Bookish Fun: Sunday Sips & Reads

Bookish Fun: Sunday Sips & Reads

Dec 14, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Bookish, December 2025

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๐‘€๐“Ž ๐’ฎ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐’น๐’ถ๐“Ž ๐’ฎ๐’พ๐“…๐“ˆ & ๐‘…๐‘’๐’ถ๐’น๐“ˆ…

โ˜• ๐Ÿ“šโ˜• ๐Ÿ“šโ˜• ๐Ÿ“šโ˜• ๐Ÿ“šโ˜• ๐Ÿ“šโ˜•

Racing Hearts by Ann Adams

– Sports Romance
– Forced Proximity
– “Just for the Summer”
– Olympic Hopeful
– Opposites Attract

Playing Games by Max Monroe

๐Ÿˆ New adult standalone romance
๐Ÿค“ Heโ€™s the star quarterback. Sheโ€™s the cute genius (and neurodivergent).
๐Ÿ’˜ Opposites attract
๐Ÿ’• Intense first-love vibes
๐Ÿซถ He falls first
๐Ÿคซ Secret relationship
๐Ÿ˜‚ Witty banter
๐Ÿ”ฅ Off-the-charts chemistry
โ˜€๏ธ Grumpy x Sunshine (Reversed)
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Protective Hero

Learning Curve by Max Monroe

๐ŸฉทNew adult standalone romance
๐Ÿ˜Dual POV
๐ŸซถIntense first love vibes
๐Ÿ“ฃCheerleader virgin meets the tortured bad boy
โ˜€๏ธGrumpy/Sunshine, opposites attract
๐ŸซขDRAMAAA
๐Ÿ˜ฑTwists and turns you WONโ€™T see coming
๐Ÿ˜Next generation ( Kline, Thatch, and Wes and the Winslow Brothers)

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

In My Tudor Era by Kate Bromley

๐Ÿ‘‘Fun twists on history
๐Ÿ‘‘Steamy and spicy romance
๐Ÿ‘‘Time travel chaos
๐Ÿ‘‘Six the musical

โฃMy Ex-Husbands Ex-Husband by Rachel Cohn and Melissa de la Cruz

– second chances
– Christmas in Vienna
– mutual exes
– missing person

Mug filled with coffee.
Peppermint and chocolate stash to snack on while I enjoyed a relaxing day. While we were expected to get a few inches of snow overnight there was only a light dusting.

Cool winter day, plenty of books to read, football on the tv in the background, a cozy blanket, and a spicy seasonal candle.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ & ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€?

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Book Aesthetic: New series from Lizzie C. Koz in 2026

Book Aesthetic: New series from Lizzie C. Koz in 2026

Dec 14, 2025 | 2025, Blog, December 2025

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In 2026 Lizzie C. Koz is bringing us a new series…Bridgeport Jetties: The Call-Up Years.

Are you ready for M/M sports romance in and out of the ballpark?

I had a chance to read this a few months ago and I am very excited for everyone to meet Easton and Maddox.

โšพ๏ธ Best Friends to Lovers
โšพ๏ธ Unrequited Love
โšพ๏ธ Childhood Dreams Coming True
โšพ๏ธ Co-Dependency & a Painful Friendship Break-Up
โšพ๏ธ A Kiss That Changes Everything
โšพ๏ธ Selfies as a Love Language
โšพ๏ธ An emotional read

What would you do if you loved someone who didnโ€™t love you back? For Maddox Barnes the torture, angst, and anxiety surrounding a secret that could destroy the one friendship he canโ€™t lose consumes him.

Easton Winters is awkward, unsure, and at times feels broken when it comes to relationships but through it all the one constant in his life is his best friend Maddox.

Best friends since childhood both Easton and Maddox share the same dream, to play baseball in the MLB. Now that both are draft eligible will their dream come true, or will they find themselves on separate teams and potential rivals?

If you love to read M/M sports romance and are in the mood for a spicy baseball read youโ€™re in luck. This novella has the perfect balance of character arc including backstory and plot. Letโ€™s not forget about the secondary characters who weave in and out of the plot. I am confident that they too will find their moment in a future bookโ€ฆor two.

