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    Chase Me If You Can, Heather Frances [Book Review]

    June 23, 2026

    Here in middle-America we get some pretty sick storms. Some people dread them, rushing out almost constantly to cover their precious gardens. Some people open up their…

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    In Every Possible Way, Alicia Thompson [Book Review]

    June 22, 2026

    What if you woke up tomorrow in a country across the ocean with no memory of how you got there? That’s what happens to Jess, after a…

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    And Now, Back to You, B.K. Borison [Book Review]

    May 8, 2026

    I remember when B.K. Borison announced her deal for the Heartstrings series on social media: a series based on the 90s rom coms hard-coded into the DNA…

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    The Bodyguard Affair, Amy Lea [Book Review]

    May 4, 2026

    Ah, good ol’ rom-com territory for the first time in awhile! The Bodyguard Affair by Amy Lea is an engaging, spicy, and always moving forward. The premise…

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    Book Review:: Seeing Other People | Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka

    April 23, 2026

    Even though the premise of this book is clear from the title, the cover, and whatever the blurb says (which you all know by now I almost…

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    Book Review:: The Re-Do List | Denise Williams

    January 23, 2026

    Willow is broken and broken-hearted as her brother ships off on deployment, but he leaves his best friend Deacon behind with instructions to look out for her…

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    Book Review:: The Ex Vows | Jessica Joyce

    December 12, 2025

    I get it now, the intense hype for Jessica Joyce. The Ex Vows is an angsty, emotional story about childhood friends who once took a shot at…

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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:: Secret Nights and Northern Lights | Megan Oliver

    November 11, 2025

    Mona is always overlooked. In a busy family with twin boys less than a year older than she is, their parents were always too exhausted for her…

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    Book Review:: Save Us | Mona Kasten

    November 2, 2025

    The Maxton Hall series has really grown on me, and Save Us is as great an ending for these angsty characters as I could have hoped for.…

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What the River Knows
The Rule Book
Wild Love
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
The Cheat Sheet
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Not in Love
My Not So Perfect Life
First Down
Clean Sweep
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Killing Floor
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This Bird Has Flown
Savor It
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This Summer Will Be Different
The Last City


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