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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

BY THE BOOK by Gregory Ashe @tekhnemakre.bsky.social - Dash's truly AWFUL parents turn up for a visit, Dash draws a line and grows up a bit... and there's another murder to be solved. #booksky #romancelandia #mmromance tinyurl.com/2bp9onyv

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

GOALTENDER INTERFERENCE by @brighamvaughn.bsky.social is a funny, sexy and thoughtful opposites-attract romance between a hot-headed young goalie and the hockey legend assigned to keep him out of trouble. Needless to say, trouble ensues... 😉 #romancelandia #mmromance #booksky tinyurl.com/2b5mdswd

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

FOOL ME TWICE by JL Merrow - a quick but satisfying read featuring likeable leads, a wonderfully well-realised setting and a charming second-chance romance. #romancelandia #mmromance #booksky @riptidepublishing.bsky.social tinyurl.com/22nwa4vm

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

A SIMPLE MISTAKE by Alice Winters - the biggest mistake I made was reading it. Dull, unimaginative and with unappealing, flat characters. D for "dire". #romancelandia bookish29.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/a...

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

MY INCONVENIENT DUKE by Loretta Chase is the long-awaited finale to her Difficult Dukes... but while it's a good read and I enjoyed it, it's not the story I - and many of us - were expecting (and, sadly, not in a good way). #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/2aj369a3

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

August's Thief by Fearne Hill - short, sweet and just a bit steamy, a lovely story about finding that special someone who sees you as you really are and will share your burdens no matter what. #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/yssqplnq

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

RESTLESS HEARTS by Jax Calder is an angsty, deeply emotional romance that will tug at the heartstrings. #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/2dzuy7f8

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Kicking off the 2025 #tbrchallenge with THE OAK AND THE ASH by Annick Trent, a charming slice-of-life romance between two non-aristos (rare for HistRom!) with a superbly realised historical background. #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/yssqplnq

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

GOALTENDER INTERFERENCE by Ari Baran - a terrific read featuring an emotional, messy second-chance romance that delivers a very well-deserved HEA. #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/29vwcsvt

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Another round up of Stuff I've Listened To Recently... Quickie Reviews #8 bookish29.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/q...

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

My 2024 in Books & Audio - my favourite books & audiobooks of the year. #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/2xncb87f

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

THE CHRISTMAS CURSE by Avery Cockburn - a charming holiday romance in which the intelligence and humour in the writing and the author’s ability to create quirky, likeable characters really shine. #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/24q6hgta

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

ON CIRCUS LANE by Lily Morton - a sweet, sexy & typically light-hearted bundle of undemanding, festive fun featuring engaging (if slightly too perfect) characters whose love language is snark. bookish29.wordpress.com/2024/12/27/o... #romamcelandia #booksky

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

FALSE EVIDENCE by Rachel Grant - this final Evidence book comes full circle as two fan-favourite characters get their long-awaited HEA. I'd have liked more of a suspense plot, tbh, but I enjoyed the book nonetheless. tinyurl.com/26vgt5c9 #romancelandia #booksky

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

SAVING MR. BELL by H.L. Day - a fluffy, snowed-in, only-one-bed seasonal romance that delivers a satisfying HEA and lots of festive feels. #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/29z2sptt

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY, the third of Alexis Hall's (faux) Regency Romps, is a love story without being a genre romance, celebrating the platonic love between two dear friends who enter into an unconventional marriage that brings them both contentment. tinyurl.com/25tytuex

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

For the final #tbrchallenge of 2024 I read Avery Cockburn's A CHRISTMAS HARBOR - a quiet, character-driven story that is just Christmassy enough and which packs quite an emotional punch. Short, but immensely satisfying. tinyurl.com/2bu7fbt5

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

SYMPHONY OF SALVATION byNicky James - a sensual, chemistry-laden slow-burn romance between two lonely men who have a lot to learn about themselves and each other. tinyurl.com/22364dgw #romancelandia #booksky

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

TWISTED SHADOWS by Allie Therin - is complex, nail-bitingly tense and contains some shocking revelations, the romance is sweet and hot by turns, the worldbuilding is excellent, and the humour lands just right. The cliffhanger ending had me howling though! #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/27nt4vsz

