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  • @iminmypjs3428
    @iminmypjs3428 3 роки тому +343

    Cheating is a hard no for me, doesn't matter the reason/excuse why or the insane chemistry- if cheating happens there's no going back from that in my eyes.

  • @betweenthesheets1100
    @betweenthesheets1100 3 роки тому +166

    Thank you so much for the cheating trigger warning! I really tried to read a groveling harlequin romance about a husband who cheated on his wife. The whole book was him groveling and ddoing everything to earn forgiveness. When it was ending and she gave in and forgave him, I was still thinking, "but he cheated on you with his secretary!". I just can't do it. Cheating is always a deal breaker.

    • @rajashreeborah3130
      @rajashreeborah3130 3 роки тому +19

      Same!! I can never forgive a cheating hero like if he's cheated on his gf even though he claims to be in love with her then what's the guarantee that he'll not do it again🙄

    • @betweenthesheets1100
      @betweenthesheets1100 3 роки тому +19

      @@rajashreeborah3130 Agreed! It's for me the ultimate act of betrayal and heartbreak. Even if it's a plot point in a second chance romance, I still get to the end of the book screaming in my head, "but you still CHEATED!!"

    • @betweenthesheets1100
      @betweenthesheets1100 3 роки тому +2

      @Nandini Mouya I can't remember the name, I read it so long ago! There is another one I read with a husband coming home feeling guilty about cheating on his wife. It is called "The Ultimate Betrayal", by Michelle Reid. It is a second chance groveling 'romance'.

    • @abi5410
      @abi5410 3 роки тому +6

      I feel you !!! It's a big NO for me. If I find it in some book, I drop right there. I don't know, I try reading further but I just can't !!!! I sometimes feel guilty that I'm leaving the book but I just can't move on from there !!!! NEVER !!!!

    • @angelabina1629
      @angelabina1629 2 роки тому

      @@betweenthesheets1100 thankyou i can stay away from that book hahaha

  • @thebooklife0399
    @thebooklife0399 3 роки тому +122

    You should read the maddest obsession by Danielle Lori... It's the best of the best of obsessed/smitten hero trope

    • @kamakshijolly4156
      @kamakshijolly4156 3 роки тому +1

      Rafe

    • @newculturetalent2053
      @newculturetalent2053 3 роки тому +18

      the maddest obsession literally became one of my favorite reads... it had me MELTING ! christian was so swoonworthy and gianna is one of the best heroines i've ever read

    • @ella.1012
      @ella.1012 3 роки тому +11

      The Darkest Temptation is just as good!

    • @thebooklife0399
      @thebooklife0399 3 роки тому

      @@newculturetalent2053 ikr😭

    • @belloutmaissa3484
      @belloutmaissa3484 3 роки тому +5

      I prefer the first book " the sweetest oblivion". But yes the seconde book "the maddest obsession" is good too.

  • @dessertcomes1st
    @dessertcomes1st 3 роки тому +15

    Obsessive possessive is my favorite trope, if you could call it that, to read! What a great list.

  • @amywade2753
    @amywade2753 3 роки тому +40

    Cheating is a hard no for me but Forget Me Not sounds good .. I’m conflicted

    • @PeaceLoveBooksxo
      @PeaceLoveBooksxo  3 роки тому +16

      I don’t mind cheating in a book as long as the hero is at fault and he grovels, which I think this book did well!

    • @samwan3491
      @samwan3491 3 роки тому +2

      @@PeaceLoveBooksxo Forget me not sounds like a lot of groveling will be happening and im up for it!

  • @marinaespana6187
    @marinaespana6187 3 роки тому +27

    This is my favorite trope. Adding some of these to my TBR. Hope you make a part 2 later in the year.

    • @mellylouwho
      @mellylouwho 3 роки тому +4

      Try the dark series by Christine Feehan

  • @blueeyedgirlS
    @blueeyedgirlS 3 роки тому +7

    "forget me not" and "the happy ever after playlist" sounds awesome!

