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Trope:
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My Temptation
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25

My Temptation

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers + 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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Powerless
BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮✮✮ Repy White 10/11/25

Powerless

Trope: Friends to Lovers + Sports 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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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 Nanny
BRAD, ✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25 BRAD, ✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25

The Nanny

Trope: Forced Proximity + Workplace Romance

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Between Commitment and Betrayal
BRAD, ✮ Repy White 10/10/25 BRAD, ✮ Repy White 10/10/25

Between Commitment and Betrayal

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers + Forced Proximity 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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The Intern
BRAD, ✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25 BRAD, ✮✮ Repy White 10/10/25

The Intern

Tropes: Grumpy Sunshine + Workplace 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 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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Mile High
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/9/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/9/25

Mile High

Tropes: Forced Proximity, Enemies to Lovers, 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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Stolen English
BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25 BRAD, ✮✮✮ Repy White 10/8/25

Stolen English

Tropes: Forced Proximity, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn 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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⭐️⭐️⭐️💫(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
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(5/5, fiction)

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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