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Bed Of Rosés: 24 Steamy Songs For That Summer Romance-Novel Tryst

Jeremy Messersmith, Lizzo and, of course, Bon Jovi not only soundtrack a delightfully predictable romance novel, but mimic the arc of one in song.
What One Pairing could ever be more True than that of roséwave and romance fiction?

You always remember your first romantic encounter. Left behind on the night stand of a rented lake cabin, dog-eared and water-stained, its lurid cover slightly sun-faded. Smuggled into your bunk at overnight camp by that one girl who knew the names for acts you never even knew to imagine, with tell-tale spine cracks

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