Book Reviews
Five-Star Stack
These gems hold a special place on my bookshelf, full of swoons, feels, and stories that echo long after the last page.
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Subversive & Spicy!
Teach Me, Alisha Williams & Jenn Bullard
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️📖 Omegaverse, MMMM, AAAO, Student/Professor, Age Gap, Mafia, Dominant Omega, Verse Alphas, Good Boy, Classroom Fun, S*x Club, Crawl to Me, Daddy.
If you loved Beg For It, book one in the Sinfulverse, Teach Me will absolutely make you crawl! We first met Jamie and Beckham in book one, and I loved getting to see them take center stage here, especially with the way their relationship flips the usual alpha/omega dynamic OV fans are used to. A dominant omega, submissive alpha, and 2 verse alphas make this story feel fresh and subversive. Mix that in with some “fun” classroom times, a dash of mafia drama, and a surprisingly heartbreaking backstory, and this quickly became one of my favorite reads of 2026 so far.
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Finding Peace on Ice
Temptation on Ice, by Adrian R. Hale
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️📖 MM | Hockey Romance | Single Dad/Widower | Mental Health Rep | Sexually Fluid Awakening | Love After Loss | Blue-Collar/Celebrity | Service Dogs | Good Boy | Millionaire | Strangers to Friends To Lovers | Class Gap | Slow Burn | Ex- Law Enforcement | Meddling Family | Urban/Country | Workplace Romance | Endearments in Italiano |
Get ready to ugly-cry every time you see a sunset! After Reckless on Ice, I knew this wouldn’t be just another hockey romance, but Adrian takes a trope we love returning to and turns it into a measured, beautiful story of grief, healing, and the impossible pressure to “just move on.” Sprinkle in the intricacies of a sexual fluidity awakening, a kiddo who accepts as easily as he loves, and the pressures of the celebrity spotlight, and you have one of the most emotionally riveting romance books of 2025. Prepare to laugh, cry, and fall wildly in love in a single, glorious binge.
Note: Temptation on Ice is book 2 in the Gods Of The Ice series. It can be read as a standalone, but you will get a few character spoilers if you skip book 1.
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Leader of the pack
This Vow of Ours, by Lucy Scott Bryan
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️📖 MMMFM | Omegaverse | Mafia | Fake Marriage | Why Choose/Poly | Fated Mates | Twins | Beta in the Pack | Two Omegas in the Pack | Secret Identity | Childhood Vows | Morally Gray | Possessive MMC | Breath Play | Cop & Criminal |
Anyone who follows me knows This Thing of Ours ( book one) was my top read of 2024. Lucy Scott Bryan has a true gift for writing character‑driven stories that rip you apart and stitch you back together — and This Vow of Ours is no exception. The mafia twists had me reeling, the secret identities genuinely surprised me (rare, honestly), and the way fate ties it all together? That’s the real magic of romance writing done right.
Bonus treat: Raff is a male Omega, and Keegan, Ronin, and Raff share a beautifully tangled love story of their own. The author doesn’t shy away from showing love in all its forms, and watching that dynamic grow alongside Tally’s return is genuinely gorgeous. Fans of dual Omegas and poly compersion will find SO much to swoon over here.
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This one’s fighting for top shelf!
No Escape, by Jillian West
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️📖 FMMMM | Omegaverse | Why Choose/Poly | Fated Mates | Pack Beta | Disability Rep | Forced Proximity | Bodyguard/Client | Found Family | Age Gap | Touch Her and D*e | Second Chance Romance
What could’ve been just another forced proximity setup turns deliciously messy thanks to heat spikes and fated-mate bonds. Valor is all muscle and menace, Omen is one “please love me” away from snapping, and Saylor? She’s stuck in the middle, desperate for control over her life—and maybe, finally, a pack that feels like home. The spice hits, the emotions sting, and yes, the cliffhanger is rude... but in the best way.
Jillian West is one of my auto-buy authors. She could publish a menu and I’d eat it up. Ruined Records is god-tier for me, and I wasn’t ready for her to come for its crown—but here we are. New to JW? Crack the spine and buckle up. This series is about to own you.
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Fated in Every Dimension
Dream Girl, by Jane Handler
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️📖 MMMMFM | Omegaverse | Why Choose/Poly | Portal Romance | Amnesia | Fated Mates | Male Omega | Found Family | Second Chance | Beta in the Pack | Steamy STEM | Expanded ABO | Billionaire | Forced Proximity |
Dream Girl kicks off the Into the Parallel Omegaverse trilogy, and honestly, you can toss all three books straight into your “buy now” pile. Fans of Jane’s Finding the Forward duet will squeal—Grace is Verity’s sister, and the pack dynamics you loved are back, with twists that keep you on your toes. Before Grace arrives, Wes’ pack is dude-dense: a giant male omega, a beta cop, a bio-tech billionaire, and an introverted real-estate mogul. With this eclectic pack, you get a little insta-love (and heat!) alongside some of the slow-burn magic Jane does best. While I expected Jane to nail the Omegaverse romance, I was pleasantly surprised at how she blends fantasy and science into a world that feels truly one-of-a-kind. Consider me stranded in this world, counting the days until books two and three.
Note: This series happens before Finding the Forward, and while fans will spot some fun nods to the other books, you don’t need to have read it first to slip into Grace’s story.
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