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Don’t settle for a man who tells you he loves you. Choose one who shows you.

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When my mom passed, I made her a promise that I’d take care of my little sister.

Then I find out my fiancé tricked me into draining her trust fund. There’s only one thing to do—make it right. At all costs. It’s my job to protect her…and I failed.

Luckily, I come across a job opening as an executive assistant in a new state. Between the generous salary and a place to stay, it’s a no-brainer. Time to start over.

The only problem is that my new boss is a nightmare. The job description left out the part about working for Las Vegas’s biggest billionaire bosshole. And the worst part? He’s trying to get rid of me.

But Nathan Hatcher is dead wrong if he thinks his permanent scowl and impossible tasks are enough to make me quit. I only need to survive one year to secure the salary advance. Besides, what’s far scarier than my boss is the idea of letting my mom and sister down.

But it’s not long before I realize that there’s a fine line between hate and lust. A tragic secret lies behind Nathan’s broody stare, and the man I loathe may want me more than he hates me.

Even worse? With the way my heart races every time he enters a room…I seem to want him too.

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Selfie is book 3 in Lessons in Love series but can be read as a complete standalone.

432 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 17, 2025

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246 reviews30 followers
June 10, 2025
Thank you to Good Girls PR for the opportunity to read this ARC 💕

FMC - Spencer: 4 🌟
MMC - Nathan: 4 🌟
SPICE: 🌶 🌶 🌶

LIKES: Both Nathan and Spencer have dealt with a lot of trauma in their lives, and while it was a long road, it was sweet to read how they each worked through their emotions and finally found their way to each other. They're also both so selfless when it comes to family and the ones they love, and it takes great courage to step up like they did and continued to do throughout the book.

Nathan and Spencer are also just what the other needs, though they fight it for so long. They ground each other and support each other, and there were aspects of each of their characters that felt very relateable, which made me care a lot about them.

DISLIKES: I love slow burns, and I love the emotional angst that comes along with it. But with this book, I mainly just felt frustrated. I understood the reasons behind why Nathan and Spencer kept going back and forth with wanting to be together and then pushing each other away, but it happened too many times for me to enjoy that kind of will-they-won't-they storyline.
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4,298 reviews2,392 followers
June 23, 2025
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Another book in the series that I didn't love but I also didn't hate. It was okay but nothing that made me fall in love with these characters or their storyline.
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86 reviews18 followers
June 24, 2025
This book had me on the edge of my seat from the will they won’t they back and forth tension. Nathan and Spencer are so beautifully broken in their own ways and so guarded when it comes to giving love a chance again. So many times I felt the scream in my throat when one of them put their foot in their mouths and all I could think was “NOOOOO!!!!” 😂😂 This is a work place romance combined with a single guardian, forced proximity, and a very dirty talking MMC! What I really loved with this book was how Nathan and Spencer were able to provide each other the tools to heal from their pasts while doing the hard work individually. Spencer is the legal guardian for her 11 year old sister and her sister is a riot! Her preteen personality is seriously on point and provided much comedic relief. 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙛𝙞𝙚 is such an empowering book and preaches self-love and trying not to let negative people take away your worth.
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134 reviews
July 28, 2025
DNF@ 54%

I should’ve cut my losses at 32% but I hate read until I couldn’t stand it anymore.

I understood the FMC choice to become a teen mother for her little sister but every single decision she made still made me cringe. And for some reason even after I found out the MMC’s traumatic relationship was with his previous assistant and her daughter and he was basically repeating the exact same story with Spencer and her little sister, I still kept reading. But once he pulled away after his inappropriate sleep over where all they did was sleep and the book shifted to work. I couldn’t handle it anymore. It’s all stress, self pity and sadness. No amount of possible spice or character growth can be worth continuing this ‘will they wont they’ tug of war. I feel like it says a lot when I don’t care to see any of the characters get their happy ending.

LOVED Camera Shy
Liked Snapshot
Hated Selfie
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484 reviews66 followers
June 9, 2025
Kay Cove has done it again! The Lessons in Love series is unlike any other out there. I’m continuously amazed at how she takes our favorite romance tropes and spins such uniquely intricate stories. Selfie had me completely captivated from start to finish! With well-developed, emotionally complex characters and an unforgettable storyline, it exceeded every expectation.

