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A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
👋 Helloooo swoon squad! I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’re talking with New York Times bestselling author Beverly Jenkins about her inspiring holiday romance, A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER.
everly Jenkins is the recipient of  Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award, the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, and was nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature. She was featured in the documentary Love Between the Covers. Since the publication of Night Song in 1994, she has been leading the charge for inclusive romance.

Tropes for A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER💬 Small town ♻️ Second chance romance
🎄The magic of Xmas to make you fall in love💚 Found family
Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating:  💍💍💍💍💍Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  📚 Episode TBR Pile:A Christmas to Remember by Beverly Jenkins: https://books2read.com/AChristmasToRememberThe Blessings Series by Beverly Jenkins: https://amzn.to/3FOfukQExodusters by Nell Irvin Painter: https://books2read.com/ExodustersThe Trouble They Seen by Dorothy Sterling: https://amzn.to/3QHbclQIt Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey https://books2read.com/ItHappenedOneSummerGeorgie All Along by Kate Clayborn https://books2read.com/Georgie-AllAlong RAFE by Rebekah Weatherspoon https://books2read.com/RAFE-NannyThe Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan: https://books2read.com/Christmas-BookshopThe Bruno Johnson Series by David Putnam: https://amzn.to/3u5z6hMEverything by Theodora Taylor: https://amzn.to/49iOrvI The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge

📖 About A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER by Beverly Jenkins
NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins returns to her beloved Blessings series with a Christmas wedding in the town of Henry Adams, Kansas.
Ever since Bernadine Brown bought the town of Henry Adams, her relationship with diner owner Malachi “Mal” July has had its share of ups and downs. But now they’re finally ready to say “I do.”
Or are they? As wedding preparations go into full swing, and families both local and extended begin to gather for the festivities, that long awaited walk down the aisle hits a speed bump that may derail everything.
But Mal and Bernadine’s relationship isn’t the only one being tested.
Preston Mays aka Brain, loves his girlfriend as much as he does physics but when she decides being a couple is no longer a good thing, his heart is broken. Will connecting with his bio dad’s family ease his pain?
Reverend Paula Grant has been patiently waiting for God to send her someone to share her life. When the town’s charming new chef arrives in town, she wonders if he could be the one.
And then there’s former mayor Riley Curry who throws a parade with his hog Cletus! There’s always a lot going on in Henry Adams, and this will be a Christmas to remember.
📖 About The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily
A laugh-out-loud hockey romantic comedy perfect for fans of Helena Hunting and Pippa Grant!
Logan Rivers is a star pro hockey player for the St. Pete Slashers -- and he's in a slump.
He hasn’t scored in 3 games and it’s starting to freak him out. Enter Coco, who strikes a deal with an assistant coach to be Logan's lucky charm to pay off her training expenses as

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MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
👋 Helloooo swoon squad! I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’re talking with New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan about her charming holiday romance, MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP.
Jenny Colgan is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including The Christmas Bookshop, The Bookshop on the Corner, Little Beach Street Bakery, and Christmas at the Cupcake Café. Jenny, her husband, and three children live in a genuine castle in Scotland.

Tropes for MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP💬 Small town ♻️ Second chance romance
📸 Tacky Americans in a foreign land
🎄The magic of Xmas to make you fall in love
Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating:  💍💍💍💍Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  📚 Episode TBR Pile:Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan: https://books2read.com/MidnightatXmasBookshopThe Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan: https://books2read.com/Christmas-BookshopThe Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan: https://books2read.com/BookshopOnTheCornerThe Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan: https://books2read.com/BookshopOntheShoreThe Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan: https://books2read.com/Little-Beach-Street-Bakery
Spill the Sweet Tea by Lyra Parish: https://books2read.com/SpillSweetTeaEverything's Fine by Cecelia Rabess: https://books2read.com/EverythingsFineThe Guest Emma Cline: https://books2read.com/TheGuestThe Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge

