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I’m not a cop anymore, but I’ve seen enough danger to know that Laney Young, the beautiful stranger who just showed up in my small town, is running from it. She’s lying about where she came from and what she’s doing here.

I don’t want her near my family or the quiet life I’ve made for myself. But my brothers have other plans. Now she’s everywhere–working at my distillery, living in our guest house, calling me ‘cowboy�� and skinny-dipping in my horse trough.

But it’s the way she dishes out attitude from that pretty mouth of hers that has me wanting things I’ve sworn to myself I’d never want again. I should push her away, forget how her lips taste, and ignore how she makes me want more out of life again.

When her past shows up and mingles too closely with mine, her lies begin to unravel. The rules don’t matter anymore. I mess up, dig too far, and get too close. Only two things have the power to keep her safe now: bourbon and lies.]]> 448 Victoria Wilder Joana 4 Foi super giro e entertaining!!!]]> 4.10 2024
author: Victoria Wilder
name: Joana
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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Leitura de apagão.
Foi super giro e entertaining!!!
]]> 216775902 Bridger

I’m her safe place.
I always have been.
The torment that Dani Lexington went through at the hands of her father was something no child should have had to endure. But I was the lucky one she turned to.
Our age difference and the fact that her brother was my best friend kept her off-limits, even though something was always there, lingering under the surface.
But when she was old enough, she left Bitterroot Valley, and I was forced to move on with my life.
I got married and had my little girl. Now, I’m a single dad, focused on my job as fire chief and making sure my daughter stays healthy after a mysterious illness has plagued her for the past year.
But after Dani’s father dies, she returns to Bitterroot Valley and is now living across the street from my daughter and me.
Dani’s no longer a child. No longer off limits.
This time, I won’t let anything or anyone stop me from being her safe place again.

Dani

I’ve been in love with Bridger Blackwell for as long as I can remember.
He’s a smoke show, kind, and gives the best hugs in the world. But best of all? He’s everything my sorry excuse for a father wasn’t.
Now, I’m back in Bitterroot Valley, living across the street from Bridger and his adorable daughter.
It doesn’t take long for all those old feelings to come rushing back, and every cell in my body knows that I belong with them.
That they’re mine.
Bridger’s arms are where I feel safest. They feel like home.
I’m growing to depend on him, to truly love him and his daughter. But I have deep-rooted baggage, and Bridger’s past has decided to rear its ugly head.
Will we survive this, or is our relationship doomed from the start?]]> 414 Kristen Proby 1633502163 Joana 4 Eles são tão fofos. Adorei 4.22 2025
author: Kristen Proby
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average rating: 4.22
book published: 2025
rating: 4
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Eles são tão fofos. Adorei
]]> 55855971






You don't know me, but I know you.

I'm the shadow that creeps behind you without notice.

The moment you see me, you're dead.

An assassin. A killer. A nobody.

Until I became somebody.

I'll make everyone who reduced me to a shadow pay.

To do that, I'm willing to risk everything.

Everything except for my reluctant wife.

Rai Sokolov can show me her worst, but this will only end when death does us part.

The road to the throne is paved with loss, betrayal, and blood baths.

To win, we go all in.

Our lives included.




This book is the conclusion of a duet and is not standalone.]]> 344 Rina Kent Joana 3 3.8 ⭐️ 4.05 2021
author: Rina Kent
name: Joana
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2023/07/22
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3.8 ⭐️
]]> 57487458
When my impossibly sexy boss, Mr. Nox, steps in and offers to help I’m initially relieved. But his help comes with a caveat. He wants something in return. Oh, and here’s the kicker. He claims he’s Lucifer. The devil. A God of Sin.

Things don’t go my way, and I’m forced to accept a deal with the devil. I know what he wants. I can see the burning desire dancing in his piercing blue eyes. He wants me. And the longer I spend in his company, the more I begin to crave his touch, his kiss, his fierce passion. But if I give myself to him, he may never let me go. He claims that he is cursed, and believes I may be his salvation. I’m starting to wonder if he could be mine.

Lucifer’s Curse is a steamy fantasy romance with an HEA and fully consensual adult situations. If you like outrageously hot men with Irish accents and big wings, you’re going to love Nox.

From the author of the best-selling Hades Trials comes a brand new, spicier, paranormal romance.]]> 272 Eliza Raine Joana 2 Okay 4.14 2021
author: Eliza Raine
name: Joana
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2021
rating: 2
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Okay
]]> 218559595 Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry.

Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century.

When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game.

One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over.

Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication

Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition.

But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.

And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad…depending on who’s telling it.]]> 432 Emily Henry Joana 3 4.20 2025
author: Emily Henry
name: Joana
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/24
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Quase quatro. Diferente do que estava à espera. Still good
]]> 224099473
I’m the last guy on the planet who should be a dad. My life is chaos. My sins written dark and deep.
So, imagine my surprise when my doorbell rings and I open it to find the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen standing on the other side.
And she’s holding the hand of a little girl who looks just like me.

Emery tells me her sister, the child’s mother, is dead.
I feel like dirt since she’s a woman I can hardly remember, and it’s no wonder Emery doesn’t trust that I’m worthy of caring for her niece.
But I can’t turn my back, and I insist on raising Maci.
So, we strike a deal—she’ll stay with me for one month to ensure the little girl is safe.

Emery tries to hate me for who I am, but neither of us can resist the attraction that blazes between us.
One brush of her hand, and she has me on my knees.
One kiss, and I’m falling fast.
Soon, we find ourselves tangled in my sheets.

But when it’s discovered her sister’s death wasn’t accidental, the secret life I’ve been living collides with the past Emery has tried to keep hidden.
And when the fiends come back to finish the job they started, I’m in a race against time to save the two people who I’ve come to love most…]]> A.L. Jackson 1960730460 Joana 0 to-read 0.0
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]]> 228691356 What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the New York Times bestselling author of Deep End.

Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life.

Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him.

It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother’s best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life.

But not everything is as it seems—and clichés sometimes become plot twists.

When Maya’s brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs—even if it’s a problematic one.]]> 416 Ali Hazelwood Joana 0 to-read 4.62 2025
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Joana
average rating: 4.62
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rating: 0
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There’s one thing I don’t expect.

Caleb Thorne.

He’s literally descended from the founding family of the town and practically royalty here.

And also my new neighbor.

Which makes him privy to every screw up I make trying to navigate being a parental figure to my younger brothers.

It should be easy enough for me to avoid him but he’s annoyingly persistent in wanting to help me. I call it pity even if he insists it’s not.

The worst part is there’s undeniable chemistry between us and the more time we spend together the harder it becomes to resist.

But nothing good in my life has ever lasted so I fully expect Caleb to be another of those temporary things.

Especially when my past demons finally catch up with me.]]> 510 Micalea Smeltzer Joana 4
•Adorei a história, adodei mesmo. Além disso, relacionamento deles acho que começou mesmo da melhor forma. Prendeu-me logo desde a primeira bolada que ele levou na cabeça.

•A Halle é uma personagem cheia de força e ver a forma como ela faz TUDO pelos irmãos é qualquer coisa. Adoro-a por isso e por nunca baixar os braços mesmo quando os caminhos estão cheios de obstáculos.

•Vê-la a abrir-se e a perceber que finalmente não estava sozinha? Ao longo da história foi uma das coisas que mais gostei especialmente pelo desenvolvimento que trouxe à própria personagem.

•Os irmãos dela? Adoro-os. Vê-los a serem adolescentes e a não serem obrigados a crescer demasiado rápido é incrivel. Ver o amor que eles têm pela Halle deixou-me feliz, mas acima de tudo adorei como eles conseguiram arranjar o refúgio nas vizinhas (que amores de pessoas e adoro-as completamente).

•A história deu mesmo para recordar as nossas personagens do Wildfire Duet e especialmente vê-los felizes e com os seus finais felizes. O Caleb com a filha era um amor. Besides, eles todos enquanto família? Perfeito.

•Estou mesmo agradecida por ter tido a oportunidade de ler em Arc, muito obrigada!


Primeiros pensamentos após acabar: Tinha tantas saudades deles. Ver o Caleb e o seu final feliz? Deixou-me mesmo muito feliz]]> 4.29 25
author: Micalea Smeltzer
name: Joana
average rating: 4.29
book published: 25
rating: 4
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date added: 2025/04/23
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•Quando li o Wildflower duet fiquei logo rendida ao Caleb e queria tanto o final feliz dele e especialmente ver mesmo mais da própria personagem. Saber que ia sair este livro? Flipei completamente.

•Adorei a história, adodei mesmo. Além disso, relacionamento deles acho que começou mesmo da melhor forma. Prendeu-me logo desde a primeira bolada que ele levou na cabeça.

•A Halle é uma personagem cheia de força e ver a forma como ela faz TUDO pelos irmãos é qualquer coisa. Adoro-a por isso e por nunca baixar os braços mesmo quando os caminhos estão cheios de obstáculos.

•Vê-la a abrir-se e a perceber que finalmente não estava sozinha? Ao longo da história foi uma das coisas que mais gostei especialmente pelo desenvolvimento que trouxe à própria personagem.

•Os irmãos dela? Adoro-os. Vê-los a serem adolescentes e a não serem obrigados a crescer demasiado rápido é incrivel. Ver o amor que eles têm pela Halle deixou-me feliz, mas acima de tudo adorei como eles conseguiram arranjar o refúgio nas vizinhas (que amores de pessoas e adoro-as completamente).

•A história deu mesmo para recordar as nossas personagens do Wildfire Duet e especialmente vê-los felizes e com os seus finais felizes. O Caleb com a filha era um amor. Besides, eles todos enquanto família? Perfeito.

•Estou mesmo agradecida por ter tido a oportunidade de ler em Arc, muito obrigada!


Primeiros pensamentos após acabar: Tinha tantas saudades deles. Ver o Caleb e o seu final feliz? Deixou-me mesmo muito feliz
]]> 60059149 For one night only betrayal will never feel so good The clock is ticking.

When I graduate, I am to marry my father’s closest friend.

A business deal.
A transaction.
A Contract.

I was sent to finish my education at Rockwell Academy under the watchful eye of my twin brother.

It was my father’s biggest mistake.

I am living in a house with five dangerous men. Feared on campus and desired because of it. They are to protect me but not touch me.
I can look but there is only one I see.

They call him The Beast.

His wild beauty makes me burn and those dark hooded eyes are framed by the longest lashes I have ever seen on a man.
He is a wild spirit.
The hero in a love story whose malevolent eyes flash with desire when they are directed at me.
Those long dark lashes hide many secrets behind them, and the chaos surrounding him makes my soul weep
All I want is one night only to see what all the fuss is about before a lifetime of hell.

One night with him.

This act of betrayal will trigger a war, but the pleasure of his touch, addictive kisses, and the way his skin slides against mine will be worth the sacrifice.

My future may be planned, but I have three months to change it.

I will fight for my freedom even if I die trying.

As it turns out, I start a war.

For fans of dark mafia romance and hard-fought happy endings. Mad chaotic scenes and devilish behavior. Steamy, intense, and shocking, Club Mafia will take you on a ride that you will never want to end.

Meet The Boss
The Angel
The Savage
The Beast and The Demon.
You will not want to miss a second of their fight for power and a happy ending.]]> 244 Stella Andrews Joana 2 4.27
author: Stella Andrews
name: Joana
average rating: 4.27
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Foi okay. Boa premissa e acredito que os próximos vá gostar mais.
]]> 212308364
I heard of Shay Mendez before I met her. She baked. Was reportedly grumpy. Loved her big family. And had sinful curves she kept most men away from with her moody gaze.

We had little in common, except for the most important thing��

At college, Shay and I locked eyes in a grief support group. Both away from Starlight Canyon, she was the anchor I badly needed to keep me from floating away into darkness. My first girlfriend was my polar opposite, but everything I ever needed. Sadly, fate didn’t agree.

After years apart, with me in the NHL and her becoming a single mom, I run into Shay in Vegas of all places. A hundred teardrops, a dozen shots and two wedding rings later, we wake up in the morning married. Much like back in college, Shay and I have a lot to offer one another.

That morning in Vegas we write the perfect playbook for our fake marriage, orchestrating it right through the final buzzer. But I won’t let it end the way she thinks it does.

This time, we win.]]> Sienna Judd Joana 4 Adorei o Nino 4.00
author: Sienna Judd
name: Joana
average rating: 4.00
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Adorei o Nino
]]> 203772533
Chasing NHL hockey stardom, I left a lot of good things behind in my small town. Jolie was one of them.

As my best buddy’s younger sister, she’s off-limits for me. And that’s without the promise I made her years ago to always be her friend.

It was an easy promise to make then, but now, thirteen years later, it’s a hell of a lot harder.

Stuck together at my parent’s ranch for two weeks, she’s everywhere and she doesn’t look like the girl I remember. She’s all woman, with mischievous eyes and a dirty laugh... and I can’t look away.

Two weeks to keep my hands off the hottest, most forbidden woman in Starlight Canyon?

I'm screwed.]]> Sienna Judd Joana 4 3.96
author: Sienna Judd
name: Joana
average rating: 3.96
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Gostei, apesar do segundo continuar a ser o meu favorito. Gostei especialmente de toda a questão do trabalho dela e de como ela realmente conseguiu vocalizar e focar-se. Perceber especialmente que não tem mal em pedir ajuda também foi algo que gostei bastante.
]]> 231547784 Once upon a time, a girl found a magical puppy, and her life was never the same again.

Nina Popoca needs help.

So, so much of it.

The only place she can find that help is on a sprawling ranch in Colorado. A place hiding more than a community filled with magical creatures trying to live their lives in safety and in peace. A village that might hold the answers to questions she’s had her entire life.

And if that ranch is owned by her best friend’s hunky cousin?

…there are worse things in the world than having to live right by Henri Blackrock.]]> 717 Mariana Zapata Joana 0 to-read 4.76 2025
author: Mariana Zapata
name: Joana
average rating: 4.76
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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I’m two months away from making my goals a reality and I won’t let Dash Hunter stand in my way. Even if he is my boss, my now housemate and the very person I need to help me.

He might be grumpy, but it should be easy to share this home. The elusive cowboy is up all night and sleeps most days. But the longer I live with him, I discover this lone wolf lives in the darkness for a reason. He holds a painful grudge in his heart he doesn’t want exposed by the daylight.

Dash has just two rules for living together.
Don’t go in his room.
Don’t ask questions.

But his tortured green eyes and the surprisingly tender soul behind them have me wanting to break both.]]> 350 Sienna Judd Joana 4 O Dash? Adorei-o desde o momento em que estavam a ajudar o Romeo.
A Molly? Adorei-a e a forma como ela encara tudo? Wow.]]> 3.93
author: Sienna Judd
name: Joana
average rating: 3.93
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date added: 2025/04/17
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Mesmo uma agradável surpresa e gostei mesmo muito. Fez-me mesmo querer continuar a série.
O Dash? Adorei-o desde o momento em que estavam a ajudar o Romeo.
A Molly? Adorei-a e a forma como ela encara tudo? Wow.
]]> 214143805 Enigma, a twisted Hades and Persephone meets scorching dark academia romance—a tale of love and obsession between two rivals.

