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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:: White Hot | Ilona Andrews

    August 6, 2024

    This is book 2 in the Hidden Legacy series. If you haven’t read book one yet (Burn for Me), peek a few reasons why you should in…

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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:: Haunted Ever After | Jen DeLuca

    August 3, 2024

    Summer is the season for beach read romances. Fall is the season for darker stories of mystery and delicious twists. Haunted Ever After fills the gap between…

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    Book Review:: The Most Fun We Ever Had | Claire Lombardo

    August 2, 2024

    This isn’t a book you read for entertainment. This is the type of book you read to remind yourself what it is to be human. To connect…

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    Book Review:: The Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang

    July 30, 2024

    An evocative, unconventional romance if there ever was one! Stella Lane is a high-functioning adult with Asperger’s Syndrome. Her ‘brand’ of autism helps her be a rockstar…

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    Book Review:: We’ll Prescribe You A Cat | Syou Ishida

    July 26, 2024

    Cats are the heroes of the internet. They bring smiles to even the grouchiest faces. But what happens when you go to someone for psychiatric help, and…

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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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    Book Review:: The Last Love Note | Emma Grey

    July 23, 2024

    What comes after losing the ones we love? We hold the ones we have left more dearly & live the rest of our days the best we…

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    Book Review:: In the Likely Event | Rebecca Yarros

    July 21, 2024

    This book may have ruined me for all other romances. I stayed up until 3 am because it is unputdownable. I am still stunned as I sit…

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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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