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The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard 

🩷 Elven Prince x Orc Chief
🩷 Captor x Captive
🩷 Enemies to Lovers
🩷 Transmasc Autistic MC
🩷 Size Difference
🩷 Forced Proximity

Overall:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
Spice:       🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Humour:  🤭🤭
Intimacy: 🫂🫂🫂🫂
Angst:      🥺🥺🥺

Third person dual pov 👀

CW (from author): Themes of Anxiety, Harassment, Death, Torture, Confinement, Familial Abuse (Physical and Psychological), Mild Body Horror and Gore, Mild Themes of Slavery, Crude Language, Death of a Family Member, Scenes of Consensual Sex.

CW (extra): Nightmares, Kidnapping, Injury, Physical Violence, Murder, Blood and Gore, War, Physical Injuries to MCs, Animal Injury (horse).

Silent Is The Heart by Dianna Roman

🩵 Tattoo Artist x Speech Therapist
🩵 Vocally Impaired MC
🩵 Hurt/Comfort
🩵 Age Gap (8 years)
🩵 Love After Loss
🩵 Second Chance

Overall:    ⭐⭐⭐.5
Spice:       🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
Humour:  🤭🤭
Intimacy: 🫂🫂🫂🫂.5
Angst:      🥺🥺🥺

First person dual pov 👀

CW (from author): Loss of a loved one/parent, Descriptions of domestic abuse and death, Feelings of despair and grief, Feelings of low self-worth, A self-deprecating vocal impairment term used by a vocally impaired MC, Descriptions of queerphobic speech used by an antagonist, Secret infatuation of an adult by a seventeen-year-old, Criminal plot elements, Explicit adult language, Explicit consensual sexual content.

CW (extra): vague mentions of underage sex between teens, self deprecating jokes regarding possible future prostitution, anxiety, panic attacks, stalking, breaking and entering, theft and death.

Royal Scoundrel by Saxon James

💜 Opposites Attract
💜 Secret Hookups
💜 College Romance
💜 Possessive MC
💜 Novella

Overall:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
Spice:       🌶️🌶️🌶️
Humour:  🤭🤭🤭.5
Intimacy: 🫂🫂🫂.5
Angst:      🥺🥺

First person dual pov 👀

CW: homophobia, use of a homophobic slur.

Date with Dad by Odessa Hywell

🩷 Taboo (🩸Father/Son)
🩷 Established Relationship 
🩷 Size Difference 
🩷 Femme MC
🩷 Erotic Novella
🔥 Lingerie & Lace, Docking, Light Breeding Kink, Rimming, Felching

Overall:    ⭐⭐⭐.5
Spice:       🌶️🌶️🌶️
Humour:  🤭
Intimacy: 🫂🫂🫂
Angst:      🥺

First person dual pov 👀

CW (from author): cheating (not between MCs), reference to underage sex with an adult (not between MCs).

How to Hack a Hellhound by Shannon Mae

💛 Human x Hacker Hellhound
💛 Possessive/Protective MC
💛 Fated Mates
💛 Paranormal Romance
💛 Found Family
🔥 Knotting, Tail Play, Light Exhibitionism

Overall:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice:       🌶️🌶️🌶️
Humour:  🤭🤭🤭.5
Intimacy: 🫂🫂🫂🫂
Angst:      🥺🥺.5

First person dual pov 👀

CW (from author): Discussions of various methods of torture (torture occurs off page), Violence, Implied abusive relationship (secondary character), Drugging of a character, Kidnapping, Human trafficking (off page), Stalking, Consensual biting, knotting, and tail play, Mention of trauma, including violence and abuse (off page; some of these characters have tragic backstories).

CW (extra): nightmares, mention of sexual assault (past, side character).

Friend For Hire by Saxon James

💛 Strangers to Friends to Lovers
💛 Sexual Awakening
💛 Grumpy x Chaotic Sunshine
💛 Rich FMC x Poor FMC
💛 FF Novella

Overall:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice:       🌶️🌶️
Humour:  🤭🤭.5
Intimacy: 🫂🫂
Angst:      🥺🥺

First person dual pov 👀

CW: homophobia, mentions of deceased parents, mention of therapy, mention of past drug use (side character).

