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  • Murder Trial & Second Chances: A Jury Duty Adventure
    Romance

    Murder Trial & Second Chances: A Jury Duty Adventure

    Courtroom Drama by Neely Tubati Alexander (May 20, 2025) Thank you, Harper Perennial (digital) and libro.fm (audio) for the gifted advanced copies of this incredibly entertaining and inventive novel that is a lot of romance and a little bit of mystery wrapped in Jury Duty and Real Housewives. I couldn’t put it down! Sydney Parks…

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  • Bianca and Aric: A Magical Enemies-to-Lovers Journey
    Fantasy

    Bianca and Aric: A Magical Enemies-to-Lovers Journey

    Behooved by M. Stevenson (May 20, 2025) Huge thanks to @macmillan.audio for the #gifted advanced listening copy of this wildly fun, fast-paced romantasy! #macaudio2025 Bianca may be from a magical family, but she has no powers of her own – making her an ideal candidate for an arranged marriage meant to preserve alliances. So when…

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  • Charming Romance in Small-Town Maine: A Review
    Romance, Spicy

    Charming Romance in Small-Town Maine: A Review

    Wood You Be Mine? by Daphne Elliot (Out Now!) This series (and everything by this author) has been on my TBR and I’m so glad I had the opportunity to jump in – I’m definitely reading ALL of this series! Alice is the new principal in a tiny Maine town – like, really tiny. Though…

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  • A Journey of Rediscovery in Tarah DeWitt’s Latest Novel
    Romance, Spicy

    A Journey of Rediscovery in Tarah DeWitt’s Latest Novel

    Left of Forever by Tarah DeWitt (May 20, 2025) Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press and Macmillan Audio for the gifted digital and audio copies of this STUNNING book that left me sobbing from both sadness and joy. Wren and Ellis Byrd became childhood friends, fell in love as high schoolers, grew up fast when…

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  • Enemies to Lovers: A Hilarious Work Retreat Adventure
    Romance

    Enemies to Lovers: A Hilarious Work Retreat Adventure

    Work Trip by Chloe Ford (April 24, 2024) Thanks to @chloefwrites and @headofzeus for the #gifted advanced digital copy of this hilarious, chaotic, and delightful enemies-to-lovers rom-com! Fliss loves her job as head of marketing… even if it often means locking horns with James, the infuriatingly cocky head of sales. After a particularly public (and…

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  • Exploring Love and Transformation in Barry’s Bay
    Romance

    Exploring Love and Transformation in Barry’s Bay

    One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune (May 6, 2025) ☀️ Thank you to Berkley Romance and PRH Audio for the #gifted digital and audio copies of this emotional, sun-soaked stunner. Seventeen years ago, Alice spent a life-changing summer in Barry’s Bay with her grandmother – a season that shaped her path as a photographer and…

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