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    Book Review:: Lovelight Farms | BK Borison

    December 5, 2025

    I think we can all agree that BK Borison is great at what she does: swoony contemporary romances with heart and spice and all the feels. And…

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    Book Review:: Planes, Trains, and All the Feels | Livy Hart

    June 14, 2025

    I feel it is my duty to leave a review of this book after seeing so many bad reviews. Who are you people?! I’ve read this book…

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    Book Review:: Done and Dusted | Lyla Sage

    March 22, 2025

    Sometimes when life knocks you down, the best place for you to go is home. And sometimes the person you least suspect is the key to find…

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    Book Review:: It All Comes Back To You | Melissa Wiesner

    March 17, 2025

    It All Comes Back to You by Melissa Wiesner is going on my top list of all time favorite books. It reminded me of my favorite book…

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    Book Review:: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers | Jesse Q. Sutanto

    March 14, 2025

    If you love contemporary murder mysteries and haven’t yet discovered Vera Wong, you’re in for a treat. She is the fun and spunky lead in an investigation…

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    Book Review:: Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun | Elle Cosimano

    February 9, 2025

    What have Finlay and Vero gotten themselves into next? Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun is the third book in a sometimes-hilarious contemporary mystery series led by a…

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    Book Review:: Exes & O’s | Amy Lea

    February 7, 2025

    What if your next great love was one you already had? What a question. Timing is everything, after all. Then again, maybe fixating on your past can…

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    Book Review:: The House in the Pines | Ana Reyes

    January 28, 2025

    One summer can alter the course of everything. One new friend. One lost story. One betrayal. One house in the pines. Maya is convinced the strange boy…

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    Book Review:: Yours Truly | Abby Jimenez

    January 1, 2025

    Do you believe in life after love? Specifically, once your (ex)husband of more than a decade turns out to be sleeping with someone who pretended to be…

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    Emergency Contact | Lauren Layne & Anthony LeDonne

    December 13, 2024

    Listen up people, I’ve found some essential holiday romance reading here for you. Emergency Contact is a hilarious holiday rom-com second chance romance with a planes-trains-and-automobiles style…

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Emily's bookshelf: read

What the River Knows
The Rule Book
Wild Love
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
The Cheat Sheet
The Rom-Commers
Not in Love
My Not So Perfect Life
First Down
Clean Sweep
Greta & Valdin
The True Love Experiment
Killing Floor
Hate Mail
The Unhoneymooners
This Bird Has Flown
Savor It
Thank You for Listening
This Summer Will Be Different
The Last City


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