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    Book Review:: All You Took From Me | Lisa Kenway

    May 14, 2026

    You’ve got to love an unreliable narrator, and who could be more unreliable than an amnesia patient? My favorite thing about All You Took From Me, was…

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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:: The Storm | Rachel Hawkins

    April 26, 2026

    You can rely on Rachel Hawkins to deliver a compelling story replete with tension you can feel in your chest. This one is about murder in a…

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    Book Review:: Handle With Care | Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

    April 21, 2026

    This book is like, if locked-room mystery was a thriller, and the psychology of everyone in the room is the story. In other words: excellent. This is…

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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:: 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:: Cover Story | Mhairi McFarlane

    October 25, 2025

    Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane is more than a romance, it’s an investigation. Bel is a seasoned investigator who got her feet wet with her podcast before…

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    Book Review:: Greenwich | Kate Broad

    July 18, 2025

    Greenwich is a bit of an odd book that isn’t easy to slot into conventional genre conventions. As a millennial, it’s hard for me to call this…

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    Book Review:: The Goldens | Lauren Wilson

    July 16, 2025

    Lauren Wilson’s new book The Goldens will have you sucked into the orbit of a young influencer and experience first-hand the dogma that can lead impressionable young…

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    Book Review:: The Unraveling of Julia | Lisa Scottoline

    July 14, 2025

    Julia, still grieving the loss of her older adoptive parents, finds out she is the recipient of an old Italian villa from a woman she’s never heard…

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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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