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Twisted Games
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25

Twisted Games

Tropes: Grumpy Sunshine, Slow Burn, Forced Proximity

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Bound by Honor
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/2/25

Bound by Honor

Tropes: Mafia Romance, Slow Burn, Forced Proximity

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Mr. Spencer
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25

Mr. Spencer

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers + Forced Proximity

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Mr. Garcia
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25

Mr. Garcia

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers + Forced Proximity

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The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25

The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny

Tropes: Holiday, Enemies to Lovers, Fake Relationship

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A Not So Meet Cute
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25

A Not So Meet Cute

Tropes: Fake Relationship + Forced Proximity

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Fix Her Up
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25

Fix Her Up

Tropes: Fake Relationship, Slow Burn, Forced Proximity

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The Devil Wears Black
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/1/25

The Devil Wears Black

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Fake Relationship, Forced Proximity

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The Score
✮✮✮✮, BRAD Repy White 9/25/25 ✮✮✮✮, BRAD Repy White 9/25/25

The Score

Tropes: Sports Romance

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

The Mistake

Tropes: Second Chance + Sports Romance

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

The Stopover

Trope: Workplace Romance

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Cash
✮✮✮✮, Romance, BRAD Repy White 7/27/25 ✮✮✮✮, Romance, BRAD Repy White 7/27/25

Cash

This was one of those books that kind of made me resent my husband…

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These Summer Storms
✮✮✮✮, Romance, contemporary fiction Repy White 7/21/25 ✮✮✮✮, Romance, contemporary fiction Repy White 7/21/25

These Summer Storms

There’s something to be said for going in blind…

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How Freaking Romantic
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 7/21/25 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 7/21/25

How Freaking Romantic

This book was just such a delight…

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Don't Let Him In
✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 7/21/25 ✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 7/21/25

Don't Let Him In

I could not have been more in the mood for this book…

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Silver Elite
✮✮✮✮, Fantasy Repy White 7/21/25 ✮✮✮✮, Fantasy Repy White 7/21/25

Silver Elite

I had so much fun reading this wickedly sexy dystopian romance…

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Atmosphere
✮✮✮✮, Fiction Repy White 7/21/25 ✮✮✮✮, Fiction Repy White 7/21/25

Atmosphere

Taylor Jenkins Reid can always deliver a gut punch…

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Mean Moms
✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 5/27/25 ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 5/27/25

Mean Moms

This is a proper beach read…

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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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