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Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)

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Desire swirled in his gut as he raked his gaze over her. He didn’t think he wouldn’t ever not have that reaction when she was presented to him like this.

Someone please tell me wtf this sentence is supposed to mean because I cannot decipher the triple negative😭

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Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)

Nisha Sharma

Dating Dr. Dil features a love-phobic TV doctor who must convince a love-obsessed homebody they are destined to be together. Kareena Mann dreams of having a love story like her parents, but she prefers restoring her classic car to swiping right on dating apps. When her father announces he’s selling her mother’s home, Kareena makes a deal with him: he’ll gift her the house if she can get engaged in four months. Her search for her soulmate becomes impossible when her argument with Dr. Prem Verma, host of The Dr. Dil Show, goes viral. Now the only man in her life is the one she doesn’t want. Dr. Prem Verma is dedicated to building a local community health center, but he needs to get donors with deep pockets. The Dr. Dil Show was doing just that, until his argument with Kareena went viral, and he’s left short changed. That’s when Kareena’s meddling aunties presented him with a solution: convince Kareena he’s her soulmate and they’ll fund his clinic. Even though they have conflicting views on love-matches and arranged-matches, the more time Prem spends with Kareena, the more he begins to believe she’s the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. But for Prem and Kareena to find their happily ever after, they must admit that hate has turned into fate.

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A Soul to Heal (Duskwalker Brides, #2)

Opal Reyne

All Delora ever wanted was to disappear. Thrown into the Veil for a crime she committed, Delora was discarded by the world. Although afraid of her oncoming demise, she accepts it as it would be a worldly escape from her problems. She didn’t expect that she would wake up from her deadly fall, nor that the person who saved her would be a Duskwalker. She’s wary about him at first, but Delora begins to realise there’s more to him than just a faceless monster. All he ever wanted was a name. After discovering that humans can be kept as companions, he begins planning for the day he finds his own bride. He still lacks humanity and there is much learn first. One morning when leaving his cave, a human suddenly crashes into him from the sky. Broken and sleeping, he gets to work on healing the woman. It doesn’t take him long to understand she’s wounded in a way his magic can’t heal. But will he be able to gain her affections, or will she come to hate him as he stumbles his way through learning about her – and more importantly, himself?

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my first fantasy since Jan and i’m sooooooo excited

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Lust & Lollipops (Survival of the Mated #1)

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May 07, 2026

3.5

Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: Characters: Plot: 1.5

This was a fun quick read. I wish it was longer, so we could learn more about the other men. I would've loved to see some intrigue or curiosity from Molly about Cam to make their affection less like insta-love. Simple familiarity does not necessitate love. Lastly, I wish that Cam actually experienced a real threat/competition and that we got to see more of his machinations. This book truly felt like its purpose was world/scenario building, so the author will have less to explain in the next ones. With that in mind, I hope we get a better feel for the characters in the next books and learn more about the fae, their powers, why they revealed themselves to the humans, and what they were doing before.

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Lust & Lollipops (Survival of the Mated #1)

Lola Glass

I've been thrown out of a plane and dropped on an island full of gorgeous, massive men. Did I mention that said men are all magical fae guys competing for the right to marry me?Yeah, it's a mess.Every man on the island has the same two Defeat his competitors, and win my heart.Luckily, I know one of the guys.We're not exactly friends, but I can kind of trust him.Working together secretly, we have to keep the truth hidden and play the game alongside everyone else… because there's no way off this island without becoming someone's mate.*SURVIVOR meets magic and epic love in this fun, steamy standalone romance with a happily ever after!

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Romances tropes you love and those you hate! And maybe give/get recs.

Okay romance readers, this one is for you.

Which romance do you love, mine are: -enemies-to-lovers -roomates-to-lovers -forced proximity -dark rom-coms -one bed (cliché but can be fun) -grumpy/sunshine -grumpy/grumpy (a new found love, as a grumpy person 😄 ) -found family -small town -spicy

Not a trope, but love it! -queer, especially sapphic, MFM MAYBE MMFM (how any woman can handle more men than that is BEYOND me!), MM

And those you hate, here are mine: -Slow burn (I have no patience to wait for the good bits, 🤣 I came for romance give me the spice! 🌶) -age gap (especially if it's an 18-24 yr old woman-girl, with some old dude, although some reverse age gap isn't bad, but please make the dude either super mature for his age or at least 27) -fated mates-type in a non-magical romance -forbidden love, see age gap -surprise pregnacy/breeding kink -non-humanoid monster smut -pitch black romance (my MCs need some redeamable qualities or I'd just rather read a horror book)

I'll give recs to those who comment with tropes they like that I have a good rec for, feel free to do the same. I'm also just curious what everyone's fav are. NO TROPE SHAMING.

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Fun fact and a follow (pt4)💡👯‍♀️

So normally I would post this with a silly drink however I am posting this somewhat high from the amount of cold medicine I have ingested SOOOOOO post a fun fact (about yourself, a type of bug, your favorite pokemon, from that movie you’ve watched a dozen times, etc) and I’ll follow you (if I don’t already😉🙂‍↕️)

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May 06, 2026

5.0

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I found that I had the desire to reread this book as it has so many nuggets that resonate with me. Many of Hooks ideas are rooted in Christian and Buddhist teaching, but she invites the reader to make their own conclusions from their foundations of spiritualism or belief in something greater. It continues to be relevant in its challenges and criticisms of modern love and its push for something greater "true love."

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All About Love: New Visions

bell hooks

Presenting radical new ways to think about love, the acclaimed cultural critic, feminist, and author examines the role of love in our personal and professional lives and how it can be used to end struggles between individuals, communities, and societies. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

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