MY BEST ROMANCES OF 2024

[@AjaReads]

I continue to be amazed that you can choose a top 10 when you read sooo much!! I don't think I could do it! I will be adding these to my priority TBR. Hopefully you will have an awesome reading year next year too! And YESSS Wild Eyes was amazing and also in my top 10.

[@TheBookRefuge]

It is not an easy job by any means. Haha! But these days, I just get a tingle in my bones. Hahaha!

[@kits5960]

I love how you feature lesser known books in your videos. Now because of your video I'll be picking up Unsteady this year. Thank you Jenn! Truly it's a delight to watch your videos 😍

[@TheBookRefuge]

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[@stellaoliviasarah]

You're glowing! So glad to have you in 2025

[@lifebetweenthepages1220]

I love all your recs and favorites. You always introduce me to newer and lesser known authors that I’ve been missing out on rather than the same hyped books I already have on my radar. Not to mention your honesty about the books you read regardless of what others are saying about them. You also have are able to really articulate what you liked or didn’t like about a book. To sum this up you’re awesome! Never stop doing what you’re doing. I love your content and your “real” personality that shines through 🤗

[@TheBookRefuge]

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[@carolyneroy8739]

I have been in a book slump and your top 10 came in at the right time to save my soul!!! I will also be re-reading the ones from your top 10 that I have read and add all the other ones to my tbr. I should be good for a while (oh, I’ve also added your mafia ones as well. Happy girl)

[@TheBookRefuge]

Ahhh! I hope you have a wonderful time! 💜💜

[@butterflyeffect67]

I love your videos ❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheBookRefuge]

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[@MrsBurns-xy7np]

I appreciate your reviews (your oddly specific vids the most😁)

[@TheBookRefuge]

Awww! Thank you so much!

[@christineanyalai5008]

I don't remember which video it was but you recommended Bass-Ackwards by Eris Adderly and I just listened to it and I LOVED it. It was unconventional, unexpected and all kinds of wrong LOL but the humor is what really made this book. I genuinely laughed so much and the spice was so Hot! 🔥🔥🔥 Thank you thank you for this fun, funny and wild ride. You are the best at what you do!!☺️

[@lisapavlis7173]

Thank you for this video! I LOVE hearing your thoughts Sovereign is also on my top list for 2024 I loved it!!

[@TheBookRefuge]

Yay! I'm so glad to hear that. :)

[@Therealhousewifeofreno]

I’m going to have to read the Horde King series. That sounds so good!

[@deliafavara9470]

I absolutely agree with your top pick. It was my favorite too. 😻😻😻

[@debrapurvis4408]

So agree. I loved Frozen Fates, and I reread the first two- well audio and then read the last one. OMG Im still coming down from it. I gave the set to my daughter and my niece who is currently reading and loving too x

[@milicastevic7566]

Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold was my favorite read from last year. It was one of your recs. Also, on my top 10 list were Sovereign and The Wraith King, which were, again, your recommendations. Thank you so much!💕💕 Ovo je malo urednije, ali i tvoj original je sasvim razumljiv i prijatan za čitanje!

[@TheBookRefuge]

Awww! Thank you! Those are some amazing ones. Great choices!

[@pvinitarao-economicshons2272]

This was my most awaited video❤

[@meaganhartman4304]

This is my "on the way to church listen" lol, love the videos 😊

[@TheBookRefuge]

Aww! Thank you! Have a great day!

[@sabellamalone551]

Oh, how did I forget about P.S. You're Intolerable? Love, love the book! Thank you for recommending it. :D

[@KaitlyntheGardener]

❤❤❤ LOVED this. Thank you!!

[@stephloves2read614]

💜💜💜Absolutely love this list! Everything I did not read yet, will be on my TBR for sure! Unsteady sound so dreamy.

[@sabellamalone551]

Yay!! I really enjoyed this video, Jenn. So the first time I watched was to get through the list without any expectations; the second time I am watching to decide which books I wanna buy. I loved Sovereign and have Unsteady on my to-read list. I am tempted to buy the Jade series too. Thanks for an awesome video!

[@TheBookRefuge]

Aww! I hope you give them ALL a try, of course! Maybe find a new favorite for yourself too. :)

[@sabellamalone551]

@@TheBookRefuge I went back and rewatched some of your interview with the author. It's so intriguing, to put it mildly. Maybe I will give it a try. :) Thanks, Jenn. Your open mindedness often makes me question my prejudices (it's partly because I loath polygamy because my late grandpa was one. Different time, different country).

[@TheBookRefuge]

Hey, that makes perfect sense. At least in an RH, the woman gets all the goods. 😄😄 But no, i agree with you. Sometimes it's fun to try something you have really low expectations for... because you almost don't care. So you're open to anything!

[@MelLovesMoviesAndBooks]

Been waiting! Love this!! On to January:)

[@books4everafter]

I love hearing you gush about your favorites! Frozen Fate is definitely in my top 3 of 2024. I am going to have to check out Unsteady and the author Julia Wolf, too.

[@jolie8276]

I felt like 2024 flew by too! I can’t believe it’s already 2025

[@Itzreallyv]

Yay!! I’ve been waiting for this!

[@TheBookRefuge]

Haha! Here it is!

[@books4everafter]

An hour and half video from Jenn!? Yaaas please!

[@TheBookRefuge]

Haha! Thanks girl!

