The battle lines are drawn—between a romance-loving bookseller and the shock jock determined to tear happily-ever-afters apart. Alice Willoughby and her mom run HEA Books, a cozy shop devoted to love stories and the people who crave them. Alice is great at matching customers with their perfect happily-ever-after…she just can’t seem to find her own. Enter Parker Black, a disillusioned radio host who’s reinvented himself as a romance-bashing shock jock. Bitter from his breakup with a romance author who turned love into a four-letter word, Parker takes aim at the entire genre—and his on-air rants start stirring up trouble for Alice’s loyal customers and their partners. He’s arrogant, aggravating, and absolutely not book-boyfriend material. Parker’s crusade leads to spirited debates and bookstore protests, but when unexpected sparks fly between the two of them Alice begins to wonder if her favorite trope—enemies to lovers—might actually be playing out in real life. Parker may claim romance is a lie…but is he protesting a little too much? With sharp wit and plenty of charm, USA Today bestselling author Sheila Roberts delivers a modern battle of the sexes where the biggest question is simple: Are romance novels ruining love—or rewriting it?
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Love on the Shelf
The battle lines are drawn—between a romance-loving bookseller and the shock jock determined to tear happily-ever-afters apart. Alice Willoughby and her mom run HEA Books, a cozy shop devoted to love stories and the people who crave them. Alice is great at matching customers with their perfect happily-ever-after…she just can’t seem to find her own. Enter Parker Black, a disillusioned radio host who’s reinvented himself as a romance-bashing shock jock. Bitter from his breakup with a romance author who turned love into a four-letter word, Parker takes aim at the entire genre—and his on-air rants start stirring up trouble for Alice’s loyal customers and their partners. He’s arrogant, aggravating, and absolutely not book-boyfriend material. Parker’s crusade leads to spirited debates and bookstore protests, but when unexpected sparks fly between the two of them Alice begins to wonder if her favorite trope—enemies to lovers—might actually be playing out in real life. Parker may claim romance is a lie…but is he protesting a little too much? With sharp wit and plenty of charm, USA Today bestselling author Sheila Roberts delivers a modern battle of the sexes where the biggest question is simple: Are romance novels ruining love—or rewriting it?
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Reviewed by Caitlin Loggins This was a really cute enemies to lovers romance and I enjoyed every page of it. It's a no spice romance but it's absolutely perfect the way it's written, it doesn't need any spicy scenes. After being hurt by an ex, Parker turns into a hater of all things romance but I personally feel like he's not really as much of the bad guy in all of it as his producer, Jay Barker who starts everything between Parker and Alice after Jay posts the meme about Alice without Parker's knowledge. In my opinion, Jay is the bigger villain, not Parker. Some of my favorite scenes from Love On The Shelf are when Parker and Alice are watching the sports movies together during the time that they switched places. These are a few of my favorite quotes from Love On The Shelf; "Alice could feel the sizzle on her cheeks. Yes, she liked doing her podcast looking like an overripe strawberry. He is a bully, and next time I see him I'm going to hit him over the head with a hardbound copy of The Kiss Quotient." {Page 95} "Dinner? That was worse than lunch. It was too... intimate. Being intimate with Parker Black. Her heart gave a little skip, and her nerve endings started dancing like a racehorse ready to run. Her body was all in. But then her body also considered it a good idea to overdose on Oreos." {Page 174} "Oh, by the way, this is Bettina. If I'm not around she'll be happy to answer any questions you might have." More like happy to clobber him with a book." {Page 239} Love On The Shelf is 100% a five star read and is the perfect choice for anyone who loves a great enemies to lovers story and I feel like it's also a great choice for both adult and young adult readers because as I mentioned earlier, there's no spicy scenes.