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    Book Review:: The Re-Do List | Denise Williams

    January 23, 2026

    Willow is broken and broken-hearted as her brother ships off on deployment, but he leaves his best friend Deacon behind with instructions to look out for her…

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    Book Review:: You Make It Feel Like Christmas | Sophie Sullivan

    December 30, 2025

    What do you do when your one-night-stand turns up at your family’s Christmas celebrations at a picturesque Christmas tree farm? Turns out, he’s the proprietor’s brother, so…

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    Book Review:: Christmas People | Iva-Marie Palmer

    December 26, 2025

    Jill Jacobs is a scrooge who hasn’t been back to her hometown for years, avoiding a certain someone she was once hopelessly in love with. Things between…

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    Book Review:: Meet Me At Midnight | Max Monroe

    December 21, 2025

    What happens when you’re trying to save your new boss, who is your best friend’s big brother, from being sabotaged at work? Turns out, you accidentally fall…

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    Book Review:: The Ex Vows | Jessica Joyce

    December 12, 2025

    I get it now, the intense hype for Jessica Joyce. The Ex Vows is an angsty, emotional story about childhood friends who once took a shot at…

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    Book Review:: Mile High | Liz Tomforde

    December 9, 2025

    Welcome to the best sports romance series I’ve read. In the Windy City series, Liz Tomforde has created an irresistable cast of characters you can’t help but…

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    Book Review:: My Husband’s Wife | Alice Feeney

    December 7, 2025

    This is my second Alice Feeney novel, and it is just as twisty and confusing and unreliable as the last one! If you’re a fan of high…

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    Book Review:: Lovelight Farms | BK Borison

    December 5, 2025

    I think we can all agree that BK Borison is great at what she does: swoony contemporary romances with heart and spice and all the feels. And…

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    Book Review:: The Book Club Boyfriend | Kendall Ryan

    November 29, 2025

    Another Kendall Ryan delight today in The Book Club Boyfriend! Scarlett is a jaded author stuck in a rut, and when she goes on live TV to…

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    Book Review:: The Hating Game | Sally Thorne

    November 28, 2025

    I have heard The Hating Game referred to out in the bookish ether for years, but never really thought ‘hey, that’s a book I really need to…

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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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