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    Book Review:: This Story Might Save Your Life | Tiffany Crum

    May 16, 2026

    If you have the chance to read This Story Might Save Your Life, do.not.waste.it. It is frigging phenomenal. I was hooked immediately and giddy the entire way…

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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:: Storms and Secrets | Claire Kingsley

    August 21, 2025

    Sometimes when you’re stuck in a bad pattern of thinking you have to be jolted out of it. That’s what happened to Zachary. Literally. During an electrical…

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    Book Review:: Once Upon A Crime | Brynn Kelly

    August 17, 2025

    Did you know an audible subscription comes with access to tons audiobooks you don’t have to use credits to listen to (as long as you’re still a…

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    Book Review:: A Killer Getaway | Sienna Sharpe

    August 3, 2025

    A Killer Getaway is a twisted new romance by Sienna Sharpe that shines a light on the delicacy of human psychology. There’s a little bit of mystery,…

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    Book Review:: Steal My Breath Away | Sarah Castille

    June 18, 2025

    I am quickly growing into a romantic suspense wh*re and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Sarah Castille’s new release of Steal My Breath Away does it…

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    Book Review:: The Matchmaker | Aisha Saeed

    March 23, 2025

    Nura Khan is the best matchmaker in town, and everyone knows it. She’s taken the family business and made it bloom. She doesn’t just help her clients…

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    Book Review:: Swept Away | Beth O’Leary

    March 11, 2025

    This book is so much more than I expected. It is easy to assume from the premise that it might be a romantic comedy full of worst-case…

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    Book Review:: Ambush | Colleen Coble

    March 3, 2025

    Paradise Alden is ready to confront the demons of her past. She takes a job as the vet at a big animal rescue in the hometown her…

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    Book Review:: All the Missing Pieces | Catherine Cowles

    December 29, 2024

    So, like, romantic suspense is a thing?! If this book is good representation of that, this might be my new favorite genre! Oh my gosh, the mystery,…

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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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