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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:: Seeing Other People | Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka

    April 23, 2026

    Even though the premise of this book is clear from the title, the cover, and whatever the blurb says (which you all know by now I almost…

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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:: Maybe It’s Fate | Heidi McLaughlin

    April 7, 2026

    Oh, how I adored every single minute of this book, with tears in my eyes the entire time. My heart was in my hands through the whole…

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    Book Review:: If Only You Knew | Ellie K. Wilde

    February 13, 2026

    Man, sometimes you gotta go back to a genuine sports romance novel, and If Only You Knew by Ellie K. Wilde really fits the bill (also it’s…

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    Book Review:: The Nantucket Inn | Pamela Kelley

    January 30, 2026

    Last year I read a book called The Christmas Inn by Pamela Kelley and I LOVED it. It was such a nice, engaging, wholesome novel about family…

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    Book Review:: The Re-Do List | Denise Williams

    January 23, 2026

    Willow is broken and broken-hearted as her brother ships off on deployment, but he leaves his best friend Deacon behind with instructions to look out for her…

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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:: Meet Me At Midnight | Max Monroe

    December 21, 2025

    What happens when you’re trying to save your new boss, who is your best friend’s big brother, from being sabotaged at work? Turns out, you accidentally fall…

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    Book Review:: The Ex Vows | Jessica Joyce

    December 12, 2025

    I get it now, the intense hype for Jessica Joyce. The Ex Vows is an angsty, emotional story about childhood friends who once took a shot at…

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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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