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Team-building in the woods wouldn’t be my jam either

(Trust) Falling for You by Charish Reid

August 11, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo: A novella Smart Bitches Summer Bingo: The Great Outdoors Yolanda Watson tries her best to be an engaging and motivating English professor, she is well-liked by both her colleagues and her students. However, writing grant applications are not her strongest suit and she is upset that she lost out on a generous grant that could have helped a lot of her disadvantaged students. Samuel Morris knows he’s not popular, and doesn’t particularly try to be either. He believes in working hard, following […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: (Trust) Falling For You, academia, BIPOC, CBR16, Charish Reid, Contemporary Romance, Malin, novella, Nowhere Book Bingo, Smart Bitches, teachers

Malin's CBR16 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: (Trust) Falling For You, academia, BIPOC, CBR16, Charish Reid, Contemporary Romance, Malin, novella, Nowhere Book Bingo, Smart Bitches, teachers ·
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Spiders, Grasshoppers, and Bears, Oh My!

(Trust) Falling for You by Charish Reid

May 12, 2021 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

What an enjoyable snack of a book this was. I was reminded a few days ago that I had bought (Trust) Falling for You as a birthday gift to myself back in February and I snuck it into my weekend reading line up. I was pleasantly surprised to find out it is a novella, I hadn’t realized, but a 120-page story was just the right size for my mood. Charish Reid specializes in writing stories featuring people of color in higher education and their love […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: (Trust) Falling For You, a little romance, Charish Reid, faintingviolet, novella

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Romance · Tags: (Trust) Falling For You, a little romance, Charish Reid, faintingviolet, novella ·
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Into the Woods We Go

(Trust) Falling For You by Charish Reid

January 5, 2021 by Emmalita 10 Comments

I was delighted when Charish Reid offered an advance reader copy of (Trust) Falling for You in exchange for an honest review. I enjoyed her previous books The Write Escape and Hearts on Hold. She writes entertaining and heartfelt romances set in academia and centers them around Black women. In (Trust) Falling for You, the humanities department at a small liberal arts college goes on a week long team building retreat. Yolanda and her nemesis, Samuel, have to bunk together and are matched as team building […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: (Trust) Falling For You, advance reader copy, Charish Reid, Contemporary Romance, forced proximity, nemeses to lovers

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Romance · Tags: (Trust) Falling For You, advance reader copy, Charish Reid, Contemporary Romance, forced proximity, nemeses to lovers ·
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