  • @liveafictionallife4084
    @liveafictionallife4084 3 роки тому +7

    FORGET ME NOT!!!! on my tbr I'm gonna read it thanx for the positive overview

  • @lunaxlucyxxx3028
    @lunaxlucyxxx3028 3 роки тому +6

    Finally!!! Someone talks about The Risk!!! I loved that series hands down amazing.

  • @kenyarivas8463
    @kenyarivas8463 3 роки тому +7

    I just finished reading Transcendence. It was soooo good and my favorite book of all time!!!! I cried sooo much at the end!! I’m still crying!!

  • @treifrogy
    @treifrogy 3 роки тому +6

    I LOVE that cover for Then Came You omg. You're going to love Dreaming of You!

  • @mellylouwho
    @mellylouwho 3 роки тому +15

    I'm reading Transendence, right now, and am loving it. You really need to read the dark series by Christine Feehan. They're all like this and more.

  • @jaanagoldberg
    @jaanagoldberg 3 роки тому +11

    Ive read The Risk series years ago, still love it and is also one of the only serial killer books where I sympathize with the serial killer 😂

  • @vijaylakshmirathore2746
    @vijaylakshmirathore2746 3 роки тому +12

    'Forget me not' by Ellie Terry is also a novel worth reading. Actually, it's about accepting ourselves as how we are. I know this topic is completely different from what you are recommending but I searched for the first book on your recs on Amazon and Amazon recommended me this which is literally awesome.

    • @timbaj1262
      @timbaj1262 3 роки тому +1

      I am editing my novel and preparing for my PhD Viva and your recommendations just knock everything out of my hands. Thankyou!

  • @MsDianaJean
    @MsDianaJean 3 роки тому +5

    OMGosh I just started Forget Me Not & I find myself re-reading & wanting to highlight every few pages. 🥰🥰 I was nervous Bc cheating is a MAJOR NO for me, but OMGosh he’s so in love. I’m nervous to see what happened 😣

    • @PeaceLoveBooksxo
      @PeaceLoveBooksxo  3 роки тому +4

      I think the amnesia trope really helps with the cheating plot! He’s SO broken up that he would ever have done that.

  • @alondraglessing5166
    @alondraglessing5166 3 роки тому +4

    Ice Planet Barbarians is the best! At first I thought it would be silly and cheesy but I freaking LOVE it

  • @janixiaguifarro3003
    @janixiaguifarro3003 3 роки тому +5

    The friend zone by Abby Jimenez is also stunning book with an utterly smitten hero. The heroine has fertility issues and he's just so patient and the way he takes care of her and helps her out with the awful cramps she gets and everything was 😍😍. Perfection that book was.

  • @mairaiftikhar9723
    @mairaiftikhar9723 3 роки тому +2

    You are definitely spoiling me with all of these recommendations videos.

  • @jeonghanniest
    @jeonghanniest 3 роки тому +3

    The Happy Ever After Playlist is one of my all time faves!

    • @smalldoses6380
      @smalldoses6380 2 роки тому

      I love how all 3 are connected I read life's too short first and so it was out of order I didnt know their was 3 books then i read her new book and it was just as good

  • @stusto
    @stusto 3 роки тому +5

    I really loved forget me not. I loved the memory loss, the marriage in trouble, and a little cheating. I’ve read many of them. Can you give me some older recommendations? Love your videos!

  • @shrutisinha8242
    @shrutisinha8242 3 роки тому +3

    OMG I love SMITTEN heroes ❤️😍
    Thank you so much for these recommendations
    Immediately adding them to my TBR ..😁😉

  • @rociohenriquez5552
    @rociohenriquez5552 3 роки тому +12

    I love this kind of heroes! Tools of Engagement by Tessa Bailey is my recommendation to you!

  • @hannafayelaag6621
    @hannafayelaag6621 3 роки тому +7

    Omg, you literally read my mind jess. This is what i'm looking for. Thank youuuu!!! ❤

  • @RenHRbooklover
    @RenHRbooklover 3 роки тому +6

    I can’t wait for your reaction to dreaming of you It’s one of my favorites from Lisa Kleypas. I know everyone loves Derek which I do of course but my girl Sara is my favorite 🖤 now I feel like I hyped it up a lot lol I hope you enjoy it.

