# sports romance (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover sports romance. Page: Feed: --- ## [My Review for Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-review-for-yesteryear-by-caro-claire.html) _2026-08-25 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ “I felt like I needed to throw a dish towel over his penis and wait an hour to let it rise.” 😂 I couldn't help myself with this quote - sorry, not sorry! I'm sure I'll need to censor it for some platforms! 🙈 Anyway, #thatbonkersbookclub chose Yesteryear for our Chiller Shelf for July and, quite honestly, I'm still unsure how I feel about it. Weird is the first word that springs to mind, with… ## [My Review for The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-review-for-historian-by-elizabeth.html) _2026-08-24 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ “It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home.” 📚❤️ @megbatsbooks and myself read The Historian a couple of months ago. It's a chonk at over 700 pages long 📖 and while I enjoyed it, it wasn't the easiest book to read. For me, the main issue was that there was no indication of which timeline we were reading or who was narrating. If you are a Dracula fan 🧛‍♂️ then you're… ## [My Review for Icebreaker by Hannah Grace](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-review-for-icebreaker-by-hannah-grace.html) _2026-08-21 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ “You are so full of rage for someone so small and cute.” 😂 Icebreaker was the second book choice for #thatbonkersbookclub for July and one I've been meaning to get around to for ages, so this was finally my chance! 📚🏒⛸️ I really enjoyed it — well, apart from Aaron, who is a narcissistic, gaslighting moron! 😤🙄 Honestly, I could have happily skated right over his arm! I loved the banter between… ## [My Review for 999 Problems: An NHS Paramedic's Memoir by Steve](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-review-for-999-problems-nhs.html) _2026-08-20 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ “In the back of his car, I could hear his kids wailing. They weren't crying because of the initial impact, which had only woken them up, but because they'd just watched, from five metres away, as Bambi got atomised by an ambulance.” 🦌💥🚑 Now, I used to work for the NHS, so I know what a s\*\*t show it has become, but Steve's book has just opened my eyes even further. I had no idea that ambulances… ## [My Review for The Stranger at the Wedding by A.E. Gauntlett](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-review-for-stranger-at-wedding-by-ae.html) _2026-08-19 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ “The lights went out in the carriage, and when they came back on, the man was looking at me...” 👀 The Stranger at the Wedding has been sitting on my shelf for a while, so I chose to read it for the #NeglectedFaithfulsReadingChallenge for June. 📚 I've been pondering this review for a while, and I'm still unsure how I feel about the book. I enjoyed it, honestly I did, but the multiple timelines… ## [My Review for Mile High by Liz Tomforde, read by Winston James and Mari](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-review-for-mile-high-by-liz-tomforde.html) _2026-08-18 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ “There’s only so much oxygen on an airplane. I don’t want his ego to suffocate the rest of us. You know, safety and all that s\*\*t.” #thatbonkersbookclub, for some reason, decided to read three books in July and Mile High was the first one I read. Now, I wouldn't consider myself a sports romance fanatic. I can take them or leave them, to be honest, and so I went into this one with no expectations… ## [My Review for Ambition by Natalie Keller Reinert, read by Barrie Kreinik](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-review-for-ambition-by-natalie.html) _2026-08-16 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ "I didn't trust anything anymore, except for Dynamo." I finally got around to listening to the first book for June's #LetsEarItAudiobookChallenge and I'm addicted! 🎧🐴 I was always a horsey person growing up and, instead of posters of pop stars and actors on my bedroom wall, I had posters of eventers, showjumpers and horses! Yep, I was one of those weird kids! 😂🐎 Ambition threw me right back to… ## [The Carnival Murders by Irina Shapiro](https://itapixie.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-carnival-murders-by-irina-shapiro.html) _2026-08-13 · ItaPixie's Book Corner · ItaPixie's Book Corner_ Synopsis: The discovery of a murdered woman sparks a nightmare that may destroy everything for Gemma and Sebastian… In a respectable London neighborhood, nurse Gemma Tate and her fiancé, Inspector Sebastian Bell, are planning their future together. But their dreams shatter when they discover a murdered young woman, carefully arranged in a darkened alleyway behind her family home. While Gemma… ## [My Review for The Storyteller of Casablanca by Fiona Valpy](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-review-for-storyteller-of-casablanca.html) _2026-08-09 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ “The ocean is big enough to take your grief and keep it safe for you, freeing up space in your heart for other things.” Told between the dual timelines of 