Spencer is a beacon of resilience. She's faced hard times but always bounces back stronger. Her resounding strength and loyalty made her such a relatable character. Nathan is a man shattered by grief, convinced he's broken beyond repair. Hiding behind his tough guy exterior is someone who’s desperate for love and connection. Together these two help to build each other up while breaking down walls that have held them back. Their love story is powerful, heartfelt, and truly beautiful!

Every book in this series has strong messages of body positivity and growth. The rollercoaster of emotions this story will take you on is intense but absolutely worth the ride! From laughing to crying to swooning and everything in between, Selfie is an emotionally powerful book that will tug at every heartstring and stick with you for a very long time.
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92 reviews2 followers
June 23, 2025
Fuck, this was so freaking good. I cried, I laughed, I got annoyed, happy, sad I felt every emotion. Even though I loved this book, it’s mainly because I love the dead fiancé trope. I know a lot of people hate that trope, especially when the MMC actually loved the ow, but I’m someone who enjoys it, so I was fine with it.

However, if you’re someone who doesn’t like that trope at all, then I wouldn’t recommend this book to you. The entire story is wrapped around the dead fiancée .

That said, this was so freaking cute at the same time. The only issue I had was that I wish we got to see more scenes with him and Claire ( his dead fiancé daughter who he later adopts ). I really hope the author gives us an extra epilogue with just those scenes. But besides that? No complaints.

Also, Nathan has been celibate for three years not even a kiss in that time.
And Spencer (FMC) has been celibate for six months.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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497 reviews33 followers
July 4, 2025
“𝐈’𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫…𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲.”

This is the 3rd book in the lessons in love series and just like the others, Kay Cove is hitting us with all the emotions 😩😩 I think this book will be relatable to a lot of women in regards to the FMC perspective. As women, we are constantly being judged and critiqued based on our appearance…and a lot of times we are our own worst critics…especially when it comes to body image. This book is heavy on that…body dysmorphia, ED and very very heavy on grief and loss of a fiancé. So please…keep that in mind…check your trigger warnings and remember that your mental health comes first 💜

Spencer is our FMC. She is strong and sassy…just how I like them 🤭 takes no bs from anyone especially men. She’s had a rough go of things in her short 23 years of life. A traumatic event in college left her with lasting self worth and body image issues…she’s now also the guardian to her litter sister after losing her mom.

Nathan is our MMC…and I’m positive you are going to want to hate him and his grumpiness but he has his reasons. He lost his fiancé 3 years prior and is still not over losing the love of his life. Grief is a tricky thing…it hits everyone differently. For Nathan, it caused him to shut down and push everyone away. He feels he will never find love again and honestly doesn’t want to after losing his fiancé.

Spencer walks in to start her new job and is surprised to see that her new boss is none other than the hot guy she met at a party a couple of weeks back. Nathan is equally as stunned that his new assistant is the gorgeous girl he couldn’t stop thinking about. But you know what they say…never mix business with pleasure…and these two get off to a rocky start. Nathan is a complete tyrant at work…which explains why he can’t keep an assistant. And Spencer, just her mere presence is unraveling him…but she doesn’t care. She isn’t letting him push her around and she’s definitely not giving him the satisfaction of quitting.

This is a very very slow burn, but considering the issues they both are dealing with, I think it was perfect and made a lot of sense. There’s a very big push and pull dynamic happening between the two. They both know they want each other but neither is willing to fully open up and let their walls down. Fear is making them guard their hearts. Nathan is frustratingly hot and cold and Spencer is taking it as though she isn’t good enough.

Through it all we see them both heal each other slowly. Spencer shows Nathan that he’s worthy of love…despite losing his fiancé, he doesn’t have to give up on doing what makes him happy. She’s understanding and never pushes. She’s constant and supportive…and it’s something he didn’t realise he needed. Nathan is just….amazing. Under his grumpiness is a man who truly wants to love and be loved. And he wants to embrace not just Spencer, but her little sister too. He’s there to show her how beautiful she is, inside and out. He’s always encouraging and helps her see that she’s more than just the trauma she’s been through.

