Dec 8, 2025 | 2025, Blog, December 2025
Thrown for a Loop by Sarina Bowen
✔ Dual Timeline
✔ Second Chances
✔ She’s the new coach for his NHL team
✔ Forced Proximity
✔ Charity event
From the ice rinks at skating camp to present day NHL this second chance dual timeline discovers what happens when expectations, obligations, and fear navigate our lives.
From the moment Zoe and Chase met there were sparks…so why when their future together was full of dreams and hopes did Chase walk away?
After all these years will Chase finally find the courage to tell Zoe the truth?
A spicy read that has a dash of The Cutting Edge with “toe pick” vibes and for those who love a romance that starts in a skating rink.
Always honest, always my own, and thankful to Forever Publishing.
Q: If you ice skate do you own or rent skates?
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Dec 7, 2025 | 2025, Blog, December 2025
Gilded in Vengeance
By Lyssa Mia Smith
✔ Ballrooms x Betrayals
✔ Magical Secret Society
✔ Vigilante Sh*t
✔ Wounded Hero
✔ Revenge x Romance
✔ Standalone Fantasy
Emmy Vallillo spent two years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit. Betrayed by the one person she never imagined it cost her everything.
When a stranger offers an opportunity for freedom in exchange for one thing…will she be able to trust that her life won’t end up worse than it is now?
A split second decision will take us on a journey into a world filled with magic, secrets, societies, and more.
It’s time to find out what really happened the night Emmy’s life changed.
A sinfully sweet adventure for those who enjoy YA Fantasy in the late 1800s New York Society.
Always honest, always my own, and thankful to Epic Reads for an advance galley copy.
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Gilded Age
by Joanna Shupe
✔ A kidnapping.
✔ A con.
✔ Revenge.
✔ Unexpected surprises.
✔ A little spice.
When a young aspiring singer finds a way to make it to NYC will her dreams be achieved or find herself another victim in a game gone awry?
If you are looking for an Anastasia retelling story set in NYC in 1878 then you might enjoy The Gilded Heiress by Joanna Shupe
Trigger Warnings….off-page miscarriage (past)
Infertility issues.
Always honest, always my own, and thankful to @avonbooks for an advance reader copy.
Q: Tell me your favorite fantasy retelling.
Dec 6, 2025 | 2025, Blog, December 2025
𝑀𝓎 𝒮𝓊𝓃𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝒮𝒾𝓅𝓈 & 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓈…
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Finding Her Edge
by Jennifer Iacopelli
– Sports Romance
– Love triangles
– Reality show rumors
Anne of a Different Island
by Virginia Kantra
– Coming of age
– Inspired by Anne of Green Gables
– Enemies to Lovers
– Slow Burn
Fated Skates
by Victoria Schade
– Second Chance
– Forced Proximity
– Slow Burn
– A high-stakes Olympic romance
– Only one “sled”
– Age gap
Game Changer
by Rachel Reid
– MM Romance
– Age gap
– Opposites Attract
– Strangers to Lovers
– Grumpy x Sunshine
Heated Rivalry
by Rachel Reid
– MM Romance
– Off and On the ice
– Hockey Romance
– Enemies to Lovers
– Secret Lovers
here lie all the boys who broke my heart
by Emma Simmerman
– College Romance
– Enemies to Lovers
– Serial Killer
– Fake Relationship
– Amateur Sleuth
– Narrator that has a few issues
Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl
by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone
– Single Dad Professor
– Feisty Law School Grad turned Nanny
– Forbidden Romance
– Nanny x Boss
– One night stand
– Age Gap
– Good girl “lessons”
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Mug filled with coffee.
Peppermint and chocolate stash to snack on while I wait for a homemade batch of brownies.
Cool winter day, plenty of books to read, football on the tv in the background, a cozy blanket, and a spicy seasonal candle.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗽𝘀 & 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀?
Dec 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, December 2025
If you know…you know.
Tag that friend…or two in the comments below who are loyal and understand the assignment.
Dec 4, 2025 | 2025, Blog, December 2025
💬 Q: What’s on tap for your weekend?
My weekend plans are set…
✔ chili simmering on stove
✔ something outdoors
✔ re-watching Heated Rivalry Episodes 1-3
✔ baking with blueberries and bananas (IYKYK)
✔ reading e-arcs – thank you Avon Publishing and Harlequin
✔ watch a movie with my husband
