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When a baker meets the bookshop owner of her dreams, and he turns into her nemesis, they’ll both have to read between the lines to avoid a career-ending recipe for disaster.
Max Boyson looks good...from a distance. But up close and personal, the tattooed hottie Joelle Prima has been crushing on for the past year and half has turned into the prime example of why you shouldn’t judge a book by his delectable cover.
When she first learned about the massive renovation to the building they share, Joelle imagined that temporarily combining her Filipino bakery with Max’s neighboring bookstore would be the perfect opening chapter to their happily ever after. In her fantasies, they fed each other bibingka and pandesal while discussing Jane Austen and cooing over her pet hamster, Pumpkin. Reality, however...is quite different. Her gallant prince turned out to be a stubborn toad who snaps at her in front of customers, dries his wet clothes in her oven, and helps himself to the yummy pastries in her display case without asking.
But beneath Max’s grumpy glares, Joelle senses a rising heat—and a softening heart. And when they discover the real reason for the renovation, they’ll have to put both their business senses and their feelings for each other to the test.
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- Narrated by: Mason Lloyd, Allison Pike
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
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When Parker Blanton meets Ben Olsen during her freshman year of college, the connection is immediate - and platonic. Six years later, they're still best friends, sharing an apartment in Portland's trendy Northwest District as they happily settle into adult life. But when Parker's boyfriend dumps her out of the blue, she starts to wonder about Ben's no-strings-attached approach to dating. The trouble is, even with Ben as her wingman, Parker can't seem to get the hang of casual sex - until she tries it with him.
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Meh...
- By Britney S on 06-12-16
By: Lauren Layne
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Capture
- By: Rachel Van Dyken
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Peter Coleman
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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Losing your ability to speak at the age of 17; it's not normal or fair. But trauma has a way of throwing normality out the window. Dani lives anything but a normal life: her sister is married to one of the biggest names in Hollywood, her best friends are rock stars, and she has more love around her than most people experience in a lifetime. But that doesn't change the fact their parents are dead, or that it's her fault. It seems her new normal is being a mute, living on the inside, unable to actually communicate on the outside.
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Great story
- By TeaReads on 08-05-17
By: Rachel Van Dyken
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Spider
- By: Ilsa Madden-Mills
- Narrated by: Savannah Peachwood, Rusty Coles
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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He calls himself Spider. I just knew him as the sinfully gorgeous guy with eyes of fire that fate sat next to me on the airplane. I didn’t know who he really was...British rock star...my stepbrother. He kissed me because he thought we’d never see each other again. We would. Everyone warned me about him. They told me he was ruthless and cold and screwed up. They said he’d leave me with a hole in my heart. Maybe I should have listened. Maybe I should have built up a fortress to keep him out. But I crumbled instead.
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LOVE STORY, RIGHT?
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Breaking a Legend
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- Narrated by: Charles Constant
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As one of the big names at his family's gym, Legends, MMA star Rory Kavanagh is used to being in the spotlight - until a gruesome leg injury knocks him out of the cage. Rory is left feeling sidelined in more ways than one, battling the inner demons that come with losing the one shot at his dreams. Then Clare walks into his life and gives him a new dream: winning her heart. There aren't many new faces in Woodlawn these days, but this tough, beautiful stranger makes Rory want to get his life back into fighting shape.
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Love MMA stories
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By: Sarah Robinson
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Taste the Heat
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- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
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One sexy fire captain. One Cajun chef. One combustible kitchen. When chef Colby Robicheaux returned home to New Orleans to save her family restaurant, the last person she expected to reconnect with was her brother's best friend and her childhood crush. As tempting as a sugar-coated beignet, Jason is one dish she can't afford to taste. Colby can't wait to leave the place where her distrust of love and commitment originated and go back to Vegas.
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This book is a delight
- By Hisani on 11-11-19
By: Rachel Harris
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Here to Stay
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- By: Adriana Herrera
- Narrated by: Carmen Vine, Sean Crisden
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Julia del Mar Ortiz is not having the best year. She moved to Dallas with her boyfriend, who ended up ditching her and running back to New York after only a few weeks. Left with a massive - by NYC standards, anyway - apartment and a car lease in the scorching Texas heat, Julia is struggling...except that’s not completely true. Running the charitable foundation of one of the most iconic high fashion department stores in the world is serious #lifegoals.
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Just ok
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By: Adriana Herrera
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Did I Mention I Love You?
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Sweet teenage drama story
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By: Estelle Maskame
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Forty-five, recently divorced and a certified hot mess. The last thing Fiona needs to start her vacation is a flooded hotel room and a broken-down car. Alas, that’s what she gets. She’s ready to pack it all in and go home - wherever that is - when her knight in a wet T-shirt strides in to save the day. Jaw-dropping, panty-melting Grant Greene takes the 'mess' out of 'certified hot mess' when he walks up to Fiona and offers her a room to stay. No strings attached. Great, right?