There are secrets she must uncover.

There are secrets he must keep.

Salem Salazar is fascinated with death. The black sheep of her scandal-ridden, wealthy family, she arrives at Mortimer University as a legacy on the hunt for answers about what happened to her perfect, older sister. There, she discovers that her sister is far from the only girl to have gone missing at Mortimer. Salem will do anything to discover what dark forces are killing Mortimer's students...even if it means using herself as bait.

And Cazimir van der Waal has caught her scent. The mysterious artist and teaching assistant has a dark past, a hidden agenda, and a ravenous appetite for a beautiful, golden-eyed girl who seems determined to risk her life.

Where she is ice, he is fire. Where she is organization, he is chaos. Where she is precision, he is passion. Together they are explosive--their fates linked as secret societies and death stalk them both.

Enigma is a sensual, epic love story for those who also crave the frightful, the puzzling, the suspenseful, the dangerous and the dark.

Welcome to Mortimer.

Enigma
*Dark academia romance
*Steamy suspense
*Rivals to lovers
*Secret societies
*Forbidden love

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.]]> 463 RuNyx 1250334241 Joana 0 to-read 4.07 2025
author: RuNyx
name: Joana
average rating: 4.07
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Sam waltzes into our small town on a temporary contract equipped with brochures and more change than a single dad can handle. I never trusted anybody to tell me what to do and I sure as hell won’t start with Sam, ten years younger, a city girl and only in Starlight Canyon for the short haul.

I have to watch those sassy pink lips tell me what’s right for three solid months and she won’t stop until I change my mind. Thing is, the more we get to know each other, the more I want to change her mind, too.

About leaving.

Welcome to Starlight Canyon, a small town of grumpy cowboys and the women that bring them to their knees. These books bring high heat and emotion. 18+ advisable. Trigger- fertility issues.]]> Sienna Judd Joana 3 3.54
author: Sienna Judd
name: Joana
average rating: 3.54
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Quase quatro estrelas. Achei enjoybale e giro, adorei como especialmente foi abordado por exemplo as questões da Eve mas que foi completamente normal. Fiquei foi curiosa com aquilo que pode acontecer também no segundo livro
]]> 224038008 routine about the feelings Aspen stirs in him, and there’s definitely no forgetting her. Especially not when, down on her luck after her ordeal, he offers her a place to stay—with him.

Private investigator Aspen McKay came to Dusk Valley looking into a serial killer, but she never anticipated becoming a victim herself. After nearly dying, everyone she meets in the small town treats her with pity—except Crew Lawless. And now that she’s staying with him, she can’t deny how alive being around him makes her feel.

As things heat up between Crew and Aspen, so does the hunt for the killer who continues to taunt them from the shadows. Now, they’re coming under fire, and they’re about to take on the fight of their lives.]]> 428 Amanda Chaperon Joana 4 4.22
author: Amanda Chaperon
name: Joana
average rating: 4.22
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date added: 2025/04/15
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Foi giro e não estava à espera do culprit porque de todas as pessoas ainda nem tinha pensado mesmo nesta que acabou por ser. Quero um livro do Trey
]]> 59007128
Juggling being the newly appointed Captain of the team and taking on full-time fatherhood to a teenager sends my life into chaos.

I quickly find myself needing someone who can pick up the pieces and keep my life in order as I certainly can’t do it alone.

I just never thought my savior would be the sexy woman next door- the one I can’t keep my mind or eyes off every chance I get.]]> 252 Samantha Lind Joana 0 to-read 3.78
author: Samantha Lind
name: Joana
average rating: 3.78
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Madison Walker left Rome, Kentucky, determined to prove she could make it in the culinary world. But after years of chasing success in New York, all she has to show for it is a shattered confidence and a desperate need for a fresh start. Coming home isn’t part of the plan—until an unexpected job offer lands in her lap, giving her a chance to rebuild everything she’s lost: the head chef position at a new farm-to-table restaurant in her hometown. The only catch? It comes from James Huxley, owner of Huxley Farm, her brother’s best friend . . . and the last person she wants to work for.

James has always played it safe, keeping his head down and doing what’s expected of him in the family business and never contemplating anything different—until now when Madison’s happiness is on the line. He’s loved her quietly for years, knowing she’s never seen him as more than an annoyance. Now that she’s back, he’s determined to change that–even if it means he can only ever be her friend. The one problem? His charming, wildly successful younger brother, Tommy, seems determined to win her over first.

Then Tommy is called away on business and Madison and James are tasked with launching the dreamy farm-to-table restaurant on their own. But as the town starts meddling in their relationship, Tommy’s pursuit of Madison grows more relentless, and Madison’s fears threaten to hold her back, keeping things strictly professional becomes impossible. And when an unexpected disaster on opening night collides with a long-simmering sibling feud, both Madison and James will have to face their biggest insecurities—and decide if love is worth the risk or if some dreams are safer left untouched.]]> Sarah Adams 0593723724 Joana 0 to-read 4.00
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name: Joana
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]]> 59754566 They don’t play for the same team. Or do they?

Jamie Canning has never been able to figure out how he lost his closest friend. Four years ago, his tattooed, wise-cracking, rule-breaking roommate cut him off without an explanation. So what if things got a little weird on the last night of hockey camp the summer they were eighteen? It was just a little drunken foolishness. Nobody died.

Ryan Wesley’s biggest regret is coaxing his very straight friend into a bet that pushed the boundaries of their relationship. Now, with their college teams set to face off at the national championship, he’ll finally get a chance to apologize. But all it takes is one look at his longtime crush, and the ache is stronger than ever.

Jamie has waited a long time for answers, but walks away with only more questions—can one night of sex ruin a friendship? If not, how about six more weeks of it? When Wesley turns up to coach alongside Jamie for one more hot summer at camp, Jamie has a few things to discover about his old friend...and a big one to learn about himself.

Warning: contains sexual situations, hotties on hockey skates, skinnydipping, shenanigans in an SUV and proof that coming out to your family on social media is a dicey proposition.]]> 326 Sarina Bowen 1954500491 Joana 4 4.10 2015
author: Sarina Bowen
name: Joana
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/13
date added: 2025/04/13
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Gostei de toda a vibe de summer
]]> 24806344
Carrick Ryan is the bad boy of Formula One. With a face and body that melts panties on sight, and an Irish lilt that leaves women on their knees, begging for more. He races hard and parties harder. The youngest driver to ever sign with F1, he’s still at the top of his game five years later, breaking hearts on and off the tracks.

When Andi is offered her dream job working in the glamorous world of F1, she leaves her home in Brazil, positive she can handle working for Carrick. But she’s not prepared for the off-the-chart sparks that fly the moment they meet.

Now, Andi has a crush on the one man she can’t have, and her resolve is about to be put to the test, because Carrick has decided he wants Andi, and he plans on testing her to the very limit…]]> 410 Samantha Towle 1508776202 Joana 0 to-read 4.06 2015
author: Samantha Towle
name: Joana
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 61069842 I never expected to fall for my best friend’s little sister, and I definitely didn’t count on her breaking my heart.

Jade Cole entered my life like a tornado, and I never saw her coming. I should have been strong enough to resist her. After all, she was forbidden, my best friend’s little sister, and the bane of my existence.

But the more she got under my skin, the harder it was to resist her. Until I couldn’t fight back any longer. One kiss led to another, and the more I had her, the harder it was to let go.

Then she dropped the bomb I never saw coming.


I have cancer.


And it’s like I’ve been sacked to the ground all over again. I’ve already lost somebody I love to cancer, and I can’t do it again.


But I also can’t walk away from her.


Because Jade and I? We’re like magnets. And no matter how hard you try to separate us, we’ll find our way back to each other, regardless of the destruction we leave in our wake.

NOTE: Kiss To Salvage is book two in Shattered & Salvaged Duet. You need to read Kiss To Shatter in order to understand this book. Shattered & Salvaged Duet contains dark and mature themes appropriate for readers 18+. For the full list of trigger warnings please visit the author's website.]]> 473 Anna B. Doe Joana 4 4.01 2022
author: Anna B. Doe
name: Joana
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/07
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Parte de mim está super all over the place. Contente com o happy ending
]]> 63036519 Prescott Wentworth is my brother's best friend and teammate. We hate each other. But we also can't keep our hands off each other.

The day I met the star wide receiver, he was acting like a grumpy ass, and I was so over big, bulky men messing with my life. He was gorgeous, with wide shoulders, a chiseled jaw hidden behind a week’s worth of scruff, and the meanest glare I've seen in my life. So what if he was injured during a game? At least he's alive, not that he appreciates it.

Now it's a new school year, but some things never change.

Like the sizzling tension between Prescott and me every time we’re in the same room. But the more we fight, the more I want to shut him up. With my mouth.

Then he sees me on a date with someone else, and something in him snaps.

The deal is simple: it's just sex, and nobody can ever find out. Especially not my brother.

But then the demons from my past come back to haunt me. The darker they become, the more I need Prescott. And I’m beginning to feel like he needs me too.

NOTE: Kiss To Shatter is book one in Shattered & Salvaged Duet. It ends on a cliffhanger. Shattered & Salvaged Duet contains dark and mature themes appropriate for readers 18+.]]> 384 Anna B. Doe Joana 4 3.95 2022
author: Anna B. Doe
name: Joana
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/06
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Apesar de felizmente saber, passei o livro ansiosa para aquele momento final. Estou ainda mais ansiosa para o que vai acontecer no segundo.
]]> 216737245 In the heart of Sin City, two men on opposite sides of the law collide in a dangerous game of power, passion, and betrayal.

Isaac Thoreau, the son of a notorious crime boss, has spent nine years behind bars for his father's murder. Driven, cunning, and unfeeling, he's now back to claim what's rightfully his. But when an enigmatic security guard named Hawk is hired to work at his nightclub, Isaac finds himself distracted�� and inexplicably drawn to Hawk, despite his best efforts to resist.

Special Agent Dallas Bradley's mission is infiltrate the Hellhounds and bring their leader, Isaac Thoreau, to justice. Posing as Hawk, Dallas is determined to uncover the secrets of the Thoreau criminal empire. But as he delves deeper into Isaac's world, the lines between right and wrong blur, and soon an undeniable attraction grows between the two men, forcing Dallas to question everything.

Walking away before he's compromised would be the smart choice, but Dallas can't resist Isaac's magnetic pull, even if it means risking his life.

As love and duty clash, only one question will Isaac and Dallas survive the fallout?

***

Isaac is the first installment of the Light & Shadow Duet. It can not be read as standalone. This is a dark MM mafia romance that explores various sensitive subjects like violence, abuse, PTSD, etc.
]]> 282 N.N. Britt Joana 3 4.01
author: N.N. Britt
name: Joana
average rating: 4.01
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Gostei de toda a parte de ele ter de ser o Hawk e não o Dallas, mas a ver a onde isto vai parar
]]> 223439978 Corinne Michaels Joana 0 to-read 5.00 2025
author: Corinne Michaels
name: Joana
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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]]> 212688557 The third in the steamy, hilarious Campus Diaries series by New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy, set in the same world as Off Campus and Briar U.

College senior Charlotte Kingston is living two lives―and she's nailing both of them. By day, she's the perfect sorority girl, a STEM student in biomedical engineering, and the adopted daughter of an overachiever family. At night, she's Charlie: a risk-taking daredevil looking for fun who finds herself chatting on a dating app with two anonymous hotties.

Will Larsen may seem like the breezy boy next door, but his congressman father is a constant thorn in his side. After a scandal hits another Division 1 hockey program, Will's dad is determined to distance his son from it, hiring a journalist to prove how squeaky-clean Will and his team are. Which means the last thing Will wants is for anyone to find out he and his best friend Beckett Dunne―a laidback Aussie shielding secret heartache―sometimes share girls in the bedroom.

When Charlie finally meets them in person and realizes she's been chatting with two gorgeous Briar U hockey players, things get steamy―fast. But all their messy secrets are piling up, and real life soon threatens to shatter the fantasy. With Charlie, Will, and Beckett all coming to terms with what they want and what others want for them, difficult decisions will need to be made.

Especially when lust starts to look a lot like love.]]> 528 Elle Kennedy 1464219354 Joana 4 Fiquei na dúvida e fui para este livro a medo.
No entanto, apesar da trope principal não ser aquela que eu leia mais - de certa forma que resultou para eles os dois e acabei viciada mesmo na história deles.
Adorei a família da Charlie (aqueles pais? >>>>>)]]> 3.47 2025
author: Elle Kennedy
name: Joana
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/02
date added: 2025/04/02
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Eu confesso que estava com medo. Medo daquilo que tinha para vir. Desde que tinha começado a série que achei que apenas iria ser um livro do Beckett e do Will, mas de repente veio a Charlie.
Fiquei na dúvida e fui para este livro a medo.
No entanto, apesar da trope principal não ser aquela que eu leia mais - de certa forma que resultou para eles os dois e acabei viciada mesmo na história deles.
Adorei a família da Charlie (aqueles pais? >>>>>)
]]> 222279622 Liam

Weirdly, people don’t react overly well when you’re caught standing over the dead body of a murderer who’d walked free.

It’s not that I thought my fellow homicide detective would rejoice when he saw what I’d done, but is a pat on the back too much to ask for? Maybe a gold star at the very least?

The problem is that the person who caught me is Gabriel, the only person I care for and adore�� and he’s prepared to look the other way if I leave homicide and promise to never kill again. Yet when Gabriel gets taken by a serial killer, there’s absolutely no way I can sit back while this parasite takes what is mine.

But what the killer doesn’t know is that I’m coming for him and that I would destroy the world to keep Gabriel safe. After all, who could hunt a serial killer better than another one?

Gabriel

Drawing Liam back into homicide is the last thing I thought I’d ever do, but the killer is picking off my fellow detectives, and the only way we’re going to make it out of this is with Liam heading the case (even if there’s one—or five—coworkers he’d rather not save).