Kay Coves books always give you that life lesson we all need. She writes imperfect characters that we all can relate to because we are all flawed in some way…but that’s what makes us all so special and unique. 💜

Thank you so much to Kay Cove and Literally Yours PR for the opportunity to ARC read this beautiful book 💜

💜Billionaire Romance
🐹Grief/Loss
💜Workplace Romance
🐹Trauma Healing
💜Body Dysmorphia/ED
🐹Emotional Support Guinea Pig
💜Single Guardian FMC
🐹Grumpy MMC
💜Grieving MC’s
🐹Forbidden Romance
💜Sassy Heroine
🐹Broody Hero
💜Boss x Assistant
🐹Age Gap
💜Love After Loss
🐹Enemies to Lovers
💜Slow Burn
🐹Forced Proximity
💜Dual POV
🐹HEA
Profile Image for Lark _thebookchamber.
557 reviews67 followers
July 2, 2025
I loved Nathan and Spencer’s story! Spencer shows so many relatable character traits as she struggles with her self esteem concerning her weight. I loved how supportive Nathan is throughout the story and how amazing he is at showing her she’s beautiful the way she is. Both of these characters struggle with trauma and I loved seeing them help each other through them. I liked the added drama from Nathan’s late fiancé’s family and loved how selfless both he and Spencer are taking care of those they love. If you enjoy slow burns, a little of back and forth between love interests, and the perfect amount of spice, I think you’ll adore this one!
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288 reviews208 followers
June 16, 2025
Just finished reading an advanced copy of a book that is about to be released on June 17th called, Selfie. This is about a girl who is trying to navigate life after losing her mother, gaining custody of her sister, and losing her sister's trust fund to her fiancé because she thought he was a good person. She gets a job as an assistant, because it comes with good pay, housing help, and a company car. But she has a trial period and her new boss is determined to get rid of her. He is angry and hurting because he is dealing with his own trauma after tragically losing his fiancé and her daughter. These two are now being forced into each other's orbit by working together. Even though he is determined to get rid of her and she is determined to stay, sparks are flying between them but their hearts are both very guarded. As they start to break down each other's walls over time, they begin to see they might just be what each other needs to learn to believe in love again. I really enjoyed this story! This is the third book in this series, it was really nice getting to see the characters from the previous books in this one as side characters and get life updates on them. The sisters in this story totally gave me Nani and Lilo vibes from Lilo and Stitch which I absolutely loved! This was such a good book! 💜📚

Thank you to the author and to the publisher for this ARC of Selfie, in exchange for an honest review.
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269 reviews12 followers
July 5, 2025
so, first of all, giant freaking content warning for rampant and constant body dysmorphia and disordered eating. the mmc trying to fuck her body dysmorphia away was...wildly a mess, and then, he loves her and *poof* spanks the eating disorder out of her? just. no.

therapy. every character in this book needed a lot of therapy. the two MCs and two primary secondary characters had all suffered great trauma and none of them was getting any help. and Nate just... solved all his grief by getting together with Spencer?

didn't even bother to read the bonus content, should have dnf-ed in chapter one.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Megan Moser.
605 reviews
June 17, 2025
Billionaire romance 🌟 Workplace romance🌟 trauma healing 🌟 Eating disorder

This book was a hard one for me. It felt a little too close to home on the ED mentality and it was painful to read it out as though someone else was going through it. She was like a reflection back on me in my 20s and even now in my late 30s I slip when it comes to unhealthy eating habits or thoughts around my body.

The MMC was driving me nuts with his hot and cold energy even though I knew where it came from. Basically I wanted to take both main characters and force them into therapy. Fortunately they had some really cool people in their lives that totally added to the chemistry within the story line.

Kay writes some heavy hitting romances and this was perfectly in alignment with that. I cried, I got frustrated, I hurt, and I loved so many moments throughout the book. It was a great read especially if you are looking for something more emotional but also easy to ready.
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271 reviews11 followers
June 16, 2025

Wow! This book is phenomenal, I couldn't put it down, it's a slow burn that will leave you wanting more and more.

Spencer and Nathan’s story is not for the weak, These two go through so much, The emotional roller coaster these two put me on was insane.

Spencer's strength stands out, she is fierce, a protector of those she loves, and she is a breath of fresh air even though she has so much unhealed trauma. The love Spencer has for her sister is endless and so beautiful.

Nathan is a misunderstood alpha-hole, When you start to peel through his layers you will understand why he acts the way he does, The way this man took care of his girls was amazing, beautiful, and made me so emotional.