  • @xoxofox232
    @xoxofox232 3 роки тому +3

    Just finished Transcendence and it’s so good!!!

  • @booklover8872
    @booklover8872 3 роки тому +3

    I appreciate the cheating warning so much but I love QB Tyler so I'm adding this one on my tbr 😍 Also, I think you'll like Dante Maroni from The Emperor. He's exactly as you said 'I LOVE YOU AND THAT'S THAT'.

  • @weelasswithabook3489
    @weelasswithabook3489 3 роки тому +5

    Ohhhhhh I just picked up The Happy Ever After Playlist from the library, I'm really looking forward to it now 🥰
    Also, I didn't really get along with fated mates until Ice Planet Barbarians 😍 Consider me converted.

    • @PeaceLoveBooksxo
      @PeaceLoveBooksxo  3 роки тому +1

      Yes!!!! Ice Planet Barbarians really does that trope perfectly 👏🏻

  • @edilyaaang6107
    @edilyaaang6107 3 роки тому +5

    I've read The Risk randomly out of boredom one day and the stroy was so good!! Definitely recommended

  • @rebeccaholley6689
    @rebeccaholley6689 3 роки тому +15

    The Mindf*ck series is so good!!

  • @LMParmer
    @LMParmer 3 роки тому +1

    Ruby Dixon's new book Bad Guy definitely fits into this trope!
    I'm not usually into the whole alien/sci-fi romance genre but it was really really good!

  • @nickycake
    @nickycake 3 роки тому +1

    I read Ice Planet on you recommendation. And I cannot stop reading them. I'm not even into this genre (fantasy or sci fi) or into series in general but OMG.

  • @MinaGonza
    @MinaGonza 3 роки тому +2

    Hands down my favorite contemporary smitten hero will always be Bear from Truly, Madly, Whiskey by Melissa Foster.

  • @_www3207
    @_www3207 3 роки тому +2

    Read Love In Blind but thats a novel in an app called LikeRead, and dont worry its not about the guy cheating on his wife or anything but it does contain some mental ab*se and the novel indeed got a happy ending but the whole thing is still pretty much depressing till the very end but the read is very worth it
    Just a lil bit of the plot but its about a girl who was super into this one guy but the guy didnt like her at all and then stuff happened and so one day the guy suddenly fell in love with her but it was too late (because the guy has been ab*sing her pretty much and he's the reason that her life changed upside down, you could say that a lot of damage has been done at this point) so he got pretty obsessive and he used the wrong way to keep her with him so yeah. The whole novel is really heartbreaking and depressing till the very end that i cried A LOT. But imma say it again, the ml is VERY loyal so he doesnt keeps other girl with him or anything but you will still find your blood boils everytime you read it

  • @tronomagic
    @tronomagic 3 роки тому +3

    Rafe looks like a good read and I’m going to give it a go. Thanks!!

  • @abidavies154
    @abidavies154 3 роки тому +1

    I just reread the Ice planet barbarians and I love them so much 😍😊

  • @atikahpattinson1708
    @atikahpattinson1708 3 роки тому +4

    I found your video when you discussed about the over protective hero and I love it! Can you talk about anti hero on the next video? ♥ from 🇲🇾🇲🇾

  • @kristiejenner9693
    @kristiejenner9693 3 роки тому +2

    Transcendence is my number one book and I don’t know how many times I’ve read it.

  • @mellystorms7759
    @mellystorms7759 3 роки тому +1

    My summer TBR has grown ☺️ Besides sports romances I could binge read most of these.

  • @alenemarie1726
    @alenemarie1726 3 роки тому +5

    I love this trope! I just read Tempt me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas and oh my gosh Harry was SO smitten from the moment he talked to Poppy and I loved every second of it.

    • @jahanvisharma1016
      @jahanvisharma1016 3 роки тому +1

      Hey? Is it a standalone?