Liam is smart, sarcastic, and the most dangerous man I’ve ever met, and yet I can’t look away—even if he calls my adorable cat Lucy Fur. No one has any idea just how far Liam will go for me, especially not the killer, who won’t realize until too late that the prey he hunts is actually a predator.]]> 368 Alice Winters Joana 3 O Liam acho que era uma pessoa mesmo segura e acho que a sua arrogância acabou por se enquadrar bastante. Apesar de estar igualmente focada na história e ansiosa para ver sobre quem era o culpado que tinha levado o Gabriel, achei que os time lapses acabavam muitas vezes por tirar parte do romance deles os dois]]> 4.42 2025
author: Alice Winters
name: Joana
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/30
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Estava curiosa realmente sobre a forma como isto iria desenvolver. Gostei da forma como eles acabaram por voltar a interagir.
O Liam acho que era uma pessoa mesmo segura e acho que a sua arrogância acabou por se enquadrar bastante. Apesar de estar igualmente focada na história e ansiosa para ver sobre quem era o culpado que tinha levado o Gabriel, achei que os time lapses acabavam muitas vezes por tirar parte do romance deles os dois
]]> 216004383
Lulu Sonnet is the bane of my existence.
She’s caused me more physical pain than any man should ever endure.
From an accidental throat punch to a near death by shovel��
Don’t even get me started on that vicious pool ball accident where she almost robbed me of my family jewels.
She’s a hot little heathen, and what’s worse?
She’s staying in my brother’s rental house while I’m temporarily living in the guest house.
And now she needs a favor.
A fake boyfriend.
I’ll dote on her for a few weeks, she’ll return the favor so my boss’s daughter will stop nagging me, and then we’ll part ways.
It seems simple enough.
Until we end up in the same shower.
And then the same bed.
The lines are blurring.
She’s beautiful and fierce and sexy all at the same time.
But Lulu isn’t staying in Rosewood River forever.
The place I call home is just a pitstop for her.
But suddenly everything I thought I wanted is no longer important to me.
My fake girlfriend has turned my world upside down.
And now nothing feels right without her.]]> 342 Laura Pavlov Joana 4 So freaking cute 4.40 2025
author: Laura Pavlov
name: Joana
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/29
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So freaking cute
]]> 196915235 Every serial killer needs a friend.
Every game must have a winner.

When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country. But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love. Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves? Or have they finally met their match?

Butcher & Blackbird is the first book in the Ruinous Love Dark Romance trilogy of interconnected stand-alone dark romantic comedies. This dual POV novel ends on a HEA.]]> 355 Brynne Weaver Joana 4 Super enjoyable!! 4.13 2023
author: Brynne Weaver
name: Joana
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/22
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Super enjoyable!!
]]> 212469939
I’ve been running for most of my life, hiding away in a small town and hoping no one discovers who I truly am. The only problem is that I can never let anyone know the real me. Or at least that was true until my brother moved his best friend onto our shared property.

Now, I’m stuck trying to avoid the nosy billionaire’s probing questions and piercing stares. And it doesn’t help that I almost killed him the first time we met.

Oops.

But when all my carefully crafted lies come crashing down around me, it’s Linc stepping in to shield me. And when it looks like the person hunting me for all those years is back, Linc will do anything to keep me safe.

Only it’s not just my safety at risk. It’s my heart. Because when Linc touches me, I lose all sense. And when I truly get to know the broken billionaire, he’s so much more than a ruthless business tycoon. He’s the man showing me that it’s time to really live.

But I’m not the only one with secrets. Linc has them, too. And when the forces from our pasts emerge from the shadows, it’s with only one goal: to end the new life we’re building together. For good.]]> 402 Catherine Cowles 1951936655 Joana 4
Digo isto em todos os livros, mas a Lolli tem o meu coração


�� Amei tanto! Catherine Cowles não consegue desiluir porque sempre que pego numa história dela, eu fico logo hooked. Para ser honesta, aqui foi logo (depois do prólogo) o primeiro encontro dela com o Linc.

•Broken Harbor tinha sido icónico para mim. Saber que agora ia conhecer a história Arden no quarto livro da série? Eu estava pronta para saber mais dela.

•A veia de artista dela enchia-lhe as medidas e acho que combina super com a sua personalidade. A forma como ela vive a arte e a a expressividade de ser livre? Eu adoro-a para sempre.

•O Linc? Aquele protector mode dele deixou-me K.O, especialmente por sentir que ele efetivamente não se sobrepunha a ela. Adorei-o e eles os dois juntos? Amei.

•A família? Iconic. Reforço mais uma vez que a Lolli é a minha rainha e ela precisa de ser protegida para sempre.

•Deixo aqui porque eu nem quis acreditar quando percebi que tinha acertado no bad guy! Senti-me vitoriosa e ainda mais feliz pelo destino dessa pessoa! Digam-me se descobriram também!

•Estou mesmo agradecida por ter tido a oportunidade de ler este livro em ARC ]]> 4.38 2025
author: Catherine Cowles
name: Joana
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/07
date added: 2025/03/19
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Tenho de voltar aqui, mas eles os dois são tão fofos

Digo isto em todos os livros, mas a Lolli tem o meu coração


�� Amei tanto! Catherine Cowles não consegue desiluir porque sempre que pego numa história dela, eu fico logo hooked. Para ser honesta, aqui foi logo (depois do prólogo) o primeiro encontro dela com o Linc.

•Broken Harbor tinha sido icónico para mim. Saber que agora ia conhecer a história Arden no quarto livro da série? Eu estava pronta para saber mais dela.

•A veia de artista dela enchia-lhe as medidas e acho que combina super com a sua personalidade. A forma como ela vive a arte e a a expressividade de ser livre? Eu adoro-a para sempre.

•O Linc? Aquele protector mode dele deixou-me K.O, especialmente por sentir que ele efetivamente não se sobrepunha a ela. Adorei-o e eles os dois juntos? Amei.

•A família? Iconic. Reforço mais uma vez que a Lolli é a minha rainha e ela precisa de ser protegida para sempre.

•Deixo aqui porque eu nem quis acreditar quando percebi que tinha acertado no bad guy! Senti-me vitoriosa e ainda mais feliz pelo destino dessa pessoa! Digam-me se descobriram também!

•Estou mesmo agradecida por ter tido a oportunidade de ler este livro em ARC
]]> 225928811 Now newly edited with extended scenes, bonus content, and a map included. Discover the Amazon best selling series!

Seventeen-year-old Amrey X has one fatal flaw. She can lie in a city forced to speak the truth. For 200 years, citizens of Axiom have been subjected to a truth serum. Forced to stand oath from the age of seven. And for 10 years Amrey has conformed.

Until now.

Things are changing. The Axiom Government has caught wind of an immune and will stop at nothing to hunt them down. Amrey must leave, but it will have a cost. Unsure who to trust, she finds herself drawn to a boy, whose wit and charm may be more of a distraction than she can handle. And when confronted by a figure of her past, Amrey must deal with a shocking truth she wasn’t prepared for. And make a choice that could change everything.]]> 342 Madison Rose 1763744043 Joana 2 3.37 2022
author: Madison Rose
name: Joana
average rating: 3.37
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/17
date added: 2025/03/17
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I mean senti mesmo as vibes de Divergent for sure. Não fui de toda a cena com o Kale e com o Jaxon.
]]> 213186396 Fall in love with the brand new spring romance set in Dream Harbor, from the bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café.

As a renowned chef, single-dad Archer never planned on moving to a small town, let alone running a pancake restaurant. But Dream Harbor needs a new chef, and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter, Olive.

Iris has never managed to hold down a job for more than a few months. So when Mayor Kelly suggests Archer is looking for a nanny, and Iris might be available, she shudders at the thought. But in need of money she reluctantly agrees.

As Archer and Iris get used to their new roles, is it possible that they might have more in common than they first thought, or is Olive just determined to play match-maker��

Tropes:

�� single dad
�� forced proximity
�� slow burn
�� found family
�� one bed]]> 361 Laurie Gilmore 0008713340 Joana 3 3.92 2025
author: Laurie Gilmore
name: Joana
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2025
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/16
date added: 2025/03/16
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Adorei imenso, mas imenso a Olive. Gostei imenso do Asher e de como ele realmente não pensei sequer em deixar a Olive
]]> 175353253
Ava Thorne: I’m broke. More than broke, actually. I have mountains of debt and it’s getting worse by the day. I've been working two jobs to support my sick mother and younger brother, but when I’m fired from the one over a mistake that wasn’t mine, I don’t know where to turn.

Edward: My son’s nanny is going away on the trip of a lifetime, so I need to find a replacement. It has to be someone we can trust but the thought of having anyone else in my home turns me cold. Plus, there’s the inheritance clause that states I must be married on my 35th birthday and the date looms ever closer��

Ava: When the opportunity of a lifetime arises in the chance to earn a large sum of money fast, I’m forced to confront my past and decide if I can embrace a future I never dreamt of.

And it all starts with meeting the billionaire boss…]]> 227 Wynter Wilde Joana 2 Hmmmm 3.93
author: Wynter Wilde
name: Joana
average rating: 3.93
book published:
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Hmmmm
]]> 228177679 This temptation is my punishment.
His redemption is my penance.

Jonah Hendrix is the bad boy of the music industry.
As lead guitarist of The Hometown Heartless, negative press follows him like a scorned lover,
And even his fans fuel the flames of his torched reputation.

Despite his permanent residence in the media,
He’s never been on my radar.
Not until my boss comes to me with a
Join The Hometown Heartless on tour to redeem Jonah in the public eye,
and finally get the promotion I’ve been working toward.

I’m not a PR specialist, and it’s not my career ambition,
but I’m determined to see this job through.
As long as I treat the surly rock star like a brand,
I’ll succeed in rehabbing his reputation and survive the tour with my sanity intact.

The problem?
Jonah and I have more in common than either of us realized.
And that desire for connection?
It’s proving to be irresistible.

***

For Wrath and Redemption is the third book in The Hometown Heartless series and contains a crossover character from The Next Life series.

For Wrath and Redemption DOES contain spoilers for The Next Life duet and The Hometown Heartless series.

Reading the The Next Life duet and The Hometown Heartless series prior to For Wrath and Redemption will enhance your appreciation of this story as well as provide a better understanding of the depth of the character dynamics, personalities, and backstories.

For clarification, For Wrath and Redemption takes place chronologically as the next story in both The Hometown Heartless series and The Next Life series.]]> 420 Brit Benson Joana 5
•Estou completamente apaixonada. Desde que a Catarina me apresentou Hometown Heartless em setembro que fiquei de olho no Jonah e disse que iria ser uma história que iria ansiar muito.

•A oportunidade de ouvir a narrativa em audiobook? Não estava à espera e tornou a experiência ainda mais imersiva e intensa. O Jason e a Mollie ? Maravilhosos e incríveis e houve alturas em que eu estava tão dentro do momento que eu perdia-me e era como se saísse desta dimensão.

•Sabia que a Claire já fazia parte da série The Next Life, mas apenas tive o meu primeiro contacto com ela aqui. Socorro, adoro-a. A rainha! Vê-la com o Jonah foi algo que eu sabia que queria, mas não sabia que era algo que precisava.

•Ver o Jonah e o seu development? Das melhores coisas de sempre, acho que ainda nem consegui mesmo assimiliar em como ele era em Between Never and Forever e agora em como ele teve mesmo um grande desenvolvimento.

•A química entre eles os dois? Iconic e estou completmente apaixonada por eles.

•Não posso deixar de falar de como todos são uma grande família. Eles todos são um grande grupo e honestamente são uma família mesmo bonita e que eu guardo mesmo no coração. Um por todos e todos por um. Also, shout out para a Mabel que ela também é uma grande queen.

•Acho (tenho a certeza) que ter terminado a história deles deixou um vazio em mim e dou por mim ao longo dos dias a pensar neles pelas mais diversas razões.

•Estou eternamente grata pela oportunidade de ler em audiobook e foi uma experiência mesmo gratificante.]]> 4.74
author: Brit Benson
name: Joana
average rating: 4.74
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/04
date added: 2025/03/14
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Holy guacamole, sinto-me blessed por ter lido este livro

•Estou completamente apaixonada. Desde que a Catarina me apresentou Hometown Heartless em setembro que fiquei de olho no Jonah e disse que iria ser uma história que iria ansiar muito.

•A oportunidade de ouvir a narrativa em audiobook? Não estava à espera e tornou a experiência ainda mais imersiva e intensa. O Jason e a Mollie ? Maravilhosos e incríveis e houve alturas em que eu estava tão dentro do momento que eu perdia-me e era como se saísse desta dimensão.

•Sabia que a Claire já fazia parte da série The Next Life, mas apenas tive o meu primeiro contacto com ela aqui. Socorro, adoro-a. A rainha! Vê-la com o Jonah foi algo que eu sabia que queria, mas não sabia que era algo que precisava.

•Ver o Jonah e o seu development? Das melhores coisas de sempre, acho que ainda nem consegui mesmo assimiliar em como ele era em Between Never and Forever e agora em como ele teve mesmo um grande desenvolvimento.

•A química entre eles os dois? Iconic e estou completmente apaixonada por eles.

•Não posso deixar de falar de como todos são uma grande família. Eles todos são um grande grupo e honestamente são uma família mesmo bonita e que eu guardo mesmo no coração. Um por todos e todos por um. Also, shout out para a Mabel que ela também é uma grande queen.

•Acho (tenho a certeza) que ter terminado a história deles deixou um vazio em mim e dou por mim ao longo dos dias a pensar neles pelas mais diversas razões.

•Estou eternamente grata pela oportunidade de ler em audiobook e foi uma experiência mesmo gratificante.
]]> 209253864 not looking for love. When she returns to the small town where she grew up, the last thing she needs is to crash into Teddy Fraser, the infuriatingly gorgeous guy that she once snogged. He is most definitely a ladies�� man, the biggest flirt she has ever met, and someone she should avoid at all costs.

But, despite her best intentions of keeping Teddy at arm’s length, he keeps popping up. Hannah’s patience with his overtly cheery disposition is wearing thin, but her boss has warned her to improve her people skills.

Who better to test out her new patience with than Teddy Fraser. With his affable and charismatic personality, surely Hannah can't avoid his charm forever��



Small TownGrumpy x SunshineForced ProximityHe Falls FirstSpicy 🌶️🌶️🌶��‘Reads like a classic rom-com movie; I laughed, I cried, I swooned. Perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood's books, this book is full of laughs and heart.��

Laurie Gilmore, on The Hot Henry Effect]]> 334 Lucy Chalice 0008646201 Joana 3 3.63
author: Lucy Chalice
name: Joana
average rating: 3.63
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/03/11
date added: 2025/03/11
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O Cavalier King Charles logo no início got me. Also, achei diferente mesmo a dinâmica do Teddy com o irmão, especialmente sendo eles gémeos
]]> 60618029
He has a heart of ice…but for her, he'd burn the world

A diverse new adult steamy romance from Tiktok sensation and USA Today bestselling author Ana Huang.

Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape.

Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart.

But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest:

A crack.

A melt.

A fire that could end his world as he knew it.

***

Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember.

But despite her broken past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world...including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want.

Her brother's best friend.

Her neighbor.

Her savior and her downfall.

Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen-but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them both...and everything they hold dear.

