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Trope Tuesday: Second Chance Romance vs. Soul Mates

This is the last trope battle of the month for the #RomanceReadsApril Instagram challenge.  I have to say I think this one may be the hardest yet, Second Chance Romance vs. Soul Mates.  Not only is this hard because a lot of times I feel like Second Chance Romance can also be soul mates, so that does complicate things.   Second Chance Romance:  Definition: A trope in fiction where a couple learns to love…
April 28, 2020
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Beach Read by Emily Henry

Beach Read by Emily Henry Genre: Romance, Rom-Com Rating: Synopsis Augustus Everett and  January Andrews are two writers who could not be more different.  Except that they are both spending the summer trying to cure their writer’s block at the beach.  When they challenge each other to write outside of their comfort zone, they may cure more than just their writer’s block.   This post contains affiliate links. You can read more on my…
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
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You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

Synopsis Naomi Westfield has the perfect fiancé: Nicholas Rose holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family any bride would love to be a part of. They never fight. They're preparing for their lavish wedding that's three months away. And she is miserably and utterly sick of him.Naomi wants out, but there's a catch: whoever ends the engagement will have to foot the…
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Moonlight Seduction by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Synopsis Gabriel de Vincent broke Nikki's heart 4 years ago.  Now she is back in the mansion.  And Gabe is furious with her about their last encounter.  She is trying her best to ignore Gabe, but he is not going to let that happen. This post contains affiliate links. You can read more on my disclosures page. Review I read Moonlight Sins last year and really enjoyed it.  I am a big fan…
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In the Unlikely Event by LJ Shen

Synopsis Mal and Rory had a one night stand but as they leave, Mal proposes a crazy idea if they ever meet again they will drop everything and be together.  Fast forward 8 years when they meet again, but Mal seems to be an entirely different person. This post contains affiliate links. You can read more on my disclosures page. Review In the Unlikely Event is a very bittersweet book.  It is a…
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Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren

Synopsis Sam Brandis was Tate Jones’s first: Her first love. Her first everything. Including her first heartbreak. During a whirlwind two-week vacation abroad, Sam and Tate fell for each other in only the way that first loves do: sharing all of their hopes, dreams, and deepest secrets along the way. Sam was the first, and only, person that Tate—the long-lost daughter of one of the world’s biggest film stars—ever revealed her identity to.…
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Review: Stepbrother Dearest by Penelope Ward

Wow, this was an emotional roller coaster! So this book deals with a pseudo taboo topic.  I want to get that out there right away, this is a book about a romance between step-siblings.  Now personally I am not bothered by this topic, and in this book especially the two characters were not raised together as siblings.  However, if you are obviously this is not the book for you.  Onto the actual book.  I…