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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:: Graceless Heart | Isabel Ibanez

    February 1, 2026

    Isabel Ibanez is on my watch list. I’ve truly loved some of her work in the past, so I wasn’t going to miss an opportunity to read…

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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:: Silver & Blood | Jessie Mihalik

    January 27, 2026

    Romantasy fans, this one’s for you. Part fairy tale, part romance, this book is bound to satisfy many romantasy lovers. Riela is taken to an enchanted house…

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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:: The Highlander’s Lady of Loch & Sea | Heather McCollum

    January 16, 2026

    Looking for your historical Scottish hunk fix? Fan of true-blue bodice rippers? You’re going to love The Highlander’s Lady of Loch & Sea by Heather McCollum. Laria…

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    Book Review:: Quicksilver | Callie Hart

    December 19, 2025

    I feel like I’m in my romantasy era, and I don’t hate it! Look at the cover of this book. What an absolute killer. For me, Quicksilver…

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    Book Review:: Anatomy of an Alibi | Ashley Elston

    November 28, 2025

    For me, the fun of reading thrillers is that grabs-you-by-the-throat, have-to-turn-the-next-page, I-have-no-idea-what-happens-next feeling. It’s a different sort of reading experience than I have with other fiction, because…

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    Book Review:: Obsession Falls | Claire Kingsley

    August 20, 2025

    Y’ALL. If you have never read a romantic suspense novel, it is an oversight that must be remedied. It is the perfect blend of swoon level romance…

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    Book Review:: First-Time Caller | BK Borison

    June 28, 2025

    When I heard BK Borison was coming out with a new series based on all of our favorite Nora Ephron Rom-Com movies of the 90s I was…

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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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