1941 and 2011, The Storyteller of Casablanca features two female main characters. Josie, in 1941, is twelve years old. She is strong, feisty and determined to make the most of her unexpected time in Casablanca. Zoe, on the other hand, is… ## [My Review for Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry, read by Samantha Brentmoor, Jason Clarke and Megan Wicks](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-review-for-rites-of-starling-by.html) _2026-08-04 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ “Good will always battle evil,” he said. “Light will always fight the dark. In those moments, you’ll learn who you truly are.” ✨ OMG, I love this series. ❤️ Rites of the Starling was our Sequel Shelf pick for June for #thatbonkersbookclub, but I listened to it the week it was released—I just couldn't wait! I'd had it reserved on Libby for months. 🎧📚 I had absolutely no idea what was going on. 😂… ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QqIH8nyNlyeo) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [Second Chances At The Hopeful Hearts Bookshop by Debbie Johnson](https://itapixie.blogspot.com/2026/07/second-chances-at-hopeful-hearts.html) _2026-07-31 · ItaPixie's Book Corner · ItaPixie's Book Corner_ Synopsis: Single mother Jane can’t believe it when an invitation to Bonnie Bay falls from the pages of a book: the Scottish village she was supposed to run away to with her first love. Until he broke her heart, that is. But he’s far away now – and why shouldn’t she spend a summer there, daughter Beth in tow? They’ll snuggle up reading, stroll by the wild sea, and maybe even banish Beth’s teenage… ## [My Review for The Bones Beneath My Skin by T.J. Klune](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/07/my-review-for-bones-beneath-my-skin-by.html) _2026-07-27 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ "You have bacon, which, to be honest, I might recommend a total planet takeover just to have. Like, complete human annihilation." 🥓😂 The Bones Beneath My Skin is the fourth T.J. Klune book I've read this year, and I absolutely adore his writing. 💙 This one was our June read for #thatbonkersbookclub, and I managed to nab the sprayed-edge paperback edition. I tried very hard not to crack that… ## [Tides Wait For No Witch by Natalie Summers](https://itapixie.blogspot.com/2026/07/tides-wait-for-no-witch-by-natalie.html) _2026-07-24 · ItaPixie's Book Corner · ItaPixie's Book Corner_ Synopsis: A magical island. A mysterious relative. A family she didn't know existed. Inheriting a house from a dead great-aunt she’s never met should've been Sara Rivers' first clue that things were about to get weird. The talking sea otter? That was clue number two. Sara's plan was simple: stay the six months to get her inheritance, sell the house, and figure out what comes next. What she didn't… ## [Captain's Christmas Bride by Clara Pines](https://itapixie.blogspot.com/2026/07/captains-christmas-bride-by-clara-pines.html) _2026-07-14 · ItaPixie's Book Corner · ItaPixie's Book Corner_ Synopsis: Can a fake engagement give this wealthy veteran a second chance with his first love? Captain Erik Anderson’s fiancée finally arrives in small-town Trinity Falls only to dump him just before their wedding. But he’s desperate for the show to go on. The last thing he wants at Christmastime is to disappoint any of the struggling veterans he’s committed his life to help—men who have become… ## [Falling For You by Natasha Madison](https://itapixie.blogspot.com/2026/07/falling-for-you-by-natasha-madison.html) _2026-07-13 · ItaPixie's Book Corner · ItaPixie's Book Corner_ Synopsis: Theo Williams loved and lost once and isn’t interested in doing it again. He has his family and friends, and plenty of women passing through his new hometown who are happy with a no-strings attached night of passion. Working as a partner at his cousin’s construction company, he’s perfectly content with his life—until he meets Collins Henderson, the one-night stand who will change his… ## [The Rebound by Kelly Jamieson](https://itapixie.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-rebound-by-kelly-jamieson.html) _2026-07-03 · ItaPixie's Book Corner · ItaPixie's Book Corner_ Synopsis: Her hockey star ex. A snowy cabin escape. A fake dating scheme to fool their families. Carson A family tragedy caused Ayla and I to stop skating in the same direction. I’m burying my head in hockey practice and finding my way back to myself. Now she wants me to pretend we never fell apart for one snowy weekend in the mountains. I tell myself it’s just a favor. But sharing a cabin with… ## [My Review for Ascended by Ingrid J. Adams](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/07/my-review-for-ascended-by-ingrid-j-adams.html) _2026-07-02 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ "Love is the beginning and the ending, the space between heartbeats, the infinite everything that gives meaning." ✨ If fantasy, magic, romance, and incredible settings are your thing, then if you haven't already, you need to read this series. 