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He was handsome, Ben supposed, if you liked angry men.

It Takes Two to Tumble (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #1) by Cat Sebastian

March 25, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

This was some unholy combination of desire and friendship and something else, because apparently when you took workaday lust and combined it with affection and threw in garden-variety honesty, you got something new and totally different.” ― Cat Sebastian, It Takes Two to Tumble At the start of the novel, Captain Phillip Dacre returned home from a two year voyage with the royal navy. His dutiful wife, Caroline, passed away while he was at sea, and he braced himself to face three children he barely […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Cat Sebastian, Edwardian England, gay romance, grumpy sunshine, male nanny, queer romance, small town romance

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Cat Sebastian, Edwardian England, gay romance, grumpy sunshine, male nanny, queer romance, small town romance ·
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A low-angst, cozy romance set in the Swedish countryside

Second Winter by Sophia Soames

December 11, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Teddy runs his family’s tree farm in a small village in Sweden. He still lives in the house where he grew up and manages the family business, even after losing his father over the previous year. He is getting by but he is unhappy. He worries that life is passing him but he has no energy or hope that anything will change for him. He’s only been in love once, and that boy broke his heart. Ned is the American son of Swedish parents. When […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: fish out of water, gay romance, high school reunion, queer romance, rural farming community, rural Sweden, small town romance, Sophia Soames

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:91 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: fish out of water, gay romance, high school reunion, queer romance, rural farming community, rural Sweden, small town romance, Sophia Soames ·
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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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Midnight Duet by Jen Comfort

A trio of romances featuring a rockstar, small town angst, and magical cooking

Midnight Duet by Jen Comfort

Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn

Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione

December 31, 2023 by teresaelectro 4 Comments

CBR15 Passport Challenge: New to you Authors – Jen Comfort, Kate Clayborn, and Melissa Capriglione Midnight Duet by Jen Comfort is a gender-flipped remix of Phantom of the Opera. Erika Greene seemingly had it all when taking on a lead Broadway role. She was a bit of a minx and slept with someone’s boyfriend, which led to a production light falling on her. She retreats to her family’s dilapidated opera house in Paris, Nevada, and vows to become a better person. She had a decent plastic surgeon […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Contemporary Romance, culinary romance, gender flip retelling, Georgie All Along, graphic novels, Jen Comfort, Kate Clayborn, lesbian romance, melissa capriglione, Midnight Duet, musical theater, phantom of the opera, queer author, queer comic book, queer romance, rockstar romance, small town romance, YA Romance

teresaelectro's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: CBR15Passport, Contemporary Romance, culinary romance, gender flip retelling, Georgie All Along, graphic novels, Jen Comfort, Kate Clayborn, lesbian romance, melissa capriglione, Midnight Duet, musical theater, phantom of the opera, queer author, queer comic book, queer romance, rockstar romance, small town romance, YA Romance ·
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A romance roundup with all of the best tropes

Snowed in with Benefits by Misha Horne

The 12 Hunks of Herculeia: A Monstrously Mythic Romance Part 1 by C. Rochelle

Pansies by Alexis Hall

October 10, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

If walking back out into the real world this morning had been sensory overload, this trippy detour into fantasy land was full on sensory system crash. Except there was no crash, there was no quit, there was just keep going until you hit a wall and then figure out how to walk up the wall to the ceiling. So that’s what I did, gritting my teeth and pushing through. ― Misha Horne, Snowed in with Benefits 3.5 stars Austin Ash is wild, uncontrollable, and an […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alexis Hall, bdsm romance, bullying, C. Rochelle, childhood enemies to lovers, fated mates, forced proximity, gay romance, greek mythology, Misha Horne, monster boyfriend, monster love, queer romance, small town romance, tentacle smut

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:55 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alexis Hall, bdsm romance, bullying, C. Rochelle, childhood enemies to lovers, fated mates, forced proximity, gay romance, greek mythology, Misha Horne, monster boyfriend, monster love, queer romance, small town romance, tentacle smut ·
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Just so…..boring

Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

September 16, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

It’s nice to hear him so self-aware. To know that the seismic waves of coming out are still rippling through him too. I thought I was alone in that. Everyone makes it seem like coming out is crossing the finish line and now you just get to parade around while wearing your medal. For me, it feels more like I’m still winded midmarathon. ― Timothy Janovsky, Never Been Kissed Wren Roland wants his first kiss to be special. After a few near-misses, he wonders if […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Americana, found family, gay romance, missed connections, queer romance, small town romance, Timothy Janovsky

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:43 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Americana, found family, gay romance, missed connections, queer romance, small town romance, Timothy Janovsky ·
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