Romance Book and Audiobook Reviews and Deals
Mistletoe All The Way by Lauren Blakely Narrated by Erin Mallon and Teddy Hamilton, with Rose Dioro, Christian Fox, J.F. Harding, and Soneela Nankani Christmas Romcom. Part of a related series but easily stands alone. Thank you to Lauren’s team for an advanced copy of the audiobook for review. This post contains affiliate links. Lauren Blakely has been one of… Read More
I’ve Got a Crush on You by Lauren Blakely Duet Narration by Vanessa Edwin & Connor Crais Feel Good Romance. Easily stands alone but is #2 in the series. Early Copy received from the publisher. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Lauren Blakely has been one of my favorite authors for over a decade, and I have more than 70… Read More
Just Playing for Keeps (Hockey Ever After #2) by Lauren Blakely Full Cast Narration by Erin Mallon and Jason Clarke, with Savannah Thomas and Ryan West Hockey RomCom. Stands alone just fine. Advanced Copy received, this post contains affiliate links. This is my 70th (if I counted right) review of a Lauren Blakely book, and every single review has been positive…. Read More
It Seemed Like a Good Idea by Lauren Blakely Narrated in duet by Erin Mallon and J.F. Harding RomCom. Stands Alone. First in the Darling Springs Series. Thank you to Lauren Blakely and her team for an early review copy. This post contains affiliate links. Lauren Blakely has been one of my favorite authors for over ten years. I’ve listened… Read More
Just Breaking the Rules by Lauren Blakely Duet narration by Teddy Hamilton and Samantha Brentmoor Romantic Comedy. Standalone, first in a related hockey series. Warning: Just Breaking the Rules by Lauren Blakely is bad for your diet! That didn’t stop me from loving every minute of listening to it, though. I’m not going to lie, I may have ended up… Read More
It’s my 14th year of doing this list. I read 109 books in 2025 and had two 5+++ Star Reads, five 5-star reads, and eight 4.75-star reads. Honestly, all of these were my favorites of the year, there may have been a small reason to not give 5-stars, but I still loved them to pieces. I wasn’t going to list the… Read More
Merry Little Kissmas by Lauren Blakely Performed in Duet by Vanessa Edwin & Connor Crais With a full cast including Carlotta Brentan, Samantha Brentmoor, Jason Clarke, Adam Gold, Teddy Hamilton, JF Harding, Erin Mallon, Soneela Nankani, and Evan Parker Thank you to Lauren Blakely and her team for an early ALC for review purposes. This review contains affiliate links. “I’m… Read More
The Flirting Game by Lauren Blakely Duet Narration by Sean Masters & Brooke Bloomingdale Last in a related series but stands alone perfectly As someone who ‘says’ I don’t love hockey romance, Lauren Blakely has proven me a liar with her whole Love & Hockey series. Admittedly, Lauren never really fails me, but there was something about this series that… Read More
The Overtime Kiss by Lauren Blakely Narrated by Brooke Bloomingdale and Teddy Hamilton Contemporary romance/romcom. Can stand alone. Thank you to Lauren Blakely and her team for providing me with an early copy for an honest review. This review contains my honest opinion, and it contains affiliate links. “All the reasons to resist him burn into ash as his lips… Read More
The Girlfriend Zone (Love and Hockey Book 4) by Lauren Blakely Narrated in duet by Jason Clarke and Samantha Brentmoor Hockey Romance. Fourth in Series but Easily Stands Alone. *I was given an early copy to review, but this does not affect my review in any way. There are Amazon affiliate links in this review. Once again, Lauren Blakely has taken… Read More
The Proposal Play by Lauren Blakely Narrated by Vanessa Edwin and Robert Hatchet Book 3 in the Love and Hockey Series, but each can stand alone. Thank you to Lauren Blakely and her team for providing me an early copy for review purposes. This post contains affiliate links, but reviews are always my honest, unbiased opinion. “Love’s like hockey, you… Read More
It’s my 13th year of doing this list. I read 110 books in 2024 and had 10 5-star reads, 6 4.75-star reads, and 14 4.5-star reads. Honestly, all of these were my favorites of the year, there may have been a small reason to not give 5-stars, but I still loved them to pieces. I wasn’t going to list the… Read More
