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Welcome to my reading blog. I love reading, and having a space to share it is something I truly enjoy. Here you'll find romance books with all kinds of tropes, but always with a little spice and, of course, a happy ending. Every book here is one I loved in some way, and I hope you find your next read.
★ My favorites

Mate
★★★★★

Fourth Wing
★★★★★

Barbarian's Mate
★★★★★

Stolen Touches
★★★★★

Sustained
★★★★★

The Long Game
★★★★★

Twisted Emotions
★★★★★

Kill Switch
★★★★★

Kiss an Angel
★★★★★

The Love Hypothesis
★★★★

Shattered Hearts
★★★★

Heated Rivalry
★★★★★

Ice Planet Barbarians
★★★★

Bride
★★★★★

The Fake Mate
★★★★★

Hymn of Ashes
★★★★★

Hunt the Villain
★★★★★

Mate
★★★★★

Fourth Wing
★★★★★

Barbarian's Mate
★★★★★

Stolen Touches
★★★★★

Sustained
★★★★★

The Long Game
★★★★★

Twisted Emotions
★★★★★

Kill Switch
★★★★★

Kiss an Angel
★★★★★

The Love Hypothesis
★★★★

Shattered Hearts
★★★★

Heated Rivalry
★★★★★

Ice Planet Barbarians
★★★★

Bride
★★★★★

The Fake Mate
★★★★★

Hymn of Ashes
★★★★★

Hunt the Villain
★★★★★

The Morozov Bratva Saga · Book 1
Arianna Fraser
Mafia RomanceElla Givens just wanted a night of dancing with her best friend at New York's hottest new club to forget about her ex-fiance. But she was in the wrong place at the worst possible moment. Maksim Morozov, the billionaire Pakhan of the Bratva that rules the city, mistakes her for someone who betrayed his organization, and what follows is a kidnapping, a terrifying chase through the woods, and something much worse, a marriage. Maksim needs a wife before another Bratva pushes their spoiled daughter on him, and he decides Ella is perfect for the job. He thinks he can lock her up in his penthouse like a princess in a tower, that she is just another commodity, like the women raised in his world, and that he can own her body and soul. Between a forced Christmas wedding and Valentine's Day, Maksim is about to find out that Ella is not going to make it easy.

The Knights · Book 1
E. Salvador
New adultMeeting during senior week, on the very day of their birthdays, was pure coincidence. For Lola Larson and TJ Kingston it was only supposed to be three days of pretending to be a couple before going back to their normal lives. Sure they would never see each other again, they say goodbye without even knowing each other's last names or swapping numbers. Two years later, they're both in college, where they cross paths again. But their priorities are no longer what they were the last time they saw each other. All TJ wants is to enter the draft and play in the NBA. He has worked his whole life for that dream and made sure nothing and no one gets in his way. Until he sees Lola again, finds out he has a kid and realizes that basketball is no longer his only priority.

Oaks Sisters · Book 1
Jillian Meadows
Contemporary RomanceMillie Oaks has never followed the expected path. Her childhood love for bugs and science led her to entomology and to her job as a curator at a natural science museum, where she inspires visitors every single day. Her dream is to run her own department, so when a director position opens up, she is determined not to let anything distract her. Least of all Finn, her grumpy coworker with the permanent scowl, the electric blue eyes and the endless collection of astronomy ties. Not that she has noticed any of that, of course. Finn doesn't mean to glare at everyone, but he is juggling his role at the museum, the grief of losing his sister, his attempts to make his nieces smile and trying not to ruin dinner for the fifth night in a row. He can't afford to let anything slip, and the last thing he needs is Millie literally stumbling into him with her bright smile and unshakable optimism. She drives him up the wall. He thinks she has her head in the stars. They want nothing to do with each other. But with Finn on the committee that will decide who gets the job, avoiding each other is impossible. And Millie soon learns that risking a job is one thing, and risking her heart is something else entirely.

Bride · Book 2
Ali Hazelwood
RomantasySerena Paris is orphaned, pack-less and one of a kind. Coming forward as the first Human-Were hybrid was supposed to help heal a centuries-long rift between species, but instead it turned her into a target, caught in the middle of the ruthless political schemes between Weres, Vampyres and Humans. With her enemies closing in, she has only one option left... if he'll have her. As Alpha of the Northwest pack, Koen Alexander is used to being obeyed. His authority is so absolute that only a fool would threaten his mate. And it doesn't matter that Serena doesn't feel the same way about him, nothing will stop him from keeping her safe. But power-hungry Vampyres and Weres aren't the only threats chasing Serena. Sooner or later her past is going to catch up with her, and Koen might be the only thing standing between her and total annihilation.

