AUTHOR - ANA HUANG  RATINGS - ☆☆.5  TROPES -  Arrange Marriage Enemies to Lovers Billionaire Romance SYNOPSIS She’s the wife he never wanted…and the weakness he never saw coming. Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant.  Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally. The billionaire CEO never planned to marry— until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows. Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy. It doesn’t matter how beautiful or charming she is. He'll do everything in ..read more

  AUTHOR - Rebecca Yarros RATINGS - ☆☆☆☆ TROPES - ✔️ Dragons ✔️ Academia setting (war college) ✔️ High fantasy ✔️ Chronic illness rep ✔️ Enemies to lovers ✔️ Slow burn AMAZON INDIA LINK SYNOPSIS Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to becom ..read more

AUTHOR - TESSA BAILEY RATINGS - ☆☆☆☆☆ TROPES -   Friends to Lovers   Player guy  Boy falls first  Jealousy done right So much tension SYNOPSIS King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he's a guaranteed good time--in bed and out--and that's exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She's immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his... personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. Now, Hannah's in town ..read more

  AUTHOR - ANA HUANG RATINGS - ☆☆☆☆☆ TROPES -  Opposites attract Forbidden romance British billionaire hero Asian leads Steam, banter, and swoon SYNOPSIS She's his opposite in every way...and the greatest temptation he's ever known. Reserved, controlled, and proper to a fault, Kai Young has neither the time nor inclination for chaos—and Isabella, with her purple hair and inappropriate jokes, is chaos personified. With a crucial CEO vote looming and a media empire at stake, the billionaire heir can’t afford the distraction she brings. Isabella is everything he shouldn’t ..read more

AUTHOR - AMBER NICOLE RATINGS - ☆☆☆☆ TROPES -   Multi POV Morally grey FMC  Found family  Forced proximity  Forbidden romance Betrayal REVIEW OF BOOK #1 - BOOK OF AZRAEL SYNOPSIS World Ender meets Ender of Worlds... A thousand years ago, Dianna gave up her life in the deserts of Erioa to save her dying sister. She called upon anyone who would listen, not expecting a monster far worse than any nightmare to answer. Now she does what Kaden asks, even if that means securing an ancient relic from the very creatures that hunt her.  A King thought long dead ..read more

AUTHOR - Kandi Steiner SERIES ORDER  (all the books can be read as a standalone)  Fair Catch  Blind Side Quarterback Sneak Hail Mary HAIL MARY RATING - ★★★★★ QUARTERBACK SNEAK REVIEW - https://bookistic17.blogspot.com/2022/10/quaterback-sneak-by-kandi-steiner.html SPICE RATING - ?️?️?️ TROPES -  ? sports romance⁣⁣ ? college/new adult romance⁣⁣ ? enemies-to-lovers ? forced proximity⁣⁣ ? neighbors and then ROOMMATES ? banter and tension off the charts ? slow burn with a ?️ BIG delivery ? SYNOPSIS Leo F*cking Hernandez. North Boston ..read more

AUTHOR - India Holton  RATING - ★★★★★ TROPES -  Rival Agent pretending to be married for a mission One bed trope  Slow-burn  SYNOPSIS Known as Agent A, Alice is the top operative within the Agency of Undercover Note Takers, a secret government intelligence group that is fortunately better at espionage than at naming itself. From managing deceptive witches to bored aristocratic ladies, nothing is beyond Alice’s capabilities. She has a steely composure and a plan always up her sleeve (alongside a dagger and an embroidered handkerchief). So when rumors of an assass ..read more

AUTHOR - P. Rayne RATINGS - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3.5 stars rounded up to 4) TROPES -  Arranged to be Married  Boarding School (Mafia Academy) Mafia Romance SYNOPSIS Nothing ruins a perfect day like your dead fiancé showing up in the middle of your first class. Mirabella La Rosa When my father arranged for me to marry the next in line to lead the Costa crime family, I swore I’d do anything to escape that fate. I have way more to offer my family than being some man’s arm candy, producing heirs, and making appearances at weddings and baptisms. Marcelo Costa might be my fiancé, but he’ll n ..read more

AUTHOR - Kandi Steiner SERIES ORDER  (all the books can be read as a standalone)  Fair Catch  Blind Side Quarterback Sneak QUARTERBACK SNEAK RATING - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ SPICE RATING - ?️?️?️ TROPES  Coach’s Daughter Forbidden Romance Reverse Grumpy x Sunshine Neighbours  He gardens (it’s a trope after this book IDC) ✦ﾟ━━━━━━━・❦・━━━━━━━ﾟ✦ SYNOPSIS Quarterback Holden Moore can have any girl he wants. Except me: the coach’s daughter. With piercing green eyes, herculean biceps, and irresistible dimples, Holden is the number one target for every girl on campus ..read more

AUTHOR  - Lauren Asher SERIES ORDER AND RATING  The Fine Print - ★★★★  Terms and Conditions - ★★★★★ 3rd Book (TBD) GOODREADS - Goodreads ✦ﾟ━━━━━━━・❦・━━━━━━━ﾟ✦ SYNOPSIS ROWAN  I'm in the business of creating fairy tales. Theme parks. Production companies. Five-star hotels. Everything could be all mine if I renovated Dreamland. My initial idea of hiring Zahra was good in theory, but then I kissed her. Things spiralled out of control once I texted her using an alias. By the time I realized where I had gone wrong, it was too late ..read more