We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is Love Freebie (in honour of Valentine’s Day tomorrow).
I was going to for ‘meet cutes’ in the title but that would be misleading because not all of these were necessarily meet cutes, but I obviously loved them all! I loved how these characters came together on the page and how it set up great romances. Most of these were recent reads for me so their meetings were more or less fresh in my mind but since this is a topic that I’ve never even considered doing before, I thought it’d be fun to try. 😍
- The Exception to the Rule: It was the wrong email at the right time.
- Worst Wingman Ever: It was a horny Valentine’s Day gift to the wrong person!
- Rosie and the Dreamboat: It was being trapped in my worst nightmare and being rescued by her wildest dream.
- Night Hawk: She’s been (wrongfully) placed under arrest and he’s… Well, he’s escorting her to her freedom!
- Destiny’s Captive: She literally ties him up and then steals his boat 🤭
- Destiny’s Embrace: They’re both fiercely stubborn and out of frustration, she throws a rock at him (it’s funnier than I make it sound, I promise) 😂
- Role Playing: Gaming friends with mistaken identity—he thinks she’s old, she thinks he’s a teen!
- The Singles Table: She shot him in the butt at a bachelor/bachelorette paintball game!
- Divine Rivals: IRL rivals, Secret identity, exchanging letters by magic
- Love Lettering: She put a secret message in his wedding invites and he deciphered it…
Have you read any of these books or are they on your TBR? What are some of your favourite romantic meetings? I’d love to know!
dinipandareads 
I really loved Role Playing, I’m glad to see it on this list!!
My TTT: https://myromantasylife.blogspot.com/2024/02/books-with-love-in-title.html
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It’s such a wonderful romance. I can’t wait to read more by this author! 😍
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I’ve been tempted to check out
Role Playing (I think from your blog! LOL) and I’ve been seeing Divine Rivals absolutely everywhere recently!
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YES! I hope you love Role Playing if you get around to checking it out. It’s been an endorphin boost seeing everyone adding the book to their TBRs from this list 😂😍 And yeah, Divine Rivals is definitely one of the most popular romantasies circulating these days but definitely deserving of the hype!
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I’ve heard a lot of good things about Role Playing.
Here is my <a href=”https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-about-chocolate/“>Top Ten Tuesday</a> post.
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It’s SO good! I can’t stop gushing about it 😂
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Role Playing and Divine Rivals sound intriguing! I might have to check them out!
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday post: https://thissideofstoryland.blogspot.com/2024/02/top-ten-tuesday-my-favorite-romance.html
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Both are fantastic reads and I can’t recommend them enough, especially the former which I don’t think gets all the hype it deserves (but maybe I’m biased cos I loved it so, lol) 😂 If you do check them out, I hope you love them!
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The top three are definitely on my tbr! I have the whole series ready on Kindle Unlimited but haven’t got to them yet lol. Great list!
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They’re perfect in-between books for sure! I hope you love them when you get around to reading the series 🙂
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I think I might need to dive into Beverly Jenkins’ backlog. Hahaha. First meetings really do set the tone for the whole story, so what a great idea.
Here is our <a href=”https://www.longandshortreviews.com/miscellaneous-musings/top-ten-tuesday-quotes-about-love/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a>
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YES! I’m slowly making my way through them this year and I have zero regrets, lol. Bev Jenkins’ romances are just SO fun and wonderfully written. 😍 We’re lucky we have so many to choose from/work through, haha!
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Role Playing was so much fun! I loved it. And Divine Rivals looks really good, too!
Here’s my TTT this week: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2024/02/13/top-ten-tuesday-quotes-for-galentines-day/
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I can’t wait to read more of Yardley’s romances. Her upcoming release also looks/sounds like so much fun 😍 Divine Rivals is fantastic and so deserving of the hype, IMO.
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Oh, awesome! I’m glad to hear it.
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I’ve only read The Singles Table and Love Lettering from your list. I want to read those first 3 for sure and hopefully the Jenkins books. I remember that meeting in Love Lettering. It was such a god one.
