This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A hot, fast workplace rivals romance with off-the-charts sexual tension between two Boston realtors, undercut by a heroine whose cruelty outlasts most readers’ patience and an ending in which the wrong woman does the … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A yearning, witty Regency gothic about two rival novelists in a supposedly haunted house, with a Lambda Literary Award and two starred trade reviews behind it, undercut by a rivalry … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A funny, warm, unapologetically queer YA mystery with one of the best friend groups in the genre, undercut by a title romance that a sizeable minority of readers find closer … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: One of the most convincing tennis novels in sapphic fiction — a detailed, documentary-feeling look at life at the top of the women’s tour — with a gentle slow-burn romance between the burned-out world … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A big-publisher sapphic tennis romance with well-written matches and a soulmate-mark twist — but that twist, a very bratty heroine and uneven prose have made it one of the most divisive books on our … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A fast, funny, very spicy rivals-to-lovers romance that makes the rivalry feel real, set at the Winter Olympics with genuine cross-country skiing on the page. A few readers found Kirby’s needling close to bullying … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A YA rivals-to-lovers romance with a strong emotional core about grief and a mother’s legacy, but it splits readers sharply. Fans cried and loved the coming-of-age arc; critics found the romance rushed, the field … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A sunny, sexy rivals-to-lovers surfing romance with Melissa Brayden’s trademark banter, and for many readers the best of the Seven Shores series. A minority felt the formula was wearing thin and the romance didn’t … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: An ambitious, deeply emotional softball love story spanning a decade, and one of the most passionately reviewed books we have covered. Readers call it remarkable and beautifully written; some found it too heavy, too … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A fun, slow-burn rivals-to-lovers WNBA romance with sparky banter, flashbacks and warm family threads. Most readers enjoyed it, but many flagged heavy typos, little basketball until the end and subplots that go nowhere. Best … Read more