Twisted Love is a contemporary brother's best friend/grumpy sunshine romance. It's book one in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.]]> 358 Ana Huang Joana 3 3.67 2021
author: Ana Huang
name: Joana
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2023/09/04
date added: 2025/03/10
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Ai quando ele a chama de Sunshine!
]]> 222776404
For starters, her name isn’t Smith—but it sounds common enough to hide her real identity. And with a new haircut and some hair dye, no one will recognize her on the other side of the country. Or so she hopes.

Years after running away from home and the memories of her kidnapping, Allie finds her footing again in a small town in Maine. She has a safe roof over her head, freedom, and a job she loves at The Lair—a local bar managed by a stoic, protective ex–Navy SEAL who makes her heart beat faster than it should.

But the internet never forgets, and Allie’s parents made sure her most vulnerable years were broadcasted for millions to see. When her past resurfaces and her true identity is at risk of being discovered, Allie finds that her growing crush on her older boss isn’t her biggest problem after all.

-

The Lair is a romantic suspense novel that explores the consequences of overexposing children on the internet. Mixed with a slow-burning romance full of tension, it's perfect for readers who enjoy grumpy x sunshine, age gap, and boss x employee romances. It includes spice and profanity. Recommended for mature readers only.]]> 376 Lisina Coney Joana 5 Nem sei o que dizer, mas wow 3.99
author: Lisina Coney
name: Joana
average rating: 3.99
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/09
date added: 2025/03/09
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Nem sei o que dizer, mas wow
]]> 217271595
But when my nephew’s guardianship is contested, I decide I’ll do whatever it takes to keep him in Rose Hill. Even if it means marrying the enemy.

Rhys Dupris.

A man who is secretive, broody, and completely infuriating. A man whose work takes him away for weeks on end and brings him back covered in mysterious bruises—ones he won’t talk about. In fact, we barely talk at all.

Which would be fine, except when he’s not talking, he’s staring. And the way he looks at me is borderline indecent.

The tension between us has always been palpable. But living under the same roof is a dangerous temptation.

I swore I would never forgive him. But that was before I knew the man behind the mask. The one who’s fierce and protective. The one who’s gentle and patient. The one who shows up for us when we need him most.

He’s not at all who I thought he was.

And that makes hating my husband so much harder�� and loving him just a little too easy.]]> 464 Elsie Silver 1464237522 Joana 5 4.15 2025
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Estou tão apaixonada por eles, adoro-os tanto. Com todo o meu coração
]]> 220637398 The only way to get my inheritance? Marry Alexei Volkov—the grumpiest enforcer in the NHL, a brutally handsome jerk, and the last man I’d ever fall for.

In public, we act as besotted newlyweds, but in private, we’re at each other’s throats. He’s competitive, arrogant, and surly. The guy’s never cracked a smile in his life. He’s jealous of my ex, he glares at my high heels, and insists he’s not attracted to me. He’s only marrying me for citizenship.

Fighting with Alexei is more fun than expected, though, and beneath his grouchy exterior, Alexei is surprisingly caring, protective, and generous.

He cooks for me and worries about my safety.

He sends me flowers with secret meanings and spends way too much money on me.

He makes me sleep in his bed and calls me his wife.

For a guy who said he’d never fall in love with me, Alexei’s doing a good impression of it�� and now I’m wondering if this marriage is fake after all.]]> 464 Stephanie Archer Joana 0 to-read 4.49 2025
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]]> 48661886 Everyone knows appearances can be deceiving, and in my case, even I’ve been fooled.

The last thing I need is immature man-child, Alexander Bennet, trying to smile his way into my pants. I hate everything about him; his stupid smirk, his rumbling chuckle, and the way butterflies riot in my stomach when he aims them at me. Our sparring matches go from maddening to stimulating and suddenly my mind and body are at war.

Unfortunately for me, my life is nothing but lies. Twisted secrets keep throwing us together then pulling us apart as we try to unravel it.

Will the one person I want nothing to do with, be my salvation? Or are we doomed to tear each other apart?

*if you have triggers, please proceed with caution* ]]> 307 Andi Jaxon 1696028264 Joana 3 Adoro os pais dele 3.72 2019
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average rating: 3.72
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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Adoro os pais dele
]]> 29103642 And the last thing I need right now is more trouble."

A failing farm.
His father’s debt.
And a struggling college track team.
Will Langstrom has too many responsibilities, and the last thing he needs is Olivia Finnegan, a beautiful but troubled new transfer student.

A smart mouth.
A strong right hook.
And a secret that could destroy her.
Olivia is her own worst enemy, with a past she can’t seem to escape, and the last person she wants help from is a cocky track coach she can never seem to please.
Refusing to be pushed away, Will is determined to save her.
And determined to resist an attraction that could destroy them both.]]> 378 Elizabeth O'Roark 098981355X Joana 0 to-read 4.03 2016
author: Elizabeth O'Roark
name: Joana
average rating: 4.03
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]]> 53652724 My subconscious wanted him even when logic said I shouldn't.

Rejected, abused, and abandoned, all I’ve ever wanted was to be accepted, loved even. I thought going to college on a scholarship would be my ticket out of hell, but nothing good ever comes without a price.

Desperation fuels me and a rash decision changes the course of my life. Everything I’ve ever wanted is within reach. Like a moth to a flame, my soul screams for him, but the horrors of my past hold me hostage.

Can I trust my mangled heart in his perfect life when my past repeats itself or will he destroy what is left of me?

*This book includes abuse. Previously released as Learning Curve, no words have been added.*]]> 239 Andi Jaxon Joana 3 3.77 2019
author: Andi Jaxon
name: Joana
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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Ainda bem que o Ben encontrou o Alister
]]> 227948548 Sebastian Rousseau is a grumpy, hot as hell fire pilot who is too damn good with his hands.

It’s the perfect combination. But unfortunately for me, he’s also my ex-boyfriend’s dad.

A chance meeting brought us together and a missed connection has kept us apart.

One year later, a stroke of fate has us living under the same roof—which makes everything between us downright messy.

Because even after all this time, he’s still the man I think about when I fall asleep. The one I can’t get over no matter how hard I try.

He’s working on mending a fragile relationship with his son and we both know acting on these urges would be the ultimate betrayal.

But I see the heat in his eyes. That look of need that never fails to send a shiver down my spine.

The mutual longing is borderline unbearable and the simmering heat between us is downright palpable.

We both know there are rules when it comes to situations like this.

But then again…following the rules never has been my strong suit.]]> Elsie Silver 1464247862 Joana 0 to-read 4.23 2025
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name: Joana
average rating: 4.23
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]]> 39298105 MADDOX

The reason I rarely go home is three simple words: I’m a liar.

When the pressure to marry my childhood sweetheart became too much, I told her I was gay and then fled to New York like my ass was on fire.

Now, five years later and after a drunken encounter, I find myself invited to her wedding. And I have to bring my boyfriend—the boyfriend who doesn’t exist because I’m straight.

At least, I think I am. Meeting the guy I’m bribing to be my boyfriend for the weekend makes me question everything about myself.


DAMON

When my sister asks me to pretend to be some straight guy’s boyfriend, my automatic response is to say no. It’s because of guys like him people don’t believe me when I tell them I’m gay.

But Maddox has something I need.

After an injury that cost me my baseball career, I’m trying to leave my playing days behind and focus on being the best sports agent I can be. Forty-eight hours with my sister’s best friend in exchange for a meeting with a possible client. I can do this.

I just wish he wasn’t so hot. Or that he didn’t kiss like he means it.

Wait �� why is the straight guy kissing me?


*Fake Out is a full-length MM novel with no cliffhanger.*]]> 318 Eden Finley Joana 0 to-read 3.99 2018
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name: Joana
average rating: 3.99
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]]> 205956914 Including marrying her brother in a drunken panic.
I’m not gay, but I can fake it long enough to get our parents off my back, right?
Cue hiding out for the next two years, but nothing is that simple, because I’m offered a spot on the US National team.
Now we have to fake it for the entire world as the poster boys of gay fencers while Colin makes me doubt everything I think I am.
I’m not prepared for all the ways I depend on Colin. Or the place he’s filling in my life.
But I can’t keep this up.
I’m slipping on a national stage.
And he’s going to press every button until I snap, ruining this for us both.]]> 301 J.R. Gray Joana 4 4.17
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average rating: 4.17
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Ver o Owen finalmente feliz é mesmo bom e opa desde o início que gostei do Colin e ver o seu happy ending deixou-me feliz
]]> 216394106 It's game, set, match in the hottest new read of 2025! Pre-order now!


When Aussie Dylan Bailey walks away from her tenth grand slam without a title, she decides to call in for early retirement. But after spending time with fellow pro and British player Oliver Anderson, he convinces her she still has one last title fight left in her.
Together, they embark on a journey of rediscovery and second chances, as Dylan and Oliver navigate the highs and lows of professional tennis while falling deeper in love with each passing match.


Tennis Sport Romance
Pro-Athletes
Friends to Lovers
Coach x Player
Golden Retriever x Black Cat
Roommates]]> Meg Jones 1405973544 Joana 0 to-read 4.10
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]]> 228424961 Lassiter, o anjo caído, é demasiado bom no negócio dos salvadores. Na sua nova função de supervisionar os destinos de todos os vampiros, influenciou resultados que não devia - por isso, o Criador está a chamá-lo para casa. Mas o anjo tem uma razão para ficar em Caldwell. Está ligado a uma mulher misteriosa que parece ter aparecido do nada e tem poderes que desafiam toda a razão.
Rahvyn compreende que não pertence ao presente �� o seu verdadeiro lugar é no passado. E nunca teve intenção de ficar. Lassiter prova, no entanto, ser inegável e ela deixa-se apaixonar pelo anjo - até que um segredo que este tem guardado vem à superfície e ela teme que, para ele, não se trate de amor, mas sim de dever.
Quando o filho do Ómega restabelece a Sociedade dos Minguantes, a Irmandade tem de retomar a guerra mortal e ocorre uma tragédia inimaginável. No rescaldo, Rahvyn tem de decidir se quer ficar e ajudar - ou salvar-se de um desgosto imortal que sabe que vai esmagar a sua alma...]]> 560 J.R. Ward 9895813643 Joana 5 3.50 2023
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name: Joana
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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Ainda nem acredito que terminei. Sinto mesmo que foi o final de uma era
]]> 205895444 Selling my virginity wasn’t how I saw my first week of college going.

But after my parents cut me off, an offer from a gorgeous rich stranger doesn’t sound so bad.
It’s only twenty-four hours and I’ll never have to see him again.
Wrong.

Much to my horror, the stranger is Oliver Godfrey, the captain of my fencing team.
And as if that isn’t bad enough, his parents own half the city.
There is no escape from him or the way he makes me feel.
He’s everything I don’t want.
And everything I need.

A playboy like him shouldn’t look at me twice, so why is he ruining my life?
But what Oliver wants, Oliver gets, and he wants me.
He’s arrogant, possessive, and infuriatingly obsessed with me.
This can’t work.

His parents want him to marry an heiress so I can’t keep him.
All I can have is stolen moments hidden in the dark.
He's going to break my heart and I'm going to let him.
]]> 380 J.R. Gray Joana 4 Odiei a família do Isaac e honestamente ainda bem que ele encontrou a sua própria família, porque a de sangue? Não o merecia.
A família do Oliver achei que haverja de ter outra reação no final, especialmente depois de ele ter confessado, mas ao mesmo tempo... acabaria por ser um tanto out of character... ]]> 3.86 2024
author: J.R. Gray
name: Joana
average rating: 3.86
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rating: 4
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Uma das coisas que mais gostei foi o facto de o Isaac poder sempre contar com o Colin, acho que ele foi mesmo um grande amigo. Apesar de no início e tudo ser super maldoso para o Oliver, entendia perfeitamente tendo em conta o historial da família e especialmente também a forma como ele queria proteger o amigo e a própria família dele.
Odiei a família do Isaac e honestamente ainda bem que ele encontrou a sua própria família, porque a de sangue? Não o merecia.
A família do Oliver achei que haverja de ter outra reação no final, especialmente depois de ele ter confessado, mas ao mesmo tempo... acabaria por ser um tanto out of character...
]]> 45997997 Emma Woodhouse es la estrella más rutilante de su pequeña aldea inglesa. Su belleza, fortuna y carisma se le han subido un poco a la cabeza y su vanidad le hace pensar que es la persona ideal para arreglarle la vida a Harriet Smith, una joven huérfana. Pero no todos están conformes con los tejemanejes de Emma, empezando por su vecino Mr. Knightley…]]> 304 Stacy King 8467936231 Joana 4 3.99 1815
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rating: 4
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]]> 220634803
Unfortunately for Miles, he quickly learns that his focus will waver whenever he's around Indigo Bailey, his new roommate and his best friend's sister. Vowing not to let their blazing past affect their situation, he can't seem to forget about their shared nights and secret meetings. As the tension between them simmers, he realises that Indy is much more than a forbidden temptation �� she's everything he's been trying to push away. Drawing a line seems to be the only solution to keep his control from breaking.

As she starts a new job as a lead presenter in F1, Indy is intent on forging her place in a male-dominated world and having Miles open up to her.

When Miles understands that Indy doesn't care about the line between them, his control loosens and speeds into overdrive. Will they be able to focus on their dreams without letting the sparkling embers turn into flames?]]> 461 Kanitha P. Joana 0 to-read 3.67
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]]> 208030189
Behind his dimpled smile and blazing arrogance, he lives in the shadows of his teammate, plagued by secrets and detrimental envy to feel loved. Always aiming to be the best and achieve his goals perfectly, he doesn’t think his universe can ever flip upside down. That is until Avery Sharma-Maddox steps into his life as his new press officer �� the only woman to ever spike his temper.

A turbulent connection draws them together, turning sparks into flames. Hatred forces them closer, but lust teeters them towards the edge of a dangerous precipice. Forbidden desires and shared secrets entwine, but reality threatens to shatter their carefully constructed worlds.

Rowan’s focus slips off the track limits, causing him to risk it all. What happens when he breaks the rules by chasing the slipstream in pursuit of victory �� with Avery as his ultimate prize?]]> 476 Kanitha P. Joana 0 to-read 3.86 2024
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]]> 221802272
I, Logan Solomon, could not screw up.

Going home to Beaufort, North Carolina, for my sister’s wedding was a painful reminder of everything I had tried to leave behind.

One perfect drink with her maid of honor turned into five.
And those perfect drinks turned into one night that would change everything.

My sister’s best friend had always been on the other side of a line I wasn’t supposed to cross.

Now, there are two more lines.

And they’re pink.]]> Maggie C. Gates Joana 0 to-read 3.77 2025
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]]> 228256271 A Human hybrid and an Alpha Were claw against the bonds of fate in the highly anticipated companion novel to the New York Times bestselling Bride.

Serena Paris is orphaned, pack-less, and one of a kind. Coming forward as the first Human-Were hybrid was supposed to heal a centuries-long rift between species. Instead, it made her a target, prey to the ruthless political machinations between Weres, Vampyres, and Humans. With her enemies closing in on her, she has only one option left—if he’ll have her.