I love that while Lizzieโ€™s writing is familiar there is a difference in the tone and vibe allowing readers to easily enjoy both of her worlds. If you want to read Finding Home by Lizzie C. Koz sign-up for her newsletter and get this F.R.E.E.B.I.E now.

Always honest, always my own, and thankful to Lizzie C. Koz for an advance e-arc.

Q: Have you ever been to Spring Training in Florida? If so east coast or west coast and what team?

 

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Bookish Fun: Hanukkah Romance Reads

Dec 13, 2025 | 2025, Blog, December 2025, Hanukkah

One more sleep until the first night of Hanukkah. Looking for a few Hanukkah Romance Reads?
Here are a few to get you in the holiday spirit. Some Iโ€™ve read, others are in my stash, and a few Iโ€™ve just discovered.

Q: Have you read any of these?

 

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Bookish Fun

Dec 12, 2025 | 2025, Blog, December 2025

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The only book I could focus on after watching Episode 4 of Heated Rivalry at 12:01am was Heartsong by S.E. Wendel. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts soon.

Q: What are you reading or re-reading tonight.

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Cover Reveal: Beyond the Mountain Sky by Gwyn McNamee

Cover Reveal: Beyond the Mountain Sky by Gwyn McNamee

Dec 11, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Cover Reveal, December 2025, Gwyn McNamee

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๐Ÿช“๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿช“

๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ค๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐œ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฃ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐†๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ง ๐Œ๐œ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ž

๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐–๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐š๐ซ

๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ: ๐‰๐จ๐ง ๐.

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ซ: ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ | ๐˜โ€™๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ

โค๏ธ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ’๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž
๐Ÿช“Small Town
๐Ÿช“Mountain Man/Lumberjack
๐Ÿช“Grumpy/Sunshine
๐Ÿช“Damaged & Reclusive Hero
๐Ÿช“Obsessive & Possessive Hero
๐Ÿช“Touch Her and โ˜ ๏ธ
๐Ÿช“Protector/Damsel in Distress
๐Ÿช“Virgin Hero
๐Ÿช“Forced Proximity
๐Ÿช“City Girl/Country Boy
๐Ÿช“New Girl in Town
๐Ÿช“Fish Out of water
๐Ÿช“Opposites Attract
๐Ÿช“Family Saga
๐Ÿช“Found Family
๐Ÿช“Mystery & Suspense
๐Ÿช“Angsty

๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’š๐’๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ด๐’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐‘บ๐’Œ๐’š ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐œ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฃ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฃ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐š ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง, ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐œ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฃ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ค๐ฒ.

Review for this posted earlierย 

Q: What is your favorite lumberjack book?

 

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Book Review: Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone

Book Review: Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone

Dec 10, 2025 | 2025, Blog, December 2025, Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone

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– Single Dad Professor
– Feisty Law School Grad turned Nanny
– Forbidden Romanceโฃ
– Nanny x Bossโฃ
– Age Gap
– Good girl โ€œlessonsโ€โฃ

Maddie Kowalczk never imagined her new boss would be the hot one-night stand from the other night. Talk about worlds colliding…things are about to get a little sticky.

If Maddie is to be free from the past she needs to stand up and fight for what she wants. If she can find the courage to demand what she needs and be a good girlโ€ฆeverything hers for the taking.

Mistakes, obligations, expectations, assumptions, and a cast of characters in a story that has lots of heat, a little kink, and a plant daddy.

Professor Loe is available for office hours and ready to see you. Enter if you dare.

5 Flames 84x150 Book Review: Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl by Julie Murphy & Sierra SimoneReaders of this duo’s A Merry Little Meet Cute might enjoy this standalone interconnected Inferno read.ย There are graphic and detailed scenes that include any or all of the following: Erotica, BDSM, more than one partner in an intimate scene, or something mentioned in the authors Trigger Content Warning.ย These books are intended for 18+ and content may be considered taboo for some readers.

Always honest, always my own, and thankful to Avon for an advance reader copy.

 

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Q: Would you ever date a co-worker or boss?

 

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