Author: Book Smart Kate
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The Thrashers by Julie Soto (May 6, 2025) A HUGE thank you to the author, Macmillan Audio, and Wednesday Books for the gifted advanced listening copy of this extraordinary YA thriller with a twist of the supernatural! #macaudio2025 You know that high school clique everyone wants to be in? At New Helvetia High, they’re called…
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Charming Summer Rom-Com: The Best Wrong Move Review
The Best Wrong Move by Lily Parker (April 24, 2025) – Many thanks to Lily Parker and Joffe Books for the gifted advanced copy and PR box of this charming, feel-good rom-com perfect for your summer reading list! Olivia’s on-air marriage proposal to her boyfriend Rex was supposed to be a grand gesture. Instead? He…
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Wild and Wrangled: A Heartfelt Second-Chance Romance Review
Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage (April 15, 2025) Huge thanks to PRH Audio, The Dial Press, and Lyla Sage for the gifted advanced listening copy of this heartfelt, high-heat, and deeply satisfying finale to the Rebel Blue Ranch series! Camille Ashwood just got left at the altar. While she wasn’t surprised the groom didn’t…
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Explosive Secrets in Destructively Mine
Destructively Mine by Krista Ritchie and Becca Ritchie (April 29, 2025) – Thank you, Berkley Romance and @prhaudio for the #gifted print and listening copies! Picking up immediately after the shocking and dramatic conclusion to Dishonestly Yours, Phoebe and Hailey are still trying to go straight after a lifetime as part of grifting families but…
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Heartwood: A Gripping Literary Thriller Set on the Appalachian Trail
Heartwood by Amity Gaige (April 1, 2025) Many thanks to @Simonandschuster for the #gifted ARC and finished copies of this beautifully atmospheric literary thriller. #simonbookbuddy Set against the haunting backdrop of the Appalachian Trail in Maine, Heartwood is a quiet yet urgent literary thriller about disappearance, resilience, and unexpected connection. When seasoned hiker Valerie Gillis…
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Olivetti: A Typewriter’s Tale of Family and Hope
Olivetti by Allie Millington – This one had been sitting on my TBR for a while, I was instantly drawn in by the idea of a typewriter as a narrator. And thanks to Libby’s no-wait availability, I finally dove in! Once the cherished typewriter of the Brindle family, Olivetti has slowly been pushed aside as…
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