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Roll for Romance
by Lenora Woods
Published by Dell on July 15, 2025
Setting: Heller, Texas
Genres: Romantic Comedy
Pages: 352
Format: Audible Audiobook, Kindle, Paperback
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Two fledgling tabletop gamers find themselves falling for each other—both in and out of their weekly D&D sessions—in this charming, fantasy-tinged romance.
When Sadie Brooks unexpectedly loses her marketing job, she flees New York City to spend the summer with her best friend in small-town Texas, where joining his Dungeons & Dragons campaign is the perfect distraction while she plans her next steps.
In the game, she becomes Jaylie, a powerful human cleric blessed by the Goddess of Luck. But in real life, Sadie believes her luck has run out—until she meets Noah Walker, the outgoing bartender roped into joining their party as Loren, an adventurous and charismatic lute-strumming elf. Just as Jaylie finds herself succumbing to the bard’s charms over the course of their party’s travels, Sadie also begins to fall under Noah’s spell.
As their relationship progresses in both worlds, Sadie wonders if what they have might last beyond the game. But like his traveling bard character, Noah never stays in one place for long. When a new opportunity arises in New York, Sadie must face the truth about why she lost her job in the first place—and whether she and Noah have found something in Texas worth staying for. Torn between her career dreams in the city and the exciting uncertainty of a new adventure, she will have no choice but to roll the dice.
Roll for Romance by Lenora Woods is about a young woman trying to navigate her world after losing what she thought was her dream job.
Can Sadie find where she belongs again?
Sadie Brooks
Sadie Brooks has been in the same job since graduating from college, but she ended up going to Texas to spend the summer with her best friend from childhood. She needs a refresh and some time away from the city to figure out which direction she still needs to follow. I love how she created her Dungeons and Dragons character into something that she needed to feel once again. Sadie is a great character and I love how she starts to open up to her new friends, old friend, and to herself. I loved seeing her grow into the wonderful person she had been, a person who needed coaxing to come back out. The other thing I liked is how she is doing more with her artwork than she has in years.
Noah Walker
Noah Walker is another newbie to Heller, Texas, and is working at a bar that his friend opened. He is the type of character who hasn’t settled down in one place for a long time. Stopping here wasn’t going to be for a long time, just enough to help his friend out, get his bar up and running, then off on a new adventure. I do like him and how he just lives one day at a time.
The Romance
Sadie and Noah’s romance was a slow-burning one until they both started to question whether what they were seeing was just their imagination. It wasn’t until their new friends pushed them together that they got together. I think they are cute together, and I am rooting for them. They are both starting a new adventure together, and I hope it’s one that they both enjoy.
Four Stars
My rating for Roll for Romance by Lenora Woods is four stars. I am recommending it for any romance readers who want to give it a shot. It’s a pretty interesting read, and I did like the parts on their campaign. Those parts reminded me of watching the Dungeons and Dragons movie. Ms. Woods is a great author, and I loved seeing how a character deals with their burnout, how they slowly fix it, and realizing that maybe they need something else.
Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Roll for Romance by Lenora Woods.
Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
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About Lenora Woods
Lenora Woods is a writer hailing from Austin, Texas. When she’s not writing, she spends her free time hiking, rolling dice, and pretending to be an elf at her local Renaissance faire.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2025 Goodreads RC
- 2025 Romance Book Reading Challenge
- 2025 Traveling the World
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