This book was an emotional, funny, and steamy read. The plot, the characters, the spice, and the character development were so well written.

I loved this book, it's definitely my favorite of the series. 😍🥰
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1,887 reviews103 followers
June 10, 2025
Nathan + Spencer

-billionaire romance
-forbidden romance
-single guardian
-boss/assistant
-age gap

woahhh was this one such an amazing read!! im honestly soooo obsessed with this series!! since the very first time i read camera shy i've been obsessed with kay & how she writes these characters! they're so mature dealing with these mental traumas & they work thru things together & i just love them so much!! & these two & charlie & claire have my whole ass heart!!
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122 reviews1 follower
June 18, 2025
if I could do half stars I would give this a 3.5 star rating. I liked the plot and the characters with each of their own personal struggles which felt realistic and challenging in their own way.

what i didnt like was the back and forth...im all about a slow burn and I loved it but it just starting driving me crazy, almost like too much or enough is enough.

overall it was a good quick read!
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539 reviews3 followers
July 16, 2025
I’ll eat a Kay Cove book up every time 👏
I loved Spencer’s sarcasm, absolute peak humor, and once Nathan actually realized what he wanted this was soooo good. Toward the end when Claire called him dad??? I’m tearing up bitch. I just love Kay Cove and her ability to create beautiful couples with beautiful love between them 🫶
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196 reviews5 followers
June 11, 2025
Gosh this book had me with all the feels! It was so good! Both MCs have been through such tragic pasts and are trying to heal. The push pull, the angst is great! Also the little bit of shenanigans they get up to when one of their playful sides comes out had me laughing out loud. Super enjoyable read! Thank you Literally Yours PR for the ARC opportunity!
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78 reviews
July 9, 2025
As much as I am personally not a big fan of slow burn, it all depends on what happens until it happens, which was fine in this book. Overall, I liked the interaction between Nathan and Spencer, even though I could shoot both at times. The spice was, in my opinion, probably the worst in the series and but story wise, I prefer this one over Snapshot (2) but below Camera Shy (1).

Extra note: was not expecting to read my ex's name, but thankfully it wasn't a active person in this story.

3.5 ⭐
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9 reviews
November 7, 2025
exactly what I needed. heartfelt romance with not so perfect characters
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154 reviews8 followers
July 19, 2025
5⭐️ Gifted Copy Review : 5 stars all day everyday i will accept 0 criticism on this masterpiece!! This was incredible Kay’s writing is immaculate and done so well it really grabs you and keeps you turning pages. I loved Spencer & Nathan’s story it was so different from your typical romance it was funny, sad, heartwarming really got you right in the feels. Spencer is such a strong woman who’s battling a lot of issues but manages to come out stronger and a better person, and Nathan god that man has a filthy mouth holy moly. Both Nathan & Spencer’s stories were done so well you can tell that Kay put a lot of thought into this one because some of the topics dealt are so hard to master in a book and she’s done it perfectly. I loved seeing the characters grow individually before they grew together it gave the book so much depth and you really got a better understanding of there past stories as-well as there story as a couple. I love how this went from funny to sad to having you on edge and then truly wholesome for the ending. Im sad that there story is over but it was so lovely to read about and I’m so glad to see them as who they are now. I 100% will be jumping back into this universe and reading the other books in this series because i just know they’re going to be just as good and as wholesome as this one.
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2 reviews1 follower
July 18, 2025
I really enjoyed all 3 of the books in this series, but Selfie was by far my favorite.
Profile Image for Ashley ✨.
22 reviews7 followers
June 25, 2025
“I’ve deduced I have two choices to get Nathan Hatcher out of my mind—a lobotomy, or jump his bones.”

This book was a great example of finding love after loss in multiple forms. It shows how you can appear to be strong and successful in your daily life, but finding love again can prove difficult while you work through the traumas of that loss. Even in loving yourself again.

📷 Grumpy x Sunshine
📷 Love after loss
📷 Boss x Assistant
📷 Billionaire
📷 Slow Burn
Spice 🌶️🌶️
Spike, the guinea pig….. 5⭐️

The FMC, Spencer, is a strong and wildly independent woman. Through this book we watch her struggle with her grief over losing her mother and being the legal guardian to her younger sister, Charlie, as well as body dysmorphia caused by a toxic college encounter.
The MMC, Nate, is demanding, polite, and of course… hot. Nate lost his ex fiancé in a car accident years prior and in turn, her child, was taken away and given back to her father/grandmother. Since then he thrust his life into his work after trying every route possible to get the little girl, who he treated as his own, back.