📖 About MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP by Jenny Colgan
Christmas comes early—far too early—to McCredie’s little Old Town bookshop in Edinburgh. It’s summer, but an American production company has decided that McCredie’s is the perfect location to film a very cheesy Christmas movie. After all, who can resist the charmingly narrow historic street with its Victorian grey stone buildings and warmly lit shop windows?
Carmen Hogan, the bookshop’s manager, is amused and a bit horrified by the goings-on, but the money the studio is paying is too good to pass up. She uses the little windfall from filming to create new displays and fend off a buyout offer from an obnoxious millionaire who wants to turn McCredie’s into a souvenir shop selling kilts made in China and plastic Nessies. Still reeling slightly from a breakup, Carmen’s not particularly looking forward to the holidays. But just as snow begins to fall and the lights of Christmas blink on, all sorts of lovely new possibilities present themselves…for McCredie’s bookstore, and for Carmen herself. 
📖 About The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily
A laugh-out-loud hockey romantic comedy perfect for fans of Helena Hunting and Pippa Grant!
Logan Rivers is a star pro hockey player for the St. Pete Slashers -- and he's in a slump.
He hasn’t scored in 3 games and it’s starting to freak him out. Enter Coco, who strikes a deal with an assistant coach to be Logan's lucky charm to pay off her training expenses as an Olympic figure skater. Everything is looking up for both of them.
She’s almost got her debt paid off and the Slashers are on a winning streak. There's only one problem: she doesn’t know how to tell Logan she’s been lying to him the whole time.
If she can just keep her

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IRIS KELLY DOESN'T DATE ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
👋 Helloooo swoon squad! Welcome to Season 2 of WHILE YOU WERE READING: a podcast for contemporary romance readers.I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’ll be talking with the fascinating Ashley Herring Blake, about her brand new sapphic fake dating rom-com, Iris Kelly Doesn't Date.
Ashley Herring Blake is an award-winning author. She holds a master’s degree in teaching and loves coffee, arranging her books by color, and cold weather. She is the author of romance novels, young adult novels, and middle grade novels. She’s also a coeditor on the young adult romance anthology Fools in Love. She lives on a very tiny island off the coast of Georgia with her family.
Tropes for Iris Kelly Doesn't Date💙 Fake dating🛌 Only one bed🎓 Sex lessons

