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Trope Tuesday: Powerful Artifacts

It is Trope Tuesday Link-Up! This week we are taking about powerful artifacts. As a reminder each week there will be a trope for you to use as inspiration, find the trope list here. All post types are welcome: lists, book reviews, anything really, feel free to make it your own. Please link back to All the Books and Chocolate in your own post so that others know where to find more information. You…
June 23, 2020
Posted inBook Review Rom-Com Book Review

Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory

Synopsis Dating is the last thing on Olivia Monroe's mind when she moves to LA to start her own law firm. But when she meets a gorgeous man at a hotel bar and they spend the entire night flirting, she discovers too late that he is none other than hotshot junior senator Max Powell. Olivia has zero interest in dating a politician, but when a cake arrives at her office with the cutest…
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Can I Come Over? by Whitney G.

  Romance, Forbidden Romance Steam Level: Hot Rating: Synopsis Well, I was failing to write a sex scene.As an author of over fifty smut books, I was struggling to do what I did best. So, for fun, I asked one of my best online friends for some help.I really shouldn’t have done that…He wrote the scene far better than I ever could, and seven months of platonic, yet-flirty friendship were wiped away in…
June 17, 2020
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Trope Tuesday: Mistaken Identity

It is Trope Tuesday Link-Up! Today we are going to discuss Mistaken Identiy. As a reminder each week there will be a trope for you to use as inspiration, find the trope list here. All post types are welcome: lists, book reviews, anything really, feel free to make it your own. Please link back to All the Books and Chocolate in your own post so that others know where to find more information. You…
June 16, 2020
Posted inBookish Musings

Goodreads Improvements

Goodreads has been around since 2006, and in 2006 it was pretty amazing. But fourteen years later, it hasn't changed much. This is a little surprising and I sort of feel like someone has just forgotten about it. I thought I would help out a little by coming up with some suggested improvements for Goodreads. Shared Shelves I do a lot of buddy reads, especially my friend Kelli, we actually are starting a…
June 12, 2020
The Deal by Elle Kennedy
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The Deal by Elle Kennedy

Synopsis She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy... Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she's carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. If she wants to get her crush's attention, she'll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice... even if it…
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Trope Tuesday: Lost Royal

It is time for another Trope Tuesday Link-Up! This week is the Lost Royal. As a reminder each week there will be a trope for you to use as inspiration, find the trope list here. All post types are welcome: lists, book reviews, anything really, feel free to make it your own. Please link back to All the Books and Chocolate in your own post so that others know where to find more information.…
June 9, 2020
Posted inBook Review Rom-Com Book Review

Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson

Synopsis When their foster-turned-adoptive mother suddenly dies, four brothers struggle to keep open the doors of her beloved Harlem knitting shop, while dealing with life and love in Harlem.Jesse Strong is known for two things: his devotion to his adoptive mom, Mama Joy, and his reputation for breaking hearts in Harlem. When Mama Joy unexpectedly passes away, he and his brothers have different plans on what to do with Strong Knits, their neighborhood…
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Trope Tuesday: The Mentor

It is time for another Trope Tuesday Link-Up! This week is The mentor. As a reminder each week there will be a trope for you to use as inspiration, find the trope list here. All post types are welcome: lists, book reviews, anything really, feel free to make it your own. Please link back to All the Books and Chocolate in your own post so that others know where to find more information. You…
June 2, 2020
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Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert

Synopsis Charming, charismatic, and effortlessly popular, Conrad Stewart seems to have it all…but in reality, he's scrambling to keep his life from tumbling out of control.Brilliant, guarded, and endlessly driven, Alden Roth may as well be the poster boy for perfection…but even he can't help but feel a little broken inside.When these mortal enemies are stuck together on a cross-country road trip to the biggest fan convention of their lives, their infamous rivalry…