📚 Vins 📚

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Narrator: #JacciPrior
Release date: 10MAR2026

Tropes:
🔘 #DarkFantasyRomance
🔘 #EvilGods / #WarriorKingdom
🔘 #FoundFamily / #Sisterhood
🔘 #DeadlyTrials
🔘 #EnemiesToLovers
🔘 #ForcedProximity
🔘 #ElementalMagicSystem
🔘 #FeminineRage
🔘 #Slow-Burn

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“What kind of creature are you?”

Currently Listening to: #ImmortalOrigins by #TarynKnightly. This is book one of #ChroniclesoftheImmortalTrials series.

Audio Book Available
Publisher: @dreamscape-media.bsky.social / @netgalley.bsky.social

> so keep your mind, and emotions safe!

Audio Book Available
Publisher: @dreamscape-media.bsky.social
Narrator: #JoyNash
Release date: 10MAR2026

Tropes:
🔘 #WorkplaceRomance
🔘 #ForcedProximity
🔘 #FakeDating
🔘 Novella

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Favourite Quote: “We need time to set up in the restaurant before then. Hopefully some place without so many marble dongs on display!”

Spicy Level - 🌶️🌶️

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> and complicated feelings, which gave the romance a more grounded feel.

The audiobook narration by Joy Nash was a big highlight. She brought a lot of personality to the characters and made the humour and awkward moments shine in a way that made the listening experience really enjoyable. >

> a bit of a mixed bag for me, but in a good way.

This story has that signature Olivia Dade warmth… messy characters, real emotions, and people who feel like actual human beings rather than perfect romance FMC & MMC I always appreciate that about her writing. The story leans into vulnerability >

> handsome, but the absent–minded librarian also makes every workday an anxiety–inducing exercise in stress.

Now, Callie is suddenly single, and in need of a last–minute faux–boyfriend for an episode of HATV’s Island Match. Thomas is more than happy to play the part . . .

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This one was

> desk shifts fumbling pencils, tripping over his own feet, and struggling to remember both the Dewey Decimal System and the existence of her inconvenient boyfriend.

Callie has never found a man as irritating as she finds Thomas. He may be brilliant, kind, and frustratingly >

> #DesireandtheDeepBlueSea by #OliviaDade. This is book one of the #LoveUnscripted series. And it is a 3.5 ⭐️ read.

Thomas McKinney has never wanted a woman the way he wants Callie Adesso. Since she started working alongside him at the Colonial Marysburg Research Library, he’s spent his >

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“She was an excellent liar… Who Knew?”

Firstly Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and the @dreamscape-media.bsky.social for the ALC of this book. Please note this gift has not affected the way in which I have reviewed this book.
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> Narrator: Joy Nash
Release date: 10MAR2026

Tropes:
🔘 Workplace Romance
🔘 Forced Proximity
🔘 Fake Dating
🔘 Novella

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“They’re pretending. Until they aren’t…”

Currently Listening to: Desire and the Deep Blue Sea by Olivia Dade. This is book one of the Love Unscripted series.

Audio Book Available
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> Audio Book Available
Publisher: Momentum Media Publishing
Narrator: Jacci Prior & Anthony Palmini
Release date: 19FEB2026

Tropes:
🔘 #FantasyRomance
🔘 #ForcedProximity
🔘 #CinnamonRollMMC
🔘 #Magic&Fae
🔘 #ReverseGrumpyxSunshine

> You take it out and stick the pointy end into their flesh!”

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> The audiobook added that extra layer.

Jacci Prior and Anthony Palmini brought emotion and depth to the characters. Their narration made the story feel bigger than its length.

Favourite Quote: “You strap the dagger to your thigh, and if anyone comes at you. >

> The secrets. The simmering danger. The ash-and-magic atmosphere. It gives you a taste without overwhelming you, and by the end I was absolutely ready to jump head first into this world. I appreciate when a story trusts you to lean in rather than spell everything out.
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> warrior would lead her to the cure. But will solving one problem only bring her to another?

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I love when a novella knows exactly what it’s doing.

This is super short and sweet, YES…. but it doesn’t feel rushed or lacking. It feels like a perfectly timed glimpse into something bigger.>

> He has the answers to the questions she’d face, and resisting his pull on their journey will be no easy feat.

The fae in her city are sick with a mysterious plague, and Faelyn’s healer magic has done little to help. With so many dying, she never expected that crossing paths with this fae >

> #AWhisperofSecretsandAshes by #JadaMcCrary. This is book one of the #EchoesoftheCursedKingdom series. And it is a 4 ⭐️ read.

Her name is Faelynn, and she is a healer and servant of the fae God. She sworn off every fae male who set his sights on her … until him. Drey this was … unexpected. >

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“Some sickness cannot be cured by magic.”

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> Audio Book Available
Publisher: Momentum Media and Publishing
Narrator: #GraceNoble, #GregorySalinas & #AnthonyPalmini
Release date: 15AUG2025

Tropes:
🔘 Enemies to Lovers
🔘 Villain gets the girl
🔘 He falls first and harder
🔘 Touch her and ☠️
🔘 Burn the world
🔘 Morally Grey MMC
🔘 Love Triangle

> Favourite Quote: “I want to be a better man for her. This woman who has captured my attention. But it’s not in me to be the hero. And Villain does, what a villain does. He destroys!”

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> end I was sitting here thinking,“Right. When do I get the rest?”

The audiobook made it even better. Grace Noble, Gregory Salinas, and Anthony Palmini brought the atmosphere to life so well. They gave the characters depth and presence, it made the whole experience feel bigger than its page count.

> The fae elements, the wicked king energy, the danger simmering under the surface, it gave me exactly enough to get hooked. I love when a story doesn’t spoon-feed everything but instead lets you taste the magic and leaves you wanting more. And this book, absolutely did that, by the >

> He takes what he wants, and he doesn’t care who he hurts in the process.

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This may be a novella, but don’t let the shorter length fool you. It’s short, filled with betrayal… and packed with enough intrigue to make me want to throw myself head first into this world.
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>When she and her love, Rowan, went to the Unseelie Court, Gwyndolin only intended to ask the Unseelie king to stop his fae from attacking the humans and Seelie fae. She did not intend for him to insert himself into their quest to find the high queen.But who can say no to the wicked High King Aspen?

> #OfFaeandWickedKings by #JadaMcCrary. This is book one of the #WickedFae series. And it is a 4 ⭐️ read.

A human, a fae warrior, and the wicked Unseelie King walk into a bar. Just kidding. There is no bar. But there is a quest to find a missing queen. And tension. Lots of tension.
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“She thinks me a wicked fae…She hasn’t seen wicked!”

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and the publisher for the ALC of this book. Please note this gift has not affected the way in which I have reviewed this book.
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