I loved this book! A classic "single dad falls in love with the nanny" trope, with a very unclassical twist... once upon a time, Cassie had an OnlyFans account to help pay for school, and started developing feelings for her biggest fan (?). The world throws in a cosmic twist when her new DILF of a boss and the bossy (in a sexy way) "man who got away" turn out to be one and the same. Love, love, loved! ?

This was great! A widow with complicated feelings about her late husband is ready to get laid, but it's been a long time and she doesn't know where to start. So, as a massive football fan, she decides to offer her extra ticket to a new date for every home game... until the hunky bartender who overhears her plot offers to be her practice round 😉

This is one of the absolute best M/M hockey romances I've EVER read. Every single emotion was had, and my heart may never recover. The spice was epic (🌶🤭🔥😳) and the chemistry between the two MCs (personality AND physicality) was off the charts. It's hunky hockey players, it's teammates, it's friends to lovers, it's absolutely everything.
SO FREAKING GOOD. 🏳️‍🌈

The way these two MCs met had me dying, y'all. Not even kidding. He's a doctor that's just taken a new job in a clinic and she's an engineer that started her own sex toy company. In the process of giving one of her new toys a trial run, it gets stuck (!!) ... cue the doctor's visit 🤣. I know it sounds like the beginning of a bad porno, but it was good! (And steamy, duh). The backstory makes more sense if you've read the first book in the series🔥

This book had me swooning HARD, y'all! A super cute, ultra steamy second chance romance featuring Mary, an edgy, curvy heroine who's an aspiring tattoo artist. And Leo, the hunky football player who first met her back in high school while gaming online... except he doesn't yet realize that she's the nameless, faceless girl of his dreams that got away once upon a time. SO GOOD. I'm sad to see this series end, but it went out on a high! 🔥

This sticker perfectly sums up my reading tastes lately 🌶🤣🔥🤭

Good googley moogley, this was excellent! And that's really saying something for me, because slow burn romance isn't usually my jam. But I adored every character... felt all the feels for Olivia and her traumatic backstory (slowly uncovered as you go), and hunky Will who is determined to help her while fighting his growing personal feelings because he's her track coach. A small age gap, but not problematic, and perfect if you prefer less spice!

Started the day with some Goodreads wins 🍀

My June #BOTM box. I was most drawn to the tagged add-on, and while The Wishing Game sounded really good the "preview" of the first page didn't hook me enough to feel confident in a purchase. So I went with the thriller (that cover ?) and two trusty new releases from Hilderbrand and Davis, authors I already like. At this point I'm just bulking up my library for whenever my new house is done ?

The final #Aardvark clue (pantone colors) is in, and they seem to match all of the books from my last predictions post pretty well. So I'm locking it in... final answer! 📚

Yowza, this book is perfection! Steamy but also SO MUCH substance. What happens when two passionate people with strong convictions and the desire to make a difference (albeit with very different approaches on how) fall in love like a match to dynamite? Lennix is a Native American woman, passionate about preserving her heritage, and Maxim is the son of the man she might hate most in the world... but she doesn't know that when she falls in love.

A little "climate change dystopian fiction" Goodreads win to start the day! ?

I love this series! This one featuring hunky quarterback, Holden, who's drawn to the new coach's daughter. Coach has made it *very* clear that Julep is off limits... so what could possibly go wrong? 🤭🏈

June #Aardvark predictions... Take 2 🎬

I spy the goddess Cassandra in their latest clue, so that has officially become my most confident guess. Otherwise... this is hard 🤣

#BOTM is getting in on the Instagram clues! I think this book is a solid contender and the blurb literally includes a sentence that says "all magic comes with a price".

#Aardvark released their first two rounds of clues and they're tough! (Pictures of the covers sans dust jackets, and some "similar books" type stuff). Looking at some of the color combos and genres, I feel like these could be possible! Guesses always get better as the clues go on though, so I could also be dead wrong ??‍♀️

The tagged book intrigues me and Cassandra in Reverse gives me Oona vibes ??

Holy mother of DIRTY TALK. I didn't realize Jaine had a new book coming out this month, but sheesh do I love her universe filled with too-good-to-be-true rockstars. In this book, we finally learn more about what makes bad boy Johnny O tick. It's not in the Litsy database, so tagging the first Dirty book bc it's the best place to start (Dirty, The Players, and *then* Vancity Villians). The interconnected friendships make way more sense in order!