    • @pom11pom
      @pom11pom 3 роки тому +1

      @@jahanvisharma1016 Yes and no. It's a series that follows a family but you can read just this one and you would be perfectly fine. This was definitely my favorite in the series.

    • @supermodelwannabe
      @supermodelwannabe 2 роки тому +2

      I loved that book! Lisa Kleypas is the best at historical romance

  • @allisonchristie3734
    @allisonchristie3734 3 роки тому +1

    I loved changing roles. My library had the forbidden man. Excited to read since this is my age gap with my guy.

  • @kamakshijolly4156
    @kamakshijolly4156 3 роки тому +1

    Winds of the storm,on the way to wedding!

  • @ilovebooks718-noelia8
    @ilovebooks718-noelia8 3 роки тому +2

    I love Happy Every After Playlist, swoon!!

  • @sarahbee4596
    @sarahbee4596 3 роки тому +6

    The best is The maddest Obsession by Lori ...its in the title

  • @jujulevie4057
    @jujulevie4057 3 роки тому +2

    I loved The Risk!!! So good!

  • @nasjiaglenn1869
    @nasjiaglenn1869 3 роки тому +6

    Fun fact if anyone was curious transcendence by Shay Savage started out as a twilight fanfiction

  • @ewokallie
    @ewokallie 3 роки тому +4

    Favorite line in On The Way To The Wedding was "I fluttered"

  • @cherrieannjagmis3900
    @cherrieannjagmis3900 3 роки тому +2

    I love forget me not by Q.B. Tyler!!! Yay!

  • @aubriesenn7581
    @aubriesenn7581 3 роки тому +2

    I can not recommend the illusion series by D Kelly enough! You love rockstar hero’s and this follows a rock band!

  • @crystalsbookishlife
    @crystalsbookishlife 3 роки тому +2

    Ok, ok I'm picking up the QB Tyler one 😍

  • @Priyanshi-td6sm
    @Priyanshi-td6sm 3 роки тому +4

    Please do make a part 2 with this trope.😊😊

  • @blythe2872
    @blythe2872 3 роки тому +1

    I WAS LITERALLY THINKING OF THIS!! i was like “i want a simp bf profess your love bf dagger to the throat trope badass gf”

  • @blossom_n_gin
    @blossom_n_gin 3 роки тому +1

    Oh My Goodness, "Then Came You" absolutely LOVED this book - broke my heart, teared up in several parts. I read it straight through. It was so interesting to see how Derek behaved in this book, literally pushing Lily into Alex's arms. I read "Dreaming of You" first, out of order. Now I'm going to go back and re-read "Dreaming of You," and am so excited. *Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens* is another great one of this trope - one of my favorites! Awesome video, Jessica!

    • @PeaceLoveBooksxo
      @PeaceLoveBooksxo  3 роки тому

      I almost included Devil’s Bride!!! But I included that one on my “touch her and you die” video, so I left it out of this one!

    • @blossom_n_gin
      @blossom_n_gin 3 роки тому

      @@PeaceLoveBooksxo so true, lol. That video was the best video in which to include Devil - you are so good at what you do! 😉

  • @ChengetoMayowe
    @ChengetoMayowe 3 роки тому +2

    Got a trilogy i’m releasing soon and a poetry book I self published in 2019. What’s a girl got to do to be reviewed by you?

  • @lauracabezas_
    @lauracabezas_ 3 роки тому +1

    AHH i always look forward to your videos Jess! you always give me so many books to put on my tbr

  • @bringmetheblackveilbrides7361
    @bringmetheblackveilbrides7361 3 роки тому +12

    I need recs on possessive heroines

  • @SA-oh8vh
    @SA-oh8vh 3 роки тому +1

    If you like obsessive love romances check out Anna Zaires and Chairmaine Pauls books. A little more hard-core on the obsession but they're so good imo

  • @darlion
    @darlion 3 роки тому

    Thank you, Jessica. I love this book “ Forget Me Not”

  • @ErikaLM10
    @ErikaLM10 3 роки тому +2

    Heroes pining? I love this trope!

