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JINGLE WARS BY R. HOLMES AND VERONICA EDEN

12/10/2020

Jingle Wars is the perfect holiday read for diehard romance lovers! Not only is it filled with holiday cheer but it has a sexy and funny romance.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: November 10, 2020
Genre: Enemies-to-Lovers, Christmas romance.
Series: Hollyridge series #1 (can stand alone).
Pages: 276 pages
Format: eBook. Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited.

From bestselling authors R. Holmes & Veronica Eden comes an all-new steamy new adult enemies-to-lovers holiday romcom standalone.

Two inns, one town, and there’s not enough room for the both of them.

Add in a reindeer-ish donkey, a Christmas competition, and a rivalry to end all rivalries and you’re bound to end up in disaster, right?

Finn Mayberry has enough on his plate trying to keep his Grandparents inn afloat. The last thing he needed was some California state of mind starlet bulldozing into his town and throwing up a five-star resort right next to his family’s inn.

But, now she’s here and he can’t get her out of his town or his head.

BREAK ME BY MEAGAN BRANDY

11/22/2020

I've been looking forward to Royce's book since the beginning of the Brayshaw series and this one did not disappoint! Ladies, you are going to love this brooding bad boy!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: November 18, 2020
Genre: Enemies-to-Lovers, new adult romance.
Series: Brayshaw series #5 (can stand alone).
Pages: 500 pages
Format: eBook. ARC kindly provided by the author.

I had a plan, and it was solid.

Track down what was hidden away and take pleasure in toying with it.
Toying with her.

That plan, it worked like a charm.
Until it didn’t.

Turned out, the feisty little thing I found was far from what I hoped for.
She was different from all I knew and more than I expected.

She was light, and I’m the bastard who led her into darkness.
But this girl... she followed with a smile.

I told her I break pretty things. She asked me to promise.

SEE ME AFTER CLASS BY MEGHAN QUINN

11/12/2020

See Me After Class is a hilarious romantic comedy about two teachers who can't stand each other (at first). I loved this book so much! It has all the belly laughs I needed and more!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: November 12, 2020
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Series: Complete Standalone (so far...)
Pages: 430 pages
Format: eBook. ARC kindly provided by the author.

"Did you have relations with my brother . . ."

Good question.

I’d like to preface this by saying it was never my intention to ever get involved in a workplace romance, let alone get involved with the most surly, agitating, and pompous man I’ve ever met who just so happens to be my new friend’s brother.

My intentions were to show students how English and reading books could actually be fun and make a new life for myself in the suburbs of Chicago.

But so far, I’ve managed to be called into the principal’s office.

Coerced into participating in the teacher's badminton league.

And instigated into passionate fights with Arlo Turner over

CORRUPT BY PENELOPE DOUGLAS

9/3/2020

Corrupt by Penelope Douglas is the first book in the Devil's Night series. This is a DARK romance with questionable situations. I freakin loved it! It was a little long, but such a good read.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Genre: New Adult. Dark Romance.
Series: Devil's Night series #1
Pages: 461 pages
Format: eBook. Purchased.

Erika

I was told that dreams were our heart’s desires. My nightmares, however, became my obsession.

His name is Michael Crist.

My boyfriend’s older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He's handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college’s basketball team and now gone pro, he’s more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me.

But I noticed him.

I saw him. I heard him. The things that he did, and the deeds that he hid…For years, I bit my nails, unable to look away.

EXODUS BY KATE STEWART

8/6/2020

Exodus is the mind blowing conclusion to the Ravenhood Duet by Kate Stewart. This is a must read, epic romance filled with emotion and twists and turns! I loved it!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: August 1, 2020
Genre: New Adult Romance. Suspense.
Series: The Ravenhood Duet #2 (not a standalone).
Pages: 423 pages
Format: eBook. ARC.

Can you live a lie?

It’s a ghost town, this place that haunts me, the one that made me.

It’s clear to me that I’ll never outgrow Triple Falls or outlive the time I spent here.

I can still feel them all, my boys of summer.

Even when I’d sensed the danger, I gave in.

I didn’t heed a single warning. I let my sickness, my love, both rule and ruin me. I played my part, eyes wide open, tempting fate until it delivered.

There was never going to be an escape.

YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER BY SARAH HOGLE

8/3/2020

A hilarious novel about the complications of miscommunication! I devoured this book and loved every minute of it. I recommend it to all readers who want a good laugh!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: April 7, 2020
Genre: Romantic Comedy. Chick Lit.
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 367 pages
Format: Paperback. Purchased.