This book is a complete and total mind f*ck... and I inhaled it. One of those super dark, steamy reads that would be completely ruined by spoilers. My best advice is to go in completely blind and to RUN (not walk) in the other direction if you have so much as a whiff of trigger warnings that bother you. M/M

This was definitely the biggest age gap I've ever seen in a romance, and the "daddy" kink doesn't usually do it for me, but holy smokes was this smoking hot! ?

It was fun to return to the spicy Salacious Players Club universe! ?

Y'ALL, WHAT ROCK HAVE I BEEN UNDER?! 😍🏳️‍🌈

Another winner from Tessa Bailey! While a much slower burn than It Happened One Summer, this duology was perfection overall. I so enjoyed returning to the lovely seaside town of Westport, and watching Hannah get her leading lady moment with Fox the charmer. And that EPILOGUE... definitely one of (if not THE) best epilogues that Bailey has ever written.

I finished the first two books of this series, my first from this author, and let's just say I'm wiping some errant drool from my mouth while penciling Marni Mann onto my "go-to steamy authors" list ✍?

My stepbrother got married this weekend and it was so fun seeing a bunch of family in one place! AND I found out my step sister (in the purple dress) is pregnant. I'm gonna be an aunt y'all 🥺

I'm excited about this #ARC win! I've loved Rachel Lynn Solomon's other books 💕

BRB - I'm just adding Clay to my list of book boyfriends. I can see why some reviews say the steamy scenes are unrealistically steamy for college sophomores, and that may be true, but it made them no less SWOONWORTHY. I loved Giana (maybe because it felt a bit like looking in the mirror 🤣). Great fake dating book, loving this football romance series! 💋

That moment when you start a new book, and the FMC sounds like she could be... well, me 😬

Ooh! I had no idea I'd won this ARC until it showed up in the mail. Love when that happens. Sounds like a good one too 😄

Hot damn, this book was good! I honestly think the title sells it short, because it's got a lot more substance than "the pool boy" implies... but still with an INCREDIBLE amount of spice (duh) ???

Reverse age gap, best friend's son trope ?

Probably Smut was having a sale on some "blind date with a book" options and I couldn't resist. The tagged book is what I got! Plus a cute bookmark and some stickers that go with the story ??❤️?

Ooh, I loved this! A steamy (but darker) hockey romance. Lachlan and Lyla's chemistry was great, and I always love an alpha male. Some of the third act conflict was easy to guess after a while, and I ways wish characters would just *communicate* sometimes, but I guess that would make too much sense and cut the book in half 😆

I was SO into this story... and it's a long one... until the ending fell flat. After ALL OF THAT I just *really* wish it had stuck the landing. Still a solid second chance, angsty rockstar romance with a curvy FMC.

🎤🎸🎵

I've been wanting to get a cute personalized book embosser for my books for a while, but I'm always overwhelmed by all of the great options!! I've narrowed my favorites down to 6.

Help a girl out, friends! Which design do you like best? 📚

A great follow up to the first book in this series! It was nice to hang with this hunky group of friends again, and watch Holden finally acknowledge his feelings for his late best friend's sister. Just one problem... she's engaged. Smoking hot chemistry, a fair bit of angst, a smoking hot drummer, and a brainy scientist who has to decide whether or not she's ready to give up the "comfortable" choice for the man she never thought she could have.

This was good! Don't let the cutesy cover fool you, it's definitely got some spice. I loved the figure skating aspect, and bonus points for also having a hockey element. The characters seemed far more mature than I'd expect from a college romance, but it is fiction after all ⛸🏒

Ok so hear me out. At first glance, this book sounds like total smut click bait. And don't get it twisted, there is some SERIOUSLY SMOKING M/M chemistry in this book (those who don't enjoy super duper 🌶 content need not apply). But what took me aback was how deep (pun intended) it actually gets too. So what starts as stepbrothers making OnlyFans content for $ turns into a heart wrenching tale of dealing with past trauma and accepting yourself.

OMG OMG OMG. My "sports romance" loving heart can NOT handle the fact that #booktok just introduced me to a FORMULA 1 ROMANCE SERIES. And yes, the ALL CAPS are necessary because F1 is the only sport I watch religiously and I'm actually dying right now. This had a slow burn in the beginning but I loved every second of the "brother's bad-boy rival turned teammate turned lover on the F1 GRID" dynamic. GAHHH ??❤️‍?