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

ROGUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE by David R Slayton - this story of magical misfits is fast-paced with plenty of humour and action and features a complex, flawed and engaging protagonist. Terrific narration by Michael David Axtell is the perfect complement to the story. #romancelandia tinyurl.com/26skt5f5

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Annabeth Albert's DECK THE PALMS is a delightful grumpy/sunshine romance featuring two engaging characters who don't like each other... until they do 😉 It’s definitely one to curl up with when you’re craving some warmth, sunshine and festive feels. #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/29yoypyf

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

THE CHRISTMAS SWITCH by Briar Prescott is a quick but satisfying read with plenty of laughs, flirty banter, and just a little bit of melancholy that tugs at theheartstrings from an author who really knows how to bring the "rom" AND the "com" to the genre. #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/24aec32v

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

If you had the chance to get a Glimpse of your future - would you? I loved AGAINST THE STARS by Christopher Hartland in audio - this inventive, thought-provoking and heartbreaking romance is superbly narrated by Joe Jameson, Benjamin Crow & WIll Watt. tinyurl.com/27f2p3ox #romancelandia #booksky

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

It's been a long wait, but Sam Auden & Rufus O'Callaghan are back in A FRIEND IN THE GLASS by Gregory Ashe & C.S. Poe - a clever, fast-paced mystery with plenty of action and lots of twists and turns. @tekhnemakre.bsky.social #booksky tinyurl.com/24fb52kj

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Set in 1917, NO MAN'S LAND by @sallymalcolm.bsky.social is a darkly chilling paranormal historical boasting a superb blend of horror and mystery wrapped up in a heartfelt and satisfying romance. #romancelandia #booksky tinyurl.com/25udo4ww

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

THE GEOGRAPHY OF HAPPINESS by Jay Hogan -an emotional and tender love story that delivers a very long-awaited HEA for a favourite character, as two lonely men realise that maybe they don't have to got it alone any more. tinyurl.com/286jhqo8 #romancelandia #booksky

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

CHRISTMAS ON STARDUST LANE by @garrettleigh.bsky.social - two guys whose instinct for emotional self-preservation has left them both more than a little lonely might just find that most special of gifts in each other in this lovely seasonal romance. #romancelandia tinyurl.com/26pb4q4w

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

November's #tbrchallenge prompt is "It Came from the 1990s" so I went for a trad. regency - A CHANCE ENCOUNTER by Gayle Buck. Some trads hold up better than others, and sadly this was one of the ones that doesn't. #romancelandia tinyurl.com/296p96sp

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

MISSING CHORD by Kaje Harper - a charming, tender and thoughtful second chance love story about two men who met at the wrong time rediscovering each other and deciding whether a second shot at love is worth taking. #romancelandia tinyurl.com/2bkowok9

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

A couple of new QUICKIE REVIEWS! The audiobook of FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK, a collection of m/m mystery-romance novellas, expertly narrated by Joel Leslie & Kale Williams, and Brigham Vaughn 's THE HEAD GAME. tinyurl.com/258t8m5v

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

THE KISS PRINCIPLE by Gregory Ashe - fan-favourite character Fernando Lopez - who has yet to find a swear-jar that will take him on! - gets his own HEA in this warm, funny and angsty contemporary romance. tinyurl.com/2a96vbva

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

HALO by E.M. Lindsey - an angsty, emotional and satisfying age-gap romance in which two lonely men fall deeply in love and discover that their pasts don't have to define their futures. Iggy Toma delivers a terrific performance. tinyurl.com/29ls6nnu

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Maggie Craig's STORM TOSSED MOON is the third instalment in this absorbing saga of political intrigue and star-crossed romance set in mid-eighteenth century Scotland. Steve Worsley's excellent narration adds another dimension to the story. tinyurl.com/2akk4lhg

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

PHASE SHIFT by Jenn Burke & Kelly Jensen - the thrilling final instalment in the fabulous Chaos Station sci-fi romance series. I’ve loved every minute of the time I’ve spent with these characters and in this universe. Thank you Jenn and Kelly – it’s been a blast! tinyurl.com/2yjegxj7

