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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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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, fiction)
The synopsis that I read and the book I experienced are totally different in my humble opinion! This book is really a slice of life in the 1970s. You’re dropped into a suburb of Rochester, NY, in the winter of 1977, alter
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫(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

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