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One of my favorite romance heroines

December 31, 2015 by yesknopemaybe 4 Comments

Bella was one of my favorite characters in earlier books, so I’m glad she got her own book. I feel like it’s rare to see such a sex-positive, confident, no apologies for being sexy kind of female character. Maybe I’m just reading the wrong books. It was great fun to see traditional romance tropes turned on their heads in The Shameless Hour. Bella, manager of the men’s hockey team, likes to sleep around and she doesn’t really give a shit what anyone says about it. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: contemporary, Fiction, romance, Sarina Bowen, the ivy series, the shameless house

yesknopemaybe's CBR7 Review No:90 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: contemporary, Fiction, romance, Sarina Bowen, the ivy series, the shameless house ·
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This wonderful romance is currently FREE

December 10, 2015 by yesknopemaybe 5 Comments

So many cannonballers have raved about this romance series that I had to see what all the fuss was about. So glad I gave it a chance! I’m picky about romance, especially contemporary novels, but Bowen is a thoughtful writer who quickly drew me into the relationship between Corey and Adam. It’s Corey’s first year at Harkness College (basically a stand-in for Yale or Harvard) and she’s still dealing with a hockey accident that left her paralyzed less than a year ago. She was supposed […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: contemporary, Fiction, romance, Sarina Bowen, the ivy series, The Year We Fell Down

yesknopemaybe's CBR7 Review No:76 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: contemporary, Fiction, romance, Sarina Bowen, the ivy series, The Year We Fell Down ·
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