Book Girlfriend Keeper Rating: 5 💍💍💍💍💍Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  📚 Episode TBR Pile:Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake: https://books2read.com/IrisKellyDoesntDateAstrid Parker Doesn't  Fail by Ashley Herring Blake: https://books2read.com/AstridParkerDoesntFail(and Lisa Daily Apparently Doesn't Read because I totally mispronounced this book title in the podcast. 😛)Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake: https://books2read.com/DelilahGreenDoesntCareD'Vaughn and Kis Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins: https://books2read.com/DVaughnAndKrisCleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner: https://books2read.com/CleatCuteThe Art of Scandal by Regina Black: https://books2read.com/TheArtOfScandal
The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge
Romancing the Stone (movie): https://amzn.to/3F3PnX5
📖 About Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake
A fake relationship after a horrible one-night stand is anything but an act in this witty and heartfelt new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake. Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partners that are perfect for them, and her parents are still blissfully married. And she’s happy for all of them, truly. Iris doesn’t want any of that—dating, love, romance. She’ll stick to her commitment-free hookups, thanks very much, except no one in her life will just let her be. Everyone wants to see her settled down, but she holds firmly to her no dating rule. There’s only one problem—Iris is a romance author facing an imminent deadline for her second book, and she’s completely out of ideas. Perfectly happy to ignore her problems as per usual, Iris goes to a bar in Portland and meets a sexy stranger, Stefania, and a night of dancing and making out turns into the worst one-night stand Iris has had in her life. To get her mind off everything, Iris tries out for the lead role in a local play, a queer retelling of Much Ado About Nothing, but comes face-to-face with Stefania, whose real name turns out to be Stevie. Desperate to save face in front of her friends, Stevie asks Iris to play along as her girlfriend. Iris is shocked, but when she realizes the arrangement might provide her with some much-needed romantic content for her book, she agrees. As the two women play the part of a happy couple, lines start to blur, and they’re left wondering who will make the real first move....
📖 About The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily
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SPILL THE SWEET TEA: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
👋 Helloooo swoon squad! Welcome to Season 2 of WHILE YOU WERE READING: a podcast for contemporary romance readers.I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’ll be talking with the incredible Lyra Parish, about her brand new small town, second chance romance, SPILL THE SWEET TEA.
Lyra Parish is a hopeless romantic who enjoys creating characters who eventually find love. She likes to write Texas small-town romances (because she’s a fifth-generation Texan) along with action-packed romantic suspense. When she isn’t immersed in fictional worlds, you can find her on YouTube chatting about her self-publishing journey (The Courtney Project) or podcasting (Spread Those Pages) about romance books. Lyra is a Virgo who loves coffee, the great outdoors, authentic people, and living her best life with her hubby. You may or may not know her from when she co-wrote under the USA Today Bestselling pen name Kennedy Fox.
Tropes for SPILL THE SWEET TEA💬 Small town romance♻️ Second chance romance💘 Enemies to lovers
☀️ Grumpy sunshine🚗 My boyfriend’s back 
🕊️ The One Who Got Away
🤫 Baby mama drama 
Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating: 5 💍💍💍💍💍Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  📚 Episode TBR Pile:
Spill the Sweet Tea by Lyra Parish: https://books2read.com/SpillSweetTeaThe Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdgeMidnight at the Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan (23:23): https://books2read.com/MidnightatXmasBookshopThe Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli: https://books2read.com/TrialofSunQueenFearless Tarot: How to Give a Positive Reading in Any Situation by Elliot Adam: https://books2read.com/FearlessTarot
Modern Witch Tarot Deck: https://amzn.to/3PDidCgNanowrimo is coming this November! https://nanowrimo.org/
📖 About SPILL THE SWEET TEA by Lyra Parish
Some describe me as a quirky, free-spirited journalist who charges her crystals by moonlight.They’re not wrong.
My instincts ensure I know everything that goes on in my small town. And not much surprises me. But when the man who destroyed my heart returns to care for his family’s business, I’m shaken to the core.
After our messy breakup, Hayden Shaw swore he’d never come back to Valentine, Texas.Years later, I’m still trying to forget we ever existed.Damn near impossible when he’s now everywhere.A constant reminder of what could have been.
Rumors swirl about his true intentions, but a little gossip has never bothered me.However, if winning over my heart is his end game, he can hang up his spurs because I won’t make the same mistake twice—or will I?
Warning: this romance book contains tons of southern sass, lots of woo-woo, and small-town gossip! Fade to black and cheating are not included.
Spill the Sweet Tea is a second chance, hate-to-love you, grumpy/sunshine contemporary small-town southern romance with rom-com vibes and a happily ever after.
📖 About The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily
A laugh-out-loud hockey romantic comedy perfect for fans of Helena Hunting and Pippa Grant!
Logan Rivers is a star pro hockey player for the St. Pete Slashers -- and he's in a slump.
He hasn’t scored in 3 games and it’s starting to freak him out. Enter Coco, who strikes a deal with an assistant coach to be Logan's lu

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A LOVE CATASTROPHE: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
👋 Helloooo swoon squad!Welcome to While You Were Reading — a podcast for contemporary romance readers.I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’ll be talking with one of my favorite authors, Helena Hunting, about her new romantic comedy, A LOVE CATASTROPHE.
Helena is the author of some epic contemporary romances you know and love. She’s the NYT and USA Today bestselling author of MEET CUTE, GOOD LUCK CHARM, and KISS MY CUPCAKE, and my favorite hockey rom-com series ever, PUCKED.

