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Trope:
Celebrity Normal Person Cowboy Enemies to Lovers Fake Relationship Forced Proximity Friends to Lovers Mafia Road Trip Romance Second Chance Sports Romance Workplace Grumpy Sunshine Slow Burn
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Boyfriend
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 12/23/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 12/23/25

Boyfriend

Tropes: Fake Dating & Hockey Romance

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My Oxford Year
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 10/15/25 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 10/15/25

My Oxford Year

This romance novel pretty much gutted me…

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My Favorite Lost Cause
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

My Favorite Lost Cause

Tropes: Forbidden Love, Lots of Pining, Slow Burn, Forced Proximity

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My Favorite Bad Decision
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

My Favorite Bad Decision

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

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Hard Hitter
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

Hard Hitter

Tropes: Sports + Workplace Romance

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Rookie Move
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

Rookie Move

Tropes: Sports, Second Chance, Workplace Romance

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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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The Kingmaker
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

The Kingmaker

Tropes: Slow Burn + Second Chance Romance

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The Baller
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/12/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/12/25

The Baller

Tropes: Sports + Workplace Romance

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The Summer I Saved You
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25

The Summer I Saved You

Tropes: Second Chance, Slow Burn, Forced Proximity Romance

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Pen Pal
BRAD, ✮ Repy White 10/11/25 BRAD, ✮ Repy White 10/11/25

Pen Pal

Trope: Slow Burn (ish) Romance

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The Worst Guy
BRAD, ✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25 BRAD, ✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25

The Worst Guy

Trope: Enemies to Lovers + Workplace Romance

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Reckless
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25

Reckless

Trope: Cowboy, Slow Burn, Secret Baby, Grumpy Sunshine Romance

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Blushing in the Big Leagues
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25

Blushing in the Big Leagues

Tropes: Slow burn + Sports Romance

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The Nanny
BRAD, ✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25 BRAD, ✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25

The Nanny

Trope: Forced Proximity + Workplace Romance

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The Summer We Fell
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25

The Summer We Fell

Trope: Slow Burn Romance

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Indigo Ridge
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25

Indigo Ridge

Tropes: Cowboy + Slow Burn Romance

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Arrogant Devil
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25

Arrogant Devil

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn, Cowboy 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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The Right Move
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/9/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/9/25

The Right Move

Tropes: Forced Proximity, Fake Dating, Sports Romance

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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
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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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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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I just love the way Rebecca Serle tells a story!
This is the story of the decisions we make and how they shape our lives, a story of love and loss and connection, and of mothers and daughters.

Lauren has known her entire li
The results are in for our 2026 Romance Novel March Madness!

At the end of 2025, I polled BR&B readers on their favorite books of the year. I took the top 60 romance responses, sprinkled in some newer releases, and voilà…. those bo
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Mabel lives on a quiet street, and if you asked any of her neighbors, she’s your typical 80-year-old woman. She’s a little crabby, a bit in everyone’s business, and she appreciates a cup of tea. No one would s

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