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The escort with the dragon tattoo

July 30, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I started putting down my thoughts for this one, and then decided to check out what Malin had to say and noticed that we had similar reactions.  Overall, I really enjoyed this one, and I am going to need another reader to do some fan art of what Michael’s tattoo might look like ASAP because an athletic, attractive, ripped man with a dragon tattoo? Obviously, going to need a visual on that! Stella is a highly successful econometrist working in the Bay area involved in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, diversity in romance, Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:134 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, diversity in romance, Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient ·
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A gender-swapped Pretty Woman featuring a South Asian neuro-atypical heroine who works in STEM. Also – Cannonball!

July 6, 2018 by Malin 7 Comments

Stella Lane loves mathematics and equations and is extremely good at her job, which involves creating algorithms to predict customer purchases, It makes her highly valued by her employer and she makes more money than she has any idea what to do with. Stella has Asperger’s, which means she’s on the Autism Spectrum, and has not had a lot of success when dating in the past. She believes this is her fault (it’s not, she’s clearly dated some total loser creeps). So when her mother declares […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR10, #ownvoices, autism, Contemporary Romance, Helen Hoang, Malin, sex work, STEM, The Kiss Quotient

Malin's CBR10 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR10, #ownvoices, autism, Contemporary Romance, Helen Hoang, Malin, sex work, STEM, The Kiss Quotient ·
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A really sweet YA romance

June 29, 2018 by Malin Leave a Comment

All Dimple Shah wants is to go to Stanford and become a web developer. She fights against her mother’s expectations of her, that she wear girlier clothes and make-up and find a “nice Indian husband”. When her parents agree to let her attend a web development seminar in San Francisco for the summer, she becomes more optimistic that they may in fact support her career goals. Rishi Patel loves hearing the story about how his parents met and has no problem with the idea of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: #CBR10, arranged marriage, Contemporary Romance, fandom, Malin, sandhya menon, when dimple met rishi, YA

Malin's CBR10 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: #CBR10, arranged marriage, Contemporary Romance, fandom, Malin, sandhya menon, when dimple met rishi, YA ·
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Making Up, by Lucy Parker

Making It Up as They Go Along

June 25, 2018 by faintingviolet 5 Comments

CBR10 is my seventh year participating in Cannonball Read, and in that time I feel comfortable saying that I’ve made a space for myself as a reviewer of romance books. I review all the romance I read because I believe firmly that everyone should read what they want, read what they like, and have someone pointing the way for them. We have our lead dogs of this pack (#BlameMalin) and we have the “hobbyists” (me). One of the greatest gifts of Cannonball Read is finding […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: #BlameMalin, Contemporary Romance, faintingviolet, London Celebrities, Lucy Parker, Making Up

Genres: Romance · Tags: #BlameMalin, Contemporary Romance, faintingviolet, London Celebrities, Lucy Parker, Making Up ·
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Single mums need love too

June 24, 2018 by Malin Leave a Comment

Ten years ago, Eden Harwood had a daughter, Annelise, and she has refused to tell anyone who the mystery dad is. Working as a florist, volunteering in the PTA, she’s dedicated herself to being the only parent her daughter could need and giving her the best upbringing she possibly can, to the point where pretty much every moment of her existence is scheduled. She doesn’t have time for anything except work and her daughter. Recently, though, Annelise has become more interested in the idea of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #CBR10, Contemporary Romance, Hellcat Canyon, Julie Anne Long, Malin, rock star, small town life, The First Time at Firelight Falls

Malin's CBR10 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #CBR10, Contemporary Romance, Hellcat Canyon, Julie Anne Long, Malin, rock star, small town life, The First Time at Firelight Falls ·
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Cute contemporary, bantery, love to hate to love romance.

June 7, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

This book isn’t normally my genre (contemporary, or contemporary romance). But I make exceptions if I’ve read and liked books by the author before, or if someone whose tastes that are similar to mine says a book is worth checking out. Dating You / Hating You fits into both categories. I loved this author duo’s YA book Autoboyography when I read it last month, and this book in particular was a favorite of y’all here at the CBR romance reading hivemind when it first came […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Christina Lauren, Contemporary Romance, Dating You Hating You, los angeles, narfna, romance, workplace romance

narfna's CBR10 Review No:71 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Christina Lauren, Contemporary Romance, Dating You Hating You, los angeles, narfna, romance, workplace romance ·
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