ROMANCE RAID

I have 119 kindle romances that have been sitting unread for years, with the help of a random number generator, I'm gonna tackle these bitches

First pick is 92, which is THE DUCHESS WAR by Courtney Milan, but at the beginning it says to read THE GOVERNESS AFFAIR first which is free so... LETS GO! #ImisRomanceRaid

0.5/119 GOVERNESS AFFAIR by Courtney Milan

- origin story novella
- v sweet and wholesome ending
- kinda enemies to lovers

cw: rape

(Novellas will normally count as 1, but this wasn't in my original 119)

1/119 THE DUCHESS WAR by Courtney Milan

- soft boi Duke and his badass commoner love interest
- found family
- again, kinda enemies to lovers in that they were in opposition for a time

Next number is 54 - WINGING IT by Ashlyn Kane & Morgan James

2/119 WINGING IT by Ashlyn Kane & Morgan James

- M/M ice hockey romance
- questioning bi rep
- the return of my ice hockey romance obsession perhaps

cw: forced outing, homophobia, homophobia close fam, death of close fam

Next is 45: Jasmin the Unexpected by Sookh Kaur

3/119 JASMIN THE UNEXPECTED by Sookh Kaur

- ov south asian mc
- importance of friendship
- bit too much going on and random pov structure

cw: drug addiction, historic child sexual assault

Next is 60: THE WEDDING GAME by Meghan Quinn

4/119 THE WEDDING GAME by Meghan Quinn

- wholesome crafting GBBO-style set up
- TV show rivals + hate-to-love executed perfectly
- F/F and M/M secondary relationships

cw: historic parental abandonment / bad relationship w parents

Next is 37: A COWBOY TO REMEMBER

5/119 A COWBOY TO REMEMBER by Rebekah Weatherspoon

- second chance romance
- ov Black leads w queer secondary characters
- amnesia!!!!!!!!
- celeb chef x cowboy

cw: head trauma, critical fall / push, coma

Next up is 114: TO SAVE A MATE by Krystal Shannan

6/119 TO SAVE A MATE by Krystal Shannan DNF @ 24%

Next up is 53: JUST A FLING by Charity Ferrell

7/119 JUST A FLING by Charity Ferrell

- bodyguard romance
- hate-to-love (+ instalove??)
- tbh I'd read the sequel

cw: historic cheating and side characters cheating, cancer, loss of loved one

Next up is 19: MERCILESS SINNER by E. M. Gayle

8/119 MERCILESS SINNER by E.M. Gayle

- D/s romance
- supposedly mafia but very little mention or involvement
- changed tenses from scene to scene weirdly

cw: historic child sexual abuse and grooming

Next up is 8: A LESSON IN THORNS by Sierra Simone