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The Cruel Prince meets Bridgerton? Say freaking less!

I absolutely devoured The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith, and loved every minute of this Bachelor-esque competition with it's deliciously cruel, cutthroat tasks and it's ridiculous girl drama. The idea of a vicious and crafty Fae queen granting bargains that can alter your entire life--if you're willing to pay whatever twisted price the she demands, made this unlike any fairytale I've ever read before!

And that ending?! Holy cannoli! I need a sequel asap!!!!

Shilo is precious and must be protected at all costs 🥹

I seriously loved him from the very first chapter, and wanted to reach into the book and hug him so bad. 

His relationship with Ryann was a whole ass mess though, but despite that, they were pretty perfect together. 

- office romance 
- age gap
- opposites attract 
- virgin/first times 
- secret relationship 
- neurodivergent mc 

My Eel-ectric Valentine by CD Rachels

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

A gym locker mishap kicks off Tyson’s friendship with eel-shifter Ardsley, and has him offering  to play his boyfriend for a Valentine’s work function. Sparks fly—literally and figuratively—between Tyson & Ardsley, and their friendship turns into more. 

Short and sweet and too adorable!

A Crush on Coach by DK Sutton

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Back in his hometown for work and to help plan his parent’s 30th anniversary with his dad’s best friend (and his former wrestling coach), Brad, Charlie is unprepared for the attraction that sparks between him and the much older man. 

Honestly l would have loved for this to have been full length! The chemistry between Charlie and Brad was so good, and I didn’t want their story to be over! So good though 

It Must Be Fate by Lee Blair

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

A hilariously mortifying singing telegram mixup (and several run ins in the most unexpected places after) lead to love for Lex and Garrison in this adorable novella. 

Another one I wish had been full length! Their meet cute was hilarious, and I loved that they kept running into each other, and how well they clicked. Plus the steam wasn’t half bad either 😉

My Demon Keeper by Stella Rainbow

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

A text to a wrong number brings overprotective demon, Ten, into Matthew’s life. This was cute and steamy, but I didn’t really feel the connection between Ten and Matthew. 

🌪️ ⒶⓇⒸ ⓇⒺⓋⒾⒺⓌ 🌪️

“𝘛𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘳… 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”

Relatable. Because honestly, who hasn’t?

I’ll be the first to admit my obsession with Twister and the massive crush I had on Bill Paxton at the time, to whatever it was about seeing Glen Powell in a cowboy hat in Twisters definitely has had me contemplating this a time or two 😅😅

Honestly though, Whirlwind was such a fun read! It’s action packed and spicy, the chemistry and tension between Ryker & Finley is 👌🏻, and there’s a great cast of side characters—let’s be honest, Joey really stole the show here 🤣

If you’re looking for a spicy action adventure romance to read, Whirlwind is coming this Thursday, February 6th!

- age gap
- professor + student
- forced proximity
- mutual pining
- plus size fmc
 

Ok this was seriously one of the cutest books I have ever read! Dylan and Axel were absolutely precious, and their story was so sweet—even though it had my emotions all over the place in the beginning with how much Dylan pined after Axel. 

So this just so cute and a definite must read!

🗝️ 🄰🅁🄲 🅁🄴🅅🄸🄴🅆 🗝️

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏?
𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒅. 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔.

Yall, when I tell you I am OBSESSED with Cal, I fucking mean that!!!

Despite what he does for a living (and everything he's been through) Cal's sunshine-y personality was infectious, and his dark humor had me cackling. I just wanna hug the shit out of this murderous cinnamon roll so much 🥹

I even loved him and Ryan’s less than cute meet cute—can we even call it that when Cal showed up to kill him due to a little misunderstanding? Idk, but these two have my whole fucking heart. 

Even though their start was a bit questionable, the chemistry and banter between them was 👌🏻 & I loved how Cal helped (😏) Ryan come into himself and embrace his sexuality. 

The Mercenary and the Mortician by Alexandra St Pierre, part one in the Silent Hollow series—a shared world with Alina May is coming February 4th. 

This was my first read by Alexandra, and is definitely not for the faint of heart, but I loved every minute of this chonky beeb. 

- mercenary + mortician, obviously
- dark mm romance
- queer awakening
- grumpy x sunshine
- opposites attract
- paranormal
- dual POV

Bunny shifter is a new one for me. 

This was ridiculous, but also pretty funny. Micah’s family was trash though, and he deserved so much better. 

Overall, it was fine? Just not what I expected.