Excellent! She's a tattoo artist that gives bad-ass pin-up vibes with a killer personality. He's the ex-playboy turned grounded single dad who is one of the landlords of the building where her tattoo parlor is. Instant chemistry, realistic hesitation about what it means to enter a relationship with a child involved (no matter how cute), and a whopping twist that completely caught me off guard 👏🏽

Never have I ever surpassed my ANNUAL reading goal this early in the year. I've always been a mood reader, and so far in 2023 I've basically just been in the mood for a shit ton of steamy books. I mean, hey, I'm reading more than I ever have so I'm rolling with it. GIMME ALL THE 🌶🔥🌶🔥🌶

(PS: all stickers available at www.probablysmut.com - they have cute shirts too!)💋

This book got me like a hit to the solar plexus. Deliciously dark and sinfully sexy. Sawyer has been on the run for a long time, stealing identities to help maintain her precarious lifestyle and anonymity. But after hooking up with the (beyond) sexy Enzo, he's on to her and he's pissed. A storm and a capsized boat later, and they're seeking refuge on a remote island with a creepy lighthouse keeper. So 🌶 my Kindle was steaming. Check TWs! 😳

How stinking good was this?! Zeke is Riley's twin brother's best friend. Riley is also ON the football team (with Zeke) as the lone female and badass kicker (get it, girl!). To complicate things further, she hates him. Oh, and now has to be his roommate. So many fun tropes, but I LOVED the "woman on the football team" spin and watching her hold her own ?

This had a strange premise - a prominent, wealthy family with a long-standing tradition of arranging marriages. A beautiful model/designer (who has a history of picking up the slack where her sister is concerned) has to marry him when she flakes in order to secure a merger between the two families. Family drama, unrequited (for now) love, and a whole lot of messiness. Ultimately though, it turns out he married the RIGHT sister and the 🌶 was 👌🏽

These aren't in the Litsy database, so I'm tagging what got me hooked on Jaine. The covers are terrible but I LOVED the story. It's a futuristic military premise, and Lana is in the home stretch of training for the DEEP program (as in deep space... get your brain out of the gutter 😉). She starts catching feels for her CO, who also happens to be her older brother's best friend. It's also against the rules to date (or get kinky with) an officer 🤫

An excellent end to the Players/Dirty books! I'm a sucker for a tortured soul, and I thought it was a great portrayal of a man going through a severe anxiety disorder. I felt for Cary, the reclusive rockstar and genius producer who rarely leaves his home. And my heart got warm and fuzzy watching him and Taylor fall in love. There were some hurdles to climb, but plenty of 🔥

I think this is my favorite #AuthenticBooks box yet! Super cute items, the candle smells great, the bookish socks are great, love the little library bag... *chef's kiss* 📚

I'm officially on the side of #booktok that sucks me in with hockey romance recs ?

This one was actually really good! Even though it's starts super implausibly (I refuse to believe a university would allow a "mistake" like putting a girl on the men's floor of the dorm with a male roommate and basically say "tough luck" when she goes to them about it. Sounds like a lawsuit to me, but I digress).

Perfect for fans of new adult and Elle Kennedy! ?

Top 3 are my #Aardvark picks - so stoked! I've heard nothing but amazing things about Chain-Gang and it's cool to see a #readwithjenna pick with Aardvark! Great get 👏🏽 (And how cute is the logo placement on her headphones for This Bird Has Flown??)

Bottom 2 are my #BOTM picks. The Half Moon because I loved her last book and Weyward because... FOMO.

Am I blushing? Because there was so much 🌶 in this book that I feel like you can all see me blushing. I'll be the first to admit that I have read some kinky shit and, even so, this one pushed my limits. I can't say polyamory appeals to me personally (juggling the dynamic of FOUR PEOPLE intimately sounds like a lot of work) but if Rachel's Hockey Harem works for them, godspeed. She sure bagged 3 hunky hockey gods! Thanks #booktok... I think.

Look out hunky rock star boys, DJ Summer is in the house! I've loved her throughout the series, and loved watching her catch feels for her bodyguard ❤️

This feels like a good possibility for the final #BOTM clue!

New May #Aardvark predictions based on the emoji clues. The tagged book sounds absolutely incredible!