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“I’d take a racoon to the face for you any day, Rose Evans.”

Scythe & Sparrow by Brynne Weaver

March 18, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Buzzword Cover Challenge 25: Transportation Doctor Fionn Kane is doing just fine in the little Nebraska town he retreated to after leaving his promising surgical career and ex-fiancee behind. He doesn’t really want anything to do with the past-times of either of his brothers and is keeping his head down, running and working out when he’s not working in his small medical clinic or the hospital. He also crochets. Then a beautiful woman with a severe leg injury ends up nearly unconscious on the floor […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: audiobook, Brynne Weaver, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Domestic Abuse, Eric Nolan, family, friendship, Malin, murder, racoon, Samantha Brentmoor, Scythe & Sparrow, Suspense, Tarot, The Ruinous Love trilogy

Malin's CBR17 Review No:16 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance, Suspense · Tags: audiobook, Brynne Weaver, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Domestic Abuse, Eric Nolan, family, friendship, Malin, murder, racoon, Samantha Brentmoor, Scythe & Sparrow, Suspense, Tarot, The Ruinous Love trilogy ·
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Excellent Use of a Great Dane in Romance, The Rest Was Good.

Back After This by Linda Holmes

March 5, 2025 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

Linda Holmes is probably known to many of you out there in internet-land for her work on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour or her first two books, Evvie Drake Starts Over and Flying Solo. This is not where I know her from – I am familiar with Holmes through her guest appearances on the Screen Drafts podcast. When she was last on for their 90s Sports Movies draft her next book Back After This came up and I was intrigued. Intrigued enough that I requested […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Back After This, Contemporary Romance, Linda Holmes, M/F romance, podcast book

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Back After This, Contemporary Romance, Linda Holmes, M/F romance, podcast book ·
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My second marriage pact romance in less than a month

Two Friends in Marriage by Jackie Lau

March 2, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Disclaimer! This was an ARC sent to me by the author. My opinions are my own. During the Covid pandemic, it becomes very obvious to both Evan Mok and his friend Jane Yin how lonely they both are and how much they wish they had someone to share their lives with. They agree that if they are both still single after Jane’s thirty-third birthday, they will get married and buy a house together. By the time Jane’s birthday has passed, neither of them is in a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, Canada, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Jackie Lau, LGBTQIA, Malin, marriage pact, Weddings with the Moks

Malin's CBR17 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, Canada, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Jackie Lau, LGBTQIA, Malin, marriage pact, Weddings with the Moks ·
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“I can be brave. I can be anything for noodles.”

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

March 2, 2025 by Malin 2 Comments

4.5 stars Buzzword Title Challenge 25: Water words Scarlett Vandermeer is struggling, both with her academic subjects at Stanford and her diving. While physically fully recovered from a bad accident a year ago, Scarlett has a block that prevents her from even attempting the type of dive that had her hospitalised and having to go through several surgeries to fix her broken body. She needs to get her grades up if she wants to get into med school, and she has reluctantly agreed to go […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Sports Tagged With: Ali Hazelwood, bdsm, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Deep End, diving, friendship, kink, Malin, New Adult, ptsd, science, sports, STEM, Swimming

Malin's CBR17 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Sports · Tags: Ali Hazelwood, bdsm, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Deep End, diving, friendship, kink, Malin, New Adult, ptsd, science, sports, STEM, Swimming ·
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“There’s no world where I exist without you and I don’t want there to be one.”

In a Rush by Kate Canterbary

February 19, 2025 by Malin 4 Comments

This was an ARC sent to me by the author. My opinions are my own, and I loved the book so much that I pre-ordered a copy as soon as I’d finished reading it. Emmeline “Emme” Ahlborg catches her boyfriend, the man she was hoping was going to propose to her, in the act, sleeping with another woman (when Emme shows up on his doorstep with home-cooked food). She’s devastated, and what’s worse, he’s a groomsman in the wedding of her best friend (to whom […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: American Football, ARC, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, fake dating, friends to lovers, In a Rush, Kate Canterbary, Malin, teachers

Malin's CBR17 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: American Football, ARC, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, fake dating, friends to lovers, In a Rush, Kate Canterbary, Malin, teachers ·
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Starting my 2025 reading year on a high note

Into the Woods by Jenny Holiday

January 4, 2025 by Malin 4 Comments

This was an ARC I won from the author in a Facebook contest (!) I know, right? My opinions are my own. Gretchen Miller is a self-proclaimed badass, and she’s not lying. After growing up with financial instability, food insecurities and a lot of general uncertainness due to her father’s unpredictability, she became determined never to have to depend on anyone ever again and started earning and saving her own money as a teenager, squirrelling it away for a future project. That project became a […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Camping, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Dancers, Into the Woods, Jenny Holiday, Kit Swann, Malin, rock stars, summer camp, Teddy Hamilton

Malin's CBR17 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Camping, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Dancers, Into the Woods, Jenny Holiday, Kit Swann, Malin, rock stars, summer camp, Teddy Hamilton ·
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