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And Now, Back to You
Romance, ✮✮✮ Repy White 3/7/26 Romance, ✮✮✮ Repy White 3/7/26

And Now, Back to You

The writing was good, the concept was fun, the characters were lovable…

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Christmas Fling
✮✮✮✮, Holiday, Romance Repy White 12/23/25 ✮✮✮✮, Holiday, Romance Repy White 12/23/25

Christmas Fling

I thought this book was so fun…

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Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon
✮✮✮✮, Holiday, Romance Repy White 12/10/25 ✮✮✮✮, Holiday, Romance Repy White 12/10/25

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon

What a funny, touching, lovely holiday romance…

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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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Mrs. Nash's Ashes
✮✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 7/17/23 ✮✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 7/17/23

Mrs. Nash's Ashes

I have BUTTERFLIES…

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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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The Cheat Sheet
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 2/19/23 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 2/19/23

The Cheat Sheet

Truly everything I could want in a rom-com…

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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 Wedding Season
✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 7/13/22 ✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 7/13/22

The Wedding Season

Reading Wedding Season during the kick-off to wedding season felt perfectly timed…

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This Time Next Year
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/9/22 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/9/22

This Time Next Year

This is a PROPER romcom…

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The Bromance Book Club
✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/8/22 ✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/8/22

The Bromance Book Club

A romantic comedy of a book that I laughed my way through (in the best way) ! …

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The Ex Talk
✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/8/22 ✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/8/22

The Ex Talk

This is a sweet and funny quick read …

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Second First Impressions
✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/7/22 ✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/7/22

Second First Impressions

Sally Thorne knows how to write a very sweet romcom…

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The Love Hypothesis
✮✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/1/22 ✮✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 6/1/22

The Love Hypothesis

If you like a romcom, pick this up…

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Not Like the Movies
✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/27/22 ✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/27/22

Not Like the Movies

Name a better movie genre than a romantic comedy…

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Just Haven't Met You Yet
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/27/22 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/27/22

Just Haven't Met You Yet

An adorably upbeat romcom…

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Weather Girl
✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/27/22 ✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/27/22

Weather Girl

This is a very sweet romance with a surprising amount of depth…

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The Wedding Ringer
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/27/22 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/27/22

The Wedding Ringer

I just had a really, really good time reading this book…

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Lease on Love
✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/25/22 ✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 5/25/22

Lease on Love

I found this book incredibly sweet and refreshing…

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, romance) 
I picked this book up while in the hospital after having a baby! I didn’t want anything too heavy, nor did I want a 1000 page slow-burn romance, and I wanted to laugh! This fit the bill perfectly, but I do have to give t
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫(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

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