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Strangers
✮✮✮✮✮, Memoir, Nonfiction Repy White 3/11/26 ✮✮✮✮✮, Memoir, Nonfiction Repy White 3/11/26

Strangers

This book was hard not to finish in one sitting…

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The Correspondent
✮✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/12/25 ✮✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 11/12/25

The Correspondent

Masterful storytelling…

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Conform
Romance, ✮✮✮✮✮, Fantasy Repy White 11/12/25 Romance, ✮✮✮✮✮, Fantasy Repy White 11/12/25

Conform

A fly-by-your-bedtime, don’t-even-regret-it-in-the-morning book…

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It's Different This Time
Romance, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/29/25 Romance, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/29/25

It's Different This Time

If you only read one fall romance this year, let it be this…

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Look Closer
✮✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 10/26/25 ✮✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 10/26/25

Look Closer

The perfect twisty, scary-but-not-too-scary thriller…

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Far and Away
✮✮✮✮✮, Fiction Repy White 10/15/25 ✮✮✮✮✮, Fiction Repy White 10/15/25

Far and Away

This book is a complete and utter delight…

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Lost and Lassoed
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

Lost and Lassoed

Tropes: Cowboy, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity Romance

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Done and Dusted
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

Done and Dusted

Tropes: Cowboy, Brother’s Best Friend, Enemies to Lovers Romance

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My Favorite Lost Cause
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

My Favorite Lost Cause

Tropes: Forbidden Love, Lots of Pining, Slow Burn, Forced Proximity

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My Favorite Bad Decision
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

My Favorite Bad Decision

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn, Forced Proximity Romance

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A Risk Worth Taking
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

A Risk Worth Taking

Tropes: Fake Relationship + Forced Proximity Romance

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A Deal with the Bossy Devil
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

A Deal with the Bossy Devil

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Billionaire MMC, Fake Dating

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Powerless
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25

Powerless

Trope: Friends to Lovers + Sports Romance

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The Right Move
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/9/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/9/25

The Right Move

Tropes: Forced Proximity, Fake Dating, Sports Romance

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A Deal With The Devil
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25

A Deal With The Devil

Tropes: Workplace, Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn, Grumpy/Sunshine Romance

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Stuck with You
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25

Stuck with You

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers + Forced Proximity

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Dirty Like Me
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25

Dirty Like Me

Tropes: Celebrity/Normal Person + Fake Relationship

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Broken French
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25

Broken French

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn, Forced Proximity

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Mr. Masters
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25

Mr. Masters

Tropes: Forced Proximity + Nanny Romance

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The Sweetest Oblivion
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25

The Sweetest Oblivion

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Mafia Romance

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫(4.5/5, memoir) 
This book was hard not to finish in one sitting.

This story starts with the abrupt end of a marriage, and from there, the author unravels her relationship with her husband of 20 years to try to make sense of the dissolutio
⭐️⭐️⭐️(3/5, romance)
Blame the move! Blame the pregnancy hormones! The writing was good, the concept was fun, the characters were lovable, but I just couldn’t get into this one!

Delilah is a weather woman who is trying to be taken more serious
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, romantasy/ B.R.A.D.)
Whew! This book was a doozy. If you’re a romantasy reader, this book reminded me more of Blood & Ash than ACOTAR. It’s definitely a B.R.A.D. (meaning pretty steamy), and the plot and unexpected twist
In honor of the holiday, here are a few of my favorite quotes from romance novels. If I find myself highlighting and dog-earing passages I always know I am in the middle of a great book. What are some of your favorite romance novel quotes? Comment an
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, romance)

I had the best time reading this romance! The writing was excellent, the premise was refreshing, & the leading lady was on the cusp of 40!

Cassia Park has always known the name of her soulmate. Generations of Park women h
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, thriller)

My Husband’s Wife? More Like My Husband’s Confusing Ass Life!

SO twisty there should be a whiplash disclaimer on this bad boy. If you love Freida McFadden thrillers, dramatic chapter endings, and stories set in a

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