Be Mine by Nova Burns

💙 Taboo (🩸twin brothers)
💙 Psychotic MC x Sunshine MC
💙 Valentine's Coupons
💙 Novella
🔥 Dom/Sub dynamic, Spanking, Candy Play, Lingerie & Fishnets

Overall:    ⭐⭐⭐
Spice:       🌶️🌶️🌶️
Humour:  🤭🤭
Intimacy: 🫂🫂🫂
Angst:      🥺🥺.5

First person dual pov 👀

CW (from author): Dom/Sub dynamic, spanking, and candy play. Manipulation and deception used to gain a romantic relationship. The following does not occur between the MCs: physical violence, verbal abuse, kidnapping, and forced drug use.

CW (extra): use of a safeword.

Not Catching Love by Saxon James

💛 Nurse x Artist
💛 Forbidden Romance
💛 Nurse/Patient to Friends to Lovers
💛 Mental Health Themes
💛 Hurt/Comfort
💛 Mutual Pining
💛 Virgin MC
💛 Slow Burn
💛 Found Family

I've been excited for Xander and Derek's book since we first met them in The Husband Hoax and though this story wasn't what I had been originally expecting for the characters, I still really enjoyed it.

Both Xander and Derek had a lot of issues to sort through in this book and I really liked seeing them grow as individuals and eventually together as a couple. 

The moments between Seven & Xander and Seven & Derek were so lovely and unsurprisingly, Seven continues to be my favourite character of the series!

Overall, this book was a really nice ending to the series and what has turned out to be a great collection of found family stories!

Overall:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
Spice:       🌶️🌶️🌶️
Humour:  🤭🤭🤭.5
Intimacy: 🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂
Angst:      🥺🥺🥺

First person dual pov 👀

CW (from author): This book contains mentions of past traumas, including abandonment, neglect, and childhood abuse. There is trauma dumping and severe anxiety attacks. Xander’s opinions on mental health and psychologists are his own and don’t reflect reality or the author’s own opinions.

CW (extras): medication, therapy sessions, self loathing, self image issues, mentions of childhood bullying, emotional abuse, mentions of addiction (MCs parents, off page), medical trauma (off page, in the past).

Stupid Dirty by Erin Russell

💛 Rivals to Friends to Lovers
💛 Double Sexual Awakening
💛 Hurt/Comfort
💛 Mental Health Themes
💛 Virgin MC
💛 Slow Burn
💛 Small Town

Overall:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
Spice:       🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
Humour:  🤭🤭
Intimacy: 🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂
Angst:      🥺🥺🥺🥺

First person dual pov 👀

CW (from author): depression & suicide (off-page or ideation), on-page family violence & neglect, disordered/controlled eating, and postpartum mental health issues. Drug & alcohol abuse, family violence, parental neglect, toxic masculinity & violence, cultural homophobia and untreated mental illness.

CW (extra): injury, descriptions of blood, self harm (hair pulling), attempted murder/suicide (past, off page), mentions of child death (past, off page).

How to Flirt with a Hellhound by Shannon Mae

🩶 Socially Awkward Writer MC
🩶 Serial Killer(ish) Hellhound MC
🩶 Neighbours to Lovers
🩶 Paranormal Romance
🩶 Clueless MCs
🩶 Hurt/Comfort
🩶 Found Family

Overall:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25
Spice:       🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
Humour:  🤭🤭🤭.5
Intimacy: 🫂🫂🫂🫂
Angst:      🥺🥺.5

First person dual pov 👀

CW (from author): Discussions of various methods of torture, including maiming, dismemberment, flaying, bloodletting, and medieval torture devices (torture occurs off page), Violence, House fire (minor villainous character), Implied abusive relationship (secondary character), Kidnapping (off page; secondary character), Human trafficking (off page; secondary character), Stalking, Consensual biting, knotting, and tail play. Mention of trauma, including homophobia, violence, and abuse (not graphic; Toby likes to make up vague but tragic backstories for people)