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A Very Friendly Valentine's Day
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

A Very Friendly Valentine's Day

Tropes: Friends to Lovers, Celebrity/Normal Person, Road Trip Romance

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The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25

The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

Tropes: Celebrity/Normal Person, Forced Proximity, Slow Burn Romance

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To Hate Adam Connor
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25

To Hate Adam Connor

Tropes: Celebrity/Normal Person + Enemies to Lovers Romance

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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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The Rom-Commers
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 7/1/24 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 7/1/24

The Rom-Commers

If you’re craving a proper romantic comedy…

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Love, Me
✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 2/19/24 ✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 2/19/24

Love, Me

I am a sucker for a celeb/normal person romance…

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Romantic Comedy
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/12/23 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/12/23

Romantic Comedy

I had a damn good time reading this book…

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When in Rome
✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/12/23 ✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/12/23

When in Rome

This book was as sweet as a slice of blueberry pie…

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A Very Merry Bromance
✮✮✮✮, Holiday Repy White 12/21/22 ✮✮✮✮, Holiday Repy White 12/21/22

A Very Merry Bromance

A fabulous, festive read…

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Scandalized
✮✮✮✮✮, BRAD Repy White 10/4/22 ✮✮✮✮✮, BRAD Repy White 10/4/22

Scandalized

Tropes: Celebrity/normal person, forced proximity, friends-to-lovers, & slow burn romance

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The Bodyguard
✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 7/20/22 ✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 7/20/22

The Bodyguard

We have one of my favorite tropes in this book…

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Nora Goes Off Script
✮✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 7/13/22 ✮✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 7/13/22

Nora Goes Off Script

This book enraptured me from the moment I first picked it up…

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The Idea of You
✮✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/8/22 ✮✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/8/22

The Idea of You

Why this is a five star romance you ask…

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The Happy Ever After Playlist
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/8/22 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/8/22

The Happy Ever After Playlist

Just trust me that this is a rip your heart out love story…

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The Seat Filler
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/1/22 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/1/22

The Seat Filler

I picked up this book looking for a light, sweet, romcom escape…

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A Princess for Christmas
✮✮✮, Holiday, Romance Repy White 5/31/22 ✮✮✮, Holiday, Romance Repy White 5/31/22

A Princess for Christmas

This was truly a spicy Hallmark movie…

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Funny You Should Ask
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/23/22 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/23/22

Funny You Should Ask

I bought this book because of the gorgeous cover…

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⭐️⭐️⭐️💫(3.5/5, romance)
This book was funny and cute and exactly what the doctor ordered! A non-cheesy rom-com packed with lots of feelings set in the book world!

We meet Ciara Sheridan when she’s stuck with a serious case of writer’s b
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫(3.5/5, romantasy) 
Shield of Sparrows Book #2 (trilogy)
WHEW, this book was a whirlwind! Just as many BR&B readers had cautioned, this is a slow burn romantasy, slow burn not in the romantic sense but in the world-building sense. You hav
⭐️⭐️💫(2.5/5, romance)
I so badly wanted to love this, but it was just not for me!

I can totally do a more heavy and emotional romance (see my review for The Best Worst Thing!).

I am fine with a story that’s less of a big romance and more of
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, romance)

This romance really took me by surprise! Great banter, deeply emotional, and well written. A romance that feels very real. Not a rom-com, definitely a “rom-dram”.

Our leading woman, Nicole Speyer, has been struggl
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(5/5, fiction)

I was just totally gobsmacked by this book! Brilliant, biting, and impossible to look away from. This is not a light and fluffy read! It had me running the full gamut of emotion. Rage & stress were the emotional frontrun

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