Recs if you like How Freaking Romantic...

Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

To Whom It May Concern,

Are you ever stuck wishing your 9 to 5 was more exciting? Live vicariously through these stories without risk of getting a call from HR. It’s taboo and against the rules but it’s fiction, so enjoy all you want! Let’s set up a meeting with your next read and hopefully take it offline afterwards ❤️‍🔥

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,

Your local spicy romance connoisseur💋

We're teeing up your piles of summer reads with our quarterly romance roundup! As a reminder, we haven't read most of these books -- but they're the ones toppling our TBR! Books are sorted from June releases at the top of the list to September releases at the bottom.

All the 2025 BOTM monthly, add on, and Allurial titles

usually over caffeinated + often underpaid + maybe (definitely) in love = academic romance! These books are specifically about characters who work in the world of academia (professors, post-docs, etc.), not just students in a university setting.

recs are welcome and appreciated!

Feeling anything but blue with these beauties! A curated look at the azure, navy, and cyan covers that grace our shelves (physical or virtual).

Leave me suggestions in the comments! 🫶🏻