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A Little Night Music

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A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh...

Kiss and cry (2017)

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A romantic drama based on the story of Carley Allison, a promising 18-year-old figure skater and...

One of the Good Ones (2019)

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A hopeless romantic in drug rehab falls for a good girl from LA that's just looking for a good time.

Merissa (13597 KP) created a post

Feb 20, 2023

Read an excerpt from The Hunter (Tales of Pern Coen: Bloodlines #1) by Hannah E. Carey - a Celtic-inspired romantic fantasy featuring a slow burn, fade to black romance.

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/the-hunter-tales-of-pern-coen-bloodlines-1-by-hannah-e-carey-1?origin=notification

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Merissa (13597 KP) created a post

May 6, 2025

"A chaotic good boy and a sexy con man clash in this m/m romantic comedy about small-town drama, Southern manners, and being true to oneself."

Excerpt: The Party Plot by Emily Spady - #Contemporary, #MM, #Romance,

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/excerpt-the-party-plot-by-emily-spady

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Dana (24 KP) rated The Romance of Tristan and Iseult in Books

Mar 23, 2018

This was an interesting classic Romantic story. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult is incredibly sad but also telling of how the ideas of courtly love were perceived in that time period.

I really enjoyed getting a glimpse into the stories of that period and how people acted about the different ways to love people. There is the adulterous courtly love, the romantic marital love, and the brotherly and loyal love. Each of these loves are explored in this story, which makes it that much more interesting to read.

I learned in one of my classes that this story was the bedrock to a lot of the stories we know and love today. Romeo and Juliet can even trace its lineage to this story. Shakespeare and a lot of the other writers during his era drew a lot of inspiration from this story, so it was very cool to be able to see where they all came from.

I would recommend reading this if you are interested in reading Romantic/Medieval stories. It is one that is obviously well known.

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Snowdrift and Other Stories (Includes Three New Recently Discovered Short Stories)

Georgette Heyer

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Previously titled Pistols for Two, this collection includes three of Heyer's earliest short stories,...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2464 KP) rated Murder of a Mail-Order Bride in Books

Aug 8, 2022

After Marriage Comes Murder

Long time bachelor Al Little has found a bride thanks to the internet, and he is thrilled that Svetlana is coming to town. Lizzie Hale, owner of the romance bookstore in Tinker’s Cover, Ohio, gets roped into helping make sure their first meeting and their wedding is perfectly romantic. But when Svetlana turns up dead in the middle of the reception, the question becomes, who would want to kill a new comer to town?

This is a strong second book. The plot kept me engaged the entire time. I did guess a couple of plot points early, but there were so many more I didn’t see coming, including the ending. The book is focused on the new characters central to this mystery, and they are all strong. We do have a small core cast of characters who are back, and they are fun. I also enjoy watching Lizzie’s romantic life, which is a great romantic comedy sub-plot. If you are looking for a slight twist on a cozy mystery set up, this is a series you will love.