Helena Hunting lives outside of Toronto with her amazing family and her two awesome cats, who think the best place to sleep is her keyboard. Helena writes everything from contemporary romance with all the feels to romantic comedies that will have you laughing until you cry.
This is our last episode for Season 1 -- We'll return with more awesome contemporary romance on Friday Sept 29!
Tropes for A LOVE CATASTROPHE💗 Friends to lovers
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family ties
🐈‍⬛ Cat lovers and dog lovers falling in love
☀️ Grumpy sunshine
💥 Characters stuck in old trauma help each other to move forward
Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating: 5 💍💍💍💍💍Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  📚 Episode TBR Pile:
A Love Catastrophe by Helena Hunting: https://books2read.com/ALoveCatastrophePucked by Helena Hunting: https://books2read.com/PuckedMeet Cute by Helena Hunting: https://books2read.com/Meet-CuteKiss My Cupcake by Helena Hunting: https://books2read.com/KissMyCupcakeYou With A View by Jessica Joyce: books2read.com/YouWithAViewRules for Second Chances by Maggie North (Coming 2024 from St. Martins Press)The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge
📖 About A LOVE CATASTROPHE by Helena Hunting
The fur is about to fly between a cheerful cat sitter and a grumpy hockey nerd in this hilarious and charming rom-com by the New York Times bestselling author of Meet Cute.
Kitty Hart has become internet famous as the Kitty Whisperer for her expertise on all things feline, and as a result, her cat-sitting business is booming. But lately, she has a terrible feeling that maybe her life isn’t quite going where it’s supposed to—especially after falling face-first into her newest client. Not exactly the best first impression.
Fortunately, Miles Thorn is just as bad at first impressions. Strike one: he doesn’t like cats, especially Prince Francis, the haughty and mischievous Sphynx his mom left in his care. Strike two: tackling Kitty to the floor in a misguided attempt to save the pet he continually calls “the gremlin.”
As awkwardness slides into attraction and things start to turn purr-sonal, will these two complete opposites ever be able to find their furry-tail ending?
📖 About The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily
A laugh-out-loud hockey romantic comedy perfect for fans of Helena Hunting and Pippa Grant!
Logan Rivers is a star pro hockey player for the St. Pete Slashers -- and he's in a slump.
He hasn’t scored in 3 games and it’s starting to freak him out. Enter Coco, who strikes a deal with an assistant coach to be Logan's lucky charm to pay off her training expenses as an Olympic figure skater. Everything is looking up for both of them.
She’s almost got her debt paid off and the Slashers are on a

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DANGEROUS CURVES: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
👋 Helloooo swoon squad!Welcome to While You Were Reading — a podcast for contemporary romance readers.I’m your host, best-selling rom-com author Lisa Daily — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’ll be talking about Mia Augustine's new contemporary romance novellas, DANGEROUS CURVES.
Mia loves rainy days, hot chocolate, her dog, and movies with happy endings. Her contemporary stories are edgy, passionate, and sometimes dark, but always compelling!
Tropes for Dangerous Curves🏍️ Bad boy💰 Rich girl/ poor boy🏦 Billionaire heiress🎁 Forced proximity🐠 Fish out of water👩🏻‍⚕️ Florence Nightengale🧲 Opposites attract
Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating: 3.5 💍💍💍💍Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not she would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  📚 Episode TBR Pile:
Dangerous Curves by Mia Augustine: https://books2read.com/DangerousCurves-MiaAugustine The Nanny by Lana Ferguson: books2read.com/TheNannyJust the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James: https://books2read.com/JustTheSexiestManAliveThe Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily: https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge

📖 About DANGEROUS CURVES by Mia Augustine
Sometimes the person you're looking for is the one you least expect.
In supermodel Catalina Locatelli’s fury with her father, she finds herself lost in Vegas somewhere off the Strip with no idea how to get back to her hotel. Yes, in the height of her pique, she’s forgotten her cell phone. At first glance, her rescuer-motorcycle-maniac seems like your typical bad boy. He's got the duds, the motorcycle, and the attitude.
Survivalist Persus Phuckzer is stymied by the beauty he stops to assist. Unfortunately, she isn't the only one in need of help.
📖 About The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily
A laugh-out-loud hockey romantic comedy perfect for fans of Helena Hunting and Pippa Grant!
Logan Rivers is a star pro hockey player for the St. Pete Slashers -- and he's in a slump.
He hasn’t scored in 3 games and it’s starting to freak him out. Enter Coco, who strikes a deal with an assistant coach to be Logan's lucky charm to pay off her training expenses as an Olympic figure skater. Everything is looking up for both of them.
She’s almost got her debt paid off and the Slashers are on a winning streak. There's only one problem: she doesn’t know how to tell Logan she’s been lying to him the whole time.
If she can just keep her secret until the playoffs are over…
Buy The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy here.
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