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“That’s one of the reasons I forced her to live with me. I’ve always got my eye on her.” 👀

Raylee is livid after her stepbrother posted a video of her on he knees for him…Raylee is the only one Colton wants and he makes sure to ruin her for anyone else…

This is a dark, taboo romance. The degradation & humiliation kínk was so intense in this! Actually the whole thing was pretty intense 🔥🔥🔥 The banter, the toxic craziness 😬 It was a wild ride!

Read this if you like ⤵️

🖤 Dark Romance
⚔️ Enemies To Lovers
🚫 Taboo
🎓 College
🧎🏻‍♀️ Dom / Sub
👥 Forced Proximity
🙀 Degradation / Humiliation
🔫 Mafia Vibes
🗣 Fantastic Dirty Talk
👫 Possessive / Jealous Hero

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶/5

Sabotage by Shantel Tessier

⚠️ Check your TWs ⚠️

“My greatest hope is to be in all-consuming love. My biggest fear is to be in all-consuming love.” 🖤

I can’t even give y’all a synopsis because you need to go into this book as blind as possible.

I am OBSESSED. It hooked me and now I need to know what happens next! Lots of twists and turns that you don’t see coming 👀 I will say I got a little confused a couple times that I had to reread a couple parts, but honestly there is a lot to unpack and I needed some clarity.

The SPICE was freaking 🔥🥵😮‍💨 Dominic is my fave — you all know I love the dark, morally gray 😏 Love Sean too. Tyler is such a sweetheart 🥺❤️ Cecelia is young & naive, but really starts to grow towards the end of the book…

Read this if you like ⤵️

🏘 Small Town
🌦 Grumpy x Sunshine
🖤 Morally Gray
🤫 Secrets
🔎 Mystery
👫 Large friends Group
🧍‍♀️ Tall Heroine
🚘 Classic Cars
🧗🏻‍♀️ Cliffhanger Ending
📚 Trilogy

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶/5

Flock by Kate Stewart
The Ravenhood Book 1

“She’s smart. Beyond beautiful. Yes, she has great tits. She’s also sexually compatible with me. Basically, she’s a fucking unicorn.” ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Camryn is a gorgeous, successful even planner in NYC. Years ago she had a 🔥 moment with a man, but at the time she was in a serious relationship so that moment never went anywhere. Recently, she found out that her boyfriend was engaged to someone else when she is hired to plan the engagement party….

Nate is the owner of The Paradise Club, which are high end adult club resorts all over the world. He was the man who had a moment with Camryn all those years ago. He just hired her company to help plan the grand opening of a new resort and now she is newly single….

This book was HOT 🥵 the spice was excellent. Nate & Camryn’s chemistry and the other sexual play was very steamy. The storyline was good. They have a tight knit friends group with some interesting characters.

Getting near the end was shocking. I wasn’t expecting that plot twist and it was not my favorite twist at all. I have read another book with a similar scenario and it’s just not my thing. So that’s why this is rated how it is. 😐

Read this if you like ⤵️

2️⃣ Second Chance
🎂 30 yr old Heroine
😈 Adult Clubs
👫 Friends To Lovers
👯‍♀️ Close Knit Friends Group
💰 Rich Men / Rich Women
📚 Stand-alone Series
🌴 Tropical Islands

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/5
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶/5

Paradise by J.A. Low
Paradise Club Book 1

“There was never going to be a life away from you, because, Jesus, that’s no life at all. You, Hannah. Are my life.” 🌊🦀❤️

Fox has lived up to his image as a “playboy” for years, which has left him with feelings of low self esteem and a poor self worth. When Hannah enters his life, it makes him question everything he has ever assumed about himself. 🙍🏼‍♂️❓

Hannah has always been a side character and never a leading lady in her life. Always there for others, but never really there for herself. 🙇🏼‍♀️

Hannah’s movie production has just been approved to move to Westport and she has to room with Fox since Piper’s in-laws are in town…🌲🌊🏠

I was very excited for this book after reading IHOS and I enjoyed it. It has humor, lots of tension, swoon-worthy moments, and everything I usually enjoy from Tessa Bailey’s writing. 💕