When your nemesis also happens to be your fiancé, happily ever after becomes a lot more complicated in this wickedly funny, lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy debut.

Naomi Westfield has the perfect fiancé: Nicholas Rose holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family any bride would love to be a part of. They never fight. They’re preparing for their lavish wedding that's three months away. And she is miserably and utterly sick of him.

Naomi wants out, but there's a catch: whoever ends the engagement will have to foot the nonrefundable wedding bill. When Naomi discovers that Nicholas, too, has been feigning contentment, the two of them go head-to-head in a battle of pranks, sabotage, and all-out emotional warfare.

DIRTY GIRLS BY LILY WHITE

7/25/2020

If you mix a bully romance with a murder mystery you get Dirty Girls by Lily White! This book is insanely good and I recommend it to all dark romance fans!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: January 22, 2020
Genre: Dark, Bully Romance. Murder Mystery.
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 345 pages
Format: eBook. Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited.

They were the boys any good girl knew to avoid.

Rich and privileged.
Gorgeous and cruel.
The poster boys for rebellion…their tongues so sharp they cut to the bone.

We worshipped them despite their dangerous games.
We laughed even as we cried.
It was all fun and games until the first dirty girl died.

Now, as the bodies pile up, I believe I can endure their wicked ways. Only time will tell if I’ll escape.

Because when wealthy boys are accustomed to getting everything they want, not even the lives of those around them are too high an asking price.

SOUTHERN SUNRISE BY NATASHA MADISON

7/7/2020

Southern Sunrise is a wonderful second chance romance! It's also my favorite book in the series so far! I recommend reading them in order for greatest enjoyment and to avoid potential spoilers from past books.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: July 7, 2020
Genre: Enemies to Lovers romance. Second Chances.
Series: The Southern series #4
Pages: 215 pages
Format: eBook. ARC.

Buried secrets never stay hidden in the South

Emily
I fell in love with him when I was fourteen. Under the stars, he told me he loved me, and under the stars we promised to love each other always. But under the stars, he broke my heart by walking away.

He left me without a second glance. I was just an afterthought.
Now he's back, but this time, I'm not falling for his Southern charm.

Maybe.

It’s time I get my happily ever after, even if part of me wishes he was still mine.

THE SINNER BY KELSEY CLAYTON

7/2/2020

The Sinner if the first book in the Haven Grace Prep series and is a must read for fans of bully romances! This is a standalone in the series and is filled with angst!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: March 12, 2020
Genre: Bully Romance. Childhood friends to lovers.
Series: Haven Grace Prep series #1(can stand alone)
Pages: 279 pages
Format: eBook. Borrowed from Kindle Unlimited.

When I was a kid, my best friend betrayed me in the worst way possible, ripping my family to shreds in the aftermath. She ruined my life in one fell swoop, and didn’t even have the heart to warn me.

Now, nearly a decade later, I’m back in the town I grew up in, determined to make her pay.

They say revenge is a dangerous game, but I’ve never been one to play it safe. There is nothing I’ll love more than to find her weakness and use it to destroy her. The lie she told all those years ago will be her undoing.

Savannah Montgomery may be queen of the rich and entitled, but she’s about to meet her match.

THE SINNER is a standalone and part of the Haven Grace Prep series. It contains angst, violence, and scenes that may be

WILD HIGHWAY BY DEVNEY PERRY

6/23/2020

Devney Perry slays the second chance romance trope and this is proven by each book (within the trope) that she writes. This is an enemies to lovers romance as well and has enough angst to make you feel the pain these characters are hiding.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: June 23, 2020
Genre: Enemies to Lovers romance. Second Chances.
Series: Runaway series #2
Pages: 266 pages
Format: eBook. ARC.

Gemma Lane built an empire. Not a small feat, considering her home as a teenager was a makeshift tent in a California junkyard. She’s dedicated her life to turning pennies into millions. She has power, fortune and prestige.

And she’s leaving it all behind.

Gemma is headed across the country in her best friend’s Cadillac when a detour in Montana reunites her with old acquaintances and a man who hasn’t changed. Easton Greer challenges her every word and tests her every limit because he doesn’t believe she’s really abandoned her riches. She ignores his snide remarks and muttered censure—until the day she’s ready to return to the wild highway, and Easton taunts her to stay.

