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𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐩. 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥. 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭-𝐢𝐟𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭. 

Oh gosh, the way I love these two so much! 

I didn't think that anyone could hold a candle to Trent and Miles, but Ben and Robin completely blew those two out the water. If had I had to be completely honest, I was a goner for Robin the minute I saw how desperately he wanted the love and affection that Ben doled out to him. He was absolutely the sweetest and kindest lonely little man, and I just wanted to hug him forever.

𝐀 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐠𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐂 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧.

 & don't even get me started on Ben. That man, despite his grumpy exterior, was an absolute teddy bear and the most perfect boyfriend to ever book boyfriend. He was just to awkward and adorable, and I loved how patient and perceptive he was with Robin, but also dominating in the best way (which I'll admit I wasn't expecting lol).

These two just balanced each other out so well, and I loved every sweet and steamy minute of their story so much that I never wanted it to end!

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 

As her thirtieth birthday looms closer, Hazel can’t help but feel like she missed out on getting a little crazy while she kept her nose stuck in a book. 

When she starts finding secret messages in books throughout her store, Hazel takes it as a sign to have a little adventure—better late than never! 

Who better to help her than Noah, Dream Harbor’s fun loving fisherman who is always down for an adventure, and the pair set off on a scavenger hunt that sends them all around town.  

Sparks fly the more time Hazel and Noah spend together, and soon the tension and chemistry between them is too hard to deny. 

I loved The Cinnamon Bun Book Store so much! Hazel and Noah were adorable and their story was just so swoony and sweet! Plus I absolutely loved the concept of the scavenger hunt Hazel was sent on and the mystery behind it too. So fun!

- small town romance 

- opposites attract

- reverse age gap (5 years)

- forced proximity 

- he falls first 

Tam prefers being alone, but when money gets too tight he's forced to take on a lodger to help cover rent and plans to avoid his new tenant for the duration of his six month lease.

That idea goes up in smoke the minute he meets Bhodi. Both men have been burned in the past, and despite the instant chemistry between them, the two are hesitant to fuck up their budding friendship.

As Tam and Bhodi grow closer, their feelings for each other are getting harder to resist, and soon the lines between friendship and more begin to blur.

Honestly, these two were absolutely precious! Their story was a tad bit angsty, but also incredibly sweet. I loved that these two tried to resist each other and the chemistry between them to build a healthy solid friendship before they boned instead of just diving into it. 

These characters have zero chemistry, and their only attraction to the FMC is that she smells yummy 

*yawn*

“𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆. “𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆.”

Stalk is a dark and twisted erotic horror novella that will tantalize as much as it terrifies. & was hands down the most perfect read to close out my spooky season reads with! 

Definitely written for all the babes who have always wanted to be chased down and ravished by a scare actor—ahem Fryboy 🥵

- predator + prey
- serial killer 
- insta-lust 
- stalking 
- knife play
- blood as lube
- questionable axe usage 

Leaving Him Locked — Chara Croft 

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Holden finds himself in a bit of pickle. With nowhere else to go, Holden heads to his best friend’s house forgetting that he’s out of town. Things go from bad to worse when Everett’s older brother Fletcher answers the door and offers his help. 

Fletcher only intends to help get Holden free, but lines blue between the pair as their mutual attraction comes to light, and he realizes that maybe Holden is what he’s always been missing. 

Honestly could have kept on reading about Fletcher and Holden, their short & super steamy story had me hooked. 

Drawn to You — Colette Davison 

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Devin and Jools were each others first loves and promised they would always find a way back to each other after Jools and his family move away to Australia. 

Six years later the pair reconnect with each other in Amsterdam and have one night together, both knowing that making promises to each other this time won’t do any good. 

Three years later Devin is looking for a flatmate, and as fate would have it, Jools appears coming to see him place. 

I loved the idea of first loves finding their way back to each other after almost a decade apart, and the overall sweetness of their story/relationship as Jools explored kink with someone he trusted so implicitly. 

His Slutty Angel — EM Denning

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kink newb Riley heads to Desires to find himself some fun, and meets the experienced Adrian who is more than happy to show him the ropes. 

Definitely my favorite read of the anthology. I need more of Adrian and Riley 😩 & that thigh riding scene 😮‍💨

A Step Too Far — Gianni Holmes 

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

When Iggy learns about the Naughty November list, he signs up to lose his virginity on camera at his older stepbrother Kieran’s adult entertainment company to finally get it over and done with. 

Kieran does not think any of his crew will give Iggy the first time he deserves, so he comes out of retirement to do the job himself. 

Honestly, I was just here for the stepbros 🤷🏻‍♀️

- grumpy x sunshine
- size difference
- mental illness rep

CW: grief/loss, characters with anxiety/depression + panic attacks and dissociation, traumatic flashback, blood, instance of homophobic language, mentions of parental death

After losing his first love, Jonah is not one for romantic attachments and prefers being one and done. All of that changes when he runs into one of his hookups roommate, and can't get the absolute ray of sunshine out of his head. For the first time in five years Jonah starts to feel something for someone and he's terrified, but sweet sensitive Alan is impossible to resist. 

Jonah and Alan are precious little angel babies, and I loved both of them so much. While I found their romance to be super sweet and steamy, it was also super emotional and hit me right in the feels. Both have suffered great losses, and struggle with anxieties that stem from that, Jonah most of all. There's a lot of misplaced guilt and trauma after losing Elliott, but seeing his character grow and get the help he needed so he could have a solid relationship with Alan was wonderful. 

I honestly wish their story had been longer, I just loved them so much and didn't want their story to end.