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    Book Review:: Ruthless Vows | Rebecca Ross

    September 14, 2024

    Letters of Enchantment Book #2 (conclusion) [Book One is Divine Rivals – skip this review if you haven’t read it yet! There will be rampant book one…

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    Book Review:: Divine Rivals | Rebecca Ross

    September 13, 2024

    Letters of Enchantment Book #1 Holy hell, I was not prepared for this book. I like to go into new stories blind, especially the hyped ones, and…

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    Book Review:: Butter: A Novel of Food & Murder | Asako Yuzuki (Translated by Polly Barton)

    September 6, 2024

    Butter is a Japanese literary fiction novel hinged upon the premise of a journalist investigating the story of a renowned serial killer – a woman accused of…

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    Book Review:: Malibu Rising | Taylor Jenkins Reid

    September 3, 2024

    Family is the most complex thing there is. The history. The responsibility. The everyday choices and the ones that come once in a lifetime. The mirrored features…

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    Book Review:: Hello Stranger | Katherine Center

    August 30, 2024

    Another beautiful romance by Katherine Center, this one with a high concept and a Cinderella twist that is sure to move you. Sadie Montgomery is a finalist…

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    Book Review:: King of Wrath | Ana Huang

    August 20, 2024

    King of Wrath by Ana Huang is a possessive, spicy, filthy rich, romance with a tint of darkness that keeps tension wound tight all the way through.…

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    Book Review:: Amazing Grace Adams | Fran Littlewood

    August 13, 2024

    Have you ever had a bad day? Bad week really. Months, even. Or a decade, if we’re being honest. Grace has. And she’s kept it together, mostly,…

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    Book Review:: Play Along | Liz Tomforde

    August 9, 2024

    Play Along is the 4th book in the Windy City spicy sports romance series by Liz Tomforde. If you’re a fan of sports romance, this series is…

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    Book Review:: Business Casual | B.K. Borison

    August 4, 2024

    I received this book as an e-arc for review by the publisher via netgalley, but only a handful of chapters in, I added the paperback (and the…

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    Book Review:: DNA Duo(logy) | Christina Lauren

    July 26, 2024

    Book #1 | The Soulmate Equation Summary:: GeneticAlly is a new dating service, pioneered by Dr. River Pena, that uses your DNA to find romantic matches. The…

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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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