Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Come on, what’s a farewell threesome between friends?

One More Gift: A spicy snowed-in novella by Holly June Smith

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CBR18 Bingo: And – Saskia gets both her ex and her new love. Saskia is eagerly awaiting the arrival of her one-time-college-hookup-turned-best-friend Henry. She’s decorated her English country cottage for Christmas, and Henry is arriving from New York to spend the holidays with her. Saskia is going through an amicable divorce with her husband, Casper. She and Henry have decided to give romance a chance since they have always loved each other and feel safe with one another. Moments after Henry arrives, a second pair […]

The Kiss Quotient: Reverse, diverse Pretty Woman.

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

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Stella is woman in her 30s (?) with a good job, good money, good relationships with her parents, but horror of horrors she does not have a boyfriend or husband. When her mother suggests that she’s ready for grandchildren, Stella feels the pressure of all of her failed romantic encounters dragging her towards childlessness. Stella knows that she is bad at sex and that is the reason why she cannot hold down a man.  So she makes a plan to fix herself so that she […]

Smut at its finest: Lights Out

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

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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 […]

Some Dark Romances, Some Cute Romances, Some Romance Novellas. Something for everyone!

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

Hooked by Emily McIntire

Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison

In The Weeds by B.K. Borison

All In by Sara Cate

Pucking Ever After, Vol. 2 by Emily Rath

Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey

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Here are some 2023 reviews that I didn’t manage to get out before the deadline: Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver Sloane is just your average, everyday woman who just so happens to enjoy murdering serial killers and posing them in grisly tableaus as a hobby. Who can’t relate? One day, she is accidentally trapped by a killer she has just murdered and is worried she is going to starve to death when she is saved by Rowan, an everyday man who also just so […]

Laurent is an incredible anti-hero, but the Vaskian women are my true inspiration

Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

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“That’s right, I’m still captured,’ said Damen. ‘Your eyes say, “For now,”’ Laurent said. ‘Your eyes have always said, “For now.” ― C.S. Pacat, Prince’s Gambit And so they talked. Laurent’s vocabulary hit its limits when it came to military terms and maneuvers, but Damen filled in the gaps. It was of course no surprise to find that Laurant had a well-stocked armory of elegant phrases and bitchy remarks, but could not talk in detail about anything sensible. ― C.S. Pacat, Prince’s Gambit Prince’s Gambit […]

Damen’s understanding of Laurent rearranged itself, in order that he might despise him more accurately.

Captive Prince: Book One of the Captive Prince Trilogy by C.S. Pacat

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“Is there anyone at this court who isn’t my enemy?” “Not if I can help it,” Laurent said.” ― C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince Prince Damianos is having a bad time. After the king dies, Damianos’s brother Kastor claims the throne and manages to get rid of Damianos. By declaring Damianos dead, Kastor is able to guarantee his ascension to the throne. Raised in the palace, Damianos is shielded from the grim realities of the way of life he and his kingdom enable: slavery. That is […]



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