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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Come for the setup. Stay for the yearning.

Eight Weeks in Paris by S.R. Lane

January 12, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Note: It’s a lot of yearning. In writing this review, I tried to categorize the main characters’ relationship as enemies-to-friends-to-lovers or grumpy/sunshine, but neither one fits. I expected a sweet and charming romance set among the landmarks of Paris, but I got a very serious, surprisingly deep take on celebrity, fame, and integrity. Nicholas Madden is the brooding, short-fused, paparazzi-hating serious actor. After campaigning for and being cast as Frederick, the main character in The Throne, a queer romance period piece set in Belle Époque […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: actors, celebrity culture, Coming out (Sexual orientation), enemies to friends, enemies to lovers, Film Industry, forbidden love, gay romance, Hollywood, paris, queer romance, S.R. Lane

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:1 · Genres: Romance · Tags: actors, celebrity culture, Coming out (Sexual orientation), enemies to friends, enemies to lovers, Film Industry, forbidden love, gay romance, Hollywood, paris, queer romance, S.R. Lane ·
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The author might be hiding away in Donegal, but these books are not!

The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan

The Space Between by Meg Grehan

August 8, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Meg Grehan came on my radar recently with Baby Teeth. I was intrigued for many reasons; I had read another book titled Baby Teeth and wondering how it compared. I was interested as the cover was romantic, old fashioned, but screamed modern. The colors were both perfect and overly done at first glance. And finally, it was a novel in verse, and I am always curious to see if they read as poetry or flow as a novel. And while it was not my OMG […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Anxiety, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Depression & Mental Illness, Emotions & Feelings, family, friendship, glbtq, Meg Grehan, mothers, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:436 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Anxiety, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Depression & Mental Illness, Emotions & Feelings, family, friendship, glbtq, Meg Grehan, mothers, Social Themes ·
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