The reason this wasn’t quite 5 stars for me:
While I truly enjoyed the storyline and bones of this book and the characters were *chefs kiss*, I feel there may have been a few too many moving pieces of conflict and items from the past being physically brought into the current story that felt unnecessary to the overall outcome. The slow burn also felt a little unnecessarily ‘slow’ for my liking.
The way Spencer’s past ends up showing in her work life could have been avoided by a little less of the miscommunication trope. This part also felt as though it may have been slightly rushed into the story with the way the writing no longer matched the quality of the rest of the book. I feel that by having Spencer simply communicate her past more clearly to Nate, this would have encouraged even further women empowerment (which Kay Cove constantly strives for in her books) and providing an example of believing our victims without the truth needing to be forced into their face. I would have loved to see this time filled with a little more of us getting to watch Spencer move through her traumas and heal/cope with her struggle of loving her body.

Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone and the Lessons of Love series as a whole is truly inspiring and chock full of promoting self love and body positivity!
Thank you to Kay Cove and Good Girls PR for the ARC of this book!
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1,243 reviews264 followers
June 16, 2025
Nathan Hatcher is cold and an absolute nightmare to work with. He goes through assistants like a good iced coffee and his next assistant? She’s beautiful. And that’s a problem. Nathan doesn’t want to feel feelings or desire for anyone. His heart still belongs to his late fiancée that’s passed away three years prior. He also lost her daughter he was supposed to adopt by her maternal grandmother taking her away from him.
He’s traumatized. Angry. Still grieving.
He can’t love again. Can he?

Spencer Riley. A beautiful young woman who’s also going through her own grief and trauma. She lost her mother to cancer and is now the full time mom/sister to her little sister, Charlie.
This story also touches on body dysmorphia, an eating disorder, and low self esteem.

It’s angsty.
And there’s a lot of push and pull from both characters. At times, I was quite a bit frustrated with Nathan. With this being a slow burn, it felt like he really wasn’t ready to admit his feelings for Spencer up until almost 70% into the book. And for me, it felt like he just wasn’t mature enough, even though he was 10 years older than Spencer. That’s what trauma and grief does though. It messes with you.

I loved the banter. I loved that Spencer outsmarted Nathan when he became over baring and a downright bosshole.
The whole guinea pig situation and side pet character gave the comic relief this story needed.

“I’m here whenever you need me. I don’t know exactly what you are to me, Spencer, but it’s very important. Get used to being my priority.”

Overall, I liked the story. Nathan wasn’t my favorite character in this series but I devoured this book nonetheless!

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605 reviews39 followers
June 7, 2025
5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tropes:
🖤age gap
💜boss x employee
🖤single guardian
💜billionaire
🖤grumpy x sunshine
💜love after loss
🖤body positivity

Selfie by author Kay Cove is book 3 in the Lessons in love series. It can be read as a complete standalone however, due to some minor character overlap is best read in order. Selfie gives us Spencer and Nate’s story and i absolutely ate this up.

Spencer, the FMC, is a very relatable character. She suffers from body dysmorphia. Because of a situation that occurred in college she is constantly worried about her weight and appearance. She is now a 23yr old single guardian to her sister, Charlie. She attends a birthday party for Avery ( we met her in Camera Shy) and meets a handsome stranger, Nate. She walks into her new job and finds Nate is her new boss.

Nate, has become a bit of grump and bitter man. He lost his finance in an accident and has never really recovered and moved on, He can’t stop thinking about the woman he met when lo and behold she walks into his office as his new assistant.

What happens next is a slow burn, banter filled , tension that has your emotions on a roller coaster ride. Everything was so well written and i could absolutely feel everything that both characters went through.

One of my favorite things about this book might be Spike the gerbil and all the stuff surrounding him that occurs… pool swimming, emotional support gerbil it all had me laughing.

