romancewithem's reviews
585 reviews

Riding the High by Paisley Hope

5.0

I loved this book!! And devoured about 50% in a day

Give me: single dad x nanny, forced proximity, drunken marriage in Vegas, secret relationship and best friends brother, small town romance and I will eat it up every time!!

I love a book with long term mutual crushes, it adds such a great depth to the characters and builds so much yearning 

I really enjoyed the plot of this book and glad that it continued strongly throughout rather than being lost under all the spice in the second half, like what happened with the previous books in this series 

The kid is adorable and I love the friendship between her and the main female character 

If you love small town romance you'll love this series, it's so good and I highly recommend this book in pa ticular, it'll be great to read over the summer

- small town romance
- single dad x nanny
- secret relationship 
- drunken marriage in Vegas 
- best friends brother 
- forced proximity 
- long term mutual crushes
- dual pov, 1st person

Thank you to Penguin Cornerstone / Evermore Books and NetGalley for the eARC - all opinions are my own

Tempt by Melanie Harlow

4.25

I really enjoyed this book!

There's something so good about a kinda forbidden, sneaking around relationship - it just hits different and I eat it up every time

I really liked the main characters and their relationship, I liked how supportive he was of her dreams

- age gap
- secret relationship 
- one night stand
- he's her ex's dad
- small town romance
- plus sized FMC
- dual pov, 1st person

The Third Baseman by Lulu Moore

3.5

I love a second chance romance with dual timeline but idk something about this I didn't care for the past timeline and skipped the chapters or at least skim read them

Overall I did like the story and enjoyed their relationship and seeing them learn to trust each other again

- second chance romance
- sports romance - pro baseball
- dual timeline
- dual pov / 1st person

Mad Love by Willow Aster

4.0

This was a cute read!

I loved the narrators and loved the single dad x childs aunt with some forced proximity storyline

- single dad x  childs aunt
- forced proximity
- sports romance - pro american football

Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young

5.0

I adored this book!!

Marriage in crisis is my new fave trope (i havent read many books with this trope but will be looking for more instantly)

I like that there isnt a tonne of drama as to why their relationship broke down you could tell how much they still cared for each other but just needed a little push to get back on the same page and I loved experiencing it with them

The third act conflict/drama/i dont know what to call it, i didnt see coming, i was so shocked 

I loved seeing more of Win and Bo and i love this little family/friendship group

I love Hannahs writing and cant wait to read more of her books

- marriage in crisis
- high school sweethearts 
- hiking retreat (and theyre not outdoorsy people)
- spicy scenes outdoors
- forced proximity
- dual timeline / flashbacks
- single pov, 1st person

The Mistake by Elle Kennedy
Did not finish book. Stopped at 33%.

Idk I just couldn't get into this book, when the main characters were together it was cute but separately I kinda didn't like them and I was bored 

See You at the Finish Line by Zac Hammett

4.0

I enjoyed this, it took me a little while to warm up to the main characters, like their relationship with each other, I really liked them and thought their relationship was very cute

I could see sh!t was going to hit the fan in the 3rd act and it was so good, I didn't see what happened after coming

- MM romance
- sports romance - rowing
- university setting
- slow burn 

Thank you to Bonnier Books UK / Zaffre and NetGalley for the eARC - all opinions are my own

Dungeons & Drama by Kristy Boyce

4.0

This was cute and I really enjoyed the narration

I thought this was a great story, it kept me entertained the whole time

- YA
- high school setting
- fake dating 

If Only You by Chloe Liese

4.5

This was so cute!!!

- sports romance - football player x ice hockey player
- brothers best friend 
- age gap
- they agree to become (fake) friends to reform their images
- slow burn
- queer romance - bi FMC & pan MMC 

I love that they became friends and got to really know eachother and help each other before they fell in love, it was so cute to see

The Break-Up Artist by Laura Lovely, Erin Clark

3.5

This was a good listen, I enjoyed the main character and how she took ownership for the hurt she caused when she was hurting.