Slow Burn Romance (B)

A romance where the attraction and getting together takes the entire book to develop. It’s slow, sometimes painfully so.

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On the Same Page by Haley Cass: Book Review

From our review: “The depth of the relationship between Riley and Gianna is gorgeously outlined using past and present moments”

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In Bloom by Kat Jackson: Book Review

From our review: “The plot is straightforward but subtle in its complexity. I kept having to check my perceptions about what they were feeling and why”

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Love or Hate by Rita Potter: Book Review

From our review: “The writing in this book, especially the dialogue between characters, is superb. The author gets across many different opinions respectfully”

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Ride With Me by Jenna Jarvis: Book Review

From our review “The book contains some really heavy topics and each of those topics was handled delicately and with so much care that it made the details manageable.”

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Honey in the Marrow by Emily Waters: Audiobook Review

From our review: “It’s about rebirth and rebuilding life after a devastating loss. It’s also about moving forward but never forgetting the past, letting others in, and becoming comfortable being vulnerable”

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A Dance Towards Forever by Alyson Root: Book Review

From our review: “Character development and relationships are two highlights of this story.”

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Closer Than Ever by Lisa Elliot: Book Review

From our review: “one of the best second-chance romances I’ve read because while it’s a slow burn, the pacing is absolutely perfect, the dialogue is effortless, and the story is swoon-worthy.”

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For a Lifetime by Valerie Kapp: Book Review

From our review: “The writing in this book is lovely. The author invoked emotions with her words.”

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Meeting Millie by Clare Ashton: Audiobook Review

Meeting Millie by Clare Ashton is a friends-to-lovers contemporary romance set in majestic Oxford. Oxford – the “City of Spires”, home to gothic towers and spires is where nerdy, upper-middle-class

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Purposefully Accidental by G Benson: Audiobook Review

From our review: “I was very pleased with the narrator’s whimsy and sexiness and timing on the humor. Her reading turns an already very nice first kiss scene into something dreamy”

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