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The Thursday Murder Club
✮✮✮✮, Cozy Mystery Repy White 10/15/25 ✮✮✮✮, Cozy Mystery Repy White 10/15/25

The Thursday Murder Club

What a charming, clever story…

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Play Nice
✮✮✮✮, Horror Repy White 10/15/25 ✮✮✮✮, Horror Repy White 10/15/25

Play Nice

Never have I been so excited to be done with a book…

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The Academy
Fiction, ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 10/15/25 Fiction, ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 10/15/25

The Academy

I love an academic setting…

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The Ghostwriter
✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 10/15/25 ✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 10/15/25

The Ghostwriter

What an atmospheric and unsettling book…

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Elizabeth of East Hampton
✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 10/15/25 ✮✮✮✮, Romance Repy White 10/15/25

Elizabeth of East Hampton

I found this modern-day Pride and Prejudice retelling to be totally delightful…

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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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Wild and Wrangled
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

Wild and Wrangled

Tropes: Cowboy, Second Chance, Forced Proximity Romance

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Swift and Saddled
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

Swift and Saddled

Tropes: Cowboy, Golden Retriever (him), Forced Proximity-ish Romance

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

Coach

Tropes: Second Chance, Single Dad, Sports Romance

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The Faking Game
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

The Faking Game

Tropes: Fake Dating, Brother’s BFF, Forced Proximity, “Teach Me”

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False God
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

False God

Tropes: Royalty + Enemies to Lovers

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Story of My Life
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

Story of My Life

Tropes: Fake Dating-ish, Small Town, Grumpy Sunshine, Renovation!

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Dirty Rowdy Thing
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

Dirty Rowdy Thing

Tropes: Vegas Marriage, Hot Fisherman, Grumpy Sunshine

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Sweet Filthy Boy
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

Sweet Filthy Boy

Tropes: Vegas Marriage, Hot French Guy, Forced Proximity

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The Fake Out
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

The Fake Out

Tropes: Fake Dating, Hockey, Men Who Can’t Stop Giving Gifts

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Wild Side
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/14/25

Wild Side

Tropes: Fake Marriage, WWE Wrestler, Characters Named Rhys

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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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Hide and Peak
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

Hide and Peak

Trope: Second Chance Romance

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Orlov Bratva
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/13/25

Orlov Bratva

Tropes: Mafia Romance, Boss/Secretary-ish (for a hot second), Pregnancy

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

The Summer I First Saw You

Tropes: Age Gap, Forced Proximity(ish), Leading Woman Being So Good-Looking It Actually Makes Life Hard

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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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