As Alpha of the Northwest pack, Koen Alexander commands obedience. His authority is so absolute, only a fool would threaten his mate. It doesn’t matter if Serena doesn’t reciprocate his feelings, nothing will stop him from keeping her safe.

But power-hungry Vampyres and Weres are not the only threats chasing Serena. Sooner or later, her past is bound to catch up with her—and Koen might be the only thing standing between her and total annihilation…]]> 432 Ali Hazelwood 0593955013 Joana 0 to-read 4.44 2025
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name: Joana
average rating: 4.44
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]]> 211808370
A little white lie never hurt anyone . . . or so I thought.

One fake date and we’d go our separate ways, at least that’s how hockey’s hottest golden boy—Nixon Sinclair—convinced me this would work. But it turns out, Nix had other plans.

Now I’m sneaking around with my brother’s teammate , refusing to admit he’s everything I want but never knew I needed.

Irresistibly dirty mouth—Check.

Panty-meltingly possessive—Check. Check.

Toe-curling lessons in the bedroom—Check. Check. Triple Check.

But when fun leads to feelings, our little white lie starts to feel a little too real.

And if I’m not careful, I’ll be the one hurt in the end.]]> 282 Bella Matthews Joana 4 4.19
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A forma como eles combinam mesmo um para o outro é incrível! Adoro-os super!
]]> 220415433 Sabrina

I’m twenty-two, buried in student loans, and soon to be homeless.

I need a job that pays decently—stat.

When my best friend suggests interviewing for a traveling nanny position with some tennis star I think she’s joking. It’s too good to be true. The pay is more than I could dream of. I’d get to travel the world. There don’t seem to be any cons.

Not until I meet my potential boss.

Noah Baker.

Hot as hell, but with a massive chip on his shoulder.

He seems to hate me from the start, but lucky for me—or maybe unluckily depending on how you think about it—his daughter loves me. Since I’m the only person she’s connected with he reluctantly offers me the position.

Noah

I was at the top of my game until my wife died.

I didn’t anticipate how much grief would affect my ability to play the sport I love, let alone parent my daughter.

With the tour starting up in January I have no choice but to take her with me, which means I need a nanny to keep an eye on her.

When Sabrina Howard walks through my door to interview; I instantly hate her.

She’s the first woman who’s made my heart race since my wife passed away.

Unfortunately for me, my daughter likes Sabrina, making it a no brainer to hire her.

Eleven months. Seventy-one tournaments. Five continents.

And one nanny who’s entirely too tempting.]]> 414 Ella Wren Joana 4
•Eu tenho um soft spot por single parent e especialmente e ver a faísca instantânea entre a Sabrina e o Noah.

•Das coisas que mais adorei foi mesmo ver o Noah no mundo desportivo e ter toda essa parte em relação ao tenis. Acho que as emoções do Noah em relação ao desporto foi algo que adorei que fosse tratado, consegui mesmo perceber como ele estava a sentir.

•A Sabrina com a filha do Noah é incrível e adorei a química delas. Also, as amigas da Sabrina? Adoro-as.

•Foi a primeira vez que li algo da Ella e estou mesmo feliz por esta ter sido a minha primeira experiência. ]]> 3.96
author: Ella Wren
name: Joana
average rating: 3.96
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•Já vos disse que como ando um tanto obsessed com tennis romance e ter a oportunidade de ler Double Fault em arc deixou-me mesmo muito feliz.

•Eu tenho um soft spot por single parent e especialmente e ver a faísca instantânea entre a Sabrina e o Noah.

•Das coisas que mais adorei foi mesmo ver o Noah no mundo desportivo e ter toda essa parte em relação ao tenis. Acho que as emoções do Noah em relação ao desporto foi algo que adorei que fosse tratado, consegui mesmo perceber como ele estava a sentir.

•A Sabrina com a filha do Noah é incrível e adorei a química delas. Also, as amigas da Sabrina? Adoro-as.

•Foi a primeira vez que li algo da Ella e estou mesmo feliz por esta ter sido a minha primeira experiência.
]]> 218274986
But when my son’s incredibly hot hockey coach Miles Anderson walks in, things get very, very complicated.

With his charming smile and our accidental dates, he’s the exact opposite of any man I’ve ever dated. That should make saying yes to being with him simple, but nothing in my life is easy.

In fact, it’s a mess.

Miles makes me smile and treats my son like his own. When we’re together, I forget about my troubles and dream of a life that I will never be able to have with him.

It’s only a matter of time until the past comes knocking and I’ll have to leave, breaking us both in the process.]]> 384 Corinne Michaels 1957309261 Joana 4
•Estou completamente rendida. Adorei tanto este livro e quero começar por dizer que o Miles é um ser quase perfeito (só falta beber café)!

•Adorei a história e ver a Penelope a ter o seu final feliz deixou-me mesmo feliz. A força dela é qualquer coisa e a forma como ela faz tudo pelo filho? Ela é incrivel.

•Sabia da existencia do livro do irmão dela, mas não tive a oportunidade de ler antes - mas digo-vos que para primeira impressão ele foi incrível. Adoro quando os manos fazem tudo pelas irmãs. Vou ter de ler a história dele, for sure

•A escrita da Corinne prende-me sempre, já desde a altura em que peguei no Help me Remember e tenho sempre aquele conforto quando ela me traz um bom single parent.

•Estou já ansiosa para o próximo, mal posso esperar!

•Muito obrigada pela oportunidade de ler em Arc, estou mesmo agradecida]]> 4.21 2025
author: Corinne Michaels
name: Joana
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2025
rating: 4
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I love them so freaking much

•Estou completamente rendida. Adorei tanto este livro e quero começar por dizer que o Miles é um ser quase perfeito (só falta beber café)!

•Adorei a história e ver a Penelope a ter o seu final feliz deixou-me mesmo feliz. A força dela é qualquer coisa e a forma como ela faz tudo pelo filho? Ela é incrivel.

•Sabia da existencia do livro do irmão dela, mas não tive a oportunidade de ler antes - mas digo-vos que para primeira impressão ele foi incrível. Adoro quando os manos fazem tudo pelas irmãs. Vou ter de ler a história dele, for sure

•A escrita da Corinne prende-me sempre, já desde a altura em que peguei no Help me Remember e tenho sempre aquele conforto quando ela me traz um bom single parent.

•Estou já ansiosa para o próximo, mal posso esperar!

•Muito obrigada pela oportunidade de ler em Arc, estou mesmo agradecida
]]> 210664914 She took the job to prove a point—that she’s more than an Omega haunted by her past.
That she can find the good in the worst monsters the world has to offer.
But by the time she’s face-to-face with the deadliest Alpha, it’s too late.
He’s more beast than man and too intelligent to be trapped behind bars for long.
She’s become his new obsession.
And if he tries to catch her��
She just might let him.

Alpha Inmate is a dark love story with a twisted Alpha and a stubborn Omega too smart for her own good. HEA guaranteed, even if they struggle to get there.]]> 183 Liliana Carlisle Joana 2 3.19 2021
author: Liliana Carlisle
name: Joana
average rating: 3.19
book published: 2021
rating: 2
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Aquilo que senti mais foi que ele estava completamente viciado nela, ela tinha medo mas afinal não tinha (?) - bem... enfim
]]> 217927423 A marriage of convenience threatens to go off track in this steamy Formula 1 romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Cross the Line.

Stella Baldwin thought her life couldn’t get worse. Being left at the altar was bad enough, and the drunken rant she posted to her social media followers in the aftermath was the cherry on top. But having to show up at her cousin’s bachelorette party in Las Vegas barely two weeks later feels like a cruel joke.

Thomas Maxwell-Brown is just looking for a good time. With his family’s expectations pressing down, his career as a Formula 1 driver threatened by fresh talent, and a new reputation as the most hated man on the grid, he needs a break to clear his head. And what better way to decompress than with a stag party in Vegas?

Stella isn’t the woman Thomas expects to meet that night. And Thomas isn’t the man Stella expects to wake up next to in the morning—with a ring on her finger. Staying married might be the perfect solution to all their problems, even if it is a little wild. Sometimes, what happens in Vegas doesn’t need to stay there. . . .]]> 448 Simone Soltani 0593818164 Joana 0 to-read 4.13
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]]> 223439654
Our first meeting? He stood me up.
Our second chance encounter? I told him exactly what I thought of him.
Our third? It came with a bet (he lost) and an understanding that we’re stuck with one another.

It doesn’t matter that he’s Alexander Hardy—British soccer star extraordinaire, world-famous in every way, and a certified sex symbol. We come from two different worlds and live in two different realities. But all we need is one month.

The bet: Help him rehab his reputation to the media and the masses, and in exchange, he’ll help my soccer academy and the underprivileged kids who idolize him.

That doesn’t mean I have to like him. Not his delicious accent, his sexy smirk or those storm cloud gray eyes. Not his incredibly fit body or his sinfully dirty mouth. Not even the way he shows up day after day for the kids or the way he looks at me like he wants to devour me.

He looks at time spent in my world as a penance, while I look at it as a way to leverage his star power to help my academy survive.

But as the days turn to weeks, it seems we’re not as different as I once thought. The man who cares about no one, has fixed his sights on me. With his time at my academy up and his obligations back home calling, do we have a lucky shot of working out?]]> 400 K. Bromberg Joana 0 to-read 4.21
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name: Joana
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]]> 214490423 In this steamy cowboy romance, a woman returns to her family's ranch after a broken engagement and finds herself falling for her brother's best friend—the first novel in the Silver Pines Ranch series.

Take a deep breath and let go of the reins.

Cecilia “CeCe�� Ashby is finally escaping the toxic relationship that has consumed her entire adult life. She's returning to her hometown of Laurel Creek, Kentucky, and to her family’s equestrian ranch, unsure of what the future holds. 

Nash Carter, the newly retired superstar of the Dallas Stars, is Laurel Creek's hometown hero, local business owner, and notorious bachelor. He’s also the unofficial fourth sibling in the Ashby clan. It’s been years since his days of tormenting CeCe with her older brothers Wade and Cole. So, when CeCe needs a job, he feels drawn to help her.

Nash can’t seem to take his eyes off of his best friend's sister, and it seems she’s been staring right back, not without animosity left over from his childish teasing back in the day. Despite their initial reluctance, the fire between them ignites and it isn't long before they jump into the flames.]]> 400 Paisley Hope 0593977114 Joana 3 3.89 2024
author: Paisley Hope
name: Joana
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/17
date added: 2025/02/18
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Demorei imenso, mas foi giro. Acho que o salto para a relação acabou por ser mais rápida do que estava a contar que fosse
]]> 217339966 Violet Amin, a third-year psychology PhD student and teaching assistant at Westchester University, just wants to make it an entire year without adding on any emotional wounds. Between her countless papers to grade, fellowships to apply for, and lattes to ingest, there is no time left to make peace with her past rejections �� her father’s, her old boss’s, and her ex’s. But everything changes when Mason Hayes, Violet’s childhood best friend-turned-lover-turned-stranger, steps into her office and asks for another chance to be with her.

In his twenty eight years, Mason Hayes has gotten to know failure all too well. After a fateful head injury stripped him of his NHL career, Mason finds himself back in the very arena where he got his start in Boston as a hockey player, trading his past stardom for an opportunity to train the next generation. But he struggles to get his footing and battles imposter syndrome as a coach. When he discovers one of his players is failing his psychology class, Mason tries to help and goes to talk to the teaching assistant. He never expected to see Violet again after the weekend in Chicago that ended their longtime friendship.

With Violet and Mason now forced to work together to help Westchester’s star player get his grade in line, Violet can’t help but feel pulled to Mason’s old charms and his stupid, handsome, face. Still, she refuses to let down her guard. As his chance to regain Violet’s trust fades, Mason is determined to do whatever it takes to get the love of his life back. Can this veteran hockey player survive…The Ice Out?
]]> 300 Mina Myles Joana 3 3.91
author: Mina Myles
name: Joana
average rating: 3.91
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Quase quatro estrelas. Das coisas que mais adorei especialmente foi como eles mesmo acabaram por ser táo reais em mostrar como as vidas deles têm ups and downs. A Violet com aquele advisor dela no primeiro ano... fogo
]]> 219837921 I should have known I’d break the oath I made when I offered to let my best friend’s little sister move in with me��
She’s the sweetest woman on the face of the planet.
And to my great misfortune, the sexiest one, too.
She’s been living under her brother’s roof her entire life, and she’s ready to spread her wings.
And I’m the masochist who offers she stay at my place until she can find an apartment.
When I hear her having a nightmare, the only thing I can do is go to her. Hold her so she knows she’s safe from her demons.
The second she’s in my arms, the attraction I’ve tried to hide sparks to life. I know better than to push past the boundaries I’ve set for us, but when she begs me to touch her in a way she’s never been touched, I can’t resist.
And with my name on her lips as I send her soaring for the first time, I know there’s no going back.
I’m willing to break every rule and oath I’ve ever made to keep her.
Accept every consequence.
Only she and I have a dark, dangerous history that no one knows about.
And I’m afraid the consequences of loving her have just caught up to us…]]> 472 A.L. Jackson 196073041X Joana 4
•Este livro foi simplesmente qualquer coisa. Quando li o primeiro das coisas que mais gostei foi como eles todos são mesmo uma grande família e de como todos fazem tudo uns pelos outros.

•A forma como o Otto e a Raven se sintonizam é das coisas que eu mais gostei. Acho que ambos estavam tão in sync, mesmo quando ambos não ultrapassavam aquela última barreira.

•A resiliência da Raven é qualquer coisa e a força dela? Abismal. Acho que ver o desenvolvimento dela é maravilhoso, e vê-la a querer finalmente abrir as suas asas? Amo.

•Adorei a história e a série continua a ser maravilhosa. A escrita da autora deixou-me completamente rendida e estava tão dentro da história que ainda estou parva com aquele desfecho (nunca me tinha passado pela cabeça).

•Já só quero voltar a este mundo. Estou mesmo agradecida por ter tido a oportunidade de ler este livro em ARC pela @valentine_pr_
]]> 4.31
author: A.L. Jackson
name: Joana
average rating: 4.31
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rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/07
date added: 2025/02/10
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Passada, pessoas. Completamente passada

•Este livro foi simplesmente qualquer coisa. Quando li o primeiro das coisas que mais gostei foi como eles todos são mesmo uma grande família e de como todos fazem tudo uns pelos outros.

•A forma como o Otto e a Raven se sintonizam é das coisas que eu mais gostei. Acho que ambos estavam tão in sync, mesmo quando ambos não ultrapassavam aquela última barreira.

•A resiliência da Raven é qualquer coisa e a força dela? Abismal. Acho que ver o desenvolvimento dela é maravilhoso, e vê-la a querer finalmente abrir as suas asas? Amo.