If you’re a fan of the previous two books in this series, definitely give this a read… Nate might be giving Finn a run for his money in this series for me.
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456 reviews28 followers
June 16, 2025
Kay Cove does it again with another fantastic book in the Lessons in Love series.

If you love an age gap (10 years), billionaire boss, workplace, slow burn romance, this one's for you!

Our FMC, Spencer, is juggling a lot in life - she's recently become the caretaker of her younger sister, they've moved across the country for Spencer's job, all the while Spencer is still trying her best to heal from her own past traumas. To make matters more difficult, Spencer's new billionaire boss, Nathan, is an absolute "bosshole", as she so kindly labels him. His attitude with her is so hot and cold, and absolutely infuriating. But Spencer needs this job to take care of herself and her little sister. So she's dead set on proving Nathan wrong and showing him that she can handle this job and his ridiculous demands. But somewhere along the lines, the bickering and fighting starts to feel like foreplay, and Spencer certainly cannot fall for her boss...

Kay writes some of my favorite body positivity romance! Her FMCs come out stronger and more confident, and her MMCs are brought to their knees by the women they love. Kay handles the difficult topics of self love and troubles with body image with the utmost care, which is one of the reasons I adore the Lessons in Love series so much.

Selfie also has a great plot/backstory to fuel everything that was going on. Not to mention, we got to catch up with our favorite characters from the previous two books, which I loved!

Read Selfie if you like:
- billionaire romance
- workplace romance
- slow burn
- age gap (10 years)
- single guardian
- grumpy x sunshine
- body positivity

Thank you so much to Kay for my eARC!





Small critique:
The reason this wasn't 5 stars for me personally was I didn't always feel the greatest connection between Spencer and Nathan. There were also moments that felt out of character for the two of them with some of the dialogue. Additionally, I'm unsure if this is just with the ARC copy, but I think there needs to be some TWs at the beginning for readers (I was not personally triggered, but to protect the mental health of others, I think there needed to be some beta/sensitivity reading to point out potential triggers).
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240 reviews
June 12, 2025
♾️ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
OBSESSED. That's all I can think now that I finished this amazing book. I absolutely loved it. It will have you feeling all the emotions! I was literally giggling and laughing or crying from start to finish. The resilience Spencer showed throughout this book was amazing. No matter how hard life got she kept pushing through. Nathan was so overwhelmed with grief that he was shut off from everyone and didn't think he would ever be able to move on and be happy again. Little did he know that this sassy and strong woman was gonna come knock him off his feet. The slow burn in this book was killinggg me but lord have mercy was it worth the wait...had me over here blushing and giggling like a school girl.
Nathan is most definitely my new book boyfriend. The way he is with Spence, he tries so hard to get her to see what he see in her. The beautiful woman that she is. I could relate to Spencer in many ways and that could be why I loved this story so much. Sometimes it's so hard to see the beauty in yourself no matter how much someone tells you you're beautiful but it gets easier when you're loved by the right person.

If you love any of these I highly recommend checking out this amazing story.
💜Age gap
💜Boss/assistant
💜Billionaire
💜Grumpy/sunshine
💜Love after loss
💜Body positivity
💜Single parent

This book is book 3 of lessons in love series and can be read as a standalone.
Profile Image for Kate Berger.
154 reviews4 followers
June 19, 2025
I had to gather my thoughts before I wrote this review as this book was filled with SOOOO MUCH!

It was very beautifully written by Kay Cove. But please, check your triggers as body dysmorphia, eating disorder,loss of a parent & significant other are mentioned throughout.

I truly enjoyed this book, both Spencer and Nathan have been through so much, so much loss, so much trauma. Spencer after loosing her mom to Cancer, drops everything to raise her little sister at 18. The strength that took is insane and I absolutely adore the sass and relationship that Spencer and Charlie have. Nathan lost the love of his life in a horrific accident and then his fiancé’s daughter was ripped from his hands, who he was intending on adopting. Within a day he lost his entire family. So he became cold, closed off, and mean. Until Spencer walks into his life as his new assistant.
This was definitely a SLOWWWWWW burn. I felt so bad for Nathan and his trauma but that man was giving me whiplash!!! Nathan LIVES to be a caregiver and to be needed and the way he loves and cares for his girls had my heart fluttering. When Claire called him Dad 🥲
I loved the ending! I also loved how the characters from the previous books were mentioned and present throughout the book. And Lastly, the guinea pigs were hilarious!
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June 19, 2025
Thank you to Kay Cove and Good Girls PR for a copy of this ARC 💜

- enemies to lovers
- billionaire
- boss x employee
- age gap
- love after loss

Selfie is book 3 in the Lessons in Love series. Wow, it did not disappoint - it has the perfect mix of funny banter and serious conversations.

