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Starting this reread as an audiobook!

I rarely put updates that aren't specific to a particular book. But of note, the review site that I work with, All About Romance, will be closing down at the end of March 2026. I've really enjoyed my time reviewing there ( 285 reviews in the last 10 years) but I'm also looking forward to re-reading a bunch of favourites and tackling my giant to-be-read pile of books I've picked up but never had time to read!

yet more blowjobs....

Setting the record for the most blowjobs in a single story....

The more I read, the more I'm enjoying this - it's quite funny too!

Interesting plot development!

Finished Waiting for the Flood which was just as good the second time around - now onto the new added story!

I'm a sucker for single dad romances!

I'm absolutely loving Hank, Charlotte, and Hank's interactions with Charlotte's kids

The description of a 'NoPho' or no phone party makes me nostalgic for house parties during my university days. No one had cell phones then. We just made the rounds, talking to people, playing board games, listening to music, drinking. It was great.

Whoa, the heat is on! 🔥🔥

Yes, I just reread this recently, but now I'm listening to it as an audiobook! And this is because I bought the ebooks of 2 and 3 and was able to get the audiobooks of them for 1.99 each so it made sense to have the whole series. And I really like the narrator after listening to him in Gilded Cage.

Really enjoying the narrators in this!

Listening to this as an audiobook and it's great! Super choice of narrators.

I'm reading the short novella The Long Night of the Crystalline Moon by Jeffe Kennedy ( Heirs of Magic 0.5) which is the next generation ( children) of those in the Twelve Kingdoms series - I couldn't find it as a standalone on Goodreads but I bought it that way on Jeffe's website.

I decided it would be prudent to read the last few books of the Psy-Changeling series- I've read the first 3 but I'm not a fan of serial killer books and this seems to be a major theme in the overall series. I want to see the worlbuilding arc that comes at the end that leads into the Trinity series so I skipped some of the middle books and started with this one. Luckily my library has them all! Loving it so far!

Hey folks, I've got some health issues going on that are taking priority right now, leaving me with little desire to read, so it'll be light for a while over here.

This is just what I need to put election week behind me.

I'm listening to this as an audiobook (so it will take me longer to 'read' it) but loving it so far!

I am really enjoying the slow burn of this romance!

After that delicious foodie lunch scene I have a craving for a thali platter...

This is turning out to be an excellent vacation read choice!

Whew - that was some hot backseat of the limo sex!

Great start! These ladies will be fun!

Vince is such a sweetheart!

Great start and I'm really enjoying these characters and the set up!

NSFW! I started reading this on my lunch break but had to stop to continue at home LOL

I'm amused that there are romance writers having a retreat at the beachfront inn that is the setting for this story - because it's definitely a thing that I know happens in real life!

I love these two and am enjoying the development of their relationship!

Really enjoying this worldbuilding!