She’ll prove to him she’s not just running back to her wealthy life,

BLOCK SHOT BY KENNEDY RYAN

6/20/2020

Kennedy Ryan has written another incredible book right here and I am quickly becoming a fan of her work! This is an amazing enemies to lovers romance with angst!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: September 8, 2018
Genre: Enemies to Lovers romance.
Series: Hoops series #2 (can stand alone)
Pages: 444 pages
Format: eBook. Purchased.

They're two sharks in a fish tank...

JARED

If I had a dollar for every time Banner Morales made my heart skip a beat...
The heart everyone assumes is frozen over.
Her anger is... arousing.
Every glare from those fire-spitting eyes, every time she grits her teeth, gets me... well, you know.
If I had a dollar for every time she's put me in my place, I'd be an even richer man.
I'm a successful sports agent because I assume "no" means you'll think about it.
I'm sure what you meant to say is "Coming right up."
They say even rich men don't always get what they want, but those men don't know how to play the game. The trick is to keep them guessing.
Take Banner. She assumes she's winning, but this game?

BE MY BRAYSHAW BY MEAGAN BRANDY

6/1/2020

Meagan Brandy captures Captain's tortured soul with so much clarity readers can feel his struggles. I loved this man and I never wanted the story to end!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: June 3, 2020
Genre: Enemies to Lovers. Slow Burn. New Adult.
Series: Brayshaw series #1 (should be read in order)
Pages: 400 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

“Cross one, cross all.”

That’s the Brayshaw way.

She should have realized this before sliding into our world with secrets too big to bury.
She didn’t and now the target is on her back.

The day her lies came crashing down, I should have forced her out.
Instead, I locked her in, and with the promise I would never be hers.

I resisted, fought against us.
I caved.

I tasted what became my newfound favorite flavor and fell hard for the little liar.

DEAR AVA BY ILSA MADDEN MILLS

5/28/2020

Dear Ava is a solid new adult romance and I enjoyed the angst! While there may have been a few things I didn't care for I enjoyed the story overall and recommend it.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: February 1, 2020
Genre: New Adult. Enemies to Lovers Romance.
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 376 pages
Format: eBook. Purchased.

WSJ bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills delivers a gripping enemies-to-lovers, secret admirer, high school romance.

The rich and popular Sharks rule at prestigious, ivy-covered Camden Prep. Once upon a time, I wanted to be part of their world--until they destroyed me.

The last thing I expected was an anonymous love letter from one of them.

Please. I hate every one of those rich jerks for what they did to me. The question is, which Shark is my secret admirer?

Knox, the scarred quarterback.
Dane, his twin brother.
Or Chance, the ex who dumped me. . .

Dear Ava,

TELL ME PRETTY LIES BY CHARLEIGH ROSE

4/18/2020

Tell Me Pretty Lies is an angsty new adult romance with an enemies to lovers trope! I devoured this one. Charleigh Rose writes fantastic romances and that's no different with this one.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: April 5, 2020
Genre: New Adult. Enemies to Lovers Romance.
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 289 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

Three things my mother acquired when she became engaged:

1. A brand new Tiffany's ring.
2. A lavish home on Heartbreak Hill.
3. Three privileged stepsons.

The last thing I expected was to fall for one of them, least of all Thayer Ames.
Beautiful, brooding, and untouchable.
I knew it was a bad idea. He warned me himself.
But he was a thunderstorm, and I never could resist the rain.
It was perfect…
Until it wasn’t.
One night was all it took for our world to crumble, leaving only secrets and lies between us.
Now, I have to face him again, but the boy I used to know has become the man who loves to hate me.

TENNESSEE TRUTHS BY ASHLEY MUNOZ

4/16/2020

Tennessee Truths is an angsty, standalone, enemies to lovers romance with all the feels! I loved this one. This is my first book by the author but I'll be reading many more based on this one.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: April 16, 2020
Genre: Enemies to Lovers. Second Chance Romance
Series: None. Complete Standalone.
Pages: 325 pages
Format: eBook. ARC

Faith:
Our story was classic.
A typical fairytale.
Two young kids falling in love under an onyx sky, making vows they didn’t understand.
He was my dream …and I naively thought I was his.
Until he bartered our love and sold me a lie.

Now, I’m returning to the life I once knew…but not as the pathetic mess that left five years ago.
I’m a married woman, wed to the richest man in Nashville.
But it seems I wasn’t the only one who changed during my time away…

Hardened by life, Jace Walker’s glares drip with heat and derision.
He has war in his eyes and venom in his veins.

I thought I would be safe coming back home, but it seems I only ran from my present to be caught in the crosshairs of my past.

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