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It's 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 I've mentioned this once or twice already, and it's 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 I'll mention it again, but in case you missed it...

Want to read my swashbuckling space-western early?
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“I thought I knew what I wanted. I didn't think it would be five drop-dead gorgeous men. I also didn't think we'd be shipwrecked on an island together."

Adrift by @elliepondauthor 🚢

What to expect:
🚢 Why Choose
🌅 Age Gap
🚢 Trust Fund Olympian
🌅 Grumpy Engineer
🚢 Posh Deck Hand
🌅 Captain with Zaddy Vibes
🚢 Island Life
🌅 Marooned
🚢 Grumpy X Sunshine
🌅 Found Family

#arcreader #outnow #newrelease #elliepond #whychoose #agegap #marooned #foundfamily #grumpysunshine @happilybookedpr

Just checked my email and
3! Books! Approved!
I am still new to reviewing books, and I didn't even hope to get so many approved! #netgalley #ARCreader

Warrick by @authorlizabee 🐺🌼 OUT NOW!

What to expect:
🐺 Shifter Romance
🌼 Second Chance Romance
🐺 Small Town
🌼 Rejected Mate
🐺 Popular Guy x Quiet Girl
🌼 Football Player x Reader
🐺 Meddling Grandma
🌼 Supportive Situationship
🐺 Trauma
🌼 Slow Burn

#arcreader #outnow #newrelease #romancebook #lizabee #warrick #shifterromance #smalltown #secondchanceromance @happilybookedpr

Will she give him another chance, or will she reject her mate for good?

Warrick by @authorlizabee 🐺🌼

Coming April 22nd, 2025!

What to expect:
🐺 Shifter Romance
🌼 Second Chance Romance
🐺 Small Town
🌼 Rejected Mate
🐺 Popular Guy x Quiet Girl
🌼 Football Player x Reader
🐺 Meddling Grandma
🌼 Supportive Situationship
🐺 Trauma
🌼 Slow Burn

#arcreader #comingsoon #lizabee #warrick #shifterromance #smalltown #secondchanceromance @happilybookedpr

"I thought I knew what I wanted. I didn't think it would be five drop-dead gorgeous men. I also didn't think we'd be shipwrecked on an island together."

Find out what happens on April 18th, 2025.
Adrift by @elliepondauthor 🚢

What to expect:
🚢 Why Choose
🌅 Age Gap
🚢 Trust Fund Olympian
🌅 Grumpy Engineer
🚢 Posh Deck Hand
🌅 Captain with Zaddy Vibes
🚢 Grumpy X Sunshine
🌅 Found Family

#arcreader #comingsoon #elliepond #whychoose #agegap #marooned #foundfamily #grumpysunshine @happilybookedpr

He loves me, He loves me knot... Sweet Heat by @elliewriteseverything 🩷"

⚾️ Opening Day: March 27th, 2025!!

What to expect:
⚾️ Sports romance
🍬 Best friends little sister
⚾️ Dual V!rgin MC’s
🍬 Scent Matches
⚾️ Age Gap
🍬 Trauma Bond
⚾️ Soft and Steamy
🍬 Girl Squad
⚾️ Protective/ Stalker vibe MMC
🍬 Touch her and ☠️ vibes
⚾️ “Teaching” her
🍬 MF Omegaverse

#sweetheat #baseballromance #arcreader #comingsoon #romancebook #indieauthor #omegaverse @happilybookedpr

Coming Soon — Sweet Heat by @elliewriteseverything

⚾️ Opening Day: March 27th, 2025!!

What to expect:
⚾️ Sports romance
🍬 Best friends little sister
⚾️ Dual V!rgin MC’s
🍬 Scent Matches
⚾️ Age Gap
🍬 Trauma Bond
⚾️ Soft and Steamy
🍬 Girl Squad
⚾️ Protective/ Stalker vibe MMC
🍬 Touch her and ☠️ vibes
⚾️ “Teaching” her
🍬 MF Omegaverse

#sweetheat #baseballromance #arcreader #comingsoon #romancebook #indieauthor #omegaverse @happilybookedpr

#lesfic #arcreader

The countdown is on!! An Imperfect Truth by @leighcarronauthor is coming so SOON!

Tropes:
Meet cute-to-Friends-to-Lovers
Big city x small town
Latte art (latte recipes included)
Coffee and Photography dates
Hidden Identity
Anxiety rep
Protective Big Brother
Found Family Feels
Fuck It Playlist
Chubby, Tatted, & Bearded MC
Interracial romance
Golden retriever w/ BIG D energy
Sexplorations
Slow burn

#leighcarron #arcreader #comingsoon #romancebook #indieauthor #comingsoon @happilybookedpr

Have I been disassociating this month while the horrors persist around me? Yes. So far this month I’ve read 8 ALCs and I’ve highlighted 0 of them. Here’s all 8 with my star rating and a snippet of my chaotic thoughts:

1. Zoe Brennan, First Crush by Laura Piper Lee. This book was mega horny and also really funny. Femme x masc sapphic rom com set in a winery, get into it.

