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    Book Review:: Won’t Back Down | Harper Jackson

    May 13, 2026

    Some books you read for the escape of it all. Something you can sink into, be transported, and find a satisfying plot with just enough tension (sexual,…

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    Book Review:: Fallen City | Adrienne Young

    April 10, 2026

    A city is falling – it’s inevitable – but the man who started it is also the one who cannot leave. Not without her. Maris and Luca,…

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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:: 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:: Daddy Issues | Kate Goldbeck

    November 25, 2025

    I love a book with a dual meaning title, and honey, this one’s got it. Does FMC have some daddy issues? Yes, yes she does. Is MMC…

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    Book Review:: Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon | Matthew Norman

    November 23, 2025

    For many, the holidays are a time of profound grief. This one is for you. As someone who doesn’t read blurbs, I was not expecting the absolute…

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    Book Review:: Checking It Twice | Kendall Ryan

    November 22, 2025

    Friends, I’ve found you a lovely, swoony, holiday romance that will warm you up better than a cup of hot cocoa. It’s Checking It Twice by Kendall…

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    Book Review:: The Everlasting | Alix E. Harrow

    November 8, 2025

    I have read over two hundred books this year, and I hope you believe me when I say that this is the best one of them. I…

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    Book Review:: Where He Left Me | Nicole Baart

    November 4, 2025

    Sadie Sheridan almost gave up on finding the one. But then, in her 40s, she fell in love with another professor at her university. Felix. He’s smart,…

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    Book Review:: Save Us | Mona Kasten

    November 2, 2025

    The Maxton Hall series has really grown on me, and Save Us is as great an ending for these angsty characters as I could have hoped for.…

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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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