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  • Gone Before Goodbye: A Thrilling Review of Coben & Witherspoon’s book
    Thiriller

    Gone Before Goodbye: A Thrilling Review of Coben & Witherspoon’s book

    Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon (Oct 14, 2025). Thank you, @grandcentralpub and @hachetteaudio for the gifted print and audio copies! Maggie McCabe once had a flourishing career as a surgeon. First in the military, then helping in humanitarian crisis spots around the world. But when her world is upended, she finds…

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  • Alchemy of Secrets: A Dark Academia Fantasy Review
    Fantasy

    Alchemy of Secrets: A Dark Academia Fantasy Review

    Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber (Oct 7, 2025) Thank you, @flatironbooks for the gifted advanced digital copy! Holland St. James has always believed in magic, and she’s loving the course Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths, taught by an enigmatic professor. In each class, they go over both popular and obscure legends that…

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  • Mate: An Unlikely Fated Mates Love Story
    Romance, Spicy

    Mate: An Unlikely Fated Mates Love Story

    Mate by Ali Hazelwood (Oct 7, 2025) I loved Bride, with its political intrigue and surprising found family dynamics when it came out last year, so I did stop everything to read/listen to this one! Serena Paris, a significant character in Bride, is now known to be the first human/werewolf hybrid identified. Because of that,…

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  • The Best Worst Thing: A Heartfelt Debut Novel Review
    Romance

    The Best Worst Thing: A Heartfelt Debut Novel Review

    The Best Worst Thing by Lauren Okie (Oct 14, 2025) A huge thank you to @avonbooks and @harperaudio for the free digital and audio copies of this debut that is now part of my DNA. If yearning is your thing, you are going to want to grab this one immediately! On paper, Nicole Speyer and…

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  • Exploring Personal Growth in B.K. Borison’s Good Spirits
    Romance

    Exploring Personal Growth in B.K. Borison’s Good Spirits

    Good Spirits by B.K. Borison (October 21, 2025) Thank you, @avonbooks and @librofm for the free advanced listening copy! #librofminfluencer Harriet York has always tried to be a kind and thoughtful person, some might even say she’s a people-pleaser to her own detriment. Which is why she’s shocked on a number of levels when she’s…

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  • Undead and Unwed: A Quirky Love Triangle
    Romance

    Undead and Unwed: A Quirky Love Triangle

    Undead and Unwed by Sam Tschida (Oct 28, 2025) – Thank you, @quirkbooks and @libro.fm for the free print and audiobook copies! #librofminfluencer Tiffenie Ruba has had 300 years as a vampire to get her life in order. She has not gotten her life in order. She would much rather watch endless Hallmark movies interspersed…

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