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Weekly Reads: October 12 to 18, 2026 (contemporary romance)

by Olive | Oct 20, 2026 | Book Reviews

I’ll Believe in Anything: The Making of Heated Rivalry Season 1 by Jacob Tierney (2026) Annotated scripts. So, I loved watching the Heated Rivalry series. Adored it. No, I did not reheat. I may have seen many clips on TT. I have also read the whole book series and...

Romance New Releases from June 2026 (contemporary romance, historical romance, magical realism)

by Olive | Oct 15, 2026 | Book Reviews

Puck by Samantha Allen (2026) Contemporary romance. Standalone novel. First of all, the romance plot is a distant secondary plot here and fairly shallow. The main story is really fun and entertaining though. Puck is our favorite nonbinary friend of the old college...

Weekly Reads: October 5 to 11, 2026 (contemporary romance, paranormal romance)

by Olive | Oct 13, 2026 | Book Reviews

Snowed Inn by Valerie Bowman (2026) Contemporary romance. Book 2 of the Honeycrisp Orchard series. Maria’s trapped on the East Coast for Christmas due to a snowstorm, so her friend Ellie invites her to stay at the Honeycrisp Orchard Inn. And that’s where her total...

Texas Trilogy Historical Romance Book Series by Lorraine Heath

by Olive | Oct 10, 2026 | Book Reviews

Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath (1997) Historical romance. American West. Don’t know where to start with Lorraine Heath’s massive backlist? Here. Start here. Texas Destiny in Book 1 of the Texas Trilogy and will bring you all the feels. Our guy Houston is all sorts of...

Duke’s Men Historical Romance Book Series by Sabrina Jeffries

by Olive | Oct 8, 2026 | Book Reviews

What the Duke Desires by Sabrina Jeffries (2013) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Duke’s Men series. Max and Lisette team up to track down her missing brother because he may have information about Max’s presumed dead brother. Except it’s kind of...

Weekly Reads: September 28 to October 4, 2026 (historical romance, paranormal romance, contemporary romance)

by Olive | Oct 6, 2026 | Book Reviews

The Gilded Rose by Joanna Shupe (2026) Historical romance. Gilded Age New York. Standalone novel. The setup here is imagining if Belle had married Gaston before meeting the Beast and Gaston is truly an abusive husband. Caroline is carefully courted and married to the...
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Hi, I'm Olivia, aka Olive. I'm always trying out random crafts and things... so this blog shows the evolution of all the stuff I'm interested in.

Hobby Timeline:
2014-2015: Photography, digital scrapbooking
2015-2017: Brush lettering
2018-2021: Crochet
2021-present: Romance book reading

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