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Unwritten Rules by Faye Holland
Legacies & Lies #1
Rating: 4/5
Spice: 3/5
Plot: 4/5
Primary Genre: New Adult Romance (Dark-ish)
Blurb: She's the innocent, sheltered rich girl. He's the campus playboy with a reputation. When it's time for her to take over for her late mother as CEO, a scandal tears at the seams of everything on campus, making her realize not everything is as it seemed on the outside. It's far more dangerous. Welcome to Willow Bay University. Business, pleasure, and academics collide and no one will be left untouched as everything and everyone is tested to the limit. This book is a New Adult spicy romance featuring he falls first, a push-and-pull relationship, bad boy x good girl, with darker themes and a masked man side character every early reader has become obsessed with. This is the first of a complete duology and is suitable for those wanting to dip their toes into the dark romance genre and explore darker themes.
Faking Summer by Jess Bryson
Rating: 5/5
Spice: 3/5
Plot: 5/5
Primary Genre: Sports Romance
Blurb: Reese Carrington, Bayside’s golden boy, has the town wrapped around his finger—rich, smooth-talking, and the star pitcher everyone is obsessed with. But Caroline Matthews? She’s immune. Too focused, too smart, and too guarded to get caught up in his orbit. This is until Reese makes her an offer. Fake dating the town heartthrob might be her ticket to getting exactly what she wants. The only problem? Reese always plays to win. The more time they spend together, the harder it gets to tell what’s real and what’s just part of the game. His casual smirk and effortless charm has no business unsettling her. Her icy defenses shouldn’t intrigue him. And falling for the guy she swore she couldn’t stand? Absolutely off-limits. But in a town like Bayside, even the best plays don’t always go according to plan.
Rival Summer by Jess Bryson
Bayside Lake Series Book #2
Rating: 3/5
Spice: 2/5
Plot: 3/5
Primary Genre: Sports Romance
Blurb: This summer, Chandler’s plan is simple—focus on herself and steer clear of Blue Devil athletes. But life has a way of throwing curveballs, and hers comes in the form of a summer job right in the heart of Blue Devil territory. Now, she’s spending her days surrounded by her brother’s baseball team, which just so happens to include her childhood crush—the charming shortstop—and her former fling—the cocky starting pitcher who broke her heart last summer. Chandler finds herself caught between two irresistible men, who are strictly off-limits. Old wounds reopen, new sparks fly, and Chandler faces a decision that could change everything.
