Melanie/Mel

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Romance reader, reviews @ Smexybooks.com, leaning enthusiast, these mashed potatoes are so creamy, she/her

Fated Mates Random Romance Recommender with Don’t Let Your Dukes Grow Up to be Scoundrels by Louisa Darling
Baby Lamine Yamali in a bathtub being bathed by Leo Messi in a white top and black pants.
Screenshot of Dark Waters by Toni Anderson with a dark haired woman with her back to the viewer, facing a body of water and mountains surrounded the water.
Screenshot of Dangerous Waters by Toni Anderson with half of a white woman's face cast in red shadows and a black and white image of a boat on a body of water, with a dense forest of trees along the coastline.
Screenshot of Something Like Desire by Marie Hoy-Kenny with a white woman with brown hair in a purple dress standing in front of a white man in a suit and tie, his hand on the strap of her dress, pushing it down or pulling it up, hard to tell.
Roma tomatoes from my backyard garden
Marin French Cheese Petite Breakfast Fresh Brie
Samosa pie
Screenshot of Lost and Found by Tarah DeWitt with an illustrated cover of a dark haired white man kneeling by the water, with a red haired white woman on his knee, the two embracing each other.
Screenshot of Scotch on the Rocks bay Elliot Fletcher with a illustrated cover of a white man with brown hair and brown facial hair in a red shirt and dark pants bending over a white woman with dark hair in a black dress, one of his hands pulling down on the strap of her dress. They are surrounded by flowers and behind them is what looks like a lake and a waterfall.
Roxie and Remi the mini labradoodles
Screenshot of Wild Goose Chase by Sarah Adler with a pink background and bright pink geese and a dark haired white man in a cardigan and pants and a dark haired white woman in a green dress and black boots standing in the middle.
Screenshot of Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare with a blonde haired white woman kissing a white man, her hand on his face. She looks like she might be topless.
Roasted tomato tart with ricotta and pesto
Backyard, tumblr on a table with a Ted Lasso sticker that says “be curious, not judgmental”
Screenshot of Dirty Like Me by Jaine Diamond with a muscular, shirtless, dark haired, white guy staring off moodily to the side.
Screenshot of Die For Me by Shirlene Obuobi with a Black man in white button down shirt holding a Black woman, leaning over her, her head is thrown back and it looks like he's about to bite her neck, which is glowing in a weird way, behind them red curtains.
Screenshot of the cover of Extracurricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon with a white woman with long dark hair in a dress of some sort, embracing a white guy with dark hair and glasses and an earring of some sort in a button down shirt, he looks like he's about to kiss her, behind them is a desk and also a guitar and some kind of framed degree and shelves filled with books.
Screenshot of Score by Kennedy Ryan with an illustrated cover of a Black woman in a green sleeves dress, lounging on a black surface, one hand down by her side, one hand folded behind her head. She has curly black hair and red lips and there is a slit on her dress exposing much of her thighs.
Screenshot of Summer People by Sally Blakely with an illustrated cover of a brown haired white woman in a red bathing suit lying on a green beach towel and a dark haired white man in white swim shorts lying next to her on a purple beach towel. There's also another white guy partially seen on the other side of the woman in blue swim shorts and sunglasses on a red beach towel and on the other side of the first man, a dark haired woman in a green swimsuit walking towards them, holding what looks like a surfboard.
Mini ice cream cone held next to a paper towel roll for scale
Screenshot of The Games We Play by Jennifer Dawson with a white cover with red splotches over it and the figure of a man and a woman in solid black, her in a dress and heels, carrying 2 shopping bags, and him in a suit and white shirt.
Screenshot of Through the Fire by Katie Ruggle with a dark haired white guy in a black tank, holding a gun, with a dog next to him, in the midst of the woods.
Screenshot of Survive the Night by Katie Ruggle with a white man in a t-shirt and jeans, holding a gun with a dog next to him, on a hilly field, with snow capped mountains behind him.
Screenshot of Axe Marks the Spot by Kayla Grosse with an axe hitting a target with a red heart in place of the bullseye.
Screenshot of The Roommate Rule by Georgia Stone with an illustrated cover of a dark haired white man in a hoodie and jeans holding some flowers, standing next to a white blonde woman in a green top and denim overalls. They are standing on a cliff overlooking the sea surrounded by flowers and also polaroids of the two of them doing different activities like canoeing and bicycling and sitting on a beach.
Screenshot of Our Ex's Wedding by Taleen Voskuni with an illustrated cover of a woman with long dark hair in a blue cocktail dress in the arms of a dark haired man in a suit, in the middle of a garden with a woman in a bridal gown and veil off in the distance. The man is lifting the woman off her feet.
Screenshot of An Infinite Love Story by Chanel Cleeton with an image of a rocket ship launching into space, smoke billowing out from around it.
