THE HOEMANCE BOOK CLUB OCTOBER, NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2022 PICKS 💕📚

Last year I introduced the Hoemance Book Club here on my blog and since then we’ve been reading a romance a month and it’s been an absolute blast! We’ve read some total bangers like The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang and Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon which have become fast favourites! I’ve been loving discussing our monthly picks on our Discord with everyone in our club and I can’t wait to discuss our new picks too!

Need some new Storygraph challenges to dive into?

You can join the Hoemance challenge here on Storygraph and we’ve also put together two separate challenges for anyone interested! There’s the Romance Buzzword challenge for anyone who wants a more laid back challenge & there’s also the Reading Romance challenge which is just a list of 13 prompts you can add your read books to over 2022!

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• Find us on Twitter & Instagram (I highly recommend following our Ig, we post lots of romance recommendations on there and it’s a blast!)
• Join our Discord here
• Suggest books for future reads here
• Join our StoryGraph challenge here

Find out more about the book club here ⬇️  & find our catalogue of past books here.

ONLY WHEN IT’S US ↦  CHLOE LIESE

It’s Disability Awareness month in the US so this month we’re reading a romance with some main character disability rep (he’s deaf!)

Ryder

Ever since she sat next to me in class and gave me death eyes, Willa Sutter’s been on my shit list. Why she hates me, I don’t know. What I do know is that Willa is the kind of chaos I don’t need in my tidy life. She’s the next generation of women’s soccer. Wild hair, wilder eyes. Bee-stung lips that should be illegal. And a temper that makes the devil seem friendly.

She’s a thorn in my side, a menacing, cantankerous, pain-in-the-ass who’s turned our Business Mathematics course into a goddamn gladiator arena. I’ll leave this war zone unscathed, coming out on top…And if I have my way with that crazy-haired, ball-busting hellion, that will be in more than one sense of the word. 

Willa

Rather than give me the lecture notes I missed like every other instructor I’ve had, my asshole professor tells me to get them from the silent, surly flannel-wearing mountain man sitting next to me in class. Well, I tried. And what did I get from Ryder Bergman? Ignored. What a complete lumbersexual neanderthal. Mangy beard and mangier hair. Frayed ball cap that hides his eyes. And a stubborn refusal to acknowledge my existence.

I’ve battled men before, but with Ryder, it’s war. I’ll get those notes and crack that Sasquatch nut if it’s the last thing I do, then I’ll have him at my mercy. Victory will have never tasted so sweet.Only When It’s Us is a frenemies-to-lovers, college sports romance about a women’s soccer star and her surly lumberjack lookalike classmate, complete with a matchmaking professor, juvenile pranks, and a smoking slow burn. This standalone is the first in a series of new novels about a Swedish-American family of five brothers, two sisters, and their wild adventures as they each find happily ever after.

• Find Only When It’s Us on Goodreads | StoryGraph

• Available on Audible | Scribd | BookDepository | Amazon ↦ just a heads up that it’s also available on Kindle Unlimited!
• Trigger Warnings ↦ StoryGraph
• Join our StoryGraph challenge!

THE ROMANTIC AGENDA ↦  CLAIRE KANN

Joy is in love with Malcolm.
But Malcolm really likes Summer.
Summer is in love with love.
And Fox is Summer’s ex-boyfriend.

Thirty, flirty, and asexual Joy is secretly in love with her best friend Malcolm, but she’s never been brave enough to say so. When he unexpectedly announces that he’s met the love of his life—and no, it’s not Joy—she’s heartbroken. Malcolm invites her on a weekend getaway, and Joy decides it’s her last chance to show him exactly what he’s overlooking. But maybe Joy is the one missing something…or someone…and his name is Fox.

Fox sees a kindred spirit in Joy—and decides to help her. He proposes they pretend to fall for each other on the weekend trip to make Malcolm jealous. But spending time with Fox shows Joy what it’s like to not be the third wheel, and there’s no mistaking the way he makes her feel. Could Fox be the romantic partner she’s always deserved?

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• Find The Romantic Agenda on Goodreads | StoryGraph

• Available on Audible | BookDepository | Amazon ↦ just a heads up that it’s also available on Kindle Unlimited!
• Trigger Warnings ↦ StoryGraph
• Join our StoryGraph challenge!

MANGOS & MISTLETOE ↦  ADRIANA HERRERA

Kiskeya Burgos left the tropical beaches of the Dominican Republic with a lot to prove. As a pastry chef on the come up, when she arrives in Scotland, she has one goal in mind: win the Holiday Baking Challenge. Winning is her opportunity to prove to her family, her former boss, and most importantly herself, she can make it in the culinary world. Kiskeya will stop at nothing to win , that is, if she can keep her eyes on the prize and off her infuriating teammate’s perfect lips.

Sully Morales, home cooking hustler, and self-proclaimed baking brujita lands in Scotland on a quest to find her purpose after spending years as her family’s caregiver. But now, with her home life back on track, it’s time for Sully to get reacquainted with her greatest love, baking. Winning the Holiday Baking Challenge is a no brainer if she can convince her grumpy AF baking partner that they make a great team both in and out of the kitchen before an unexpected betrayal ends their chance to attain culinary competition glory.

• Find Mangos & Mistletoe on Goodreads | StoryGraph

• Available on Audible | Scribd | BookDepository | Amazon ↦ just a heads up that it’s also available on Kindle Unlimited!
• Trigger Warnings ↦ StoryGraph
• Join our StoryGraph challenge!

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