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In Your Court: Serve or Receive? by Kit Haley

August 29, 2026 by carmelpie 1 Comment

CBR18 Bingo: Season – Tennis court seasons (hard court, clay, grass, etc…) Miles Callahan and Matteo Russo are rivals. Miles is ranked number four in the world and is America’s next big tennis hope. Matteo, an Australian former teenage tennis phenom, is unranked and is fighting his way back into professional tennis after taking years off to recover from a devastating accident when he was nineteen. To compete at the professional level, Matteo pays his own way and doesn’t have the sponsorship deals that normally […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Anxiety, ARC, cbr18bingo, closeted gay athlete, Depression, enemies to friends, enemies to lovers, gay romance, Kit Haley, LGBTQIA+ characters, professional tennis, queer representation, queer romance, Rivals, tennis

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Anxiety, ARC, cbr18bingo, closeted gay athlete, Depression, enemies to friends, enemies to lovers, gay romance, Kit Haley, LGBTQIA+ characters, professional tennis, queer representation, queer romance, Rivals, tennis ·
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“If I was going to be a villain, I might as well commit to the role.”

The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating (and Other War Crimes) by Tiffany Hunt

August 23, 2026 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR18 Bingo: One – This is the first book in the Guides to Villainy and Love series. Dark Lord Kazimir kidnaps Lady Arabella to be his bride for the power her heroic bloodline will bring him, and is therefore rather confused when she turns out to be a furious woman with demands of her own for their marriage. I don’t read much romantasy, but I was intrigued by the premise this villain romance with plenty of humor. And for the most part I really did enjoy […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, adult, ARC, cbr18bingo, enemies to lovers, NetGalley, romantasy, Tiffany Hunt, villain romance

Pooja's CBR18 Review No:53 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, adult, ARC, cbr18bingo, enemies to lovers, NetGalley, romantasy, Tiffany Hunt, villain romance ·
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Baby, Where the Hell is HR?

The Royal Affair by Kay Thorpe

August 15, 2026 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR18 Bingo: Success – This book is set in the workplace, and both the hero and heroine are very good at what they do. After a failed relationship, Peta has no time or interest in pursuing another – especially not with her new boss at the Royal Hotel, the handsome but infuriating Lee Merril. I work in a similar industry to Peta and Lee, so it was pretty amusing for me to read about them having to deal with some of the same concerns and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr18bingo, enemies to lovers, England, harlequin, Kay Thorpe, Romance, workplace romance

Pooja's CBR18 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr18bingo, enemies to lovers, England, harlequin, Kay Thorpe, Romance, workplace romance ·
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It’s not a crime to feel joy, even when things seem hopeless.

Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross

August 11, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR18 Bingo: Refuge – Iris and Roman find refuge in their correspondence. The days to come will only grow darker. And when you find something good? You hold on to it. You don’t waste time worrying about things that won’t even matter in the end. Rather, you take a risk for that light. ― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be. ― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals Iris Winnow and Roman Kitt are the same age and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr18bingo, Classism, enemies to lovers, poor girl rich boy, Rebecca Ross, religious wars, rivalry, rivals to lovers, teenage angst, Urban Fantasy, war

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:32 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: cbr18bingo, Classism, enemies to lovers, poor girl rich boy, Rebecca Ross, religious wars, rivalry, rivals to lovers, teenage angst, Urban Fantasy, war ·
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In case you haven’t noticed, I’m weird. I’m a weirdo. I don’t fit in, and I don’t want to fit in.

Knot Mine (The Oakley-Verse #1) by Alice La Roux

August 4, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR18 Book Bingo: Middle – Zale stays in the middle, never causing problems but ignoring what he wants for the sake of popularity and fitting in. Shiloh is whatever the opposite is of “the life of the party.” He snaps at people before they can tear him down. It doesn’t help that his endlessly-lovable twin sister, Milly, is an omega who has the alphas at their small college eating out of her hand while Shiloh is the antisocial beta sibling. Milly’s boyfriend Zale – the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alice La Roux, betrayal, bullying, cbr18bingo, Classism, college life, enemies to lovers, fated mates, forbidden love, gay romance, m/m romance, omegaverse, opposites attract, Outcast, pariah, secret identity, sibling rivalry, siblings & twins

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alice La Roux, betrayal, bullying, cbr18bingo, Classism, college life, enemies to lovers, fated mates, forbidden love, gay romance, m/m romance, omegaverse, opposites attract, Outcast, pariah, secret identity, sibling rivalry, siblings & twins ·
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Mindy Kaling did it better.

Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

June 22, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

I’ve given this boy the messiest parts of me, and he’s done nothing but convince me he’ll be careful with them. ― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow This immediately reminded me of the show Never Have I Ever and the story of the eventual-enemies-to-lovers romance between two overachievers locked in a perceived battle to the death. Rowan hates her nemesis, Neil McNair, “McNightmare.” He thwarts her at every turn. They fought endlessly at every opportunity through middle school and high school. At one point, […]

Filed Under: Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: enemies to lovers, nemesis, Rachel Lynn Solomon, scavenger hunt, Seattle, teenage angst

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:25 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: enemies to lovers, nemesis, Rachel Lynn Solomon, scavenger hunt, Seattle, teenage angst ·
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