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The Improbable Meet-Cute: Second Chances Anthology Review

Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren

Time Will Tell by Hannah Bonam-Young

Second Act Romance by Julie Soto

A Play for Love by Trilina Pucci

Death to Valentine's Day by Catherine Cowles

Valentine's Slay by Navessa Allen

March 6, 2026 by Classic 6 Comments

Well some of the stories were great, but the last three were definitely not up to par to the other ones. The last story was downright bad. Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren (5 stars)-Very cute from beginning to end. We follow Veronica who is unemployed and feeling frustrated with her lack of job prospects. When she gets on a Zoom link to a job interview, she ends up telling everyone on the call what terrible PR they have for the marketing of their new app. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: A Play for Love, Accidentally Yours, Catherine Cowles, Christina Lauren, Death to Valentine's Day, Hannah Bonam-Young, Julie Soto, Navessa Allen, The Improbable Meet-Cute, Time Will Tell, Trilina Pucci, Valentine's Slay

Classic's CBR18 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: A Play for Love, Accidentally Yours, Catherine Cowles, Christina Lauren, Death to Valentine's Day, Hannah Bonam-Young, Julie Soto, Navessa Allen, The Improbable Meet-Cute, Time Will Tell, Trilina Pucci, Valentine's Slay ·
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Cover of Navessa Allen’s Lights Out

Smut at its finest: Lights Out

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

December 24, 2025 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Lights Out was smut at its finest. A trauma ER nurse crushes on a sexy masked man via social media. She dares him to dirty things to her, never expecting anything. It was fantasy to blow off steam after work…until things get very, very real. MILD SPOILERS  Josh (the masked man) comes across Aly’s (the nurse) spicy comment and realizes he might know her IRL. It starts with some mild stalking, but ramps up over the course of the story. Josh is a shut-in and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Featured, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: dark romance, Lights Out, Navessa Allen, Romance, romantic suspense, smut

teresaelectro's CBR17 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, Featured, Romance, Suspense · Tags: dark romance, Lights Out, Navessa Allen, Romance, romantic suspense, smut ·
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Cover of Navessa Allen’s Lights Out

I feel like disposing of a body is a boyfriend-girlfriend activity and not something you do with a casual hookup.

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

Caught Up by Navessa Allen

August 18, 2025 by Emmalita 1 Comment

I haven’t had a whole lot of luck with viral booktok books, but several people mentioned enjoying the audiobook of Navessa Allan’s Lights Out. Hooked up with my new library card, I put holds on Lights Out and it’s sequel, Caught Up. The library gods were with me, and I got them both quickly. I’m not a dark romance reader. I’ve read a few that I really liked and noped out of a whole bunch that didn’t do it for me for whatever reason. I […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Horror, Romance Tagged With: a bit of light stalking, Caught Up, Elena Wolfe, Into Darkness, Jacob Morgan, Jason June, Kasi Hollowell, Lights Out, Navessa Allen, sex work is work, Teddy Hamilton

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:59 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Horror, Romance · Tags: a bit of light stalking, Caught Up, Elena Wolfe, Into Darkness, Jacob Morgan, Jason June, Kasi Hollowell, Lights Out, Navessa Allen, sex work is work, Teddy Hamilton ·
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