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Knock Me Down by Skye Kilaen
When Will Strauss went out to hear a band, he didn’t expect to get knocked down during a political argument. He also couldn’t have known that the (possible) greatest love of his life would arrive on the scene in the form of a gorgeous, charmingly grumpy brunette almost a head taller than his 5’4”. If only he’d gotten her number…
A second accidental meeting and one very good date, though, just might be the beginning of something beautiful.
KNOCK ME DOWN is a high-heat “how they met” romance short story featuring a pan guy falling head over heels, a straight gal who needs to choose a new career because she’s realized being an ethical cop is untenable, and more than one incident requiring first aid.
Why you should read it: I've got a damn good feeling about this series based on this prequel short. The prose is lovely, the characters are simultaneously blunt and sweet and achingly earnest, and the chemistry between them is incendiary. Absolutely delightful.
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Time Loops and Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau
Noelle Tom really shouldn’t have eaten those dumplings at the night market. But the old woman at the stall said they’d give her what she needed most, and what Noelle desperately needed after another long workweek was food.
Except now she’s reliving the same Friday. Every morning her alarm goes off at 6:45, and the Wordle answer is always “happy.” Worst of all, any work she does at her job as an engineer? It’s erased when she wakes up. Monday might never come in this workaholic’s nightmare. Noelle has no idea how being trapped in a time loop is the “thing she needed most,” and a trip to the food stall doesn’t help…because there’s no sign of it.
Then she meets good-looking Cam, who appears in multiple places on her Friday. While the brewery owner seems to have no memory of their encounters, there are signs he might be the key to getting un-stuck. But Noelle can’t figure out how, even when she steps outside of her comfort zone and lives a little. As she grows attached to him, she becomes more worried that she’ll never escape the loop and he’ll never recall her name. And if she does ever get out, can they be together in the “real” world?
Why you should read it: This book was really cute and sweet, with a premise I found really fascinating. The characters were kind and lovely, not just the two main characters but the supporting cast. I would read a whole book about Avery. This story was a fun, fluffy, low-conflict little adventure and I enjoyed it a lot.
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My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein
Connie Evans has always distrusted nice guys. In her experience, they’re just waiting to reveal some horrible secret. And then she meets big, adorable Henry Samuel Beckett: sweet, a lover of bow ties and so cheery that Connie struggles to believe he’s real.
Until Beck – as he’s known to most – tells Connie the secret beneath his sunny surface. He’s been single all his life, but somehow seems to have told everyone he works with that he’s married. And, when Connie can’t help but defend him, she ends up being the wife he doesn’t have.
And now they’re on a writing retreat together, surrounded by people convinced they can’t be for real, with both of them sure that those people are right. Until they have to share their first kiss, their first touch, their first time in only one bed. Side by side, every night, as the simmering tension builds . . .
Why you should read it: This was very sweet love story between two deeply wounded and fundamentally good people, doing their best and going to the mat for each other in a hundred ways, both big and small. The chemistry is incendiary, the explicit scenes are extremely hot, and the whole story is so earnest and full of heart that you can't help root for these two. The misunderstandings in this book all stem from the fact that both main characters have zero self-confidence and a long history of people being shitty to them—which is occasionally infuriating, but always grounded in the characters and their bruised hearts. Absolutely lovely.
Knock Me Down by Skye Kilaen
When Will Strauss went out to hear a band, he didn’t expect to get knocked down during a political argument. He also couldn’t have known that the (possible) greatest love of his life would arrive on the scene in the form of a gorgeous, charmingly grumpy brunette almost a head taller than his 5’4”. If only he’d gotten her number…
A second accidental meeting and one very good date, though, just might be the beginning of something beautiful.
KNOCK ME DOWN is a high-heat “how they met” romance short story featuring a pan guy falling head over heels, a straight gal who needs to choose a new career because she’s realized being an ethical cop is untenable, and more than one incident requiring first aid.
Why you should read it: I've got a damn good feeling about this series based on this prequel short. The prose is lovely, the characters are simultaneously blunt and sweet and achingly earnest, and the chemistry between them is incendiary. Absolutely delightful.
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Time Loops and Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau
Noelle Tom really shouldn’t have eaten those dumplings at the night market. But the old woman at the stall said they’d give her what she needed most, and what Noelle desperately needed after another long workweek was food.
Except now she’s reliving the same Friday. Every morning her alarm goes off at 6:45, and the Wordle answer is always “happy.” Worst of all, any work she does at her job as an engineer? It’s erased when she wakes up. Monday might never come in this workaholic’s nightmare. Noelle has no idea how being trapped in a time loop is the “thing she needed most,” and a trip to the food stall doesn’t help…because there’s no sign of it.
Then she meets good-looking Cam, who appears in multiple places on her Friday. While the brewery owner seems to have no memory of their encounters, there are signs he might be the key to getting un-stuck. But Noelle can’t figure out how, even when she steps outside of her comfort zone and lives a little. As she grows attached to him, she becomes more worried that she’ll never escape the loop and he’ll never recall her name. And if she does ever get out, can they be together in the “real” world?
Why you should read it: This book was really cute and sweet, with a premise I found really fascinating. The characters were kind and lovely, not just the two main characters but the supporting cast. I would read a whole book about Avery. This story was a fun, fluffy, low-conflict little adventure and I enjoyed it a lot.
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My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein
Connie Evans has always distrusted nice guys. In her experience, they’re just waiting to reveal some horrible secret. And then she meets big, adorable Henry Samuel Beckett: sweet, a lover of bow ties and so cheery that Connie struggles to believe he’s real.
Until Beck – as he’s known to most – tells Connie the secret beneath his sunny surface. He’s been single all his life, but somehow seems to have told everyone he works with that he’s married. And, when Connie can’t help but defend him, she ends up being the wife he doesn’t have.
And now they’re on a writing retreat together, surrounded by people convinced they can’t be for real, with both of them sure that those people are right. Until they have to share their first kiss, their first touch, their first time in only one bed. Side by side, every night, as the simmering tension builds . . .
Why you should read it: This was very sweet love story between two deeply wounded and fundamentally good people, doing their best and going to the mat for each other in a hundred ways, both big and small. The chemistry is incendiary, the explicit scenes are extremely hot, and the whole story is so earnest and full of heart that you can't help root for these two. The misunderstandings in this book all stem from the fact that both main characters have zero self-confidence and a long history of people being shitty to them—which is occasionally infuriating, but always grounded in the characters and their bruised hearts. Absolutely lovely.
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