[@amberreadsromance]

You already know the Frozen Fate trilogy will be my favorite of the year! Loved gushing about it with you.

[@CharissaPlans]

I read Unsteady back in 2023 and the one scene that lives rent free in my head and stuck with me is the morning after they finally get together. She wakes up and he made her a cup of coffee 🥹🥹🥹 it sounds so silly but we already saw how his dad will make his mom her cup every morning to show her he loves her so to see he decided to do this for her just made me melt. Frozen Fate was my fav too and I still can’t get over this why choose hater has a why choose as my fav of the year (myself lol I can get behind poly but hate why choose)

[@TheBookRefuge]

Same same! Why Choose is tough for me. But man... she just made me believe that they all needed each other. Even though Frankie is the focus, they all needed each other. I love that.

[@AmyBryant-kz7id]

You have totally sold me on unsteady!! It sounds amazing. Also please do a spoiler video on HOSAS! I’ve loved what I’ve read from Pam Godwin but I’m too chicken to read it 😅

[@TheBookRefuge]

Yes girl! I will be rereading and annotating book 3, then I will feel prepared, i think.

[@juliasoldo2129]

My fav video of the year!!! ❤🎉🥳

[@whathelenreads]

It wasn’t my personal favourite of the year but I do agree with you about Sovereign. As I was reading it I thought it was really romantic. 💕

[@TheBookRefuge]

It could been like 50-75 pages less of the sex and angst and still accomplished it's goal, that would have helped but it worked overall for me.

[@lisamugscraps4196]

Unsteady, Elsie Silver's new series and Zoey Draven's new book are high on my TBR for this year. Just finished See It Through, seeing Elena and Lachlan as 50 something grandparents was wild. Julia Wolf/J. Wolf was my favorite author of 2024.

[@TheBookRefuge]

Hell yes! Between new releases and rereads, she was my most read author in 2024. Just amazing!

[@meganlong8087]

Take Me With You by Nina G. Jones, HOSS Trilogy by Pam Godwin, and Hooked by Emily Mcintire were my favorite reads of the year. 💗💗💗

[@sewhat4040]

Take Me With You is my all time fav book. Debt was soo good too. Any recs similar to that?

[@meganlong8087]

Some books I love that are the most like Take Me With You are: Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas, Along for the Ride and Across State Lines by Lauren Biel, Little Darling by Jenika Snow (a novella, so a bit of an insta-love), The Kiss Thief by LJ Shen, Fear Me, Love Me by Lilith Vincent, Descent by Sam Mariano, Wrong by Adelaide Forrest, and Captive by RJ Lewis. Those would be my recommendations. I hope you find another favorite read! 😊💗

[@whathelenreads]

I love the way you describe books ‘honey cut is a torture book’. It so was! I didn’t even know there was going to be another book so I was devastated at the end! And Sierra Simone herself ends it with. ‘I know. I’m sorry’. Apology not accepted!🤣😂❤

[@TheBookRefuge]

She's as cruel as Mark for sure. Hahaha!

[@sabellamalone551]

I am waiting for the audio version of Sweet Prison!! :D The Pam Godwin series may not be for me, though. I am all for soulmates and can't bring myself to read a series with multiple love interests for one person (especially when the relationships are intimate). Maybe I'll change my mind in the future....

[@TheBookRefuge]

I really don't care for them either. But I fully believe that just because a book might break your rules... it doesn't mean the right author can't do it justice. Some of my favorite books of all time broke the tropes for me in a way I loved. So you never know!

[@liezllovesbooks]

The trilogy doesn't seem so scary now that you explained it that way. My hold-up was the incest part. Rhys is so dreamy 😍 . My favorite book from last year is The Sword of Kaigen.

[@TheBookRefuge]

I totally understand about Frozen Fates. I think it works because the "incest" that happens is bad. Like.. the men aren't physically interested in each other. Denver is the baddie. But it's hard to explain without going through every beat. Just trust Pam! She doesn't do anything to just be salacious.

[@taylorburks6835]

Hey Jen here are my top ten reads of 2024 10. Bride by Allie Hazelwood 9. Not in Love by Allie Hazelwood 8. Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen 7. Partner Plot by Kristina forrest 6. Serpentine Valentine by Giana darling 5. Delicate Escape by catherine Cowles 4. Fragile Sanctuary by Catherine Cowles 3. Green Light by Jescie hall 2. The woman in Me by Britney Spears 1. Our little secret by QB Tyler 😊

[@nanubuni]

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[@bridgetinhumboldt]

I haven’t read Sierra Simone, but want to. Where do I start?

[@TheBookRefuge]

Well, Priest is where I usually suggest. Thought it depends on if you're okay with religious themes. Then again... she uses a lot of religious themes. There is also an er*tic Historical Romance trilogy based on Jane Eyre called The Markham Trilogy. That is good too!

[@jolie8276]

@@TheBookRefugeyesss I absolutely agree, priest was amazing. Sierra Simone is absolutely one of my favourite authors

[@sandrito]

What do you use to track all your reading stats?

[@TheBookRefuge]

So, I just made myself a little google form. I can literaly add my books right form my phone as I finish them. Then you can have google turn the form into a spreadsheet! It does all the work for you. :)

[@MelLovesMoviesAndBooks]

Ok 6.2K views !!!

[@lauren3d237]

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[@Heothbremel]

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[@daniela_endless_tbr]

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[@myersliberty]

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[@TheBookRefuge]