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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Fun, steamy enemy-to-lovers romance

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

February 15, 2021 by LaneyFace 1 Comment

Executive assistant Lucy Hutton hates her publishing house coworker Josh. Typically well-liked and cute as a button, Lucy’s usual charms failed to break the stony demeanor of her work partner, leading to childish animosity between the two adults. Lucy and Josh’s resentment plays out as a series of rancorous “games” in which the winner revels in getting under the other’s skin.  Their hatred is so visceral that HR frequently intervenes and halts their little hating games. A steamy elevator make-out session changes everything and Lucy […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR13, easy read, sally thorne, ye olde romcom

LaneyFace's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR13, easy read, sally thorne, ye olde romcom ·
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Why be Emma when you could be Gildebarb?

Well Met by Jen DeLuca

February 1, 2021 by pineolliepple 1 Comment

Girl meets boy, girl hates boy, girl joins boy’s small-town Renaissance Faire as a busty tavern wench…you know the drill. I started getting into romcoms last summer as fluffy escapism from everything going on, and in the last eight months as things have grown increasingly dark I’m now averaging one spicy enemies-to-lovers for every two books of any other genre, so at this point, I’m just looking for a fun two-day read with a happy ending, the more bonkers the premise, the better. And in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: jen deluca, Renaissance Faire, ye olde romcom

pineolliepple's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: jen deluca, Renaissance Faire, ye olde romcom ·
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