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    Book Review:: Only Between Us | Ellie K. Wilde

    July 3, 2025

    Fans of a great sports romance, buckle up – book two in Ellie K. Wilde’s Oakwood Bay series is here! Only Between Us is the steamy love…

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    Book Review:: Save Me | Mona Kasten

    July 2, 2025

    If you’re a fan of teen dramas, buckle in, because Save Me by Mona Kasten is the broody romance series you’ve likely been waiting for. Fist published…

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    Book Review:: The Spirit of Love | Lauren Kate

    July 1, 2025

    A vacation fling, a workplace rival, two very different love connections. The Spirit of Love is a new novel by Lauren Kate that will have you leaning…

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    Book Review:: Let’s Make A Scene | Laura Wood

    June 30, 2025

    A novel about movie stars fake dating…twice? Color me intrigued. I had high hopes for Laura Wood’s new book Let’s Make A Scene. Unfortunately, for me, the…

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    Book Review:: The Summer You Were Mine | Jill Francis

    June 29, 2025

    Second chances, autism representation, sports-y, and the idyllic backdrop of an Italian summer? Count me in. Jill Francis’ The Summer You Were Mine just might be the…

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    Book Review:: First-Time Caller | BK Borison

    June 28, 2025

    When I heard BK Borison was coming out with a new series based on all of our favorite Nora Ephron Rom-Com movies of the 90s I was…

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    Book Review:: All the Words We Know | Bruce Nash

    June 27, 2025

    Talk about a one-of-a-kind mystery novel! All the Words We Know by Bruce Nash is a fever dream of an experience. Readers are inside the mind of…

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    Book Review:: Sunburned | Katherine Wood

    June 26, 2025

    Actions have consequences, and the law doesn’t care about good intentions. Sunburned is a brand-new novel that will have you glued to the pages as a high-stakes…

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    Book Review:: The Accidental Favorite | Fran Littlewood

    June 24, 2025

    A tree falls in the woods, and all three of your adult children are standing beneath it. You dive forward to remove one from danger, but the…

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    Book Review:: The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain | Hannah Brown

    June 23, 2025

    I admit I was expecting a lot less from The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain. The premise is fairly high concept, and I thought it would…

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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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