  • @ruthfernandez8801
    @ruthfernandez8801 3 роки тому +5

    The Happily Ever After Playlist is so good Jason is so darn sweet ❤️

  • @tibbysj4846
    @tibbysj4846 3 роки тому

    Hi. I'm so glad to found your channel. Can you please recommend books that are similar to Kathryn Shay's books?

  • @taylorsreadingcorner
    @taylorsreadingcorner 3 роки тому

    The amnesia romance sounds absolutely amazing!

  • @trishcomey6322
    @trishcomey6322 3 роки тому +1

    Halfway through listening to Much Ado About You. Sweet and funny

  • @avasromancebooks
    @avasromancebooks 3 роки тому

    Yesss IPB heroes are sooo smitten!!

  • @emia8119
    @emia8119 3 роки тому +1

    Ugh that first one sounds interesting but the cheating is such a hard no for me...
    Has anybody read it? Is the infidelity situation unforgivable or kind of in the grey area? I don’t mind spoilers I just wanna know if imma be able to deal 😂😭😭

  • @stephaniem1107
    @stephaniem1107 3 роки тому

    If anyone has read the Ice Plant Barbarians series and wants more of the same I recommend Evangeline Anderson. there's more variety in the alien front but it's pretty much the same but different. Super good guilty pleasure reading and they're generally quick stories too.

  • @debraboldan7372
    @debraboldan7372 Рік тому

    The Ruby Dixon Ice Planet Barbarians series is great, if you like aliens and humans this series is the one to read!

  • @stacypienaar4365
    @stacypienaar4365 3 роки тому +1

    I just finished reading Karina Halle's "The Forbidden Man" and Oh...my...goodness it was good. Alejo was just the ultimate book boyfriend. And the passion!!!! Amazing. Now I need to read everything else from Karina Halle

    • @PeaceLoveBooksxo
      @PeaceLoveBooksxo  3 роки тому

      Yes! Loved that book and you can’t go wrong with Karina Halle!

  • @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
    @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm 3 роки тому +1

    Ooo I need the forbidden man

  • @isalvacaoclaro
    @isalvacaoclaro 3 роки тому +1

    I loveeeeddd Rafe ❤️

  • @farahiah1
    @farahiah1 3 роки тому

    i love the younger man, coz i ve read it. amazing. i looked for this book after reading "all grown up ford donovan" so good.

  • @beforobama
    @beforobama 2 роки тому

    For obsessive and possessive heroes try Kresley Cole’s Immortals after dark series

  • @diyanissac9862
    @diyanissac9862 3 роки тому +1

    Hi Jess, have you read For Lucy by author Jewel E Ann...would love to hear your review on this book.

  • @booklover8872
    @booklover8872 3 роки тому

    Also if you liked Transcendence, you'll LOVE Bastian from Surviving Raine by the same author Shay Savage.

  • @kdrama_allday
    @kdrama_allday 3 роки тому +3

    Fallen crest high series by tijan...must read❤️😭 Mason & Samantha ❤️❤️

    • @anniemay4416
      @anniemay4416 3 роки тому +1

      I loved that series the rivalry was just good. But I love Logan more💌💌

    • @kdrama_allday
      @kdrama_allday 3 роки тому

      @@anniemay4416 oh yes Logan ❤️😍

  • @farahiah1
    @farahiah1 3 роки тому

    Oh cmon, i have a thesis to write. so tempted lol... you are my utmost favourite Jessica. Are you really a twin Jessica? i'd read it somewhere.. in goodreads i think..you really are? what does she do? she teaches too?

  • @lifebetweenthepages1220
    @lifebetweenthepages1220 3 роки тому +1

    You should check out Heartsick by Chelsea Cane if you like The Risk- ST Abby series

  • @estadoagridulce
    @estadoagridulce 3 роки тому

    ohhhh i love these recommendations!!!!!

  • @nourake341
    @nourake341 Рік тому

    Love these kinds of guys ❤

  • @mahafarooq.k1181
    @mahafarooq.k1181 2 роки тому

    I also loved The Bad Guy by Celian Aaron. absolutely delicious!

