Tag: Forced Proximity
The Trade by Ava Sutton
(ARC Review) If you’ve been waiting since Snow Blitz to see how Liam and Alie’s story plays out, let me just say this now: it is absolutely worth the wait. Ava Sutton really knew what she was doing with this one. From the very first page I was completely pulled in, and I genuinely did…
Perfectly Us by Samantha Brinn
Perfectly Us is the kind of romance that reminds you why second-chance love stories hit so deeply. Samantha Brinn delivers an emotional, swoony football romance filled with found family, healing after loss, and a hero who might just be the definition of a green-flag book boyfriend. Cameron Lowry has spent the last ten years focused…
Endgame by Willa Gray
“Love is such a small word for something so big.” How the heck is this a debut novel? Because Endgame just became one of my favorite hockey romances, and I genuinely cannot believe this is Willa Gray’s first book. From the moment I picked it up, I was completely locked in. I finished it in…
Take My Kiss by Brooke Montgomery
I am once again head over heels for this series. The spice level? Perfect.The men? Absolutely down bad for their women.The women? Strong, independent, and allergic to accepting help even when they desperately need it. And Colton Langston? Book boyfriend perfection. Colt is the kind of man who doesn’t just say he wants a family—he…
Change the Play by Kaylee Ryan
(ARC Review) From the emotional prologue to that perfect final epilogue, this story had the kind of love that lingers. We’ve known Foster Vaughn as the broody, quiet one of the Nashville Rampage. He’s the man who loves his teammates fiercely but keeps himself just out of reach. While his four best friends found their…
The Hockey Situation by Lyra Parish
(ARC Read) I am 100% in my feelings after this one. Wow. Lyra Parish—ma’am. Just when I think you can’t outdo yourself, you go and drop this emotional, spicy, chaotic masterpiece. Kendall and Patterson’s tension is hands-down some of the most scorching, raw, and emotionally charged I’ve ever read. These two don’t just dislike each…
Whisper Sweet Nothings by Laura Pavlov
(ARC Review) “He was the book boyfriend dreams were made of.” Whisper Sweet Nothings is the soft, swoony, deeply satisfying finale to the beloved Rosewood River series, and I cannot believe it’s already over. Single dad x nanny. Age gap. Forced proximity. Small town. Found family.It delivered so many of the tropes I love, but…
Sweet Surrender by Bella Matthews
(ARC Review) This book ruined my sleep schedule, my emotional stability, and my ability to read at a reasonable pace. I was fully obsessed from the beginning to the close of the last page. Ashton and Jameson’s story feels unfinished. Like they were always meant to circle back to each other. Years of tension. One…
The Hotshot by Piper Rayne
(ARC Review) Leighton and Hayes completely stole my heart. They are just so adorably cute together, and I can’t say no to a best friend’s brother, fake dating romance. Ever. “If I learned anything last year, it’s that sometimes you don’t know you need someone until they’re standing next to you.” This book is the…
Of Ink and Alchemy by Sloane St. James
I am still not okay after reading Of Ink and Alchemy. Like…it’s the morning after. I slept. I ate. I tried to be a functioning adult. And I am still thinking about Logan Teller. This book had everything.Spice. Obsession. Yearning. Torment. Found family. Suspense. A morally gray man waving red flags like he’s at a…