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    Book Review:: Mistletoe & Mr. Right | Sarah Morgenthaler

    November 29, 2024

    Moose Springs is a magical place of hearty hometown comfort, constant hilarious (and sometimes nefarious) antics, and the kind of romance that will melt your heart into…

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    Book Review:: The Villa | Rachel Hawkins

    November 22, 2024

    Rachel Hawkins is my favorite kind of suspense writer. A modern Gothic master. Her stories are somber and interesting and layered. If you enjoy historical mysteries, The…

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    Book Review:: The Christmas Jigsaw Murders | Alexandra Benedict

    October 24, 2024

    If you love a good mystery with clues a-plenty and complex layers, you’ll love The Christmas Jigsaw Murders, by Alexandra Benedict. Edie O’Sullivan is a professional puzzler,…

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    Book Review:: Book of the Month | Jennifer Probst

    October 20, 2024

    What do you do when you’re out of inspiration? F*ck off to North Carolina. Aspen fears she is a one hit wonder when her second and third…

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    Book Review:: The Book of George | Kate Greathead

    October 6, 2024

    The thing about life is we can’t see very far ahead of ourselves. We don’t know what will happen or who we’ll meet or how we’ll feel.…

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    Book Review:: Before We Were Us | Denise Hunter

    September 26, 2024

    Life is good. After struggling through so much of life, you’ve finally found the place you belong, and the one who is meant to stand by your…

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    Book Review:: Counting Miracles | Nicholas Sparks

    September 24, 2024

    Do you believe everything happens for a reason? Jasper did, once. Now, after an insurmountable tragedy he’s convinced God has abandoned him. He hasn’t lost his faith…

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    Book Review:: Adam & Evie’s Matchmaking Tour | Nora Nguyen

    September 20, 2024

    (You’ll have to forgive me for not knowing the way to type the correct characters for the Vietnamese names/words in this review – I wish I did,…

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    Book Review:: Wished | Sarah Ready

    September 4, 2024

    Do you believe in love at first sight? Anna does. She felt it the moment she laid eyes on her stupidly rich client, Max Barone. She is…

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    Book Review:: It’s All Relative | Rachel Magee

    August 29, 2024

    In It’s All Relative, Rachel Magee has crafted a tangled saga of blending families delivered with the levity of a fun romantic comedy. Helena’s mother is getting…

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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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