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I think I need to re-read Love Lettering cos it’s been years but I obviously still carry it with me, lol. I love it! The Meet Cute series is very fun and Jenkins’ books are SO wonderful. I hope you love them, Deanna! 😍
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There is a bunch of books on this list that are on my TBR list! I hope I can eventually get to them someday. Great list!
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I hope you can too and I hope that you love them when you get to them! 😍
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I read the first two, and oh! Those were great meet-cutes. I forgot that about Love Lettering. That is pretty great, and The Singles Table was a fun one.
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I wish those two stories were longer. I could’ve definitely kept reading about those couples 😍 Love Lettering is fantastic. I need to do a re-read!
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I love the Meet-Cute series, and Love Lettering was a really great book as well! I’ve got Rebecca Ross on the TBR, and I’m excited to read it!
Haze @ The Book Haze
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I hope you enjoy Rebecca Ross’ book! I can’t wait to read more by her this year 🙂
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I adored The Exception to the Rule! I thought it was so cute, loved their emails!
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Omg, I know! They were adorable! And when they finally met?! I LOVED IT 😍
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So many romance novels. So little time. Tee-hee!
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Hehe, definitely wish I had more time for them! 😍😂
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Role Playing sounds interesting. And I love the way you wrote these meetings!
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/favorite-romances-read-in-2023/
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Thanks, Pam! Role Playing is fantabulous 😍
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This is the second time you’ve made me want to read The Singles Table. I better start reading the previous two books.
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I actually haven’t read the second book in this series but I did read the first. It was fun but Singles Table is far superior! 😂😍 I hope you love it, Alicia!
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Divine Rivals! I should have included it on my list. I think I could have done a top ten of just romantasies very easily. Excellent list!
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It’s SUCH a great romance 😍 I think with all the romantasies that are out, it’s very easy to make a list of them now! Loving the trend 🙂 Hehe
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Those Amazon original stories are all on my TBR. They sound so good. I also loved The Singles Table.
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I hope you love them! They’re a lot of fun 🙂 The Singles Table was so good. Can’t wait to go back to the second book in that series once I get my hands on it!
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Meet Cute was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this topic. I have not read any of these, but have 3 on my TBR. Nice list, Dini.
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I hope you love the ones on your TBR, Carla! 😍
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Thanks, Dini.
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Just added Role Playing to my TBR 😍😍😍 As someone that grew up roleplaying this seems perfect for me!
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YAY, I’m so excited to hear that. I hope you love Role Playing 😍 It’s such a fun romance!
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Great topic, Dini! I think I’m going to add Role Playing to my TBR. It looks so cute! I love seeing all the different romances talked about! Divine Rivals!! 🙂
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Thanks, Leslie! I hope you love Role Playing 😍 It’s fantastic and I can’t stop recommending it, lol. Divine Rivals is definitely superior tier romance, hehe 😉
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Role Playing sounds so fun, I’m going to add to my TBR, I had read 3 stories of meet cute and im reading the 4 one, they are cute,The Exception to the Rule was my favorite
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It’s SO fun! The Exception to the Rule was definitely superior in that series but I also really loved Jimenez’ book. I hope you enjoy the rest of the books in the meet cute series 🙂
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What a fabulous topic, Dini! The Singles Table and Role Playing are going on my TBR> They sound great!
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Thanks, Julie! I hope you love Singles Table and Role Playing 😍
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I really want to give Divine Rivals a shot! I actually have a different book by the same author that I really ought to get back to and finish first, haha, but I love the sound of Divine Rivals.
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I hope you love it! I also have another series of Ross’ that came out before Divine Rivals that I want to read, but I’m so glad that I finally read this. It’s very deserving of all the book love it receives! 😍
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Great post! I loved Role Playing so much, especially as they meet through gaming but don’t know each other’s real life personas yet 🥰
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Okay, I’m definitely curious about that meeting in The Singles Table. xD That sounds like a unique way to meet each other!
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Perfect choice for the Love Freebie! I’ve only read The Exception to the Rule, but I adored it. I need to pick up these other two from the series. Role Playing and Love Lettering are on my tbr. And you’ve convinced me to add Divine Rivals to my tbr, too!
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