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John Irby

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“The author is a Florida-based writer of contemporary romance novels. He's also an electronic musician using the handle, 'Individual Two'. He lives with his wife (the love of his life), along with cats.”

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John Irby Cinematic trailer videos for my books would be great if I had enough money to spend (on a fixed income). But if you could send me a link to your work,…moreCinematic trailer videos for my books would be great if I had enough money to spend (on a fixed income). But if you could send me a link to your work, I'd like to check it out. (less)
John Irby The ideas for my books came to me in a vision. A beam of light shone down on my head from above and inspired me.
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I just got an email from Goodreads noting my annual accomplishments on the site. I know I've read a lot of books in 2025, and they congratulated me for doing that. But the biggest surprise was finding out that I was among the top 5% of reviewers on the site in 2025, too.

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Exposure by Chris P. Rider
"This is my first experience with this author’s work, and it certainly won't be my last. The writing is well-crafted, with plenty of detailed scene-setting that effectively builds up to the action.

As a Londoner, I especially appreciated being able to " Read more of this review »
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The Ballad of Gina & Andre by John   Irby
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The Ballad of Gina & Andre is the second book in a 3-part series, My Adventures With Eve. I know I probably shouldn't review my own books, but since no one else has, let me tell you why you should read The Ballad of Gina & Andre.

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Exposure by Chris P. Rider
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Exposure is an example of good erotica. It's the story of a professional photographer (MMC), and his beautiful freelance designer wife (FMC). Besides his paid gig of doing photos of coffee mug merch for websites, he's also yearns to try his hand at e ...more
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A Hotwife’s Guide to Cuckolding by Nathalie Bardot
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Island Wings by Christy Summers
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Island Wings is another excellent installment of author Christy Summers' Tides of Key West Series. It was intelligently written, and had good character development. There was a surprising amount of exciting action. And the romantic scenes were squeak ...more
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Touch - Del's Story by Anna Ellis
Touch - Del's Story
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This is an interesting book by Anna Ellis from 10 years ago. The author does a good job telling the story from Del's (the MMC) POV. He is a best-selling author and high school English teacher, married to his second wife, Illiya. She talks him into ha ...more
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The Ballad of Gina & Andre is the second book in a 3-part series, My Adventures With Eve. I know I probably shouldn't review my own books, but since no one else has, let me tell you why you should read The Ballad of Gina & Andre.

The first book in th
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Eve's Gathering of Friends is the first book in a 3-part series, My Adventures With Eve. I know I probably shouldn't review my own books, but since no one else has, let me tell you why you should read Eve's Gathering of Friends.

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Guys Can't Write Romance by Tom    Lewis
Guys Can't Write Romance
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This attempt at a male-authored rom com seemed like a satire. Tom Lewis took the enemies-to-lovers romance novel trope and ran off with it like a porch pirate. Somehow he managed to take a novella-length story, and stretched it out to 300+ pages. It ...more
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“Eve looked into Gina’s eyes, “I loved taking a hike with you. It had drama, danger, adventure and romance all happening in such a beautiful place. I’m proud to say that I love you.”
John Irby, Eve's Gathering of Friends

“Eve has no inhibitions whatsoever. She was what could be described as a free spirit, free love, flower child born way after that was a sixties’ countercultural thing.”
John Irby, Eve's Gathering of Friends

“On the way up I-275 the two girlfriends talked about silly things and giggled like girls. Eve had hip-hop music streaming from Sirius XM, which made the girls start jerking and twerking in their seats in time with the beats. Gina’s face lit up with a big smile of pure happiness.”
John Irby, Eve's Gathering of Friends

“Nobody has any idea of how complicated anybody’s life is,”
Brooke Harris, The Secret Life of Beatrice Alright

“if I'm lucky, words arrive to match the feeling. And best of all, and this is rare, is when I braid them together and I'm singing? And it feels almost out-of-body. As if the sound, and the song, has a life of its own, and I'm just the vessel through which it's released into the air. Like freeing a bird from her cage.”
Susanna Hoffs, This Bird Has Flown

“You don’t need a parachute to skydive once.’ That’s what he was thinking about: that falling in love with someone, and allowing yourself to do so, was like falling without a parachute. And that’s okay when it’s the love of your life, because you only intend to skydive once.”
Matt Coyne, Frank and Red

“A plan,” Peter snapped, his voice low. “Right. Because ‘plans’ work out so well. You know what a ‘plan’ is, Cooper? A ‘plan’ is a trap. It’s a neat little box that looks safe, and the second you step into it, the walls close in, the lock clicks shut, and you’re stuck.”

Summers, Christy. Island Wings (Tides of Key West Series Book 4) (p. 22). (Function). Kindle Edition.”
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