book that I couldn’t stay silent about. I love novels like Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughan and The Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley and I’ve finally found one that has the same pizazz. All it took was one read through of the summary and I was sold. I one clicked. I just wanted to bring this jewel to your attention. I hope you enjoy it. The book is Pathfinder’s Way by T.A. White. read more

Our Favorite “Love After Loss” Romance Book Recommendations

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UPDATED 04-22-2020!! 😀

Most of today’s reader questions will be recommendation requests for certain tropes. I have received so many lately, so let’s see what new lists we can make, along with what we can add to past lists (updates!!!) YAY!!! 😀

Okay first question is by Amy (and actually Priscilla, too!) and the way it was worded, what first came to mind was… “Does she mean Vampire books”? LOL! You can tell where my romance roots are. 😉 But once she mentioned one of my favorite books ever as an example, I realized we were going much deeper… read more