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Hide and Peak

Trope: Second Chance Romance

Orlov Bratva

Tropes: Mafia Romance, boss/secretary-ish for a hot second, & pregnancy

A Risk Worth Taking

Tropes: Fake relationship & forced proximity romance

My Favorite Holidate

Tropes: Fake relationship & forced proximity romance

Stand and Defend

Tropes: Hockey Romance, Dual POV, Friends with Benefits

WOLF.E

Tropes: Morally grey MMC, dark romance, motorcycle gang, bad boy/good girl, & instalove

The Summer I First Saw You

Tropes: Age gap, forced proximity(ish), leading woman being so good-looking it actually makes life hard.

The Summer Games

Trope: Sports romance

The Au Pair Affair

Tropes: Hockey romance, grumpy x sunshine, forced proximity, age gap

A Deal with the Bossy Devil

Tropes: Enemies-to-lovers, billionaire, & fake dating

Play Along

Tropes: Baseball romance, fake marriage, & lots of backwards baseball hats

Failure to Match

Tropes: Billionaire romance, “I don’t believe in love” vs. hopeless romantic

Reluctantly Yours

Tropes: Fake relationship, grumpy/sunshine, & billionaire Romance

Wild Love

Trope: Brother’s best friend, billionaire, & forced proximity romance

The Summer I Destroyed You

Tropes: Grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, & workplace romance

Holding the Reins

Tropes: Cowboy & sports romance

Fighting Words

Tropes: Grumpy/sunshine & slow burn romance

A Very Friendly Valentine's Day

Tropes: Friends-to-lovers, celebrity/normal person, & road trip romance

Hard Hitter

Tropes: Sports, workplace, & slow burn romance

Rookie Move

Tropes: Sports, second chance, workplace, & slow burn romance

Same Time Next Year

Tropes: Sports, fake relationship, & slow burn romance

Caught Up

Tropes: Sports & grumpy/sunshine romance

The Kingmaker

Tropes: Slow burn & second chance romance

Mr. Big Shot

Tropes: Enemies-to-friends-to-lovers & workplace romance

The Baller

Tropes: Sports, enemies-to-lovers, workplace, & slow burn romance

The Summer I Saved You

Tropes: Second chance, slow burn, & forced proximity romance

The Wrong Bride

Tropes: Enemies-to-lovers & forced proximity romance

My Temptation

Tropes: Enemies-to-lovers & forced proximity romance

Pen Pal

Trope: Slow burn (ish) romance

The Worst Guy

Trope: Enemies-to-lovers, workplace, forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine & slow burn romance

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Hey, I’m Katie.

The reader, reviewer, cocktail mixer, and book lover behind BR&B! I started this account to share what I was reading with friends, and five years later, it’s remained exactly that! While the community has grown beyond my wildest dreams, I’m still just a chick reading books and letting you know what I’m loving.

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I love a good, steamy B.R.A.D.

(Beach Reads After Dark)

I love to read & review steamy books that are heavy on the romance and (sometimes!) light on the plot.

Some people call these kinds of books “smut” or “bodice rippers”, but here at BR&B we affectionately call them BRADs

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