The only thing that truly bugged me through this book was the overwhelming feelings of unworthiness from Hannah, but especially Fox. 🥺 It took up a lot of the story and I just wanted a little more of Fox & Hannah’s moments together. I wanted more text messages!! 📱

I would still very much recommend this book! I think it wraps up the Bellinger sisters’ story quite well 🥰🥰🥰

Read this if you like ⤵️

👫 Friends To Lovers
👥 Forced Proximity
🏠 Roommates
👱🏻‍♂️ Reformed Playboy
🔥 Slow Burn
🏘 Small Town
🌲 PNW
📚 Stand-alone Duet

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶🌶/5 — Sporty Spice

Hook, Line, And Sinker by Tessa Bailey
Bellinger Sisters Book 2

“Just because we didn’t end up on the same wave, doesn’t mean we aren’t still a part of the same ocean.” 🌊♥️

Lily Bloom’s life has not been an easy one, but she is strong and has worked hard to achieve her goals. One evening while sitting on a rooftop, she meets the handsome neurosurgeon, Ryle. There is an instant attraction, but as time goes on things start to happen and dark memories come to light. Meanwhile, Lily reminisces about her childhood and her childhood lover, Atlas, which makes her wonder what ever happened to him…

I knew going into this that it was going to be rough on my heart. It absolutely was! This story is painfully beautiful. I was rooting for Lily the whole way. I am so happy with how this ended — it was realistic and uplifting. I am so happy to have waited to read this and can’t wait for It Starts With Us! 💗

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👫 Childhood Friends To Strangers To Lovers
😶 Emotional Reads
❤️‍🩹 Heartbreaking & Heartwarming
🤭 Heavy, Intense Topics
🏙 Boston, MA
🩹 Scarred Hero
📚 Series (book 2 out this year)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
Book 1

“Sometimes we have to leave home to chase our dreams…And sometimes we find ourselves right back where we started, and that’s okay too.” ❤️‍🔥

Winnie is a hopeless romantic who always gives her heart away too easily. Dex is a hot, grumpy, single dad, firefighter who just moved in next door. 🥵 Winnie has sworn off love and Dex has closed off his heart. Yet, when they meet there is instant tension between the two of them. They decide to keep things casual and promise to not fall for each other….”I don’t love you”…”I don’t love you too.”

This book was fantastic! I loved every minute of it! Winnie & Dex are freaking fire 🔥 the chemistry & spice 🥵🥵🥵 But my favorite thing are Dex’s two little girls, Hallie & Luna. Kids in romance books can be complicated, but these two are PERFECTION — you fall in love with them right from the beginning.

The Cloverleigh Farms Series was fantastic and this extension of the series is absolutely wonderful! I love the inside jokes, the similarities between Winnie & Dex and Frannie & Mack, Winnie’s bestie Ellie, PIGLET 🥺🐈‍⬛ — just loved it 🥰 

🎂 Age Gap — 10 Years

👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad / Parent 

🧑‍🚒 Firefighter

🏡 Neighbors 

🌦 Grumpy x Sunshine

🪖 Military — Retired Navy Seal

🏘 Small Town

2️⃣ Second Chance 

🏞 Michigan

📚 Stand-alone Series

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

🌶🌶🌶/5

“I’ll always be yours. No distance or time apart will change that, Lily. You need to believe that.” ❤️

Lily Calloway and Loren Hale have been best friends forever. They are from affluent families, huge comic book fans, and are both addicts. Lily is addicted to séx to the point where she waits in club bathrooms to meet random strangers. Lo is addicted to alcohol 🥃 to the point where he blacks out. They have always covered for each other’s addictions, but as their addictions become more destructive, the lies get harder and harder to keep up with….

This book straight up didn’t wow me, but I think when you start this series you have to treat this book as essentially world building. The spice is minimal. The pain of their addictions is very much apparent. Lily and Lo absolutely love each other, but they are enablers for each other’s addictions.

I LOVED the side characters — Connor & Ryke — they honestly were more like able. Lily’s family is very nosy and gave me Kardashian vibes since they are wealthy and up in each other’s lives.

