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A porn star and a virgin walk into a bakery

Make You Mine (Running in Circles #1) by E.M. Lindsey

July 9, 2023 by carmelpie 4 Comments

CBR15Bingo: Edibles square CBR15Passport: New to me author Noah is a reluctant baker trying to keep his deceased bubbe’s beloved family bakery afloat. After leaving school to be the sole guardian and provider for his fourteen-year-old brother Adam, Noah believes he cannot survive losing another family member. As a young child, he and his family left Tel Aviv after the death of his father. Devastated, his mother never recovered and met her own tragic end. After losing his grandmother, twenty-year-old Noah makes a promise to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Ableism, adult film industry, American Sign Language, American South, ASL, bakery romance, Baking, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, deaf, deaf character, Deaf culture, deaf protagonist, E.M. Lindsey, gay romance, Jewish American, Jewish cuisine, jewish food, Judaism, ptsd

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Ableism, adult film industry, American Sign Language, American South, ASL, bakery romance, Baking, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, deaf, deaf character, Deaf culture, deaf protagonist, E.M. Lindsey, gay romance, Jewish American, Jewish cuisine, jewish food, Judaism, ptsd ·
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Another Baking Romance

Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau

January 21, 2022 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

After the debacle of Always, in December I decided to make sure the next thing I read didn’t make me angry (don’t worry, future angry reviews will come – and soon –  I just usually like to give myself 24 hours to get eloquent with the rage) so I put down the two books I was reading and went back to an ARC that I had not been able to get to before the deadline (my apologies to the fine folks at NetGalley and Berkley) […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: ARC, asian representation, bakery romance, Canada, Contemporary Romance, Donut Fall in Love, Jackie Lau, NetGalley, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Romance · Tags: ARC, asian representation, bakery romance, Canada, Contemporary Romance, Donut Fall in Love, Jackie Lau, NetGalley, we need diverse books ·
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