I just finished this one yesterday and everything from the meet cute to the heated office romance was fun and electric.

Sunny can’t imagine her luck getting any worse when the Dom she clicks with says he isn’t looking for a new sub. Until she walks into work the next day and finds him setting up a second desk in her office!

Grant is irritated by how attracted he is to her and tries to set up a bunch of rules to keep things professional. Too bad his girl—i mean, coworker is a total brat— i mean, independent woman and doesn’t take to being bossed around outside of the bedroom 😂

Truly it’s like “The Hating Game” was dialed up to 100 but the tension isn’t about some work promotion. They’re fighting over whether they’re going to give in to each other or not. The teasing and retaliation was so entertaining! And when things finally heat up, they deliver on their D/s promises.

Dom-Com boldly bends the romance genre into this unique combination. More clear-cut than “Deep End” but more romcom than “Willing Prey”. Top it off with eccentric work colleagues, cute crafting hobbies and darling fur babies. His grand gesture at the end makes Grant my dream man 😍

I’ll be honest: I picked this up for the promise of a sex club. What I didn’t expect was to become so deeply attached to the characters. While that initial hook is more of a red herring, the story quickly proves it’s far more interested in who Stella and Max are than in any single plot device. And that ended up being its biggest strength.

This is a very character-driven, very queer romance, and I loved how much time it spends unpacking Stella and Max’s individual histories. Instead of feeling overly niche, their specific experiences actually made the story feel more relatable. The book isn’t trying to smooth them into easy archetypes—it lets them be fully themselves.

Stella’s arc really worked for me. She’s dealing with all the things people tend to frame as “issues”: being new to dating, inexperienced with sex, and ambitious in ways that don’t neatly match her current job. She’s passionate about writing and knows what she’s capable of, even when the people around her don’t quite see it yet. Watching her be underestimated because of her body, race and femininity —even by people who love her—felt painfully real and incredibly satisfying when she kept pushing forward anyway.

I also loved watching Max come into himself, especially as Stella supports him without hesitation. He’s guarded about his sexuality until she shares that she’s bi too, and the way his walls come down after that felt really tender. This is a billionaire romance I can actually get behind, mostly because Max’s values matter more than his money. When supporting Stella puts him at odds with his professional world, watching him choose integrity and care over convenience was genuinely rousing.

If you’re someone who rarely sees your real-life circle reflected in books, you’ll probably love the little pocket of NYC that Zakiya N. Jamal creates. It felt warm, specific, and hard to leave.

I’m just starting to get into last-chance romances—the kind where a couple is on the brink of separation. It’s a surprisingly nuanced niche and "Sunk in Love" dives straight into the deep end.

Roslyn is still submerged in grief after her mother’s traumatic death and feels profoundly alone. While her siblings and grandparents seem to be moving forward, she’s stuck in place. When her family pressures her to bring her husband on their annual cruise, she can’t bring herself to admit that they’re in the middle of a divorce. Liam agrees to play along and pretend they’re still together, but the arrangement only sharpens Roslyn’s pain—especially when it becomes clear that her estranged husband appears to be thriving. He’s fitter, more social, and full of plans, while she feels left behind.

I struggled at times with Roslyn’s harsh self-talk and her initial reactions to Liam. That said, if you’ve experienced separation yourself, her perspective may feel deeply cathartic. The book doesn’t soften the edges of grief or pretend it’s linear. It’s honest about the resentment, guilt, and emotional avoidance that can fracture relationships, especially when siblings process shared trauma in very different ways. I had a lot of empathy for how isolated Roslyn feels within her own family, and for how unaddressed pain can cause us to fail the people we love most.

The story is told entirely in first person from Roslyn’s point of view, so Liam’s thoughts and feelings remain mostly off-page until later. Even so, I found their eventual reconciliation satisfying and emotionally earned.