•Adorei a história e a série continua a ser maravilhosa. A escrita da autora deixou-me completamente rendida e estava tão dentro da história que ainda estou parva com aquele desfecho (nunca me tinha passado pela cabeça).

•Já só quero voltar a este mundo. Estou mesmo agradecida por ter tido a oportunidade de ler este livro em ARC pela @valentine_pr_

]]> 212808709 A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.

Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships—at least, that’s what she tells herself.

Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy, Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It’s how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus, with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes.

So they start an arrangement. And as the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship. It was supposed to be just a temporary, mutually satisfying fling. But when staying away from Lukas becomes impossible, Scarlett realizes that her heart might be treading into dangerous water...]]> 464 Ali Hazelwood Joana 5 Socorro 3.93 2025
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Joana
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/04
date added: 2025/02/04
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Socorro
]]> 182090823 Lauren Foley and Jack Fletcher already tried to be amicable once—on a blind date that ended in complete disaster. Now, years later, they have to put up with each other for the sake of her sister and his best friend, who are eloping on a cruise to the Bahamas. But that’s not the worst of it. No, Lauren’s in even deeper water when she finds herself agreeing to play Jack’s fake girlfriend for the duration of the cruise.
Now the only thing on her mind is trying not to strangle him when he dials up the charm, but it becomes harder to remember exactly why she ever hated him in the first place. Jack, on the other hand, is enjoying the perks.
Until the cruise lands on American soil again and real life hits them square in the face. Lauren is up for a promotion at work, and Jack promised her something that would secure it. But promises are easily broken, vacation life doesn’t always translate to the real world, and sometimes enemies start that way for a reason.
Book one in the Arcadia Creek romance series, Love on Deck is a fake dating enemies-to-lovers story with forced proximity and a happily ever after. This modern romance will also introduce you to small town Texas and show you just how cozy it can be.]]> 316 Kasey Stockton 1952429412 Joana 3 4.15 2023
author: Kasey Stockton
name: Joana
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/03
date added: 2025/02/04
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Tão fofo! Adorei a família dele e ainda bem que a Sydney acabou por ir de xarola, porque não tinha mesmo paciência para ela
]]> 209439446
Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves—her dragons, her family, her home, and him.

Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything. They need an army. They need power. They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find—the truth. But a storm is coming...and not everyone can survive its wrath.]]> 527 Rebecca Yarros 1649374186 Joana 4 4.17 2025
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Joana
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/02
date added: 2025/02/02
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A sério, nem me digam nada. Que estou que nem posso
]]> 209826494
Now I’m back and he’s so much more.

Gone is the boy I played hide and seek with, and in his place is the seriously hot, plaid-wearing, scruff-bearing, mayor of the small town we grew up in.

I’ve got trust issues that can’t be fixed easily and I didn’t come back here looking for love, but Ethan is determined to prove that coming home could be the start of the life I’ve always dreamed of.

Could he be the man to put my damaged heart back together for good?



Always and Forever is perfect for fans of steamy small town romance, found family friend groups, cinnamon roll heroes, plenty of swoon, light hearted banter, quirky small town vibes, low angst and high heat love stories with a guaranteed HEA. It is a standalone, and the first full length novel in the Dogwood Cove series.]]> 273 Julia Jarrett Joana 3 Fofo 3.88 2021
author: Julia Jarrett
name: Joana
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/31
date added: 2025/01/31
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Fofo
]]> 214037675 Roping horses leads to riding cowboys in this sexy friends-to-lovers, fake-dating, lessons-in-seduction romance by Jessica Peterson.

Wyatt Rivers is the perfect no-strings hookup—a cowboy Casanova who rocks a Stetson, looks smokin�� hot in his Wranglers, and never rests his head on the same pillow twice.

He’s exactly what I’m looking for. If only Wyatt wasn’t also my best friend��

I’m back in my hometown of Harstville, Texas, for a few months while I wait for my dream job to start thousands of miles away. While I’m here, I hope to end an epic dry spell in the bedroom, preferably with a local cowboy. If the rumors are true, they really do ride harder and stay on longer.

Wyatt and I have been best friends since second grade, and I’ve been in love with him for almost as long. But he’s as wild and untamed as a colt that can’t be broken—not to mention, totally out of my league with his good looks and heartbreaker reputation.

Then I get to thinking: since Wyatt is such an expert, why doesn’t he teach me the ropes of how to find a hookup? He begrudgingly agrees, and a little fake flirting suddenly leads to fake dating, which leads to real kissing, which leads to real…well, everything else.

And let me just say, the rumors are absolutely true.

Now, I want so badly to be Wyatt’s last rodeo. But I’m leaving town, and even if I wasn’t, I’m not sure Wyatt would ever change his playboy ways.

I know cowboys can’t be tamed. Apparently, neither can hearts��

WYATT is an interconnected standalone novel in the Lucky River Ranch series.]]> 362 Jessica Peterson Joana 0 to-read 4.06 2024
author: Jessica Peterson
name: Joana
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 90202302 “The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.�� —Xaden Riorson

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.

Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders�� capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.

Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.

But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.]]> 623 Rebecca Yarros 1649374178 Joana 4 Estou like "don't touch me" 4.33 2023
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Joana
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/30
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Estou like "don't touch me"
]]> 63219094 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile�� humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.]]> 665 Rebecca Yarros Joana 5 4.74 2023
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Joana
average rating: 4.74
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/27
date added: 2025/01/27
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Estou completamente apaixonada
]]> 198617763 I’m the last single mom standing.

We had a plan. Move into my great aunt’s old house and raise our kids together. Just four best friends, doing their best to stay afloat.

But then three of them had to go and fall in love.

Now my crumbling brownstone is filled with loving couples, leaving me in the cold.

And the pressure is on to finish fixing things up.

But just when I’ve given up hope, a contractor shows up at my door, tape measure at the ready to make my home renovation dreams come true.

But there’s a catch. He’s overbearing, bossy, and infuriatingly handsome.

Our personalities immediately clash and for once, the faulty wiring isn’t the cause of all the sparks. Despite my best attempts to get rid of him, he persists, fixing things and winning over my roommates, and eventually my kids.

And when a burst pipe results in a hot and heavy make-out session, I’m left wondering if my man-hating days might be behind me.

Because he’s not just renovating my home, but fixing all the cracks in my jaded heart.]]> 358 Daphne Elliot Joana 0 to-read 4.25
author: Daphne Elliot
name: Joana
average rating: 4.25
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]]> 188118470 Formula 1 has been my dream ever since I saw my first race and was captivated by a driver with pride shining in his green eyes as he held his trophy high.
Eight years later, I get my chance to make it a reality.
It's a dream come true, except...
The same driver who ignited my love for racing, who I idolized through my youth, and who's posters currently line my bedroom walls... is my new teammate.

RYDER
My father once dominated the grid, but now I carry the weight of his legacy on my shoulders.
After a rough season threatens to bury the King name, I'm back with a fresh team under new ownership and more determined than ever to take back what's mine.
I want nothing more than to keep my father's legacy alive and reclaim my title.
Until she came in... and everything I thought was most important to me changed.]]> 404 Kayla James Joana 0 to-read 3.72
author: Kayla James
name: Joana
average rating: 3.72
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]]> 212294418 Star-crossed lovers learn that practicing romance leads to the perfect happy ending in this steamy reimagining of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Since heartbreak entered the scene, Juliet Wilmot, once a hopeless romantic, has sworn off love. But when she's presented with the chance to revisit romance-purely for practice-with the gorgeous, off-limits guy she keeps serendipitously running into, it feels like a sign from the universe.

Quiet, shy Will Orsino knows happily-ever-after isn't on his horizon. Problem is, for the sake of the family business, marriage is. Resigned to the inevitable, but with no confidence he can woo a wife, he can hardly say no when fate hands him the alluring, unattainable woman he keeps crossing paths with, offering to help him learn the ropes of romance.

Neither of them looking for love, Jules and Will agree they're the perfect pair to practice romance. Except that practicing to perfection leads to an irresistible attraction. Their once smitten hearts, though still twice shy, might have happily-ever-after written in the stars for them, after all.]]> 384 Chloe Liese 0593441540 Joana 4 3.78 2025
author: Chloe Liese
name: Joana
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/25
date added: 2025/01/25
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Adorei tanto mas tanto estes dois! A forma como eles passaram de amigos para algo mais, mesmo sem eles ainda se aperceberem que tinham dado o próximo passo... adorei. Adorei como nos deram bits das outras irmãs, mas sem nunca deixar o foco neles os dois
]]> 216004217
Henley Holloway is my boss’s daughter and I’ve been assigned to mentor her.
The problem is, I’m not looking to babysit anyone.
But I’m determined to make partner at the firm, and this is the final obstacle in my way.
So, I agree to take the little princess under my wing.
I’ll work her so hard, she’ll beg me to leave her alone.
But from the first day she walks into the office and spills scalding hot coffee on my chest—I’m
intrigued.
She’s a Harvard grad.
Her work ethic rivals mine.
She’s witty and funny and beautiful all at the same time.
I don’t want to like her.
I have a hard and fast rule about relationships, and I will not break it with my boss’s daughter.
That’s a hard no.
But she’s everywhere I turn, and I can’t seem to get enough.
Weren’t rules meant to be broken anyway?
From the moment we cross the line—I’m done for.
Henley Holloway has seeped her way into my heart, one that I didn’t even know still worked.
But sometimes loving someone isn’t enough.
I’m living proof of that.

**This is book 1 in the Rosewood River Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone. A HEA is guaranteed!**
Rosewood River Series:
Steal My Heart
My Silver Lining
Over The Moon
Crazy In Love
In A Heartbeat
Whisper Sweet Nothings]]> 370 Laura Pavlov Joana 4 4.13 2025
author: Laura Pavlov
name: Joana
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/22
date added: 2025/01/22
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Já minha mesmo saudades da escrita dela, não minto. Ver os pequenos cameos da Em, do Nash e do Beefcake? Precious
]]> 205226784 Until she discovers her new patient, whom she inherited from the previous neurologist, is none other than said green-eyed neighbor, Alessandro De Laurentiis, who happens to live with multiple sclerosis. Oh, and he’s on her brother’s hockey team, the Philly Scarlets.
The rules are clear—this relationship is off-limits, and Kat isn’t ready to risk her career for a man she just met. But Ale isn’t willing to quit that easily and refuses to give up until he convinces her that their connection is worth the risk. Seeing no other way to make it work, Kat decides to drop Ale as a patient so they can continue to foster their newfound relationship. But with the media hounding them for stories and prying into their lives, Kat and Ale are forced to live their budding romance in the eyes of the public.
When one nosy reporter decides to dig deeper, she sets off a series of misfortune for the couple and forces Kat to relive events from her past that she wants to keep buried.
Will the threats, lies, and manipulations of the media keep Kat and Ale apart? Or will they find their happily ever after in and out of the press?]]> 418 Giuliana Victoria Joana 3 3.93
author: Giuliana Victoria
name: Joana
average rating: 3.93
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/20
date added: 2025/01/20
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Quase quatro estrelas. Acho que no final começou realmente a ficar melhor, mas o inicio que me prendeu logo... logo a seguir bem que me desmotivou
]]> 123352788
I’ve always been a tough, North Shore girl. Fighting is in my blood, survival in my DNA.
But two years ago, Caden King broke me, and he has proof of it.
Now he wants to blackmail me into doing a job for him. The kind that puts my chance of escaping the North Shore at risk. The kind that means betraying my own crew.
He’s on me at all times, his dangerous mind always working on ways to torment me further.

Caden is wicked, unhinged. The North Shore Kings wear his name because of the vicious ways his family has been leading their crew.
Everyone always says there’s no point in fighting him. He has that madness in him that blurs the line between right and wrong. Now he's got his hold on me, and I have nothing and no one to protect me from him.

There’s no way to win.
No way to escape him.

I’m left with no choice but to do exactly what I’m told.

This book is the first in a series of four interconnected standalones. Beautiful Fiend is a dark enemies-to-lovers romance intended for readers over 18. It contains scenes that some readers may find triggering. Please check CW in the book.]]> 492 Lola King 1916837026 Joana 0 to-read 3.81
author: Lola King
name: Joana
average rating: 3.81
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]]> 210409658
For two weeks Wimbledon hosts the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world and this year everyone is talking about player Kieran O'Sullivan, the infamous bad boy of the sport with one last chance to win a Grand Slam.

Everyone, that is, except Flora Hendrix. Flora might live in Wimbledon, but she's renting out her flat for the summer while she explores the fresh start that she's longing for. Except when Flora's plans unexpectedly fall through, the last thing she expects is her house guest to refuse to leave. Especially when it's none other than Kieran O'Sullivan.

Thrown together for the summer, sparks fly between Flora and Kieran. But they're not going to let a few sparks distract them from finally following their dreams. Are they?

A brand new spicy sports rom-com, full of sizzling chemistry and epic romance for fans of ICEBREAKER and THE FAKE OUT.]]> 386 Katherine Reilly 1035911671 Joana 3 3.77
author: Katherine Reilly
name: Joana
average rating: 3.77
book published:
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read at: 2025/01/17
date added: 2025/01/17
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As celebrações! Adorei a Iris e de ver a Flora tão invested. No inicio achei que ela ia ser influencer
]]> 217272611 We promised our love was forever. A decade later, two little blue lines might settle the score.

You’ve heard of those kids who peak in high school?
Meet my love life.
Garrett Bradford was mine from the moment we saw each other in ninth grade.
Even then, he was a six-foot-four mountain of muscles with bright blue eyes, a wide grin, and a way with his hands.
He was the high school football star, and I was the dance team captain.
We were the storybook cliché�� until we weren’t.

Now he’s the most famous offensive lineman in the league, and I’m a buttoned-up, ultra-professional lawyer.
My dancing days are over, and my carefully controlled life is a mess.
Infertility killed my marriage, or that’s what I told myself. Infertility and a cheating ex.
And my inability to get over Garrett Bradford.

One reckless night at his little sister’s wedding is only supposed to be a reunion, a trip down memory lane to a time when life was happier.
Six weeks later, I’m staring at a positive pregnancy test wondering, How did this happen?

I figure I’m on my own until Garrett overhauls his life, moves back to our small town, and shows up every day to massage my feet and hold my hair when I barf and go with me to all my doctor’s appointments.
Our situation has an end date, just like it did so many years ago.
Unless this little score changes the game and gives us the second chance I thought we’d lost.

(THE WAY WE SCORE is a small-town, second-chance sports romance with reunited high school sweethearts, close proximity, surprise pregnancy, a protective Daddy Bear, parents to lovers, it’s always been you, and found family vibes. No cheating. No cliffhanger. No third-act breakup.)]]> 358 Tia Louise Joana 4
•Fiquei rendida desde o primeiro momento. A verdade é que, apesar de não ser fan de surprise pregnancy, neste caso confesso que gostei e muito! Adorei a construção do plot e honestamente o amor que o Garrett tem? Quebrou qualquer barreira que eu podia ter, porque ele foi qualquer coisa.