The FMC, Spencer, is beyond relatable. She suffers from body dysmorphia because of a past situation in college. She is also the guardian to her little sister Charlie.

She attends a birthday party for Avery (who we were introduced to in Camera Shy, book 1 of the series) where she meets Nate, the hottie. After having to leave suddenly, she thinks that is the last time she will ever see him again.
Boy, was she wrong. She walks in on her first day at her new job and sees her new boss, Nate - the Bosshole.

Nate has become a bitter man after losing the love of his life and hadn’t dated anyone since - throwing his life into his work. However, he can’t stop thinking of the girl he met at a party, until she walks into work as his new assistant.

This book is about the ups and downs the two characters go through together filled with great banter and all the emotions.

I highly recommend this read!
Nate - I think you have become my new favorite male from the series, sorry Finn.
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309 reviews
June 25, 2025
Favorite Quotes:

“Be high maintenance, Spencer. Don’t settle for what you can get. Demand what you’re worth..”

“Don’t settle for a guy who tells you he loves you. Choose one who shows you.”

“There are consequences to falling in love with a claimed man. A man tethered to another woman by a tragically everlasting bond. Is second place good enough for happily ever after? Am I really content to share him with a beautiful ghost for the rest of my life?”

“You gave me the wrong size on purpose?” I study the lines across her chest and belly. They are angry and deep, matching the ones on her back. “A smaller size.” “Why?” Arms still wrapped around her chest, she shrugs. “I didn’t want you to know. I thought you’d suddenly be put off.” “Impossible. Spencer, you put a guinea pig in your front pocket and I still wanted to rip those overalls off your body a couple weeks ago. That should tell you how insanely attracted I am to you.”

“The best part about falling in love a second time is you have the chance to fix past mistakes. If you could’ve done anything different with Elise, what would it have been?”

“It’s picturing Spencer crying, alone, having her beautiful, healthy body shamed for reasons that only drunk, idiot college kids could justify. She was a woman before they could understand what that means. A real man sees curves and a plentiful body as sinfully seductive, something he can bury into and get lost in. The poor girl was beyond her years, lost in a pen of blind, shallow pigs. Dawn said those posters read “cow.” The dumbasses were so uneducated, they didn’t know how to spell “queen.”

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534 reviews29 followers
June 20, 2025
ARC Book Review
Selfie
A Novel Written By Kay Cove
Fiction - Romance
Published June 2025
386 Pages
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is the third book in the author’s Lessons in Love Series. I have read all of this author’s books and have never been disappointed. This book is another winner.

Kay Cove writes about characters finding love. She writes about characters with flaws. Characters readers can identify and sympathize with.

Spencer Riley and Nathan Hatcher are two complicated broken people hiding their scars. Both have built barricades around their hearts. Sometimes you just need the right person to come and help break down that barrier.

I loved the main characters. Spencer wasn’t afraid to be snarky to her boss, Nathan. She made sure he didn’t underestimate her. She worked hard to raise her younger sister. Nathan was able to release his grumpiness for Spencer and her younger sister, Charlie.

“It’s a crying shame she doesn’t see what I see when she looks at herself.”
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June 5, 2025
I don’t even know where to begin…Kay Cove’s Lessons in Love series is hands down one of my favorites and each book gets better and better, but Selfie? Honestly I wasn’t sure any book could top Camera Shy for me but Nathan? He’s just amazing,
When he is all in the way he tries to get Spencer to see just how beautiful she is just makes me want to swoon! Plus it doesn’t hurt he knows when to be 🥵

I’m obsessed with Spencer and Nate’s story I just love the boss/assistant trope and he really is a bosshole in the beginning but watching his walls come down around Spencer was amazing.
I think this book is so good because both Spencer and Nate grow and they help each other in ways they didn’t even realize!

I was beyond lucky to ARC read this but everyone needs to read this, it’s so amazing! I can’t wait to get a copy on my shelf!
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