2. The Girl Most Likely To by Julie Tieu. Second chance romanceish 20 year high school reunion love story. Messy, funny, a little heartwarming. Yeehaw

3. You Between The Lines by Katie Naymon. A MASTERCLASS IN YEARNING OMG. Two poets who have been pining for each other for years in the same MFA program??? I’m gonna eat it up

4. The Perfect Rom-Com by Melissa Ferguson. There’s something about Melissa Ferguson’s writing that really works for me. The back and forth between the main characters was excellent in this one. Cutie little easy read

5. Shoot Your Shot by Lexie Lafleur Brown. This was cute enough but the FMC sorta pmo. Like okay!! We get it!! You’re the coolest, edgiest girl that has ever lived and you have tattoos!!!

6. Playing Flirty by Shameez Patel. Nerd alert!!! Super cute nerdy romance alert!!!

7. The Sirens by Emilia Hart. I was simply not the target demographic for this book and I feel the synopsis was a bit misleading. Beautifully written, not for me, definitely for other people.

8. Something Cheeky by Thien-Kim Lam. This book was positively STUFFED with representation and cute enough. Didn’t rock my world but I still liked it. Did appeal to my former theatre kid heart though!
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LGBT Fiction ARCs You'll Love - February 2025 Batch https://booksirens.com/bundle/lgbt-fiction-arcs-you-ll-love-february-2025-batch #ARCReader #bookreview #books #fantasy

Bookmail from Tor Nightfire.
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January reading wrap up! (And YEAH it took me most of the month to realize I wasn’t tracking my audiobooks in minutes 🥲🥲🥲)

Total: 20
ARCs: 8
Fiction: 19
Nonfiction: 1
Rereads: 4

This was a busy January for so me I didn’t get as much reading done as I would have liked, but I’m still quite pleased with how the year kicked off! My December books were all pretty lackluster and I really enjoyed most of the books I read this month. Only ONE SINGLE book below 3⭐️ and I had multiple new 5⭐️ reads!! I don’t know that I can pick a favorite this month.

What was your favorite book you read in January?
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I Think They Love You was a sweet second chance/fake dating love story between Denz and Braylon. Denz comes from an event planning empire and his father, the CEO, is ready to step down and name his successor. In an attempt to make himself seem more responsible, Denz lies about being in a serious relationship. In an act of desperation, he convinces his Ex, Bray (who now goes by Braylon), to fake date him after running into each other for the first time since they broke up years ago.

This book was cute and sweet and all the things I love to see from a fake dating book!! I’m not usually a huge fan of second chance romance, but this one was done well. I loved the way we got to watch them fall back in love, both facing their fears to do so. The secondary characters were excellent, I laughed several times listening to this, and it left me feeling warm and fuzzy. One thing I gotta say though- what do you mean Bray went to England AS AN ADULT, stayed there for a couple years, and came home with a British accent? That’s insane. But truly, a minor gripe all things considered.

Thank you Netgalley for my copy of this audiobook!

4⭐️
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Unromance by Erin Connor was everything I love in a romance book. Everything. There was BANTER, there was YEARNING, there was FEET KICKING (on my end). I stayed giggling and twirling my hair the whole time I was reading this!! I love love loved the dynamics between Sawyer and Mason. The vibes were right and I really enjoyed this one.

My biggest criticism of the book was the male narrator- he wasn’t my cup of tea but it wasn’t so distracting that I didn’t enjoy this.

Thank you Netgalley for my ALC of this!

5 feet kicking, giggling ⭐️!!
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First thing’s first: thank you Netgalley for the ALC of this book!
Sometimes I read a book and I struggle to know- Am I an idiot who doesn’t understand this book or is this book just actually boring as heck? In the case of Mona Acts Out, I think it was just actually very boring and tedious.

I think someone who was involved in the NY theatre scene or someone who’s a big Shakespeare buff would like this much more than I did, but I’m neither of those demographics. This book jumped from present day to various points in the past constantly, which was a touch confusing. I found Mona pretty boring, unlikable, and her constant protection and ideation of a man who’d proven to be a predator was a bit unsettling.
I wanted to like this book and I thought I would based on the synopsis, but I found this book neither exuberant nor deeply moving.

A couple good things:
The narration was really well done!! And a moment for the cover art?? Just beautiful. Unfortunately they weren’t enough to save it for me.

1.5⭐️ rounded up to 2⭐️ for goodreads
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Gotta love silver foxes and honestly loved watching this character in the background of the first two novels but to hear her story now and to have her reporting on rhe trauma book ones FMC went through was a nice little wrap up for her.

I loved how delulu she was going into it. Girl please 😂 also Avery is hilarious and I need more of her. Was a nice read for the day and light.

#arc #arcreader #bookcommunity #omegaverse #widowers #secondchanceromance #fakedating #booktok #bookstagram

I listened to this book in the middle of the night while I was driving to Orlando for the National Championship. My copilot was snoozing in the passenger seat (SLACKER) and this book kept me company.

This book was interesting and I really liked the premise. I love that they were able to fall in love without ever actually physically meeting or seeing each other. However, I do feel like that developed rather quickly. I was definitely fully invested in the story, it was easy to listen to. The narration was well done and really kept me locked in. I didn’t love the ending, but overall I did enjoy this one and recommend it!!

3.5⭐️

I was given a free ALC of this book in exchange for my honest review. Thanks Netgalley!!
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