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Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter

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4.0

Cute angsty rom-com read!

Colin and Olivia start an anonymous text relationship accidentally, but he’s her brothers best friend and roommate in real life.

Drama ensues / cue the angst !!
Funny Feelings by Tarah DeWitt

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4.0

4.5⭐️!!

So cute and fun to read. Hazel is easily one of my favourite parts of this book.

A little fake dating, when both are secretly in love. The writing was so intelligent, and I couldn’t put this down.

My first book by this author and I am so happy with this.
Royally Not Ready by Meghan Quinn

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4.0

A fun royal romance!
Not my favourite by this author, but enjoyable still.

Keller is very dominant in the bedroom, which gave us tons of spicey content

Lilly was such a fun character. I laughed so much from her constant babbling
The Fiction Between Us by Julie Olivia

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4.0

THIS BOOK WAS SO STINKIN CUTE!!!

I loved their banter, and how sassy Quinn is. It’s nice how they grew up together, and still had crushes but had different paths for a while. After they come back together, slightly angsty but so so romantic.

I loved the epilogue. Extremely happy with the ending.
Fallen Jester by Devney Perry

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4.0

There’s something about a play boy turning into a one woman man, and adding an unexpected pregnancy to the mix.

Leo was always so charming in the past books, it’s nice to see Cassandra settle him in ways he never anticipated
Wild Ride by Leslie North, Leslie North

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3.0

***e-ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher for my honest review***

This was a quick and romantic cowboy summer read.

An opposites attract romance, between a grumpy head rancher, and a “city girl” coming in to help improve the ranch to turn a profit.

Sabrina is an adventure coordinator; and is coming to Trevor’s family ranch to upgrade the land for “glamping”. He hates change, but is willing to let her try because they need the money.

She has all of these ideas, but he has rules and lists. And none of them allow for much change. Over time, she slowly gets him to accept her ideas. More so by asking forgiveness than permission.

The two butt heads, and bicker, but there is underlying heat and attraction.

I wish there was more character development, and that we got to see more of them together as a couple. This book is on the shorter side, so part of it felt rushed in order to get to the big ILY declaration.

It was light hearted and enjoyable over all, I just wish I got to see more back story and/or character development with Trevor and Sabrina.
Defy by L.J. Shen

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3.0

A prequel to the Sinners of Saint series, this is a quick novella about a forbidden romance between 18 year old student and 26 year old teacher.

Worth reading to get a bit of back story before heading into the series.

Had potential for more, but it was a novella so the point is that it’s quick/short

Scandalous by L.J. Shen

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4.0

Scandalous indeed!!! This was a great read in this series.
I felt like Trent and Edie had a genuine connection.

Trent is a single dad, with a little girl who doesn’t talk.
Edie is young, and her dad is enemies with Trent. They are on the board of the same company and both are trying to get rid of the other. Edie has the weight of the world on her shoulders, trying to care for everyone else other than herself.

Her dad tried to blackmail Edie into getting dirt on Trent, and she feels guilty because she has feelings for Trent but she has no other choice.

Both her and Trent know the stakes and who the other person is, but they don’t stop their firey romance.
Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

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3.0

A short and sweet rom-com read.

Interesting concept, navigating new romance while dealing with mental illness in yourself and with family. It’s nice she has support systems in place she can turn to on the dark days.

Ari and Russell we’re workplace friends, who turned to each other to Parent Trap their bosses into getting back together.

Surprisingly emotional !! But in a nice heartwarming way.
Bad Girl Reputation by Elle Kennedy

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3.0

This was fine. I liked Evan a lot, and I’ll admit he grew up a lot over the course of this book. At first to impress Gen but it seemed he did it for himself afterwards too.

The pace of this was weird. Some parts fast others slow.
Decent enough concept but it missed the mark