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An Academic Affair Review: Quirky Love and Rivalry
Read more: An Academic Affair Review: Quirky Love and RivalryAn Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister (Nov 11, 2025) Thank you, @simon.audio for the #gifted listening copy! #simonaudioinfluencer Sadie and Jonah have been academic rivals for 15 years. First as students and then competing for the very small number of literary studies faculty positions available at Australian universities. They’ve also been reluctant roommates for almost…
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Discover I Got You: A Fake Marriage Romance with Real Emotions
Read more: Discover I Got You: A Fake Marriage Romance with Real EmotionsI Got You by Stacy Williams (Oct 16, 2023, NEW to audio Oct 28, 2025) Thank you, @stacywilliams.writes for the gifted audio copy! Two years ago, Maggie’s life was upended when she found herself the primary caregiver for her four much younger step-siblings. At just 25, she’s no longer chasing her Juilliard-era dreams, just doing…
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The Mating Game: A Shifter Romance Review
Read more: The Mating Game: A Shifter Romance ReviewThe Mating Game by Lana Ferguson (Dec 2, 2025) Thank you, @berkleyromance and @prhaudio for the gifted digital and audio copies! #berkley #berkleypartner #prhaudioinfluencer Set in the same world as The Fake Mate where shifters are a regular part of society, Contractor Tess Covington and her brothers are all non-shifter humans on the verge of…
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Inside the Glorious Chaos of Best Offer Wins
Read more: Inside the Glorious Chaos of Best Offer WinsBest Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino (Nov. 25, 2025) Thank you, @celadonbooks & @macmillan.audio for the gifted advanced reading and listening copies! #macaudio2025 Margo and Ian are caught in a real estate nightmare. They sold their townhouse intending to upsize and start a family but have been stuck in a too-small apartment for far too…
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Age-Gap Romance: Discover Love in Cozy Creek
Read more: Age-Gap Romance: Discover Love in Cozy CreekFall at Once by Nora Everly (Traditionally published Oct. 28, 2025) Thank you, @avonbooks for the gorgeous gifted copy with stunning sprayed edges! Event planner Madi heads to Cozy Creek to help out at her grandmother’s bakery while she recovers from an injury…and also to get some space after a breakup. The last thing she…
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Unraveling Mysteries and Love in Poisoned Ivy by Ava Rani
Read more: Unraveling Mysteries and Love in Poisoned Ivy by Ava RaniPoisoned Ivy by Ava Rani (Oct 17, 2025) Thank you @authoravarani and @ingram_books for the gifted print copy! Billed as equal parts passion, privilege and mystery – it more than delivers! Malena Amin is living a double-life. Her controlling parents demand relentless perfection and total focus on her academic success in service of the medical…
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