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Mason Bloom Takes Charge of his One Goddamn Life was never meant to be a romance.

Off Plan: A Whispering Key Novel by May Archer

March 13, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

And if the Universe was sentient enough to be sending out warnings to certain people, I could only conclude it hated me, because it hadn’t sent me a warning for any damn thing, ever, as evidenced by the fact that I lived on a forgotten island with my hick cousins and my wacky uncle, and hadn’t had sex since January. ― May Archer, Off Plan “No,” I resumed walking. “I’m not up in his business either. Not like that. We’re friends. We decided.” “You realize […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: bisexual character, broken off engagement, brothers, enemies to lovers, Fathers and sons, fish out of water, Florida, gay romance, May Archer, queer romance, small town romance

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: bisexual character, broken off engagement, brothers, enemies to lovers, Fathers and sons, fish out of water, Florida, gay romance, May Archer, queer romance, small town romance ·
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Nonsensical, but not in the fun way

Uriah’s Orbit (Aligning Stars Book 2) by S.A. Sommers

The D in 403B (The 400 Block) by Jess Bryant

Topping the Alpha (Trident Security Book 5) by Samantha Cole

February 23, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Austin is a former teenage heartthrob and one-fifth of a world-famous boy band. Now that he and his bandmates have reached their late twenties, they are tired of putting out the same old pop music that made them famous a decade earlier. During a break from recording and touring, Austin lands his dream job: taking over mid-run as the lead in the musical Aida. No one believes that this boy band member can sing, but he proves them wrong with his impressive range and mastery […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: boy band, broadway, enemies to lovers, forbidden love, gay romance, Jess Bryant, musical theatre, queer romance, S.A. Sommers, Samantha Cole

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: boy band, broadway, enemies to lovers, forbidden love, gay romance, Jess Bryant, musical theatre, queer romance, S.A. Sommers, Samantha Cole ·
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A new adult enemies to lovers fantasy romance that may hit harder for you than it did for me.

The Jasad Heir (The Scorched Throne, #1) by Sara Hashem

February 5, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

I’m going to chalk this one up to being not the right book for me (maybe just not the right time?) because I really can’t think of anything this book did wrong. It just didn’t get me in my feels. In fact, it did a lot of things right that these fantasy romance new adult type books often don’t. The enemies to lovers thing was very real. They were DEFINITELY enemies. Like, in just a slightly different universe, the male MC could have murdered her […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, enemies to lovers, fantasy romance, narfna, New Adult, Romance, Sara Hashem, The Jasad Heir, The Scorched Throne

narfna's CBR16 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, enemies to lovers, fantasy romance, narfna, New Adult, Romance, Sara Hashem, The Jasad Heir, The Scorched Throne ·
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“I trust you to love the shit out of my boy, and not hurt his shitty little heart. I know it will be messy because, yeah.”

Taste: London Love Book Two by Sophia Soames

January 6, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Just like that, I was exposed and helpless and being blown apart by the man I apparently couldn’t resist. The man I disliked to the point of not doing my job properly. ― Sophia Soames, Taste Finn is the rule-following, hardass hotel manager of the Clouds Westminster Hotel. He is good at his job and expects nothing less than perfection from himself or the rest of his staff. Mark Quinton is the new head of food and beverage at the hotel, and he is everything […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: chef, customer service, enemies to lovers, gay romance, Hotel life, London, oil and water, queer romance, secret past, Sophia Soames, transgender characters

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: chef, customer service, enemies to lovers, gay romance, Hotel life, London, oil and water, queer romance, secret past, Sophia Soames, transgender characters ·
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All for the Game: Obsession and its Russian fanbase

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

The King's Men by Nora Sakavic

December 3, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

It’s hard to kill a man when everyone’s eyes are on him. Make them love you, make them hate you. I don’t care. Just make them look at you. ― Nora Sakavic, The King’s Men “The court doesn’t care what my name is or where I’m from or where I’ll be tomorrow. It lets me exist as I am.” ― Nora Sakavic, The King’s Men “Everything I needed, you already gave me. You let me stay.” ― Nora Sakavic, The King’s Men The name of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Sports Tagged With: abused children/teens, brothers, child abuse, childhood sexual abuse, College sports, enemies to lovers, found family, gay romance, graphic violence, LGBTQ, mafia, Mafia Dynasty, Mafia Prince, nora sakavic, not ya, queer love, torture

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:72 · Genres: Fiction, Sports · Tags: abused children/teens, brothers, child abuse, childhood sexual abuse, College sports, enemies to lovers, found family, gay romance, graphic violence, LGBTQ, mafia, Mafia Dynasty, Mafia Prince, nora sakavic, not ya, queer love, torture ·
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“Dr. Matthew Vine,” she said, then raised a mocking eyebrow. “The Third. How wonderful.”

At First Spite by Olivia Dade

November 28, 2023 by Emmalita 2 Comments

What do you do when your fiancé dumps you after you quit your job and bought him the Spite House of his dreams? Athena Greyson moves to into the spite house in Harlot Bay, finds a job and starts rebuilding her life. The problem is, the spite house is very very close to her ex’s brother’s house. The brother, Dr Matthew Vine the f*cking Third, who frequently objected to the engagement and encouraged Johnny to break-up with Athena. The houses are not only very close, […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, At First Spite, Depression, enemies to lovers, Harlot's Bay, NetGalley, Olivia Dade

Emmalita's CBR15 Review No:100 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, At First Spite, Depression, enemies to lovers, Harlot's Bay, NetGalley, Olivia Dade ·
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