{"title":"Favorite Romance Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe call these \"warming the oven\" if you know what we mean. 😉 Here is a collection of all things romance, smut, and stories that make your heart melt.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-art-of-catching-feelings","title":"The Art of Catching Feelings","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eThompson, Alicia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspanmuseo data-sheets-root=\"1\" sans=\"\"\u003e9780593640937\u003c\/spanmuseo\u003e9780593640937\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cozy \u0026 Bright Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048535638208,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/9801\/2608\/files\/Rectangle_e30e2fa1-d0e8-4548-9dc9-2dfba74e3013.jpg?v=1762983477"},{"product_id":"the-game-changer","title":"The Game Changer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eFerguson, Lana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eA hockey player and a baker shoot their shot in this steamy new romance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a very public breakup becomes a PR nightmare for Ian Chase's team, he hopes to focus on his game, but that suddenly seem less likely than a hat trick. With his career and the team’s image in jeopardy, Ian is surprised to find a solution through none other than Delilah Baker, his best friend and teammate's little sister…who isn’t so little anymore. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelilah Baker is known as “the darling of baking” on her local cable show, and being in the public eye is her bread and butter. But with her numbers dwindling and her producers turning up the heat, Delilah offers up the half-baked idea to collaborate with her brother’s team to entice the hockey fans of Boston to tune in to her show. Delilah thinks it will be a piece of cake—until the team sends Ian Chase, her brother’s best friend and the object of a decade-long crush that she’s never quite gotten over. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelilah's and Ian’s teams think it’s a true win-win situation—gaining higher numbers for Delilah’s show and casting Ian in a more positive light. And viewers are eating them up like a cupcake, sparking the idea to play up their relationship for the goal of good press. With more than just their careers on thin ice, the line between what’s real and what’s for show begins to blur, but one thing’s for certain: This PR stunt will either be a total game changer—or leave them both totally pucked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cozy \u0026 Bright Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048558608576,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/9801\/2608\/files\/Rectangle_6.jpg?v=1762984633"},{"product_id":"head-coach-virgin-territory-2-books-in-1","title":"Head Coach \u0026 Virgin Territory (2-Books in 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eRiley, Lia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eDescription: From the author of Mister Hockey—the Hellions are back, this time with a scorching-hot enemies-to-lovers romance between a championship winning NHL coach and a no-nonsense sports reporter... Neve Angel’s life is all work and no play, but she wouldn’t have it any other way. One of Denver’s top sports reporters, she’s fought hard to make it in a male-dominated world, and she won’t back down from a fight with anyone—not even the Hellions’ gruff head coach, Tor Gunnar. Her hostile relationship with the icy Scandinavian is the stuff of local legend. Tor Gunnar hates dealing with the media; at best, they are a nuisance and at worst, a distraction. And no one distracts him more than the scrappy, sexy reporter who gets him hot under the collar. When he wins a not-so-friendly bet with Neve, he decides it’s high time they either kiss or kill each other, and invites her as a date to an out-of-town wedding. But what happens when enemies become lovers? Will their sizzling attraction become too hot to handle, or is it time to start playing for keeps?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cozy \u0026 Bright Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048566931648,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/9801\/2608\/files\/Square_3.jpg?v=1762984737"},{"product_id":"only-in-your-dreams-oakwood-bay-bk-1","title":"Only in Your Dreams (Oakwood Bay, Bk. 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eWilde, Ellie K.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eDescription: A spicy small-town, brother’s best friend, sports romance “packed with sizzling tension, heat, and sweet, swoon-worthy moments” (Peyton Corinne, author of TikTok sensation Unsteady) between a college football coach and the one that got away that you’ll want to devour in one sitting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf he can prove he loved her then, and he loves her still, this time might be different.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen years after one of the most heartbreaking nights of her life, Melody Woods is back in her small hometown of Oakwood Bay, broke, jaded, and unceremoniously dumped by her big-city boyfriend. To top it all off, her twin brother, Parker, is pushing her to take his spot on a camping trip with the one guy she’s spent a decade avoiding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor college football coach Zac Porter, his best friend’s twin sister, Melody, has always been off-limits. And after fumbling his chance ten years ago, a devastated Zac was sure he’d lost Melody for good. So, when Melody shows up at the campsite instead of Parker, Zac realizes that now is the time to prove to her that they were always meant to be, no matter how long it takes to make up for his teenage self’s mistake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReeling from the truth of her last relationship, Melody plans to stay in town just long enough to get back on her feet. Then, she’s gone again. Meanwhile, Zac is facing an uphill battle to coach his team to its first winning game in years, to show Melody how she deserves to be loved, and to keep Parker from ever finding out. Maybe then, being with her will be more than just a dream.:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cozy \u0026 Bright Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048567718080,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/9801\/2608\/files\/Rectangle_7.jpg?v=1762984823"},{"product_id":"yours-truly","title":"Yours Truly","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbby Jimenez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr. Briana Ortiz’s life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother’s running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants? Oh, that’s probably going to the new man-doctor who’s already registering eighty-friggin’-seven on Briana’s “pain in my ass” scale. But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr. Jacob Maddox completely flips the game . . . by sending Briana a letter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd it’s a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e good letter. Like the kind that proves that Jacob isn’t actually Satan. Worse, he might be this fantastically funny and subversively likeable guy who’s terrible at first impressions. Because suddenly he and Bri are exchanging letters, sharing lunch dates in her “sob closet,” and discussing the merits of freakishly tiny horses. But when Jacob decides to give Briana the best gift imaginable—a kidney for her brother—she wonders just how she can resist this quietly sexy new doctor . . . especially when he calls in a favor she can’t refuse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cozy \u0026 Bright Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074142716096,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/9801\/2608\/files\/Rectangle_10.jpg?v=1763583353"},{"product_id":"the-love-hypothesis","title":"The Love Hypothesis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAli Hazelwood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships—but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor—and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. And when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding. . . six-pack abs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. 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