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  AUTHOR - ANA HUANG RATINGS -  ☆☆☆☆☆ TROPES -  Opposites attract Forbidden romance British billionaire hero Asian leads Steam, banter, and swoon SYNOPSIS She's his opposite in every way...and the greatest temptation he's ever known. Reserved, controlled, and proper to a fault, Kai Young has neither the time nor inclination for chaos—and Isabella, with her purple hair and inappropriate jokes, is chaos personified. With a crucial CEO vote looming and a media empire at stake, the billionaire heir can’t afford the distraction she brings. Isabella is everything he shouldn’t want, but with every look and every touch, he’s tempted to break all his rules…and claim her as his own. *** Bold, impulsive, and full of life, Isabella Valencia has never met a party she doesn’t like or a man she couldn’t charm...except for Kai Young. It shouldn’t matter. He’s not her type—the man translates classics into Latin for fun, and his membership at the exclusive club where she bartends means he’s stri

AUTHOR - TESSA BAILEY RATINGS -  ☆☆☆☆ ☆ TROPES -    Friends to Lovers   Player guy  Boy falls first  Jealousy done right So much tension SYNOPSIS King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he's a guaranteed good time--in bed and out--and that's exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She's immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his... personality? And wants to be  friends ? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Fox's spare bedroom. She knows he's a notorious ladies' man, but they're definitely  just friends . In fact, she's nursing a hopeless crush on a colleague and Fox is just the person to help with her lackluster love life. Armed with a few tips from Westport's resident Casanova, Hannah sets out to catch her coworker's eye... yet the more time she spends with Fox, the more sh

AUTHOR  - Kandi Steiner SERIES ORDER   (all the books can be read as a standalone)  Fair Catch  Blind Side Quarterback Sneak Hail Mary HAIL MARY RATING  -  ★★★★★ QUARTERBACK SNEAK REVIEW  -  https://bookistic17.blogspot.com/2022/10/quaterback-sneak-by-kandi-steiner.html SPICE RATING  - 🌶️🌶️🌶️ TROPES  -  🏈 sports romance⁣⁣ 🏈 college/new adult romance⁣⁣ 🏈 enemies-to-lovers 🏈 forced proximity⁣⁣ 🏈 neighbors and then ROOMMATES 🏈 banter and tension off the charts 🏈 slow burn with a 🌶️ BIG delivery 😏 SYNOPSIS Leo F*cking Hernandez. North Boston University’s star running back, notorious bachelor, and number one on my people I would murder if I could get away with it list. And now? He’s my new roommate. I used to think I loved him. But that was before I hated him. He doesn’t remember who I am, or how he made my life miserable for years. And before I unknowingly moved across the street from him, I couldn’t have cared less. I was living my life despite him and what happened that summe

AUTHOR  - Kandi Steiner SERIES ORDER  (all the books can be read as a standalone)  Fair Catch  Blind Side Quarterback Sneak QUARTERBACK SNEAK RATING  - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ SPICE RATING  - 🌶️🌶️🌶️ TROPES   Coach’s Daughter Forbidden Romance Reverse Grumpy x Sunshine Neighbours  He gardens (it’s a trope after this book IDC) ✦ﾟ━━━━━━━・❦・━━━━━━━ﾟ✦ SYNOPSIS Quarterback Holden Moore can have any girl he wants. Except me: the coach’s daughter. With piercing green eyes, herculean biceps, and irresistible dimples, Holden is the number one target for every girl on campus. But according to his teammates, football is the only love of his life. He’s their leader, their QB1 and team captain who is all business and no play. But when I’m with him? Mr. Serious isn’t serious at all. He loves to push my buttons, to pin me with those sexy eyes of his and tease me until I bite back. I remind him I’m off limits. He can’t have me, and I don’t want him — or anyone else, for that matter. I’m here for one reason: to sh

AUTHOR - ANA HUANG  RATINGS -  ☆☆.5  TROPES -  Arrange Marriage Enemies to Lovers Billionaire Romance SYNOPSIS She’s the wife he never wanted…and the weakness he never saw coming. Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant.  Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally. The billionaire CEO never planned to marry— until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows. Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy. It doesn’t matter how beautiful or charming she is. He'll do everything in his power to destroy the evidence and their betrothal.   There’s only one problem: now that he has her...he can't bring himself to let her go. *** Elegant. Ambitious. Well-mannered. Vivian Lau is the perfect daughter and her family’s ticket into the highest echelons of high society. Marrying a blue-blooded Russo means opening doors that would otherwise remain closed to her new-money family. While the rude, elusive Dante isn't her id