The Empyrean · Book 1
Rebecca Yarros
RomantasyTwenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to live a quiet life among books in the Scribe Quadrant. But her mother, the feared commanding general of Navarre, has other plans, and orders her to join the thousands of candidates fighting to get into the Riders Quadrant at Basgiath War College, the elite of dragon riders. Smaller and more fragile than everyone else, Violet has the odds stacked against her. There are more cadets than dragons willing to bond, so plenty of them would kill her just to improve their own chances, and others, like the ruthless Xaden Riorson, the most powerful wingleader in the quadrant, want her dead simply because of whose daughter she is. At Basgiath everyone is hiding something, and once you're in there are only two ways out: graduate or die. As the war grows deadlier and surviving becomes a daily fight, Violet starts to suspect that Navarre's leaders are keeping a terrible secret.

Ana Huang
💕 Ava Chen & Alex Volkov · Bridget von Ascheberg & Rhys Larsen · Jules Ambrose & Josh Chen · Stella Alonso & Christian Harper
The series that turned Ana Huang into a BookTok phenomenon and the perfect gateway into her whole universe. Four best friends, four dangerously intense men and four stories that stand on their own, but are twice as good together. Ava falls for her brother's best friend, an ice cold genius who lives for revenge, Bridget is a princess who falls for the bodyguard sworn to protect her, Jules strikes an enemies with benefits deal with her best friend's brother, and Stella ends up fake dating the mysterious billionaire who lives one floor above her. Possessive heroes, secrets that blow up, seriously good smut and an HEA in every book, besties, there's no way you'll stop at just one.

The Bratva Lords · Book 1
Arianna Fraser
Mafia RomanceAva Blue is a physician assistant at Bellevue Hospital in New York who has spent years sacrificing to get ahead. When she finally lands an affordable apartment in a luxury building, she thinks it's the fresh start she desperately needed, far from an ex who's determined to ruin her career. But the apartment is a trap, and Ava wakes up a prisoner, sold to the highest bidder. Dmitri Morozov, about to become Pakhan of the most powerful Bratva in New York and St. Petersburg, is used to people running from him, never toward him. So nothing prepares him for the injured girl racing down the hallway of his own building, screaming for him to save her. Someone used his territory to traffic women, and someone hurt her, and that is something Dmitri will never forgive. As he keeps her under his protection and hunts down those responsible one by one, what started as a rescue turns into something far more dangerous. Because Ava has no idea she ran straight into the arms of a monster, and Dmitri has no intention of letting her go.

The Rise of Northgall · Book 1
Juliette Cross
RomantasyThe war against the ruthless Wraith King has been brutal and bloody, and it has cost the light fae far more than innocent lives. Una Hartstone, Princess of Issos, finally learns what the Wraith King wants in exchange for ending the war for good: her. To keep her people safe, she agrees to hand over her life, and her body, to her greatest enemy. Gollaya Verbane is set on fulfilling his destiny and his god's prophecy. When his seer names the Princess of Issos as the key to the rise of the dark fae, he demands her surrender. But once she yields, Goll realizes Una is worth far more to him than any weapon. An old mystery that has haunted Una for years resurfaces when she is kidnapped and dragged back to Näkt Mir. The palace is full of dark secrets, and at least one traitor who wants King Goll's throne and everything that belongs to him. What the traitor doesn't know is that Una's magick is stronger than he could ever imagine, and that Goll would burn the entire world to save her.

Micalea Smeltzer
Contemporary RomanceLennon Wells and Beckham Sullivan seemed made for each other. Both vulnerable, both trying to please difficult families and both scarred by the past. Going from friends to lovers felt inevitable, and so did the bad ending. After that, they both thought, and hoped, they'd never see each other again. Years later, whether through bad luck or fate, Lennon and Beckham end up working at the same magazine. The wounds are still open, but the chemistry is still there, untouched. When they're forced to work together on a project, one impulsive night is all it takes to change everything. One single mistake. And Lennon finds out she's pregnant. Now that they have more in common than ever, Lennon and Beckham are going to be part of each other's lives for a long time, whether they like it or not. And little by little, they're starting to like it. If only they could break free from the family traumas holding them back and give themselves something they never expected, a second chance.

The Windsors · Book 3
Catharina Maura
Contemporary RomanceDion Windsor and Faye have been engaged since they were kids, but the ten years between them kept Dion away from her for years, first at a boarding school overseas and later at college in England. What no one knows is that behind that distance lies a guilt that eats at him, he's convinced he's the reason his parents and Faye's mother were on the plane that took their lives. When he can no longer escape the wedding, he comes home and discovers that his shy fiancée has a boyfriend. After intercepting the two of them on their way up to a room in one of his family's hotels, he starts getting to know the Faye she hides from the world, and the more he learns about her, the harder he falls. But all Faye has ever wanted is to be free, something she never had in a home marked by abuse. How can he keep her in a marriage she never chose, when she's meant to fly high?
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