📚✨ Ascended is the fourth and final book, and it's just as gripping and enthralling as the first three. The only difference this time is that all the… ## [Big Stick Energy by Sarina Bowen](https://itapixie.blogspot.com/2026/06/big-stick-energy-by-sarina-bowen.html) _2026-06-30 · ItaPixie's Book Corner · ItaPixie's Book Corner_ Synopsis: Darcy Kendrick is used to putting out fires. As an overworked admin to a hockey team, she’s seen it all. But nothing prepares her for accidentally DMing her very private, very NSFW fantasy to the subject of this fantasy: team captain Eric Tremaine. Nobody actually dies of embarrassment. Right? But when a wedding invite puts them on a collision course with her chaotic family and his… ## [The Dowager's Grand Triumph by Susanne Dunlap](https://itapixie.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-dowagers-grand-triumph-by-susanne.html) _2026-06-29 · ItaPixie's Book Corner · ItaPixie's Book Corner_ Synopsis: Caroline, Dowager Marchioness of Lewiston, has long since made peace with the life she was a grand title, a comfortable house, and a heart carefully trained not to want what it cannot have. Then Thomas Ashcombe returns. Years ago, Thomas was the man she loved—and lost. Now he is a wealthy merchant newly arrived from India, bringing with him not only a fortune, but a daughter, Anjali,… ## [My Review for Fury Bound by Sable Sorensen, read by Avery Caris and Gabriel Michael](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/06/my-review-for-fury-bound-by-sable.html) _2026-06-26 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ "Other people's choices are not your failures." ❤️ I listened to Fury Bound immediately after Dire Bound, so I had no trouble remembering everything that had happened. It's definitely addictive, and now I need the next one! 😅 When does it come out again? Stark grew on me just as much as he grew on Meryn, and the bond between them and their wolves is so strong. 🐺❤️ If you've read Fourth Wing,… ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JqASxnAM1A7b) _2026-06-26 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [The Troublemaker by Piper Rayne](https://itapixie.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-troublemaker-by-piper-rayne.html) _2026-06-25 · ItaPixie's Book Corner · ItaPixie's Book Corner_ Synopsis: A fake marriage deal was never in my life’s plan. Especially not to Easton Bailey. Chicago Colts flashy shortstop. The kind of man built for a good time and allergic to forever. And the one who just slid a ring on my finger… on paper. It’s supposed to be simple. A mutually beneficial arrangement. I play nanny to his son. He plays husband to my family. No emotions. No complications. And… ## [A Cornish Escape by Rosie Green](https://itapixie.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-cornish-escape-by-rosie-green.html) _2026-06-23 · ItaPixie's Book Corner · ItaPixie's Book Corner_ Synopsis: When a raid on the Little Duck Pond Café brings trouble to Ellie's door, there's a puzzling mystery to solve, and Gertie steps in to follow the clues. Love and romance are the very last things on Gertie's mind right now. But while she's risking her safety hunting down the culprits, could she also be in danger of losing her heart? Review: A Cornish Escape was such a good captivating read.… ## [My Review for Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen, read by Avery Caris and Gabriel Michael](https://samsfireside.blogspot.com/2026/06/my-review-for-dire-bound-by-sable.html) _2026-06-22 · Sam · Sam's Fireside - Cosy Book Reviews & Recommendations_ “Confidence makes men sloppy. And sloppy men are easy targets.” I saw that Dire Bound was on the Libro.fm choice list and decided it was time for me to jump on the Wolves of Ruin series. I mean, I'm only a year or so behind, right?! 😅 I loved it. With its Fourth Wing and The Hunger Games vibes, I was invested from the beginning. Unusually for me when listening to an audiobook, I didn't feel like… ## [Re: Romance-Con](https://rosaliepease.substack.com/p/re-romance-con) _2025-07-25 · Rosalie Pease · Rosalie Pease’s Substack_ I will NOT be attending. ## [Welcome to November](https://www.kirutaye.com/post/welcome-to-november) _2024-11-01 · Kiru Taye_ Welcome to November, lovelies and butterflies. Can you believe it? The year is almost over. How time flies. ✨ Before the year draws... ## [I'm Signing at Sports Romance Con!](https://rosaliepease.substack.com/p/im-signing-at-sports-romance-con) _2024-10-20 · Rosalie Pease · Rosalie Pease’s Substack_ February 28 to March 2, 2025 ## [Welcome to My Newsletter](https://rosaliepease.substack.com/p/coming-soon) _2024-10-06 · Rosalie Pease · Rosalie Pease’s Substack_ A bit about me ## [On the sofa with Kiru Taye featuring interview with Unoma Nwankwor #rwowatribe](https://www.kirutaye.com/post/on-the-sofa-with-kiru-taye-featuring-interview-with-unoma-nwankwor-rwowatribe) _2024-09-22 · Kiru Taye_ American born, Naija raised, introverted peddler and griot of African romance. ## [Countdown to Trophy Wife Release: 10 Days! Read a Sample Chapter](https://www.kirutaye.com/post/countdown-to-trophy-wife-release-10-days-read-a-sample-chapter) _2024-09-20 · Kiru Taye_ Her body's reaction suggested she had never encountered an attractive man before. ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/S7B6GoasEPyC) _2024-09-20 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Welcome to September! Here's what's coming](https://www.kirutaye.com/post/welcome-to-september-here-s-what-s-coming) _2024-09-03 · Kiru Taye_ This month is like a bridge from summer’s warmth to autumn’s magic.