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    Book Review:: The Bodyguard Affair | Amy Lea

    May 4, 2026

    Ah, good ol’ rom-com territory for the first time in awhile! The Bodyguard Affair by Amy Lea is an engaging, spicy, and always moving forward. The premise…

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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 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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    Book Review:: Secret Nights and Northern Lights | Megan Oliver

    November 11, 2025

    Mona is always overlooked. In a busy family with twin boys less than a year older than she is, their parents were always too exhausted for her…

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    Book Review:: Happy Christmas | Kelsey Humphreys

    October 18, 2025

    Okay, wow! Finding a new indie author with serious chops can be difficult, but if Kelsey Humphreys new release of Happy Christmas is any indication, ladies, fellas,…

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    Book Review:: A Lot to Unpack | Portia MacIntosh

    October 2, 2025

    Liberty is in need of a fresh start. She just found out her boyfriend, who she works with, has been using dating apps to send pictures of…

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    Book Review:: A Winter Wedding Adventure | Leonie Mack

    August 30, 2025

    This novel is exactly what it sounds like: an adventure set during wedding festivities in the winter. Neither Kira or Mattia are characters you might expect to…

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    Book Review:: Love at First Sighting | Mallory Marlowe

    August 12, 2025

    Love at First Sighting is no ordinary romance. You might say…ahem…it’s out of this world. Just kidding. It takes place on Earth. But it is tightly wrapped…

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    Book Review:: Wes and Addie Had Their Chance | Bethany Turner

    August 11, 2025

    Another second chance love story out of Adelaide Springs. That place did their youth so bad the universe has conspired against it to bring all the little…

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    Book Review:: The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain | Hannah Brown

    June 23, 2025

    I admit I was expecting a lot less from The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain. The premise is fairly high concept, and I thought it would…

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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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