My Favorite Holidate by Lauren Blakely Performed in duet narration by Samantha Brentmoor and Jason Clarke with a full cast including: Andi Arndt, Connor Crais, Vanessa Edwin, Andi Eloise, Teddy Hamilton, Erin Mallon, Noah Perez, Shakira Shute and Ryan West. Holiday Rom-Com My thanks to Lauren Blakely and her crew for providing an advance copy for review purposes. Ana’s Attic… Read More
The Romance Line (Love and Hockey Book 2) by Lauren Blakely Narrated by Vanessa Edwin and Teddy Hamilton Standalone in a related series. Sports Romcom. My thanks to Lauren Blakely and her team for providing an advance copy for review purposes. Ana’s Attic accepts no compensation for reviews, and all reviews contain my honest opinion. This post contains affiliate links,… Read More
The Boyfriend Goal by Lauren Blakely Narrated by Erin Mallon and Connor Crais First Standalone in a Related Series I don’t know how Lauren Blakely does it. She writes more books than anyone I know, and every single one is a hit. I took a little break to explore other authors, but coming back to her stories reminded me why… Read More
The Accidental Dating Experiment by Lauren Blakley Narrated by Andi Arndt and Jacob Morgan Part of a series but stands alone perfectly. Romantic comedy. “There are worse ways to spend a couple weeks than fixing up a house with a beautiful woman, even if that beautiful woman is your best friend’s little sister who you never should have secretly dated… Read More
The Almost Romantic: How to Date Your Fake Husband by Lauren Blakely Narrated by Vanessa Edwin and Teddy Hamilton Standalone in a Series. Contemporary Romantic Comedy. Lauren Blakely is one of my absolute favorite authors and every time I read or listen to another one of her books I’m reminded of why. The Almost Romantic: How To Date Your Fake… Read More
My Favorite Books and Audiobooks from 2023 This is my 12th year of doing this list! I always wait until January because there has always been a last minute December surprise! Up until now 3 authors have been on every list. 2 of those did not publish this year, so the only person on every single list is Kristen Ashley…. Read More
A Real Good Bad Thing by Lauren Blakely Narrated by Stella Hunter and Ryan West Standalone. Reimagined and rewritten from the Jewel duet from 2016. Lauren Blakely has been one of my favorite authors for years, especially for audiobooks, as she usually has a knack for picking the perfect narrators for her characters. For A Real Good Bad Thing, Lauren… Read More
Double Pucked by Lauren Blakely Narrated by Samantha Brentmoor, JF Harding and Robert Hatchet 1st in a related standalone series. Romcom Erotica. I have been a HUGE Lauren Blakley fan for many years now. So much so, that at one point it seemed as though my blog was dedicated to just Lauren. I had to step back and read some… Read More
My So Called Sex Life by Lauren Blakely Narrated by Sebastian York & Vanessa Edwin Standalone, Enemies-to-Lovers. My So Called Sex Life by Lauren Blakely is the perfect example of why Lauren Blakely is one of my top 5 authors and my number one audiobook author. She writes her characters with the narrators already in mind and I just love… Read More
The Boyfriend Material Series by Lauren Blakely NEWS!!! Lauren Blakely Just Released Box Set of this amazing series both on Kindle and Audio! Purchase on Kindle Purchase on Amazon (Audible) Asking For a Friend: A Standalone Office Romance (The Boyfriend Material Series Book 1) by Lauren Blakely Audio performed by Andi Arndt and Jason Clarke with special guest stars… Read More
The RSVP by Lauren Blakely Narrated by Vanessa Edwin and Joe Arden Lauren Blakely is always a top 5 author for me. Her books never fail to be smart, sexy and entertaining, but although I enjoyed it, The RSVP just didn’t quite live up to all of the others for me. I don’t mind an age gap romance, I was… Read More
Dirty Steal by KD Casey & Lauren Blakely Bachelor Beast by Grace Goodwin Iron Will by Daphne Loveling Finding Fate by Kennedy L. Mitchell Dirty Steal by KD Casey and Lauren Blakely Narrated by Evan Parker & JF Harding Dirty Steal was a quick, steamy m/m baseball romance with a rare Jewish hero. When Derek and Adam first hooked… Read More
