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A porn star and a virgin walk into a bakery

Make You Mine (Running in Circles #1) by E.M. Lindsey

July 9, 2023 by carmelpie 4 Comments

CBR15Bingo: Edibles square CBR15Passport: New to me author Noah is a reluctant baker trying to keep his deceased bubbe’s beloved family bakery afloat. After leaving school to be the sole guardian and provider for his fourteen-year-old brother Adam, Noah believes he cannot survive losing another family member. As a young child, he and his family left Tel Aviv after the death of his father. Devastated, his mother never recovered and met her own tragic end. After losing his grandmother, twenty-year-old Noah makes a promise to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Ableism, adult film industry, American Sign Language, American South, ASL, bakery romance, Baking, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, deaf, deaf character, Deaf culture, deaf protagonist, E.M. Lindsey, gay romance, Jewish American, Jewish cuisine, jewish food, Judaism, ptsd

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Ableism, adult film industry, American Sign Language, American South, ASL, bakery romance, Baking, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, deaf, deaf character, Deaf culture, deaf protagonist, E.M. Lindsey, gay romance, Jewish American, Jewish cuisine, jewish food, Judaism, ptsd ·
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The Sins That Find Us

“We can both hate and love in the same breath and still not want to change a single day of how we live.”

The Sins That Find Us by E.M. Lindsey

February 13, 2023 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

I don’t normally read dark romance, but I’m a pretty big fan of this author, so I figured I’d give this book a try. It’s different but still quite enthralling as well as quite steamy. Kane and his Misfit Toys, as one of them calls them, all have reasons to hate Alice’s father, and kidnapping and hurting her seems like the best way to get their revenge. But the more they spy on her, the more they realize she’s not what they think. Perhaps the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: E.M. Lindsey, mafia, Romance

llamareadsbooks's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Romance · Tags: E.M. Lindsey, mafia, Romance ·
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Line Drive

“I want someone who can be satisfied with me as I am”

Line Drive by E.M. Lindsey

July 22, 2022 by llamareadsbooks 5 Comments

CBR14Bingo – Series: The second in a series, James’ time constraints from participation in the baseball series is a key part of the romance This is the second book in E.M. Lindsey’s baseball romance series, and hey! I still don’t care about baseball, but luckily the skillful way the author handles relationships makes me willing to pretend I understand the difference between various pitches. Pietro’s best friend James is one of the main characters in this book, and as I really liked him in that […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: cbr14bingo, contemporary, E.M. Lindsey, m-m, Romance, sports

llamareadsbooks's CBR14 Review No:62 · Genres: Romance · Tags: cbr14bingo, contemporary, E.M. Lindsey, m-m, Romance, sports ·
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Switch-Hitter

Don’t know much about baseball, but I know a good romance when I see it!

Switch-Hitter by E.M. Lindsey

March 17, 2022 by llamareadsbooks 2 Comments

Look, I couldn’t care less about baseball, and let’s be honest, when it got to the point where it turned out that one main character literally punched the other’s teeth out? I normally would’ve DNF’d the book so quickly! But I trust E.M. Lindsey so I kept going. I’m glad I did, as the way their relationship formed was handled thoughtfully and completely won me over. “We’re both in a complicated position. I work for you,” he said, and Pietro bit back a groan because […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: E.M. Lindsey, Romance

llamareadsbooks's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Romance · Tags: E.M. Lindsey, Romance ·
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Shades of Lust

A new series, moving from a tattoo shop to a… brothel?

Shades of Lust by E.M. Lindsey

February 4, 2022 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

I wasn’t really sure what to expect with this series. I’d read and loved one of the author’s previous books, but, I mean, a brothel based on all of the seven sins? It seemed like an interesting concept, but one that could go full bananapants rather quickly. Well, I shouldn’t have doubted them! The book completely sells the concept and the individual characters very well! After a traumatic vehicle accident at nineteen, Stone bought an old abbey a short distance from a small town and […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: E.M. Lindsey, Romance

llamareadsbooks's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Romance · Tags: E.M. Lindsey, Romance ·
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