I can’t wait to read more into this series though because I am intrigued with where this whole thing is going to go. I want to see where all of these characters are going to end up.

Read this if you like ⤵️

👫 Childhood Besties To Lovers
👩‍❤️‍👨 Fake Dating
👥 Forced Proximity
🎓 College Romance
💸 Trust Fund Kids
❓Who Did This To You?
📚 Series

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶🌶/5

Addicted To You by Krista & Becca Ritchie
Addicted Book 1

“My whole life I’d been told I needed a man but here was the bravest and strongest man I’d ever known, and he needed me.” ⚓️

Sloane’s family had their shipment stolen and she is determined to get it back because if she doesn’t she will have to marry a man she does not love. She travels in the dark of night to report the criminals, but instead gets taken by them! One day there is a vicious battle happening on the ship and she is rescued by this hot pirate captain, Elliot. She has to decide whether she can trust him or not…

This was a fun pirate romance with spice, action, and an interesting storyline. I loved Sloane so much! She is that strong, independent, tough young women who don’t need no man that’s for sure! 😄 Elliot is probably the sweetest, most caring pirate ever 🥺 — the chamomile oil! I wish I could have had his POV just to see his side of the tension 🔥

Read this if you like ⤵️

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance
👥 Forced Proximity
💪🏻 Strong Female Protagonist
🖤 Morally Gray
👊🏻 Possessive Alpha
🔥 Slow Burn
📚 Stand-alone Series

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/5
🌶🌶/5

Stolen At Sea by Summer O’Toole
The Taken Series Book 1

“I’ll love you until my heart gives out. I’ll be your man for a thousand years. Longer if I’m allowed.” 🦀

Piper is an LA socialite who gets dumped by her boyfriend of 3 weeks, decides to throw the craziest rooftop party, and lands herself in jail. When she has to face the music, her stepdad decides this is the final straw, cuts her off 💸 and exiles her to a beach town in the PNW 🌊to run her late father’s rundown bar. 🍺🍺🍺

There she meets this tall, dark, handsome, GRUMPY fisherman 🎣, Brendan, who bets she won’t last even a night in this town. Piper is determined to prove everyone wrong — that she is not just some stuck up, ditzy blonde — that there is more to her than that… 💁🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️

I LOVED this book! The tension was SO GOOD. The humor was classic Tessa Bailey, aka perfection. The spice was HOT 🥵 BRENDAN is book boyfriend PERFECTION ✨ he is the blueprint ladies 😮‍💨

The ending was a little 🤏🏻 anticlimactic for me I really wanted them to suffer just a little bit more, but I still loved it! Absolutely recommend it! Now to read Hook, Line, & Sinker 😍

🌦Grumpy x Sunshine

💙 Boy Falls First

🏘 Small Town

🌲 Pacific Northwest 

😠 Who Did This To You?!

💪🏻 Possessive Alpha

💥 Breaking Stereotypes

📚 Stand-alone Duet

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/5

🌶🌶🌶🌶/5

“The glint in his eye and the smile on his face promise more. That’s a problem for future me.” 🏎🏎🏎

Maya has just graduated and is not sure what direction to go in next. Her brother, Santi, is an Formula 1 racer and he decides to take her along. There she meets Noah Slade — F1 hottie with a fúćkäble body & a smile that makes girls weak at the knees. Maya cannot stand Noah, so she does everything to avoid him…. 😏😏😏

Maya & Noah are adorbs🥰 The banter and tension was good! Racing is not something I really know, so it was fun to get a peek into that world through this book. Noah’s character growth was fantastic — I freaking LOVED how self aware he was. 🙂 The spice 🔥😮‍💨 Overall I wasn’t as obsessed with this book as I thought I would be, but I will still check the rest of the books out! 

Read this if you like ⤵️

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers
🏎 Sports Romance — F1 Racing
🗣 Flirty Banter
🔥 Slow Burn
👥 Forced Proximity 
😎 Reformed Playboy
🧠 Normalizing Therapy 
📚 Stand-alone Series

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶🌶/5

Throttled by Lauren Asher
Dirty Air Series Book 1