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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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A new Lucy Parker romance with actors falling for each other

Misdirected by Lucy Parker

August 2, 2025 by Malin 1 Comment

CBR17 Bingo: Work (Actors on set – and in private) I read this book at the end of March, and as such, I’m going to rely on the official plot summary to help me out here: Hattie Murton never dreamed of TV stardom. A straight-from-a-fairytale encounter with a casting agent somehow landed her a part on what she’d thought would be a one-off pilot for Leicester Square, a bodice-ripping drama adapted from a bestselling romance novel. Buoyed by a surge in demand for romantic dramas, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: actors, Audible, audiobook, cbr17, cbr17bingo, Contemporary Romance, Gwylim Lee, Lucy Parker, Misdirected, Nicola Coughlan, TV series, work

Malin's CBR17 Review No:43 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: actors, Audible, audiobook, cbr17, cbr17bingo, Contemporary Romance, Gwylim Lee, Lucy Parker, Misdirected, Nicola Coughlan, TV series, work ·
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Soft adorable romance!

Last First Kiss by Julian Winters

August 2, 2025 by LB Leave a Comment

Last First Kiss fulfills the “work” square on CBR17 bingo. I got to read Julian Winters’ adult debut, I Think They Love You, earlier this year and absolutely adored it so when I saw he had another adult romance coming out, I couldn’t wait, especially when I realized it follows Jordan and Jamie, Denz’s cousin and best friend respectively, who were glimpsed as a possibility by the end of I Think They Might Love You. All that to say I needed to read this book […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: achillean, cbr17bingo, community, Contemporary Romance, demisexual, Julian Winters, pansexual, queer, Romance

LB's CBR17 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: achillean, cbr17bingo, community, Contemporary Romance, demisexual, Julian Winters, pansexual, queer, Romance ·
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“Hope was such a sticky thing. And it was sneaky too. Always showing up in the moments it was least welcome.”

In a Jam by Kate Canterbary

July 18, 2025 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I spent two weeks traveling earlier this month and decided a hefty 450-page romance would be an excellent choice to keep me company on planes and in hotel rooms. I was very right. I have spent the past three years adding Kate Canterbary books to my to read list thanks to a review by emmalita of The Worst Guy. Unfortunately for me, her books aren’t available through my library system so when I came across a sale, I decided that In a Jam would be […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Contemporary Romance, fat rep, friends to lovers, friendship Rhode Island, In a Jam, Kate Canterbary, marriage of convenience, read harder challenge, school, slow burn, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:27 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr17bingo, Contemporary Romance, fat rep, friends to lovers, friendship Rhode Island, In a Jam, Kate Canterbary, marriage of convenience, read harder challenge, school, slow burn, we need diverse books ·
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Cover of Christina C. Jones’s Inevitable Seductions

Sexy contemporary romance

Inevitable Seductions by Christina C. Jones

July 9, 2025 by LB Leave a Comment

Inevitable Seductions fulfills the “favorite” square on CBR17 Bingo. CCJ is one of my favorite authors and this year I’ve given myself the soft goal of reading her entire backlist, which admittedly is a feat when this woman has written nearly 100 books! I’ve mostly been reading via audio, and a good chunk of her catalogue is available via hoopla. Inevitable Seductions is one of her new-to-me books and I’ve made it up to her 2016 releases, and read more than 30 of her books […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Black romance, cancer cw, cbr17bingo, ccj, Christina C. Jones, Contemporary Romance, Inevitable, inevitable seductions, pregnancy cw, Romance

LB's CBR17 Review No:11 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Black romance, cancer cw, cbr17bingo, ccj, Christina C. Jones, Contemporary Romance, Inevitable, inevitable seductions, pregnancy cw, Romance ·
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“There’s a difference between someone loving you and agreeing with every single thing you do.”

It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

July 2, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Thanks to Netgalley and G.B. Putnam for this ARC. My opinion is my own. Jane Jackson spent her adolescence as the comic relief character “Janey Jakes” on a popular teen sitcom. Now she’s a creative executive at a movie studio, and really trying to get a script she loves turned into a movie. Frequently crippled with anxiety and self esteem issues, Jane has learned to “fake it till you make it”, but she may have faked it too far this time. Desperate to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: Annabel Monaghan, Anxiety, ARC, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Malin, movie production, NetGalley, small town life

Malin's CBR17 Review No:31 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: Annabel Monaghan, Anxiety, ARC, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Malin, movie production, NetGalley, small town life ·
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You can’t solve every problem by throwing money at it

Along Came Amor by Alexis Daria

July 2, 2025 by Malin 2 Comments

4.5 stars CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge: Diversity   Thank you to Netgalley and Avon for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Ava is nursing her hurt feelings over the dissolution of her marriage in a hotel bar, when a handsome man approaches and offers to make her a better drink than the one she currently has (she made a face when sipping it). The man clearly has bartending experience, and after a brief conversation, Ava discovers that the charming man in fact owns the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alexis Daria, Along Came Amor, ARC, cbr17, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, Contemporary Romance, diversity, emotional abuse, family, friendship, Latinx, Malin, NetGalley, Primas of Power

Malin's CBR17 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alexis Daria, Along Came Amor, ARC, cbr17, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, Contemporary Romance, diversity, emotional abuse, family, friendship, Latinx, Malin, NetGalley, Primas of Power ·
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