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    Emergency Contact | Lauren Layne & Anthony LeDonne

    December 13, 2024

    Listen up people, I’ve found some essential holiday romance reading here for you. Emergency Contact is a hilarious holiday rom-com second chance romance with a planes-trains-and-automobiles style…

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    Book Review:: Mistletoe & Mr. Right | Sarah Morgenthaler

    November 29, 2024

    Moose Springs is a magical place of hearty hometown comfort, constant hilarious (and sometimes nefarious) antics, and the kind of romance that will melt your heart into…

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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:: Wish I Were Here | Melissa Wiesner

    October 14, 2024

    I looooooooved this book. In Wish I Were Here there is adventure, humor, drama, a heist, heart, community and the smidgiest smidge of magical realism that made…

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    Book Review:: The Paradise Problem | Christina Lauren

    August 28, 2024

    Anna opens the door one evening to find the last person she ever expected: her husband. In college, she married the brother of a friend in order…

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    Book Review:: The Tourist Attraction | Sarah Morgenthaler

    August 23, 2024

    Oh my gosh, what a feel-good sweet little romance novel we have here! The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler is such a fun story about an unlikely…

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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 Cheat Sheet & The Rule Book | Sarah Adams

    July 12, 2024

    Are you craving a sweet romance that will leave you with a big goofy smile? The Cheat Sheet series by Sarah Adams delivers on a low-stakes, pure…

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    Book Review:: Funny Story | Emily Henry

    July 11, 2024

    Let’s talk about the new Emily Henry book — Daphne’s fiancé came back from his bachelor party weekend with a declaration of love on his lips. Unfortunately,…

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    Book Review:: Summertime Punchline | Betty Corrello

    July 9, 2024

    Many romance novels are almost sickly-sweet, like candy. Bubbly and sunshine-y. You know the ones. Summertime Punchline by Betty Corrello is different. Its humor is drier, its…

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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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