My capacity to consume fake dating love stories is limitless, here’s a new batch! Subscribe to my romance newsletter, Forced Proximity, that will deliver you 3 new romance recommendations every Friday afternoon! The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren. Olive has always been unlucky. When her identical twin sister Ami wins contests…

DIY is for lovers Subscribe to my romance newsletter, Forced Proximity, that will deliver you 3 new romance recommendations every Friday afternoon! The Honey-Don’t List by Christina Lauren. A triple feature enemies to lovers workplace road trip romance! Carey works as the executive assistant to the wife half of an…

Romances with closed door/SFW sex scenes This week’s recommendations feature no explicit sex scenes! In general, the authors below can be counted on for romances sans sexy times (well, except for Lauren Layne, but her website has a handy guide for this), if that’s your jam (or you’re looking to…

Love me a slutty, slutty boy Disclaimer: obviously most historical heterosexual pairing romances have some form of rake being reformed (“reformed rakes make the best husbands!”), but these three books in particular (including one contemporary!) I thought did an interesting job subverting the rake stereotype and making it more central…

Social media will be our downfall Subscribe to my romance newsletter, Forced Proximity, that will deliver you 3 new romance recommendations every Friday afternoon! It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey. Spoiled socialite Piper is going through an unfortunately Very Public Breakup due to her famous stepfather (a film producer)…

I love this trope so much I’ve already planned and written a part 2, coming soon! Subscribe to my romance newsletter, Forced Proximity, that will deliver you 3 new romance recommendations every Friday afternoon! Luck of the Draw by Kate Clayborn. The second in the first romance trilogy I read…

In particular… leaving/being free of a hella toxic ex Subscribe to my romance newsletter, Forced Proximity, that will deliver you 3 new romance recommendations every Friday afternoon! Subscribed Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez. A wealthy doctor from a well-known family of medical “royalty” whose long-term relationship has just…

A fitting round-up for me, a filmmaker! Subscribe to my romance newsletter, Forced Proximity, that will deliver you 3 new romance recommendations every Friday afternoon! You Had Me At Hola by Alexis Daria. Real life love blooms on a film set for an American adaptation of a telenovela between the…

First published while I was on my honeymoon… a road trip! Since I’m reposting this from my Substack months later, read to the end for bonus honeymoon pics! And of course, subscribe to my romance newsletter, Forced Proximity, that will deliver you 3 new romance recommendations every Friday afternoon! The…