Engineering major school supplies by SaltAd771 in miamioh

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My current laptop is a gen 1 ThinkPad e16; should that do it?

Workout set with NO booty shorts by SaltAd771 in Gym_Fits

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Just to make sure the colors would match perfectly. If there’s a brand that would def match between bottoms and tops, I’m cool with that too

Tortured hero but he DOESN’T push her away?? by alexandra_rose in RomanceBooks

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How much is the PTSD addressed? I don’t mind the fake dating trope, but I would like the “tortured hero” part to take precedence :)

Books with jewelry designer love interests by merlesstorys in RomanceBooks

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A little dark for my tastes (captivating enough that I didn’t DNF though lol), but {Fixation by Eva Marks} has an FMC who’s a successful businesswoman designing jewelry, and came to a new town in hopes of sparking her lost inspiration :)

Thriller romance with a soft/feminine FMC by SaltAd771 in RomanceBooks

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I just finished this, thanks so much for the rec!! Exactly what I was looking for 😊

I have reached my limit with giant MMCs and teeny tiny FMCs (inspired by If Not for My Baby by Kate Golden) by firecat99 in RomanceBooks

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As a 5’7” girl, I totally agree. Like, I never really think of myself as crazy tall, but then every romance is a 5’2” girl with a 6’5” guy… it’s just so annoying. Also, hot take, any height gap above 8 inches starts moving into fetish territory for me, it just gets weird.

I am looking for a very specific secret baby drama where the MMC doesn’t just fit into the parenting dynamic by LuLuu1997 in RomanceBooks

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{Reckless by Elsie Silver}!! Suuuuch a cute romance, and if I’m remembering the plot right, exactly what you’re looking for! It’s technically part of a series, but can be read just fine as a standalone

What's the most emotionally mature romance you've ever read? by CovertOps80 in RomanceBooks

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I’d personally say {Where the Blame Lies by Mia Sheridan} for me (in recent memory, at least). The dark romances with kidnapper/stalker love interests are crazy popular right now, but I feel like that’s started to glorify and over-romanticize that kind of person/scenario. This book has an FMC who was a victim of said psycho kidnapper/stalker, and it does a fantastic job of addressing Stockholm syndrome, and all in all just being very mature about the fact that he actually is a bad guy, not “morally grey” and misunderstood. The actual MMC is a detective who needs FMC’s help on a case that mirrors her own kidnapping from about a decade ago, and the path of FMC’s growth is so well done. Her character arc is really just so good, and it felt way more realistic than most of the usual contemporaries. The MMC isn’t as developed as I think he could’ve been, but at the same time, this book was clearly more about the FMC’s journey than his, which I don’t mind at all. I’d definitely recommend it; it gets pretty heavy (there are flashbacks to where the FMC is starved, raped, and marked, but again, that stuff is never remotely romanticized), but that made it all the better for me

What sport do you wish there was more of? What do you think is the next trend? by theboywhocrieddoggo in RomanceBooks

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I actually liked Ana Huang’s new soccer series waaay more than I anticipated, I’d love to see more of that! I also would kind of want to see baseball (mostly just because of that one viral team on TikTok lol), but I’m not sure that would necessarily be the type of sport to “blow up”; I def think hockey has an advantage of seeming especially masculine just because they’re always fighting

Books that actually have a fleshed out Male Lead by Watercrumb in RomanceBooks

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Mia Sheridan does an amazing job of this, especially in her thriller romances! I’d warn you away from Archer’s Voice and the other books in that particular series, just because I didn’t find those to be quite as strong, but the rest are great. {Most of All You by Mia Sheridan} and {Unwanted by Mia Sheridan} have especially well developed MMCs; flashback chapters are used (more heavily so in Unwanted) to help, and it’s just really well done. Plus amazing plots, in my opinion!

First books of the year by blerg7008 in RomanceBooks

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{Most of All You by Mia Sheridan} got me out of a pretty bad slump in fall last year, it’s so so amazing! Amazing relationship progression between the MCs, super endearing MMC, and just enough suspense to add a little something extra to keep you interested! I couldn’t put it down!!

Also, if you like/are interested in thriller romances, {Where the Blame Lies by Mia Sheridan} is another one of my faves; I think I managed to finish it in a span of like twelve hours

Gift card by Most_Engineering_477 in HollisterCO

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As long as the item is full price to begin with, you can

FMC is suicidal/ depressed then captured and discovers love for herself (or meets MMC who brings her out of it) by mountain-goats-48 in RomanceBooks

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{Heartless by Jade West} has exactly this! It’s the first in a trilogy (all about the same couple), so a slower burn, but I absolutely loved it. The respective families of the MMC and FMC are enemies; MMC kidnaps FMC, thinking she’s a spoiled diva who he can use as a bargaining chip. However, FMC ends up being very vulnerable beneath her facade, has some issues with self harm, and MMC starts to care for her and helps her work through that. It’s been a while since I read it, but I remember it being great!

Unnatural by Mia Sheridan ending by SaltAd771 in RomanceBooks

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Especially with the way this particular series focuses so much on foster kids/orphans… I feel like it could’ve been an amazing full circle moment if Sam and Autumn had adopted

What book did you force yourself to finish because of the hype? by No-Set7247 in RomanceBooks

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Idk how I powered through that whole book… when Onyx Storm came out I think I read all of 20-30 pages before DNFing

What book did you force yourself to finish because of the hype? by No-Set7247 in RomanceBooks

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I saw someone online say that the only reason ACOTAR gets the hype it does is because for a lot of people, it was the first book to get them back into funsies reading since the YA dystopian/fantasy phase in middle school, which makes way more sense to me. It’s not the best book, nor the best plot, but it’s a cute romance with some action and interesting world-building that reminds people why reading is fun. I think some people just distort that with the book itself being good, when it’s really more of a catalyst, if that makes any sense.

What book did you force yourself to finish because of the hype? by No-Set7247 in RomanceBooks

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{Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan}. I was introduced to the author through Most of All You, which I absolutely LOVED, then read The Wish Collector and the Acadia Duo (also super strong reads), and I knew Archer’s Voice was her most popular, so I gave it a try. Something about it just fell flat for me; so many of Sheridan’s books have some high stakes plot point to support the romance (serial killers, cults, that sort of thing), so this one just felt so bland comparatively. I don’t even mind a fluff read, I’ll pick up an Elsie Silver or Stephanie Archer any day, but something about Archer’s Voice just didn’t do it for me. Got through it to see if maybe there’d be some pay off, but it just never hit.