•Adorei a mãe da Liv e ver a interação delas as duas foi de qualquer coisa de especial. Also, o amor que ela tem pelo Garrett e pela família dele é mesmo lindo.

•As famílias deles são um máximo e deixo um shout-out ao grupo dos manos que aquilo foi de uma leveza enorme e todos eles têm o coração no lado certo.

•Eternamente grata por ter tido a oportunidade de voltar a este mundo em Arc. I am truly blessed.]]> 4.07
author: Tia Louise
name: Joana
average rating: 4.07
book published:
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read at: 2025/01/11
date added: 2025/01/16
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•As saudades que tinha destas personagens! Depois de ler os dois anteriores eu estava curiosa para o que ai vinha, especialmente a saber que ela e o Garrett já tinham um passado em comum.

•Fiquei rendida desde o primeiro momento. A verdade é que, apesar de não ser fan de surprise pregnancy, neste caso confesso que gostei e muito! Adorei a construção do plot e honestamente o amor que o Garrett tem? Quebrou qualquer barreira que eu podia ter, porque ele foi qualquer coisa.

•Adorei a mãe da Liv e ver a interação delas as duas foi de qualquer coisa de especial. Also, o amor que ela tem pelo Garrett e pela família dele é mesmo lindo.

•As famílias deles são um máximo e deixo um shout-out ao grupo dos manos que aquilo foi de uma leveza enorme e todos eles têm o coração no lado certo.

•Eternamente grata por ter tido a oportunidade de voltar a este mundo em Arc. I am truly blessed.
]]> 156709253
Until she meets her new neighbor.

Hudson Daws, the handyman next door, lives on a farm with his parents and two adult children. He’s the opposite of everything she’s ever known. His happily chaotic life includes biker barbecues, an escape artist dog, and adorably menacing goats. He’s also got a sinfully sexy smile and a rumbling bass voice that makes her shiver. He inspires her.

From their first meeting, the two fall into an escalating cycle of favors, paybacks…and attraction, even though Willa’s trying to keep her distance.

They both have their own pasts to deal with. Now, they just have to figure out if they have a future.

A delectable rom-com about a widowed cookbook writer and a divorced handyman who find that it’s never too late for a fresh start.]]> 299 Cathy Yardley 1662517092 Joana 3 Loved his kids 3.73 2024
author: Cathy Yardley
name: Joana
average rating: 3.73
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rating: 3
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Loved his kids
]]> 75710270 Coach Hudson Arrows wants to sweep Piper off her feet, the fact she’s his niece’s best friend? May just send him into overtime.

A scorching one-night stand with a stranger was supposed to be my night of adventure to enjoy and move on. I didn’t expect that a few weeks later my friend would introduce said stranger as the man walking her down the aisle because he’s her godfather and uncle. And I certainly didn’t expect him to be a famous football coach who insists I escape with him to his small town lake house for a rendezvous. He may be old enough to be my dad, but the man’s charisma is a winning touchdown straight to my lust-filled mind that agrees.

We keep our relationship a secret.

It doesn’t take long for me to realize that there is more to Hudson than his dirty talking mouth and his persistence that I may be what he’s been waiting for. What we have turns into something I didn’t bargain for. But I’m not blinded by what is at stake once the world finds out about us. And I’m not sure if it’s Hudson or me trying to convince us more, that together, we may just be worth the risk��

Hudson and Piper bring the heat into this age-gap, slightly forbidden, and completely swoonworthy story. Worth the Risk is book one in the standalone interconnected Lake Spark series. For lovers of small-town romance with a touch of sports.]]> 254 Evey Lyon 1959094025 Joana 0 to-read 4.17 2023
author: Evey Lyon
name: Joana
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 211164792 Two feuding second-grade teachers (and neighbors) find themselves teaming up in this rivals-to-lovers romance.

Emily Walker hates having her carefully crafted world disrupted by anyone, most of all her legendary nemesis, Jack Bennett. He's the opposite of the wonderful heroes she dreams up in her double life as a romance writer, which is why Emily was perfectly happy when Jack left Rome, Kentucky, mid-school year, with his fiancée. The last thing Emily saw coming was Jack’s return at the start of the summer after calling off the wedding and ending his relationship, but he’s here to stay—as her colleague and her neighbor.

Jackson Bennett is glad to be back, eager to renovate his house and work on the next mystery novel under his bestselling pen name. But when he realizes he’s now neighbors with the one woman who has always pushed his buttons, he discovers something he’s even more excited for—thwarting Emily and her petty plans to sabotage his return.

With their chemistry-fueled animosity at an all-time high, Emily accidentally sends an email to their school’s principal that could reveal her secret literary side hustle. She needs to steal back her manuscript, and Jack—she hates to admit—is just the man to help her. Surprisingly, Jack agrees. Will their unlikely alliance put an end to their rivalry? Or could it lead to a steamy plot twist they never saw coming?]]> 384 Sarah Adams 0593723694 Joana 4 4.06 2025
author: Sarah Adams
name: Joana
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2025
rating: 4
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A forma como a Emily se sentia? I feel you, girl <3
]]> 216284514 *This limited deluxe edition comes with gorgeous stained edges and spot gloss*

Sometimes the last thing you expect is exactly what you need, the final missing piece. And sometimes it comes in the form of a towering, broody sheriff, determined to get in your way at every step.

Ridley Sawyer knows what it’s like to miss someone, to feel like a piece of her vanished—because it happened to her the night her twin sister disappeared.

Now, Ridley channels that loss into hope, traveling the country covering cold cases for her true crime podcast. She might not have found justice for her sister but that doesn’t stop her from finding it for others.

Until Sheriff Colter Brooks gets in her way.

Colt knows what it’s like to have reporters descend on his town in the wake of a tragedy, and he’s not about to let a fiery podcaster stir up trouble. It doesn’t matter that her haunting blue eyes tell him there’s more to Ridley’s story or that he can’t stop imagining what it would be like to touch her.

But when Ridley’s cold case turns hot and she’s thrust into the crosshairs, Colt has no choice but to step in. Suddenly, Ridley’s living at his house, drinking his whiskey, and stealing his dog’s affections. But she’s also proving that she’s so much more than his first impression.

And as they get closer to the truth, the game they’ve been playing might just turn deadly…]]> 384 Catherine Cowles 1464224293 Joana 4
•Desde início que senti que me ia conectar com o facto da Ridley ser gémea e que isso só iria mexer comigo. Sabia de antemão o que acontecia à irmã, mas não estava pronta para o baque que ia sentir a ler o ponto de vista da Ridley naquele preciso momento em que ela desaparece.

•Ao longo de todo o livro senti mesmo a força destas personagens e de como elas lidam com os seus fantasmas. Vemos na Ridley e na forma como ela cria o podcast e de como a irmã também a leva à cidade. Vemos no Colt que faz de tudo para proteger a irmã. A Emerson igualmente, ela tem uma força que é uma coisa doida. O vencer do fantasma que dura durante anos? Aquele momento? Leiam, a sério.

•Also, a dificuldade que tive para descobrir o culpado! Literalmente apenas tive uma ideia mesmo nos momentos antes de se saber. Honestamente ainda bem que não era quem eu pensei, mas aqui falhei rendondamente como detetive.

•Além do mistério que é patente em toda a história, o romance da Ridley e do Colt? Eu estava invested desde as primeiras interações sobre a Tater estar no carro sozinha.

•A Catherine não desilude e estou completamente apaixonada por tudo o que ela escreve at this point. ]]> 4.18 2025
author: Catherine Cowles
name: Joana
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/19
date added: 2025/01/07
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Soooo good! Quase 5 restrelas

•Desde início que senti que me ia conectar com o facto da Ridley ser gémea e que isso só iria mexer comigo. Sabia de antemão o que acontecia à irmã, mas não estava pronta para o baque que ia sentir a ler o ponto de vista da Ridley naquele preciso momento em que ela desaparece.

•Ao longo de todo o livro senti mesmo a força destas personagens e de como elas lidam com os seus fantasmas. Vemos na Ridley e na forma como ela cria o podcast e de como a irmã também a leva à cidade. Vemos no Colt que faz de tudo para proteger a irmã. A Emerson igualmente, ela tem uma força que é uma coisa doida. O vencer do fantasma que dura durante anos? Aquele momento? Leiam, a sério.

•Also, a dificuldade que tive para descobrir o culpado! Literalmente apenas tive uma ideia mesmo nos momentos antes de se saber. Honestamente ainda bem que não era quem eu pensei, mas aqui falhei rendondamente como detetive.

•Além do mistério que é patente em toda a história, o romance da Ridley e do Colt? Eu estava invested desde as primeiras interações sobre a Tater estar no carro sozinha.

•A Catherine não desilude e estou completamente apaixonada por tudo o que ela escreve at this point.
]]> 209219840 She’s his sweetest desire...and his darkest secret.

The task was simple.
Sneak into Potomac’s most heavily guarded manor.
Steal back my pendant. Slip out.

Problem number one?
America’s most unattainable bachelor caught me.

Problem number two?
He decided to keep me. As the help.

Zachary Sun’s winter may be the coldest I’ve ever felt,
but he makes my skin burn.

Reserved, calculated, and savagely cruel,
he thrives on the weaknesses of others.

Little does he know, he just met his match.

He may be American royalty.
But this peasant will rise to become Queen.]]> L.J. Shen 1398722022 Joana 4 4.08 2024
author: L.J. Shen
name: Joana
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/05
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Retelling de Cinderella amazing a sério. A Catarina recomendou e sabia que iria ser giro, mas isto foi mesmo outro nivel!
]]> 219828380 A sapphic, fake dating, small town romance from Amazon top 50 best selling author, Hannah Cowan.

It was always the plan to come back home to Cherry Peak. But after being gone for four years, it’s apparently not as easy as I expected for things to go back to the way they used to be.

Instead, they get beyond complicated the moment I realize my brother’s house has paper thin walls and a general lack of privacy. Desperate for someplace else to stay, I move in with one of my brother’s friends. The only problem with that? Bryce can’t stand me.

Everyone in town calls her the Ice Queen, and over the first few days of living with her, I begin to understand why. She’s blunt, broody, and even cruel at times. But when I learn she could use some help in the dating department, I offer mine without a second thought.

It’s supposed to be a harmless favour, but somewhere along the line, Bryce stops being the woman who barely tolerates me, and starts becoming the one person who understands me best. The walls of ice she’s built up around herself start to crack, and the more I get to know what lies behind it, the more I realize how wrong I’ve been about her this entire time.

She might be frosty to everyone else, but to me . . . I think she’s the warmest person I’ve ever known.]]> 388 Hannah Cowan Joana 4 Adorei especialmente a forma como elas se amam e de apoiam em tudo o que fazem.
Já quero que venha julho]]> 3.93
author: Hannah Cowan
name: Joana
average rating: 3.93
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Daisy e Bryce têm completamente o meu coração. A forma como elas vão falando é das melhores coisas de sempre e de como acabam por se expor imenso uma à outra.
Adorei especialmente a forma como elas se amam e de apoiam em tudo o que fazem.
Já quero que venha julho
]]> 215789013
They call him a rising star, so why does Archie Bowman still feel like a rookie? Maybe it’s the number of times he’s been traded in his short career. Maybe it’s the homesickness for the family, biscuits, and rugby he left behind in Britain. Or maybe it’s how, despite everyone else buying his cocky act, he still isn’t sure he belongs in the big leagues.

When an old shoulder injury resurfaces a few weeks before the season starts, Bowie's dream is at stake, and Jamie is just the doc to help him get it back. That is, if their blossoming relationship doesn't cloud their judgment ...

Tropes
* Age gap
* Grumpy sunshine
* Spicy
* Lots of humor
* Brit & American]]> 335 Lex Easton Joana 3 3.79 2024
author: Lex Easton
name: Joana
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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I was more invested in the second half of the book, but I have to say the way he talked about Jamie with his mom was everything
]]> 221495259 Christmas has never been this hot... or eventful.

Falling asleep on a bench in the marina's parking lot on Amelia Island was not in my plans for last night. Neither is being woken up by Alex Haddock, former QB for the Jacksonville Rhinos, and a grumpy media nightmare.

I don’t even know who he is. But one thing leads to another, and we end up in the back of his truck for a steamy night. It’s supposed to be just that one time, but now he's here asking me, Livie Sanz, curvy hot mess express and everyone's best friend, to be his fake girlfriend so the media thinks he's settling down.

I agree, because—bonus!—it also gets my mom off my back about dying alone.

We have twelve days before Christmas to prove to the world he's reformed, and to prove to my mom that I am capable of picking my own partner. Even if he looks like he could murder someone with his stare.

The problem is that what started as all fun and games quickly changes into blurred lines and what-ifs. And now, I'm left wondering if there's any way we can both let our guard down enough to admit there might be more here than our arrangement.

]]> 160 Ambar Cordova Joana 3 3.93
author: Ambar Cordova
name: Joana
average rating: 3.93
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It was cute and I liked the way Alex defended her in front of her mom
]]> 221727281 The final book in Hannah Cowan's best selling Greatest Love series!

I’ve been tackled by defensive linemen twice my size and sprinted into end zones with thousands of fans screaming my name, but nothing—and I mean nothing—could’ve prepared me for Blakely.

I should have known from the first time we met that she’d change everything for me. How could she not? A woman bold enough to break into my house and attempt to steal from me isn’t exactly someone you forget and move on from.

So, when I’m asked, or told, to find a wife, I know it has to be her.

That’s supposed to be all it is. She needs somewhere to live, and I need the headlines. But what starts as a simple arrangement quickly becomes something far more complicated. Blakely is guarded, unpredictable, and protective of those she loves. The more time I spend with her, the more I realize this isn’t about my career anymore.

With just two months on the clock, can I break down her walls before she breaks my heart?]]> 416 Hannah Cowan Joana 0 to-read 4.22
author: Hannah Cowan
name: Joana
average rating: 4.22
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]]> 59437075 Hannah Cowan Joana 0 to-read 4.75 2024
author: Hannah Cowan
name: Joana
average rating: 4.75
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> 209077509
Fell for him so hard that I’d follow him straight to the gates of Hell, and say thank you for it.

But the problem with being hopelessly in love with Kirill Volkov is that he won’t ever love me back.

On paper, we shouldn’t even be friends. He’s the grump to my sunshine, he hates to be touched while I’m touch-starved. Most of all, I’m the prince to a mafia kingdom and he’s one of my father’s soldiers.

And everyone knows that the Russian Bratva is a graveyard where all good things go to die.

Day by day, the Kirill I love slips further and further away. Now, when I look in his midnight-black eyes, only a stone-cold killer stares back.

