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On Borrowed Time (Blossom Peak #2) by Harlow James

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is book 2 of the Blossom Peak series but can be read as a stand-alone. Henley is surprised by a one-night stand when she drops off a baby in his lap and walks away. It’s currently available on Kindle Unlimited.

This book has great tropes:

🤱surprise baby
👨‍🍼single dad & nanny
✨boss/employee
❤️mutual pining
✨grumpy/sunshine
❤️close proximity
✨small town

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Most Eligible by Isabelle Engel

Rating: 4 out of 5.

3. 5 stars rounded up. Release date 1-13-2026

This is a cute, contemporary romance that takes place on set of a Bachelor-type dating show. Georgia Rose applied and was accepted to be on the reality dating show to write an exposé on the producers, who she suspects of doing horrible things for ratings. What she didn’t expect was to run into her unforgettable one-night stand from the year before, country singer Rhett Auburn, who was the Bachelor in the show the previous year. He’s the season’s new host, and if the producers find out she knows him, all her plans are out the window.

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A Little Christmas Matchmaking (The Paradise Book 2) by Carolyn Brown

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is a very cute Christmas romance that’s book two in The Paradise book series but can be read as a stand alone. Tripp owns a leather shop in small town Spanish Fork, Texas and needs to hire help. Former leather shop owner Hank recently lost his wife and is looking for PT work. He moves to town, bringing his granddaughter Willa Rose with him. He helps her set up an antique store in the small town. Tripp comes from a big, loving family, complete with matchmaker Great Aunt Bernie. She’s decided that it’s high time Tripp finds love and is determined to find him a match. Preferably with Willa Rose. Both of them resist Bernie’s shenanigans, but can’t deny their attraction to each other.

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The Odds of You by Kate Dramis

Rating: 3 out of 5.

Sage leaves her data analyst job to become an author. She writes a bestseller, but now has writer’s block as she writes her next book. On her way to Comic Con, she runs into a hot, but irritating passenger named Theo. He’s a breakout actor on the verge of fame. As they are leaving the plane, the paparazzi snap photos and mistake her as his girlfriend. They connect during the Con, but the pressure his fans put on her squashes anything actually happening between them. In an effort to cure her writer’s block, Sage goes to a location in Scotland that Theo told her about was special to him and his family. What she didn’t expect was to see Theo again.

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Casting Shade ( Welcome to Amoresville #3) by Brandy Ayers

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is such a cute small-town romance about Delia and Wesley, filled with plenty of laughter, banter and spice.

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Downpour (The Griffith Brothers #2) by Maggie C. Gates

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is my first foray into cowboy romances and it did not disappoint. I loved this book! It has great chemistry between the main characters Ray and Brooke, cute banter, a loving & supportive family, & spice that will warm you up on a cold night.

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The Holiday Post (Hideaway Harbor #4) by L.B. Dunbar

Rating: 4 out of 5.

If you’ve been crushing on the “Target Santa”, you’re going to love this book. This is another book in the Christmas at Hideaway Harbor series and this time the story involves single mother Lumi who works in the small town’s post office and Saint, a globe-trotting toy mogul who crashes his fancy sports car just outside of town. Circumstances caused Lumi to stay in her small hometown although all she’s ever wanted was to see the world. Saint feels pressured by family expectations and wants to slow down and have something just for himself for a change, especially if it means having someone special in his life.

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The Holiday Fakers ( Hideaway Harbor #2) by Evie Alexander

Rating: 4 out of 5.

4.5 stars

This is a sweet and spicy fake dating, one bed, friends to lovers Christmas book that is part of the interconnected Christmas at Hideaway Harbor series. Piper and Brody grew up together in their small town. He left town and became a Hollywood heartthrob, ghosting Piper and the entire town. Piper loved Brody from a young age but when he left her and their town in the dust, she hardened her heart to him. Well, sort of.

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Playmaker or Heartbreaker by Lila Marlow

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is a sweet hockey RomCom that’s available free on Kindle Unlimited.

Tropes:
🏒Second Chance
🧡Fake Dating
🏒Workplace Romance
🧡Sports Romance
🏒Age Gap
🧡Grumpy Sunshine
🏒Forced Proximity
🧡Closed Door Romance

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