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A good listen….with one exception
- By crazy4k9s on 01-03-22
By: Lilian Monroe
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One Wild Night
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Kaylee Rose Burton, kindergarten teacher, has never been a believer in fantasies. Living in L.A. her entire life, she knows the glitz and glam of Hollywood is just an illusion. That is until she stumbles head first into the arms of Hollywood's most eligible bachelor. It was just another day for Paxton Myles on the red carpet until the blue-eyed beauty literally stumbles at his feet. A single glimpse in her innocent eyes and he knows he has to have her. After one night of unbridled passion, Kaylee slips away to live her quiet life, but the paparazzi has other ideas.
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SHORT.. BUT OH SO SWEET
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Love Unscripted
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Ryan Christensen just wanted to be an actor. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine a life where fans would chase him, paparazzi would stalk him, and Hollywood studios would want to own him. While filming in Seaport, Rhode Island, Ryan ducks into a neighborhood bar for a quick escape from legions of screaming fans... and finds much more than he expected. Nursing a recent heartbreak, Taryn Mitchell believes men are best kept at a safe distance. But when Ryan Christensen unexpectedly bursts through the front door of her pub, she can’t help but be drawn in
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A WELL WRITTEN AND NARRATED LOVE STORY
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Good Girls Don't
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With her long ponytail and sparkling green eyes, Tessa Donovan looks more like the girl next door than a businesswoman - or a heartbreaker. Which may explain why Detective Luke Asher barely notices her when he arrives to investigate a break-in at her family’s brewery. He’s got his own problems - starting with the fact that his partner, Simone, is pregnant and everyone thinks he’s the father.
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I REALLY LIKED THIS BOOK BECAUSE
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Legally Yours
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Enemies turn to lovers in this bad boy billionaire romance with a twist. I had a plan. Finish law school. Start a job. Stay away from men like Brandon Sterling. Cocky, overbearing, and richer than the Earth, he thinks the world belongs to him, and that includes me. Yeah, no. Think again. It doesn't matter that his blue eyes look straight into my soul, or that his touch melts my icy reserve. It doesn't even matter that past all that swagger, there's a beautiful, damaged man who has so much to offer beyond private planes and jewelry boxes. But I had a plan: no falling in love.
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Nice Billionaire obsessed with Bad Girl student
- By michael crohan on 03-27-19
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- MaBiche
- 05-28-23
My favorite things
Sarah knows the way to my reading heart - sweet multicultural romance, close Filipino family, tight female friendship, books, and food. I loved Joelle and her family. Max was a mess but turned it around in the end.
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- P. F.
- 09-05-24
Kind of meh, but not bad... 3 stars
3 / 5 ⭐⭐⭐
3 / 5 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Spicy chapters: 3, 14, 16, 17, 18
Max (MMC) and Joelle (FMC)
This book was an ok read. Not bad, not great, but something in between.
I like the FMC, but it was hard to complete like the MMC, for the following reasons:
By chapter 7, Max has already proven that he's immature and childishly moody, like a little spoilt brat. Joelle likes him physically, but I don't think that he gets a pass to be a jerk just because of it. 😤😩🤬
Max is at times so mean... it's infuriating. At one point, Joelle's pet hamster (called pumpkin 🎃 ) escapes from its cage and accidentally ruins some of Max's valuable books. He becomes very annoyed with her, with a condescending attitude, claiming that it's unprofessional to bring her pet to work (which is not wrong), but the way he says it is super rude.
Frankly, Max's behavior when he's mad reminds me of an abusive, gaslighting, dismissive psicopath husband who not only doesn't recognize his mistakes (I.e. brushing off the fact that he could've burnt the building down by putting his tshirt in Joelle's oven so that it'll dry), but manipulates the situation into making Joelle believe that she's in the wrong and it's somehow her fault 😩🤦🏼♀️😩🤦🏼♀️.
Not sure why Joelle trusts and forgives Max when he proves again and again that he's kind of bipolar and has terrible mood swings. Perhaps she also has a savior complex, but it's not logical that she'd continue to pursue him after he pretty much left and ghosted her for over a week after their argument. And he didn't even have to grovel!!! Yhe third act breakup was lame at best... 😓
To say something positive, the spicy 🌶️ scenes are well written and entertaining to read, but not very adventurous, FYI.
Happy reading! 📚
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- Freinny29
- 01-24-23
I was floored
when I first started to listen I was caught off guard with the bone marrow scene. Honestly second hand embarrassment. When I picked it up again I couldn't put it down. loved it !
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- Priya
- 08-09-24
Books and Croissants
What's not to love about love, books and baked goods?! The idea was good. The narrators were fantastic. Loved the supporting cast. However, the main characters were very off putting at times. The saucy scenes were done perfectly (good spice and not too graphic).
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- KK
- 09-06-22
Books and Sweets!
This was a really fun Rom Com for your earbuds. Joelle owns a bakery and runs it with the help of her family. Next door to Max has his bookstore and they have struck up a friendship over their first year with their businesses. Their flirty encounters amp up and are even steamier. And THEN their story really begins with lots of twists and turns, and past trauma that affects them both as they try this new relationship. The writing is fun and quick, and the characters are real, and don't always do or say the right things as so many of us do. The narration duo of Donnabella Mortel and Dane Anderson really did a fantastic job bringing these characters to life. It was a great listen. It was a good read, but listening was better.
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