Screenshot of The Missed Connection by Tia Williams with an illustrated cover with a Black woman with bold red lips staring out at the audience, a plane flying off in the air next to her.
Screenshot of On the Chase by Katie Ruggle with a dark haired, muscular white guy in a gray tank top and dark pants with a gun holster and a police badge, holding a gun and standing next to a police dog, fields and trees and shrubbery behind him.
Screenshot of Run to Ground by Katie Ruggle with a white guy in a tight t-shirt and a police badge, holding a gun in one hand and a police dog in the other.
Screenshot of Unstoppable by Laura Griffin with a woman, cast in shadows, standing at the exit to a tunnel, surrounded by the light.
Screenshot of Wish I Might by Hannah Murray with a white man with dark blonde hair in a dark button down shirt holding a white woman with dark hair with purple highlights in an off the shoulder black top. His hand is in her hair and he's got his eyes closed and face pressed to hers, she's looking at the audience, eyes open.
Screenshot of Fish Out of Water by Katie Ruggle with an illustrated cover of fields and a lake with mountains in the background and a night sky with a crescent moon and by the lake are a dark haired white man with a beard and a dark haired white woman kissing, he's in a t-shirt and black pants and wearing a backpack and she's in a white tank top and dark pants with a backpack near her. There are fish frolicking in the lake.
Screenshot of The Very Definition of Love by Sophia Benoit with an illustrated cover with a white woman with long brown hair in a low cut white regency gown sitting on what could be a chaise, her skirt pulled up high by the dark haired formally attired man leaning over her from behind, exposing her thighs and showing off her stockings and shoes.
Screenshot of Unspeakable by Laura Griffin with a body of water surrounded by what looks like marshland
Screenshot of Shrunkation by Janine Amesta with an illustrated cover of a dark haired woman in a white beach cover up being dipped and kissed by a blonde white guy in blue swim shorts, on a beach, with what looks like a giant seagull next to them and the ocean behind them.
Screenshot of Untraceable by Laura Griffin with a picture of a grassy field and gray blue skies, maybe through a rain splattered windshield or window or something.
Screenshot of No Matter What by Cara Bastone with an illustrated cover of an apartment building with two lit windows, one with a dark haired woman and another window with a dark haired bearded man. There are trees next to the building.
Screenshot of Her Risk to Take by Toni Anderson with a white man in a leather duster coat and a cowboy hat, his back to the reader, the snow capped mountains of Montana in front of him, his face in profile.
Roxie the mini labradoodle
Screenshot of Her Last Chance by Toni Anderson with a blonde haired white woman with her face close to a dark haired white man's face, her hand on his face.
Screenshot of The Dove and the Rogue by Harper St. George with a dark haired white woman in an emerald green ballgown sitting on a fancy gilded beige sofa, one hand on the skirt of her gown, one hand lifted to her face, as if in deep thought. She has emerald and diamond earrings at her ears.
Screenshot of The Dove and the Rogue by Harper St. George with a dark haired white woman in an emerald green ballgown sitting on a fancy gilded sofa.
Purple hydrangeas
Remi and Roxie, mini labradoodles
Screenshot of Her Sanctuary by Toni Anderson with a white woman in dark sunglasses wearing what looks like a white tank top and a man in a tshirt and dark sunglasses standing behind her, there are people riding horses over a field in the bottom.
Screenshot of Game On by Navessa Allen with a black background and a bright green mask with an x on one eye and a heart on the other.
Dutch oven bread
Screenshot of Three Nights with a Rock Star by Amber Lin and Shari Slade with a shirtless muscular man in jeans standing close to a dark haired woman in a blue bra and what looks like jeans.
Screenshot of the cover of Cold As Ice by Toni Anderson with a shirtless man and a woman in what appears to be a camisole standing close to each other, framed by shattered glass. There are evergreen trees and snow on the bottom.
Screenshot of Game of Rogues by Julie Anne Long with an outline of a woman in a gown being kissed by a man in a suit.
Screenshot of Cold Cruel Kiss by Toni Anderson with a Black man and a white woman embracing, framed by shattered glass and dual stairs going up either sides of them. Hard to tell what they're wearing but they are dressed.
Screenshot of Cold Wicked Lies by Toni Anderson with a shirtless man embracing a woman (who also might be shirtless), about to kiss her, framed by shattered glass.
Peonies
Screenshot of Colder Than Sin by Toni Anderson with a couple framed in shattered glass, he's in a suit with a FBI ID tag, it's hard to tell what she's wearing but she has blond hair.
Screenshot of Cold & Deadly by Toni Anderson with a woman in a sparkly black dress maybe standing in front of a man in a suit with a FBI tag, his hand on her arm, faces unseen, with shattered glass framing them.
Bright pink peony