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The Au Pair Affair
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

The Au Pair Affair

Tropes: Hockey Romance, Grumpy Sunshine, Forced Proximity, Age Gap

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Play Along
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

Play Along

Tropes: Baseball Romance, Fake Marriage, && Lots of Backwards Baseball Hats

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Failure to Match
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

Failure to Match

Tropes: Billionaire MMC, “I Don’t Believe in Love” vs. Hopeless Romantic

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Wild Love
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

Wild Love

Tropes: Brother’s BFF, Billionaire, Forced Proximity Romance

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The Summer I Destroyed You
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

The Summer I Destroyed You

Tropes: Grumpy Sunshine, Forced Proximity, Workplace Romance

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Fighting Words
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

Fighting Words

Tropes: Grumpy Sunshine + Slow Burn 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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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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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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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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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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Heartless
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25

Heartless

Trope: Cowboy, Grumpy/Sunshine, Nanny 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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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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The Villain
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/9/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/9/25

The Villain

Tropes: Forced Proximity, Fake Relationship, Grumpy Sunshine 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 Rivals
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25

The Rivals

Tropes: Forced Proximity, Enemies to Lovers, Workplace Romance

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Taming Mr. Walker
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25

Taming Mr. Walker

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers + Workplace Romance

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The Devil Gets His Due
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25

The Devil Gets His Due

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers + Pregnancy Romance

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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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