That’s okay, though. There isn’t anything I won’t do to make him mine��

Even if it means that I’ll need to kiss a villain.


KISS A VILLAIN is a childhood friends to enemies to lovers Mafia MM Romance. Buckle up because the ride is angsty, twisted, and filled with so much longing.

IMPORTANT: This is Book 1 in the No Mercy Duet. Yarik & Kirill's story concludes in Kiss of Death, which will release February 21st, 2025. Please see the Author's Note or visit Mia's website for TWs & Content Information.

The Vibes
🥀 Childhood Friends to Enemies to Lovers
🥀 Amnesia
🥀 Forced Proximity
🥀 Coming of Age
🥀 Unrequited Love + Pining
🥀 Bi-Awakening
🥀 Possessive Morally Grey Heroes
🥀 Mafia Romance]]> 300 Mia Darling Joana 3 ]]> 3.99
author: Mia Darling
name: Joana
average rating: 3.99
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I might throw my kindle across the room with this ending, I was seriosly invested for this breaking point and what did I get? To be continued...

]]> 70235260 My Christmas list did not include a broken heart, freezing temperatures, or my tree stuck in the door to my apartment complex, but that's what I got.
Just when I thought Santa had failed me, I got something I never thought to ask for ... him.

This is a fun Christmas novella that was originally available in the Christmas in the City anthology!]]> 126 Melanie Harlow Joana 3 4.04 2022
author: Melanie Harlow
name: Joana
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/22
date added: 2024/12/22
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A cara deles os dois quando entenderam o que iria acontecer se tivessem ido com os amigos e irmãos
]]> 55933461 Adesso anche un film PASSIONFLIX!

Holly ha già subito abbastanza dispiaceri nelle vacanze di Natale da avere ormai imparato bene la odia le feste.
E, quest’anno, odia anche il suo collega Dean, i suoi sguardi intensi, la sua voce profonda e quel suo profumo che la manda fuori di testa.
Tutto quello che Holly desidera è concentrarsi sul suo ultimo progetto di lavoro, ma gli imprevisti di Natale la perseguitano.
Un ascensore è l'ultimo posto in cui si aspetterebbe di ritrovare il perduto spirito di Natale. Ma se quell'ascensore si blocca e a farle compagnia c'è proprio Dean?
Per Holly sembra giunto il momento di ricredersi e abbandonarsi alla magia del Natale... e dell'amore.

** La novella A Holiday lift è la versione estesa del racconto breve Piccoli imprevisti di Natale. **]]> 104 Corinne Michaels 1942834616 Joana 3 Cute. 3.59 2018
author: Corinne Michaels
name: Joana
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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Cute.
]]> 219754771 From New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews comes a charming holiday romance about a newly single thirtysomething whose unauthorized vacation rental turns into a hilarious game of hide-and-seek when the new owner unexpectedly shows up.

Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.

George Holloway is here to sell his granduncle’s house—and to reconsider whether he and his fiancée are right for each other. Amid home repairs, George notices strange noises and missing food, but as much as he gets his rental agent on the phone, Tilly dodges every invitation to meet. He’s sure that someone’s here with him, and it’s certainly not the Ghost of Christmas Past, Present, or Future.

As Tilly and George circle each other, they both wonder where their lives are headed and if, maybe, meeting each other is just the Christmas miracle they need.]]> 72 Mary Kay Andrews 1662527004 Joana 2 It was okay 3.62 2024
author: Mary Kay Andrews
name: Joana
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2024
rating: 2
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It was okay
]]> 62066790 The top three reasons why I do not like Christmas are as follows:

1. It's super cheesy.
2. Everyone drinks boiled red wine that tastes like air freshener and pretends they enjoy it.
3. Last year the man I was in love with decided that Christmas Day was a perfectly decent time to reveal that he did not feel the same way about me.

So you can see why, on Christmas Eve, it's totally reasonable for me to just want to get home from work as soon as possible, close the curtains, eat my weight in noodles and watch horror movies until the whole thing is over.

My boss, Marcy, has other ideas. Her son Adam broke his leg ice-skating and now she needs me to accompany him on his last minute Christmas errands around Notting Hill where we live. It wouldn't be half as bad if Adam wasn't the most irritatingly confident, annoyingly enthusiastic Christmas-giddy man I've ever encountered. And, well, a whole lot sexier than I expected he'd be...

]]> 94 Kirsty Greenwood Joana 2 Foi okay 3.83
author: Kirsty Greenwood
name: Joana
average rating: 3.83
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Foi okay
]]> 216184336 Nick Stafford isn’t just my older, sexy neighbor, he’s the charming handyman who has seen my panties stuck to my dress on more than one occasion.



Yup. Super embarrassing.


Nick is totally out of my league, so I wouldn’t do anything to ruin our friendship, like admit my feelings for him, which works out because I’m great at keeping secrets (like how my very catholic family in Puerto Rico has no idea I write steamy articles for work).



Yeah�� let’s not tell them about that, especially Nick.

But now we have a problem��



We’re both hopelessly stuck in an elevator after I drunkenly declared the one thing I swore I’d never admit to him.



Merry freaking Christmas…]]> 124 Vivian Mae 196265902X Joana 3 O Nick sabe-a toda 3.92
author: Vivian Mae
name: Joana
average rating: 3.92
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O Nick sabe-a toda
]]> 221984777 From bestselling author of The Mistletoe Bet, Maren Moore comes a brand new second chance, single dad, holiday novella full of Christmas sugar and spice.



I love Christmas.
So much so that in my smalltown I’m known as The Queen of Christmas.
And no one knows holiday festivities quite like Strawberry Hollow.


Only this Christmas season delivers an unexpected twist in the form of Wyatt Owens.
The handsome single father of my new student��
Who just so happens to also be my first love.

The one who broke my heart all those years ago.

I haven’t seen Wyatt since he left our hometown behind, but a piece of my heart has always been his.
And all those old feelings come rushing back the moment we see each other again.
Only now the boy I once loved is a charming, delicious and intoxicating man.

One I’m not sure I can resist.

Especially when neither of us can deny his daughter Lucy’s holiday wish- for the three of us to compete together as a team in Strawberry Hollow’s Annual Christmas List tradition.

At first, he’s determined to win every festive challenge on the list but the more things we check off, the more it seems like he wants to win me instead.
Soon things are heating up between us, and suddenly I find myself at risk of falling�� for my ex.

But I’m not sure I could survive the heartbreak of losing him again.
Is this just a holiday fling��
Or is this the second chance I’ve always secretly hoped for?]]> 230 Maren Moore Joana 3 3.98
author: Maren Moore
name: Joana
average rating: 3.98
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Bem Hallmark movies. A Lucy é tão querida!
]]> 42883009
Luna Allen has done some things she would rather no one ever know about. She also knows that, if she could go back in time, she wouldn’t change a single thing.

With three sisters she loves, a job she (mostly) adores, and a family built up of friends she’s made over the years, Luna figures everything has worked out the way it was supposed to.

But when one of those secrets involves the man who signs her paycheck, she can’t find it in her to regret it. Despite the fact that he’s not the friendliest man in the world. Or the most patient.

Sometimes there are things you’re better off keeping to yourself.]]> 580 Mariana Zapata Joana 5
Super slow burn, mas adorei simplesmente. Conseguia sentir mesmo que o Rip estava caidinho por ela. Depois de tudo, também não confiava mesmo no pai dela.]]> 4.01 2018
author: Mariana Zapata
name: Joana
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/15
date added: 2024/12/15
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2024: A minha vida está completa por este livro existir

Super slow burn, mas adorei simplesmente. Conseguia sentir mesmo que o Rip estava caidinho por ela. Depois de tudo, também não confiava mesmo no pai dela.
]]> 199057593
𝘐’�� 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’�� 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳.

𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’�� 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱.

𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘣.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘐’�� 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯—𝘢𝘯�� 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘴.

𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦’�� 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦’𝘷�� 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧.


𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘥, 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯.]]> 354 Kat Singleton Joana 4 4.16
author: Kat Singleton
name: Joana
average rating: 4.16
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Feliz por ver o Dean a ter o seu happy ending
]]> 151995342 Camden Hunter doesn't belong here.

I've spent my entire life in the small town of Sutten Mountain where everyone knows everyone and you can spot trouble from a mile away.

Camden is trouble.

He’s an arrogant, self-absorbed billionaire from the city with too much money and not enough manners.

And he just opened a fancy art gallery next door to my bakery.

So when he comes to me desperately needing a favor, I can't help but to propose a deal: I’ll cater his grand opening and in return he has to spend a day with me as a local–to experience the beauty and talent this town has to offer.

I expected him to see a different side of Sutten. What I didn’t expect was to see a different side of him.

Now instead of wanting him to leave, I find myself hoping he’ll stay. The more I see him fall for the town, the more I start to wonder if he could ever fall for me.

There’s just one problem. Camden Hunter doesn’t belong in my world, and I don’t belong in his.

He’s a flame and I’m gasoline, and the more we play with fire, the more I find myself questioning how long we can continue to tempt our fate.


Tempt Our Fate is a steamy small town, enemies to lovers, billionaire, age gap romance releasing September 21st. This will be the second book set in the fictional town of Sutten Mountain. It is a complete standalone.]]> 398 Kat Singleton Joana 4 Apanhados pelas câmaras de vigilância. Gostei bastante]]> 4.16 2023
author: Kat Singleton
name: Joana
average rating: 4.16
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rating: 4
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Eles foram super cutes não nego e depois ainda por cima ele era tão honesto socorro.
Apanhados pelas câmaras de vigilância. Gostei bastante
]]> 122997129 Cade Jennings was always there for me when I needed him—until he wasn’t.

I’d spent my entire life loving my best friend’s older brother. Every single one of my birthday wishes was spent hoping Cade would finally notice me.

And then one day, he did.

But not all love stories have happy endings.

It's been years since I left the small town of Sutten Mountain devastated and heartbroken. I’d used the pain to fuel a bestselling novel that solidified I’d never have to return.

Until tragedy struck, forcing me to face the man who shattered my heart.

I thought I’d be strong enough to see him again. I didn’t expect the angry, broken man staring back at me.

But the more time we spend around each other, the more I see glimpses of the man I fell in love with. His touch still owns me. His kiss still brands me. And even after all this time, the feelings I have for him still consume me.

Cade and I are unfinished business, and this time, he’s not letting me leave until we rewrite our story .

From the author of Black Ties and White Lies comes an all new series of complete standalones set in Sutten Mountain. Rewrite Our Story, the first book in the series, is a steamy, second chance, best friend's brother romance.]]> 384 Kat Singleton Joana 4 3.95 2023
author: Kat Singleton
name: Joana
average rating: 3.95
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rating: 4
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Já estava aos berros para eles fazerem as pazes porque eu queria era que eles ficassem juntos
]]> 199020721 The bookworm and the basketball player are about to meet their match.

Kendall Holiday spends her Friday nights exactly where she wants to be: with her head buried in a spicy romance novel while she works the graveyard shift at her university's library. She knows she could join her friends for a weekend of drunken debauchery and college parties, but she likes her alone time, so she tells herself she isn't hiding when she gets lost in the pages of fictional love stories.

But that all changes when Vincent Knight, captain of the basketball team, turns up with an injured wrist, a sour mood, and a pressing need for poetry recommendations for a class he hates. Vincent is tall, smart-mouthed, and challenges Kendall like no one has before. Suddenly, she's falling headfirst into her very own romance novel—but it takes a lot more truth than tropes to get to a happy ever after in real life.

NIGHT SHIFT is a 75k-word sweet and spicy single-POV college romance perfect for fans of Emily Henry, Hannah Grace, and Elena Armas.]]> 283 Annie Crown Joana 3 3.53 2023
author: Annie Crown
name: Joana
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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date added: 2024/12/07
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Cute, mas achei que foi tudo um bocado apressado demais
]]> 197306586 She’s an honors student with ambitious graduate school plans and he’s a jock with only hockey on his mind, but once their worlds collide, their connection is hot enough to melt an ice rink.

An ultimatum from Summer Preston’s thesis advisor thrusts her into an unexpected collision with the hockey team’s captain, Aiden Crawford. She’s caught between conflicting desires of fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming a sport psychologist and staying as far away as possible from the god-awful sport. And once she meets Aiden—well, let’s just say he confirms all her worst assumptions about hockey players.

Being the captain of the college hockey team has its perks, except when a reckless mistake by Aiden’s team threatens to jeopardize their entire season. As punishment, Aiden’s coach nominates him as the subject of a student research project. Participating is the last thing he wants to do, especially since the girl leading the project looks like she could wield his skates as a weapon.

Summer can’t stand Aiden’s blasé approach to life, and Aiden doesn’t understand why she’s twenty years old with a twenty-five-year plan. But their bickering soon turns to bantering—and once they let their guards down, there’s nothing to check their feelings.]]> 395 Bal Khabra Joana 4 4 sólido. Adorei o Aiden 3.78 2023
author: Bal Khabra
name: Joana
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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4 sólido. Adorei o Aiden
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The Christmas Card by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

When my ex got engaged pretty quickly after we broke up, I did something stupid�� I made up a new boyfriend. How would anyone ever know? They wouldn’t. Unless my fake boyfriend showed up at my ex’s annual Christmas party��


Mistletoe and Murder by Catherine Cowles

All I wanted to do was avoid my cheating ex and get through my brother’s Christmas wedding. When his grumpy, broody, Scrooge of a best friend steps in to pretend to be my boyfriend, I say yes. Suddenly, the kisses we’re swapping under the mistletoe are all too real, and I’m dangerously close to falling. But someone isn’t so happy about my newfound happiness, and they aren’t afraid to drop a body or two��


Candy Cane Kisses by Shain Rose

When Faye Winter took on decorating Frost Bar, she knew her grumpy boss would never support her extravagant peppermint party ideas. But she's determined to make him see there's more to the holiday than being a grinch.... that is, until he shows her how festive he can really be. The candy cane kisses and confessions in this grumpy sunshine novella are bound to give readers a taste of sweetness and spice this holiday season!


The Christmas Cab by Teagan Hunter

Juniper Frost has been in love with Felix Bailey, her older brother’s best friend, for
years. After kissing him three years ago and being rejected, she fled her small
Christmas-loving town of Thistle Ridge, Washington, hoping to forget all about the
embarrassing night. Now she’s back�� and Felix definitely remembers their kiss.


One Gift by Lena Hendrix

Rival families, pranks, cozy Christmas cheer, and an unforgettable snowball fight. Welcome to the first Sullivan-King Christmas.


A Carmichael Christmas by Adriana Locke

The fireplace is crackling and the lights are twinkling on Honeysuckle Lane. Join the Carmichael family for a Christmas Eve filled with letters, laughs, and, most of all, love.]]> Vi Keeland Joana 3 3.60 2024
author: Vi Keeland
name: Joana
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/30
date added: 2024/11/30
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