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    Book Review:: Slipstream | Madge Maril

    April 27, 2025

    You may not know my husband is actually a race car driver (open wheel), so when I see any race car romance, I have to read it…

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    Book Review:: A Summer Affair | Elin Hilderbrand

    April 22, 2025

    I used to avoid books like A Summer Affair. Books marketed distinctly as ‘beach reads’. I thought they would be quick, light, shallow romance tales of people…

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    Book Review:: 10 Marchfield Square | Nicola Whyte

    April 21, 2025

    If you are a fan of the Hulu Original show Only Murders in the Building starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, you’re going to love…

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    Book Review:: The Proposal Project | Donna Marchetti

    April 12, 2025

    I don’t know how I stumbled across Donna Marchetti’s first book, Hate Mail, but it was one of the most memorable romances I read last year. When…

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    Book Review:: Murder at Gulls Nest | Jess Kidd

    March 28, 2025

    A quaint coastal town. A missing person. A silent little girl who sees everything. A former nun who won’t let it go. Murder at Gulls Nest is…

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    Book Review:: Saltwater | Katy Hays

    March 25, 2025

    Lifestyles of the ungodly rich might seem aspirational, but they’re also highly secretive. You’re either behind the curtain, or you’re not, and they want as few people…

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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:: Here One Moment | Liane Moriarty

    March 21, 2025

    Cause of death, age of death. Would you want to know? For some on one fateful domestic flight between Hobart and Sydney the prediction from one of…

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    Book Review:: What Happens in Amsterdam | Rachel Lynn Solomon

    March 9, 2025

    Sometimes you have to go to the other side of the world to figure yourself out. Dani’s life is in a bit of a shambles – she’s…

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    Book Review:: Colton Gentry’s Third Act | Jeff Zentner

    March 7, 2025

    I haven’t read many (or any?) romance novels based on the male’s point-of-view. Colton Gentry may be the first! For awhile it seemed like everywhere I turned…

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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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