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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:: Gloves Off | Stephanie Archer

    June 16, 2025

    Fan of sports romance? Stephanie Archer should be on your list! Gloves Off is the fourth book in her Vancouver Storm series. The Fake Out, the second…

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    Book Review:: Wild Side | Elsie Silver

    June 7, 2025

    Buckle in for the third trip around the Rose Hill sun – it’s a heart-wrenching one! There was a lot of healing in Wild Eyes with Skylar,…

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    Book Review:: Wild Eyes | Elsie Silver

    June 1, 2025

    What I wouldn’t do to live in a place as beautiful and idyllic as Rose Hill. The first book in this Elsie Silver series is Wild Love,…

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    Book Review:: A Five Letter Word for Love | Amy James

    December 12, 2024

    Let’s get this out of the way up front. This book was rated entirely on *vibes*. Is it perfect? No (and it has more faults than most…

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    Book Review:: Heartless Hunter | Kristen Ciccarelli

    November 1, 2024

    The world is a dangerous place when you have to hide who you are from everyone. Especially when you throw yourself into danger in order to save…

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    Book Review:: The Haunting of Maddy Clare | Simone St. James

    October 31, 2024

    What a perfect read for spooky season-a historical ghost story mystery, The Haunting of Maddy Clare. Ms. Sarah Piper is recruited by an eccentric world war veteran…

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    Book Review:: Butcher & Blackbird | Brynne Weaver

    October 27, 2024

    Holy gee whiz. I requested this from the library because I was honestly not expecting to like it. I mean, serial k*ller romantic comedy? WTF?! How does…

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    Book Review:: Sunshine and Spice | Aurora Palit

    August 11, 2024

    The grass is always greener on the other side, but when you take the time to look around, you just might realize the blessings that surround you…

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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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