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November 10, 2022

REVIEW: The Cockermouth Mail by Dinah Dean

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsChristmas / country-set / England / forced proximity / governess / military hero / Regency / Rural Romance / trad regency4 Comments

Snowed-in for Christmas! The penniless orphan of a disgraced Baronet, Miss Dorcas Minster catches the Mail coach north to work as a governess. Her traveling companions are very jolly, but on Christmas Eve the coach breaks down in thick snow and Dorcas finds herself walking back to the inn with ... more >

July 25, 2022

CONVERSATION: Fake Dating and Marriage of Convenience

JanineBook Reviews / Conversationsarranged-marriage / believability / fake relationship / forced proximity / high stakes / marriage-of-convenience / maturity / motive / tropes23 Comments

Janine: In our April open thread I lamented the omnipresence of fake relationships in contemporary romances so this seems like a good time to have a conversation about the trope. I’ve sometimes seen it discussed along with the marriage of convenience trope (readers compare them or group them under the ... more >

June 28, 2022

REVIEW: Flight from the Eagle by Dinah Dean (Newly Released as an ebook/paperback)

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / forced proximity / Historical / Historical fiction / lady's companion / military hero / Napoleonic wars / road-romance / Russia / Russian Series / War / Military15 Comments

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Major Orlov takes on the protection of Countess Berova… But can he let her go? Leading his battalion of injured and war-hardened infantry to safety, Major Lev Orlov is seeking shelter for his men in an abandoned inn when he finds himself face to face with a Countess. Lev can’t ... more >

Illustrated cover featuring a drive-in screen (containing the book's title in red font) and a fair-haired white guy leaning against a blue car and a dark-haired white guy leaning against the red car parked next to it.
May 21, 2022

REVIEW: Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Edelweiss / forced proximity / Movies / queer / second chanceComments Off on REVIEW: Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

Dear (never-been-quite-over-you) Crush,It’s been a few years since we were together, but I can’t stop thinking about the time we almost… Wren Roland has never been kissed, but he wants that movie-perfect ending more than anything. Feeling nostalgic on the eve of his birthday, he sends emails to all the ... more >

January 25, 2022

REVIEW: The Five-Day Reunion by Mona Shroff

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / forced proximity / Harlequin / Indian American / Once Upon a Wedding series / POC / POC author / second chance at love / weddingComments Off on REVIEW: The Five-Day Reunion by Mona Shroff

They ended their marriage, but they never fell out of love… Law student Anita Virani hasn’t seen her ex-husband since the ink dried on their divorce papers. Now she’s agreed to pretend she’s still married to Nikhil until his sister’s wedding celebrations are over—because her former mother-in-law neglected to tell ... more >

Illustrated cover, in the backround is a line drawing of the Saroyan Steps in California, in the foreground is a handsome white man with light brown hair, long and shaggy, and a scruffy beard, in a slate grey henley and dark jeans. He has one hand in his back pocket and the other is gesturing, low at his hip. Next to him stands a fat white woman with chin length hair, wearing a tee which had "BHE" which stands for Big Harpy Energy on it and jeans, She has her arms crossed in front of her and is leaning back slightly, looking up at him (he's much taller) with an "oh really?" expression in response to his smile and whatever ridiculous thing he's just said.
November 16, 2021

REVIEW: All the Feels by Olivia Dade

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsactor / ADHD / California / Contemporary / fanfiction / fat representation / forced proximity / friends-to-lovers / mental health / NetGalley / work relationship16 Comments

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CW: Domestic violence themes, fatphobia Dear Olivia Dade, First off, may I just say that the cover is perfect. It’s entirely true to the book and just staring at it makes me happy. Leni Kauffman (the artist) is such a talent. Alex Woodroe is an actor on the Game of ... more >

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