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The Fruit Tree by Samir Ahmed
Rating: 3/5
Spice: 0/5
Plot: 4/5
Primary Genre: Romantic Suspense
Blurb: Adam is your typical shy guy in school, with no thoughts towards romance outside of his daydreaming. However, that all changes one day, when he gets saved by an unlikely Eve. Eve is one of the more popular girls in school, but maybe he had misjudged her. Rescued from her boyfriend, Adam can't help but admire Eve. They quickly become good friends and the rest, as they say, is history.
Follow them as they grow from teenagers to adults and watch how their relationship evolves with them. As they explore themselves and figure out who they are, their love will change. With the assistance of their parents, who would love for them to be together, will it be enough? Will they end up on the same page? Or will the chapters they write forever be out of sync?
This is not the same Biblical tale you're familiar with. She wasn't made from his rib, and he had his own garden. With no god to guide them, nor a devil to deceive them, how would they envisage Eden? They were left alone to be victims of their hearts and hostages to their minds. He was the forbidden fruit, but would she bite?
The Ritual by Shantel Tessier
L.O.R.D.S. #1
Rating: 4/5
Spice: 5/5
Plot: 4/5
Primary Genre: Dark Romance
Blurb: THE CHOSEN ONE
I vow. You vow. We vow.
Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.
People think growing up with money is freeing, but I promise you, it’s not. My entire life has been planned out for me. I never got the chance to do what I wanted until Ryat Alexander Archer came along and gave me an option for a better life. He offered me what no one else ever had—freedom.
I chose to be his. He made me believe that anyway, but it was just another lie. A way that the Lords manipulate you into doing what they want.
After being sucked into the dark, twisted world of the Lords, I embraced my new role and allowed Ryat to parade me around like the trophy I was to him. But like all things, what started out as a game soon became a fight for survival. And the only way out was death.
This book can be read as a standalone but the timeline of the Lords books is as follows:
The Ritual
The Sinner
The Sacrifice
Sabotage (the H isn't a Lord but he works for a Lord)
Where’s Molly by H.D. Carlton
A Cat & Mouse Duet spinoff
Rating: 4/5
Spice: 3/5
Plot: 4/5
Primary Genre: Dark Romance
Blurb: “Molly Devereaux has been missing for more than two weeks, and police are still searching for the girl who seemed to vanish out of thin air. The world still wants to know... Where's Molly?”
In my dreams, I never escaped the Oregon woods.
Life after death isn't easy to accept, especially when I still feel like a ghost.
Now, I live deep in the mountains of Montana—the paradigm of beauty. But they are also the home of horrors.
Horrors that I only unleash at night.
When my pigs are allowed to feast.
Elfemies to Lovers by Jennifer Chipman
Rating: 4/5
Spice: 3/5
Plot: 5/5
Primary Genre: Christmas Romance
Blurb: Ivy Winters As the head elf at Santa’s Christmasland, I never expected to be butting heads with the new executive—or going on a date with him. But when he asked me to go home with him for Christmas, I surprised myself by saying yes. Oh, and he’s from the North Pole. And apparently, I’m an elf.
Teddy Claus Training to take over the family business was no small undertaking, but for the last few years, I’d been working my way up through the ranks, mastering each branch of our enterprise. But everything was different when I arrived at our Christmas themed amusement park and met her. Maybe that was why I invited her home with me for Christmas. It felt like I’d been searching my whole life for something, and I’d finally found it. Maybe, what I’d needed all along was Ivy by my side.
The Check Down by Brandy Pelletier
Rating: 4/5
Spice: 3/5
Primary Genre: Sports Romance
Trigger Warnings: Situational depression, cheating (not by either MC) and a brief mention of a loved one’s passing.
Plot 4/5:
Girl crashes boy’s car, boy saves girl from horrible relationship. Boy is an NFL superstar, BTW. Griffin and Brynn are new besties. Griffin is determined to show Brynn the magic of Memphis as she hasn’t ever acclimated to her new city even though she’s lived there for years. Will Griffin be able to keep things friendly so he can focus on his football season?
Teasing His Tiger by Tanya Lynn
Rating: 3.5/5
Spice: 4/5
Primary Genre: Hockey Romance
Trigger Warnings: See author’s website
Favorite Quote: See - The Dedication. IYKYK.
Plot 3/5:
An older man (MMC Mark) hasn’t gotten back into the game since his wife passed away from cancer several years ago. A divorced and traumatized 30 year old (FMC Rebecca) is trying to recover from the emotional damage of her marriage. Halloween night Mark and Rebecca encounter each other at a special sort of club. It’s obsession at first sight for Mark but Rebecca has a roster and she isn’t sure she even wants Mark to be on it. That won’t stop Mark from keeping a very close eye on her. From her window.
Coffee Break With The Billionaire by Holly Kerr
Rating: 3/5
Spice: 0/5
Primary Genre: Billionaire Romance/RomCom
Trigger Warnings: Alcohol use, bad parenting
Plot 3/5:
Billionaire heiress Fenella needs to go into hiding after her most recent, very public break up with her cheating ex. Where to? Her other ex’s (who’s a prince, by the way) remote town! Well, technically it’s a whole country. Fenella can’t get enough of the local coffee shop, Coffee For the Sole, and her pumpkin spice lattes. She also becomes interesting in the coffee shop owner, Silas, once she realizes there’s more to him than coffee beans.
Tropes:
• cinnamon roll hero
• friends-to-lovers
• small town
• opposites attract
