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    Book Review:: Wrong Place Wrong Time | Gillian McAllister

    September 10, 2024

    It started with a feeling. Deja vu? Something like it? A bad feeling. The calm before the storm type of feeling. Like in the next instant, the…

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    Book Review:: The Cheesemaker’s Daughter | Kristin Vukovic

    September 8, 2024

    Sometimes when it feels like life is falling apart, it’s really the opportunity for a new beginning. That’s the case for Marina, when she is disillusioned by…

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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:: 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:: 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:: How to Hide in Plain Sight | Emma Noyes

    September 1, 2024

    How to Hide in Plain Sight is a powerful story about a young woman’s struggle to come to terms with her mental illness, her family, and the…

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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:: 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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    Book Review:: The Paradise Problem | Christina Lauren

    August 28, 2024

    Anna opens the door one evening to find the last person she ever expected: her husband. In college, she married the brother of a friend in order…

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    Book Review:: Wild Love | Elsie Silver

    August 27, 2024

    How often do you find a small-town romance AND the billionaire trope in one story? Look no further, fam – you’ve found it in Wild Love by…

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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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