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The Au Pair Affair
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

The Au Pair Affair

Tropes: Hockey Romance, Grumpy Sunshine, Forced Proximity, Age Gap

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Same Time Next Year
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

Same Time Next Year

Tropes: Fake Relationship + Sports Romance

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Fix Her Up
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25

Fix Her Up

Tropes: Fake Relationship, Slow Burn, Forced Proximity

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Secretly Yours
✮✮, Romance Repy White 2/19/23 ✮✮, Romance Repy White 2/19/23

Secretly Yours

I am a HUGE Tessa Bailey fan…

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It Happened One Summer
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/2/22 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/2/22

It Happened One Summer

Five star steamy book. Do not read with your book club. Do not recommend to your mom. Just enjoy this one to yourself on a hot summer evening and thank me later…

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Window Shopping
✮✮✮, Holiday, BRAD Repy White 6/1/22 ✮✮✮, Holiday, BRAD Repy White 6/1/22

Window Shopping

I love window shopping…

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Hook, Line, and Sinker
✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/25/22 ✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/25/22

Hook, Line, and Sinker

I found this to be a totally cute & sexy romance…

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⭐️⭐️⭐️(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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