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

BY HIS SIDE by H.L. Day - an enjoyable & heartfelt romance in which a probation officer is strongly drawn to his latest client - very much against his better judgement. With a bit of crime drama and some insightful commentary thrown in, it's an entertaining read. #romancelandia tinyurl.com/25m88k49

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

DUST BOWL MAGIC by Z.A. Maxfield - a fascinating and well-researched time-travel romance set in the 1930s. A bit insta-love, but the rest of the story is so good, I could deal - although the ending is very abrupt and a bit anticlimactic. Def worth a read. #romancelandia tinyurl.com/2ynkyozt

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Next up in Toni Anderson’s Cold Justice: Most Wanted series of exciting romantic suspense novels, COLD SPITE is a gripping, action-packed story in which a pair of agents are targeted by a released prisoner out for revenge. tinyurl.com/2yshlygx #romancelandia

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

GRAVE MISFORTUNE by Nazri Noor - an entertaining, light-hearted together fantasy romance with an antagonists-to-lovers vibe in which a fae traveller's journey takes him to a small village with a very unique problem... Narration by Zachary Johnson is delightful! tinyurl.com/2d8qpugu #romancelandia

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

BETWEEN YOU AND ME by Gregory Ashe - Dash can't seem to stop stumbing across dead bodies, even at the fun house at the local amusement park 🙂 Another fun, clever mystery in The Last Picks - although Dash and Bobby are so clueless, you'll want to bang their heads together! tinyurl.com/288hxg7

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

THE BAIT by N.R. Walker - a fast-paced, action-packed romantic thriller that follows two 'retired' assassins on the trail of a missing friend making some potentially game-(and life)-changing discoveries along the way. tinyurl.com/22ed2ylv #romancelandia

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

ON THE EDGE by Annabeth Albert - a quiet, gently moving and emotional age-gap romance in which ER nurse Jonas gets his well-deserved HEA. tinyurl.com/2a34o6kh

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

IMMORTAL SENTRY by Eden Winters. Magic, intrigue and a low-key romantic sub-plot unfold in this swords & sorcery fantasy adventure. tinyurl.com/2czzllpy

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

For this month's #tbrchallenge prompt "spooky (gothic)", I read A FROST OF CARES by Amy Rae Durreson - a genuinely creepy & atmospheric ghost story combined with a wonderful romance. tinyurl.com/2yc3yvkg

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

VINE by Fearne Hill is a wonderful read, a story that is both hearfelt & heartrending as two misfits find their way to each other: tinyurl.com/24ysc82t

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

SWORDCROSSED by Freya Marske was a big disappointment. There are the bones of an interesting story, but it's so low stakes there's no conflict or dramatic tension and the romance is insta-love-y. tinyurl.com/yt3ad4k6

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 04/10/2024

LOOK UP HANDSOME by Jack Strange is worse than 'meh'. Billed as a rom-com it's neither romantic nor funny, the characters are flat and the plot is trite. It’s an over-idealised Hallmark Christmas movie in book form - unless you really like treacle, I'd avoid it. tinyurl.com/23qnqt54

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 04/10/2024

THE MERRIEST MISTERS by Timothy Janovsky is a mash-up of marriage-in-trouble story and The Santa Clause which works in some ways and not in others. It's atmospheric and fun, but the relationship issues are not really solved by the end which makes it unsatisfying overall. tinyurl.com/2cgmlgef

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

SETTLE THE SCORE (audiobook) by Kris Ripper - a delightful forced proximity romance that explores themes of forgiveness and acceptance. The protagonist's voice is funny and wry and Pete Cross's fantastic narration is a big argument for experiencing the story in audio. tinyurl.com/2a4jvz4u

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CazReadingRm @cazreadingrm.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

AIRS ABOVE THE GROUND by Rachel Langella - an entertaining paranormal romance featuring engaging protagonists, an incredibly well-realised setting and an intriguing mystery. #romancelandia tinyurl.com/2ascywwy

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