We weren’t ready to leave the hockey rink, so we read Face Off by Chelsea Curto! It’s been on our list forever and we just hadn’t gotten there, but we’re sooooo glad we did. Give us female hockey players and reformed rakes all day long, please and thank you. We also wax rhapsodic about Dolly Parton because we will always love her.

SOS: Scizza Glizztas by Ryan J. Powell

Up Next: Hispanic Heritage Month! Gabriella and His Grace by Liana De La Rosa

What We’re Reading:

Knots About You by Effie Raye

The Grump Next Door by Effie Raye

Gamble on a Gargoyle - Maggie Mayhem

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To round out comfort reads month, we read Veronica’s pick: The Deal by Elle Kennedy. Thanks to Prime’s hit series Off Campus, we’re seeing a well-deserved resurgence of this book, and we’re totally stoked to talk about it. Hockey star Garrett Graham has a problem: he’s failing Ethics, which was supposed to be an easy class to round out his course load. Hannah Wells is sailing through class, and when Garrett begs her to tutor him, she shoots him down real fast. But when he finds out she has a crush on the star quarterback, he proposes a deal: he’ll help her land her crush via classic fake dating if she tutors him. One thing leads to another, and Hannah proposes her own deal. And suddenly, the fake-dating situation doesn’t feel so fake anymore.

SOS: Taken by the Twister by Rebecca Massey and Adelyne Graves

Up Next: Face Off by Chelsea Curto

What We’re Reading:

Rules for the Summer by Meghan Quinn (audio)

Knot That High by Kara Kaminski

The Differences Between Us by Rachel Higginson

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We pulled an audible and chose to do comfort reads for the month of August. Rae chose The Opposite of You by Rachel Higginson, an enemies-to-lovers story about two chefs competing (or not) from across a parking lot. Vera has recently opened a food truck, aptly named Foodie, while trying to get back on her feet following a horrible breakup. Killian is the executive chef at swanky upscale restaurant, Lilou, right across the street. Can they put down the knives and call a truce?

SOS: Phil and The File Cabinet by Katy Ipock

Up Next: The Deal by Elle Kennedy

What We’re Reading:

Knot a Highland Romance by Sarah Blue

Her Orc Healer by Etta Wild

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We’ve headed out west for this episode, covering West of Forever by Corinne Michaels. Michaels is a new-to-us author, even though she’s been on our radar for years and is quite prolific. This is a Hatfields-McCoys/Romeo and Juliet situation with two rival ranching families. The only thing is, there’s a heck of a lot of chemistry between the only sister in a family of four, Lark Gatlin, and single dad/widower Tristan Stone. And well…what the families don’t know won’t hurt them. Or do the families know?

SOS: Howls and Home Runs by Biblio Barbie

Up Next: Save a Horse, Ride a Cowman by Emily Antoinette

What We’re Reading:

Starbound by Adrien Blue

The Orc’s Heart by Etta Wild

Mistakes Were Made by Lucy Score

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We’re celebrating the World Cup *one more time* with Hard to Hold by K. Bromberg. When Liverpool star Rush McKenzie becomes embroiled in scandal, his agent advises him to retreat to L.A. while the heat dies down. Lennox Kincaid is fresh off a humiliating encounter at a professional conference and is running from her own demons. It’s only fitting that these two run smack dab into each other. What’s the harm in having some temporary fun? Certainly not the fact that they’re working together.

SOS: Hosed by Nicole Parker

Up Next: West of Forever by Corinne Michaels

What We’re Reading:

Upgraded by Abby Millsaps

Working for the Widow by J.L. Beers

Claimed by the Orc Captain by Etta Wild

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We’re rounding out Pride Month and celebrating the World Cup with Girlfriend Goals by Clare Lydon! A middle aged sapphic futbol romance? Sign us up. While ex best friends Jen and Amy reconnect after twenty years apart, will they let their current positions of managing their respective country’s women's futbol clubs get in the way of their happily ever after?

Note: Please excuse Veronica’s audio quality–she didn’t realize the wrong microphone was selected. Life is hard.

SOS: My Date with a Mountain by Luna Cantrip

Up Next: Hard to Hold by K. Bromberg

What We’re Reading:

The Score by Elle Kennedy

A Bear to Hold by Amy Pennza (mention new release)

Bread by the Grim by Dakota Cockaday

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We’re kicking off Pride Month with a sapphic soccer (football, for everyone outside the U.S.) romance: Rowin’s Second Half by K.R. Lockling. Rowin is a soccer star and River is fresh off a breakup. The meet cute? River being embarrassed on the jumbotron at one of Rowin’s games. We have…a lot to say.

SOS: Scrub Me, Daddy by April Showers

Up Next: Girlfriend Goals by Clare Lydon

What We’re Reading:

Tempted by the Minotaur by Eva Brandt

The Deal by Elle Kennedy (re-read)

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To conclude Mariana May, we read her latest tome, The Things We Water. Zapata’s longest book by far dives into romantasy/paranormal territory with magical beings, gods, and old country lore. We follow Nina as she travels to a compound where magical beings can live safely. Run by her friend’s (hot, werewolf) cousin, she finds she needs to follow a very specific set of rules in order to stay. It shouldn’t be any trouble finding someone to marry. Right?

SOS: Banana Cream-Pied by Rosemary Bunny

Up Next: Rowin’s Second Half by K.R. Lockling

What We’re Reading:

Aliens Chosen Mate by Emerald Cox

The Cock Down the Block by Amy Award (audio)

Playing for Keeps by Lainey Davis (audio)

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