Author: Kate
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Heart the Lover Review: A Journey Through Academia and Emotions
Heart the Lover by Lily King (Sept 30, 2025) I was inspired by a number of reviews of this one to grab it, first among them @books_with_bex because if she rates a book 5 stars, I stand up (ok, sit up) and pay attention. Twenty years ago, in her senior year, Jordan meets intensely academic…
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Fun Holiday Read: Romance, Bookstores, and Second Chances
Booked for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins (Oct 24, 2025) I inhaled the first book in this connected stand-alone series and love it when the second book retraces some of the events from the first book but from a new POV. Juniper has finally achieved her goal of opening a romance-only bookstore in her small…
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O Goalie Night: A Grumpy/Sunshine Hockey Holiday Romance
O Goalie Night by K.M. Gillis (Nov 1, 2024) This was a book that went on my holiday TBR too late in 2024 and I just didn’t get to it, so it was one I definitely wanted to make sure I grabbed this year – and as an added bonus, an audiobook came out in…
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Something Wicked: A Wildly Inventive Romantasy World
Something Wicked by Falon Ballard (Dec 2, 2025) Thank you, @putnambooks and @prhaudio for the gifted advanced listening copy! #prhaudioinfluencer Callum was heir to the throne of Avon until the uprising overthrows the monarchy-like society and announces that the only candidates for president of the new country will be those who execute the current leader…
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Hostile for the Holidays: A Rivals to Lovers Review
Hostile for the Holidays by Erin Hawkins (Nov 27, 2024) This was my first Erin Hawkins book and I really, really enjoyed it. I’m absolutely going to grab the second in the series. The duet audio is fantastic – I grabbed it on Hoopla! Years ago, Stella’s childhood neighbor, Jasper, was her ultimate nemesis. From…
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Pickleball, Romance, and Writer’s Block: A Review of ‘Pick Me’
Pick Me by Victoria Schade (Nov 18, 2025) Huge thanks to @avonbooks and @harperaudio for the gifted print and audio copies! Brooke Murphy has an epic case of writer’s block. The only problem is that her next cowboy romance in the series she ghostwrites is due in just months. When her roommate insists Brooke leave…
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