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  • Briony and Toven: Forbidden Love in a Dark Romantasy
    Fantasy, Romance

    Briony and Toven: Forbidden Love in a Dark Romantasy

    Rose 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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  • When Javi Dumped Mari: A Friends to Lovers Love Story
    Romance, Spicy

    When Javi Dumped Mari: A Friends to Lovers Love Story

    When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa (June 24, 2025) Huge thanks to Putnam Books and PRH Audio for the gifted advanced listening copy! Javi and Mari have always been best friends—and brutally honest wingpeople. They made a pact years ago: vet each other’s dates and give the unfiltered truth. But then Mari introduces Javi…

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  • Sybil Rain’s Tropical Escape: Finding Love After Heartbreak
    Romance

    Sybil Rain’s Tropical Escape: Finding Love After Heartbreak

    The Four Engagement Rings of Sybil Rain by Hannah Brown (June 24, 2025) Many thanks to Hachette Audio and Forever for the gifted advanced listening copy! One year after her wedding literally goes up in flames (yes, at the altar), Sybil Rain is still reeling. At the urging of her friends, she cashes in the…

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  • Finders Keepers Review: Treasure Hunts and Old Flames
    Romance

    Finders Keepers Review: Treasure Hunts and Old Flames

    Finders Keepers by Sarah Adler (June 24, 2025) Huge thanks to Berkley Romance and PRH Audio for the gifted finished print and advanced listening copies! Seventeen years ago, Nina and Quentin were inseparable – neighbors, best friends, and maybe something more. The summer they were fifteen, they threw themselves into a mysterious local treasure hunt……

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  • Baseball Workplace Rivalry Turns Romantic
    Romance

    Baseball Workplace Rivalry Turns Romantic

    Last Night Was Fun by Holly Michelle AKA Holly James (June 10, 2025) – Thank you, @avonbooks and @harpervoyager for the #gifted advanced reading copy of this really fun summer read! Emmy Jameson loves her job as a baseball data analyst, even if it is something of a boys club. A boys club led by…

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  • Exploring Love and Identity in ‘Atmosphere’ by TJR
    Fiction

    Exploring Love and Identity in ‘Atmosphere’ by TJR

    Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 3, 2025) – Thank you, @prhaudio and @ballentinebooks for the #gifted advanced listening copy of this book that left me in ruins (in the best possible way)! #prhaudioinfluencer Joan Goodwin, a professor of physics and astronomy, has always loved the stars. She lives a quiet life, teaching and helping…

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