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“People get too caught up in how things look instead of how things feel”

Lovelight Farms by B K Borison

December 29, 2025 by Nart Leave a Comment

An unexpectedly lovely holiday romance. I didn’t know they made those. Plot: Stella grew up without being able to set down roots. She and her mom moved around a lot, and among other issues, had very limited funds. But every year, her mom would find a Christmas tree farm that let people come in for free, and they’d spend some time taking in some holiday magic. She wanted that magic, and to share it with others. And more than anything, she wanted to set down […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: B.K. Borison

Nart's CBR17 Review No:45 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: B.K. Borison ·
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Are you trying to scam someone? Am I gonna have to learn a bunch of facts about you so we can pretend we’ve been in love for years?

The Backup by cheeryos

December 29, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

The Backup by cheeryos “Poor Ronan here might as well be celibate. How long has it been?” She whispers theatrically, “I think he’s saving himself for Vin Diesel.” Ronan shoves her to shut her up. She’s wrong, anyways. He had always wanted to be Vin Diesel growing up. Which, naturally, meant that he’d wanted to fuck Paul Walker. Now that it’s been brought up, he notices that Adam kind of fits into the Paul Walker mold, with his blue eyes and tanned face and wheat-stalk […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cheeryos, christmas, Dysfunctional Families, emotionally constipated, fake dating, fanfic, fanfiction, friends to lovers, gay romance, Maggie Stiefvater, New Year's Eve, pining, queer romance, romcom, Slow Burn Romance, the Dreamer Trilogy, The Raven Cycle

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:52 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cheeryos, christmas, Dysfunctional Families, emotionally constipated, fake dating, fanfic, fanfiction, friends to lovers, gay romance, Maggie Stiefvater, New Year's Eve, pining, queer romance, romcom, Slow Burn Romance, the Dreamer Trilogy, The Raven Cycle ·
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cover for the book Books and Broadswords by Jessie Mihalik

Dragons and Romance – The Perfect Match

Books & Broadswords by Jessie Mihalik

December 29, 2025 by Kit Moonstar 2 Comments

There’s nothing that Feora likes more than stealing the King’s gold, except buying books with it.  When a rather persistent knight shows up, Feroa might have found a new distraction.  Meanwhile, Zenira’s not best pleased about having to sell her rock collection when her landlord raises her rent.  However, the mysterious collector who buys it has a messy mansion that makes Zenira just itch to clean it.  When she strikes a deal to clean the mansion, she may discover more she bargained for. This delightful […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: cozy fantasy, Jessie Mihalik, novella

Kit Moonstar's CBR17 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: cozy fantasy, Jessie Mihalik, novella ·
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“I’m a work in progress.”

When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa

December 29, 2025 by Nart Leave a Comment

Something of a blend of When Harry Met Sally and My Best Friend’s Wedding.  Plot: Javi and Mari have been best friends since university. Mari is the DEI hater’s wet dream. She’s what I imagine AOC would have been like in university. Fierce, intelligent, and intensely intimidating. She is too much for pretty much everyone and she deals with it by never really giving her whole heart to anyone. So when Javi meets her and catches feelings, he decides never to venture down that path. She is too […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: Mia Sosa

Nart's CBR17 Review No:41 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: Mia Sosa ·
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“You need to define who you are. Otherwise, people will happily do it for you.”

Yinka, Where Is Your Husband by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

December 29, 2025 by Nart Leave a Comment

Plot: Yinka is a highly educated, successful businesswoman with a life and friends and a family intensely fixated on her lack of marital prospects. On the wrong side of thirty, Yinka decides it’s time to take the bull by the horns, and really commit to resolving that outstanding issue. The fact that she’s just been laid off after having sort of lied to her mother about her having gotten promoted, and the fact that she didn’t actually like her job or trust her friends has […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Romance Tagged With: Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Nart's CBR17 Review No:40 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Romance · Tags: Lizzie Damilola Blackburn ·
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“Don’t be jealous, people, but I am the winner of today’s Giant-Pile-of-Shit Scavenger Hunt.”

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen

December 29, 2025 by Nart 2 Comments

The second in Hart and Mercy series. A slow burn, friends to lovers story, with no where near enough dragons. Plot: Twyla was in a generic 80s sitcom bad marriage, where nothing was extremely bad, but nothing was good either. She gave and gave and got nothing back. Then her husband dies and she befriends the guy who lives next door (who was also recently made single from a bad relationship). Both are pretty raw from their unsuccessful first run at a marriage and not […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Megan Bannen

Nart's CBR17 Review No:44 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Megan Bannen ·
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