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In Your Dreams
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 1/7/26 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 1/7/26

In Your Dreams

My final trip to Rome, Kentucky, was such a DREAM!…

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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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Wyatt
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

Wyatt

Tropes: Friends to Lovers + Cowboy Romance

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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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Mr. Big Shot
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

Mr. Big Shot

Tropes: Enemies-to-Friends-to-Lovers + Workplace Romance

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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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Three Strikes and You're Mine
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/9/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/9/25

Three Strikes and You're Mine

Tropes: Slow Burn + Sports Romance

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Stolen English
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25

Stolen English

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

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A Very Merry Margarita Mix-Up
BRAD, ✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25 BRAD, ✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25

A Very Merry Margarita Mix-Up

Trope: Holidays, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn Romance

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Those Three Little Words
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/4/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/4/25

Those Three Little Words

Tropes: Pregnancy + Sports Romance

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Say You Swear
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/4/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/4/25

Say You Swear

Tropes: Friends to Lovers + Sports Romance

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To Love Jason Thorn
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25

To Love Jason Thorn

Tropes: Celebrity/Normal Person + Friends to Lovers Romance

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Beautiful Player
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25

Beautiful Player

Tropes: Friends to Lovers + Workplace Romance

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The Bluff
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25

The Bluff

Tropes: Fake Dating + 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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Wallbanger
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25

Wallbanger

Tropes: Enemies to Friends to Lovers + Forced Proximity

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The Deal
✮✮✮✮, Romance, BRAD Repy White 9/25/25 ✮✮✮✮, Romance, BRAD Repy White 9/25/25

The Deal

Tropes: Fake Relationship, Friends to Lovers, Sports Romance

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Frigid
✮✮✮✮, Romance, BRAD Repy White 9/25/25 ✮✮✮✮, Romance, BRAD Repy White 9/25/25

Frigid

Tropes: Friends to Lovers + Forced Proximity

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One Golden Summer
✮✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/16/25 ✮✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/16/25

One Golden Summer

I had a smile plastered to my face throughout this entire book…

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Problematic Summer Romance
✮✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/5/25 ✮✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/5/25

Problematic Summer Romance

I want a lobotomy so I can read this book again for the first time…

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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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