  • @ebonym667
    @ebonym667 3 роки тому

    Basically ALL of Jesse Kane books. All obsessive, crazy and NEVER changing their mind kind of men. In ALL of her books. Y’all check her out. Her books are cheap especially digitally

  • @nehemiah00255
    @nehemiah00255 3 роки тому

    The mindfuck series is so gooooood

  • @nibeditadeogharia106
    @nibeditadeogharia106 3 роки тому

    Read The Bad Guy by Celine Aaron 👌. I am smitten over that book ❣❣

  • @giudt1463
    @giudt1463 3 роки тому

    DEAN COLE from RUCKUS by LJ Shen!!💞

  • @masiwlove4449
    @masiwlove4449 3 роки тому

    YAY!

  • @nyahharden6786
    @nyahharden6786 3 роки тому +1

    U should definitely check out rina Kent’s deviant king trilogy it is hands down my fav obsession hero book ever

    • @paredhigupta6637
      @paredhigupta6637 3 роки тому +1

      Oh my God.. I read that one and it was so awsome..in fact rina has now become my go to author....

    • @nyahharden6786
      @nyahharden6786 3 роки тому

      @@paredhigupta6637 same after finding her I binge read her entire back list in like three weeks and am so excited for her new book have u read it yet?

    • @paredhigupta6637
      @paredhigupta6637 3 роки тому +1

      @@nyahharden6786 Red Thorns...yes!! I read it as soon as it was available....!!

    • @nyahharden6786
      @nyahharden6786 3 роки тому

      @@paredhigupta6637 I am waiting for the second one to come out before I read it because I hate cliffhangers is it good?

    • @paredhigupta6637
      @paredhigupta6637 3 роки тому +1

      @@nyahharden6786 well...not exactly my favorite Rina kent book.... still it was 3.5 stars worthy and the cliffhanger was a bomb...so highly awaiting the next book in the series.....

  • @Quettasbedhead
    @Quettasbedhead 3 роки тому

    Your my kindle unlimited queen

  • @kamakshijolly4156
    @kamakshijolly4156 3 роки тому +1

    Than came you

  • @wandapaul7367
    @wandapaul7367 3 роки тому +2

    You should read Marrying Mr. Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas...you will really like that book

    • @PeaceLoveBooksxo
      @PeaceLoveBooksxo  3 роки тому

      That’s definitely on my tbr already!

    • @kimbutler6912
      @kimbutler6912 3 роки тому +1

      Favorite favorite favorite ! I adored him , read it so many times

    • @hyacinthh6900
      @hyacinthh6900 3 роки тому

      Yes! That hero reminded me of Hugo from "The Proposal", by Mary Balogh.

  • @sandhyathakur9883
    @sandhyathakur9883 3 роки тому

    Munshi Premchand Novel 😄

  • @francescab6636
    @francescab6636 3 роки тому

    Dragos from the Elder Races by Thea Harrison,

  • @Barbraotten
    @Barbraotten 2 роки тому

    I didn’t like Forget Me Not, the guy is pretty cruel to the girlfriend he had before his amnesia, also quite violent and mean. He is not a “hero” to me.

  • @sanafaisal8083
    @sanafaisal8083 3 роки тому +1

    Forget me not was so cringy , not for the hero not for the heroine no for the other women , the hero used her and his friends and the female lead were ok with it , I could not finish it.

  • @rafiachowdhury5081
    @rafiachowdhury5081 3 роки тому

    I m so sorry .U should put a sticker Spoiler alert on the screen...U actually told everything about every book .

  • @Quettasbedhead
    @Quettasbedhead 3 роки тому

    That kind of hero is my boyfriend lol

  • @alis5514
    @alis5514 3 роки тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @hyunyoungmoon2858
    @hyunyoungmoon2858 3 роки тому

    cheating : I'm French

  • @dedysuryaofficial448
    @dedysuryaofficial448 3 роки тому

    Lanjutkan

  • @dedysuryaofficial448
    @dedysuryaofficial448 3 роки тому

    Mantap

  • @annduruibe625
    @annduruibe625 2 роки тому

    Pride and prejudice