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Unpacking Family Drama in ‘These Summer Storms’
Read more: Unpacking Family Drama in ‘These Summer Storms’These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean (July 8, 2025) Huge thanks to @prhaudio and @ballantinebooks for the #gifted advanced listening copy of this absolutely gorgeous, atmospheric, and emotionally charged novel. #prhaudioinfluencer Years ago, Alice Storm was cast out of her family by her billionaire tech mogul father and the rest of her family followed suit.…
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Community Connection in Where You’re Planted
Read more: Community Connection in Where You’re PlantedWhere You’re Planted by Melanie Sweeney (July 8, 2025) – Thank you, @prhaudio and @putnambooks for the #gifted advanced listening copy of one of my most anticipated reads of 2025! Single mom and librarian Tansy and grumpy, divorced botanical gardens director Jack meet under less than ideal circumstances as a category 4 hurricane barrels down…
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Save Me: Romance Meets Prep School Drama
Read more: Save Me: Romance Meets Prep School DramaSave Me by Mona Kasten (English Translation: July 1, 2025) Huge thanks to @berkleyromance and @prhaudio for the #gifted print and audio copies of this fun, fast-paced read that brought me all the Gossip Girl vibes! #berkley #berkleypartner #prhaudioinfluencer Ruby Bell has no interest in the drama or privilege that define her elite prep school.…
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Crash Test by Amy James: Love, Trauma, and F1 Racing
Read more: Crash Test by Amy James: Love, Trauma, and F1 RacingCrash Test by Amy James (July 1, 2025) Huge thanks to @amyjamesbooks, @avonbooks, and @harperaudio for the #gifted advanced listening copy of this devastatingly tender, utterly consuming romance that hooked me from the first chapter. F1 superstar Travis Keeping is on the brink of winning it all, until a horrific F2 crash puts several drivers,…
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Along Came Amor: A Spicy Romance with Heart
Read more: Along Came Amor: A Spicy Romance with HeartAlong Came Amor by Alexis Daria (May 27, 2025) I am kind of obsessed with books where there’s a wedding involved, and I am so glad to have picked up this book that, like Problematic Summer Romance, proved that I can indeed love an age gap, wealth gap romance! Teacher Ava Rodriguez’s husband abruptly left…
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Briony and Toven: Forbidden Love in a Dark Romantasy
Read more: Briony and Toven: Forbidden Love in a Dark RomantasyRose in Chains by Julie Soto (July 8, 2025) Huge thanks to @HachetteAudio and @readforever for the #gifted advanced listening copy of one of my most anticipated reads of the year – and it far exceeded even my very high expectations! #hachetteaudioinfluencer Briony Rosewood always believed her brother was destined to fulfill a centuries-old Eversun…
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