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  • Exploring Love and Loss in The White Octopus Hotel
    Fantasy

    Exploring Love and Loss in The White Octopus Hotel

    The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell (Oct 28, 2025) Thank you, @delreybooks and @prhaudio for the advanced listening copy of this STUNNING and moving debut. #prhaudioinfluencer In 2015 London, art appraiser Eve Shaw is visited by a mysterious old man. The man bears a striking resemblance to her favorite composer, Max Every, although Everly…

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  • Discovering Love Again: Secret Nights and Northern Lights Review
    Romance

    Discovering Love Again: Secret Nights and Northern Lights Review

    Secret Nights and Northern Lights by Megan Oliver (Nov 18, 2025) Thank you, @berkleyromance and @prhaudio for the gifted print and audio copies of this beautiful second chance romance that will make you want to book a trip to Iceland! #berkley #berkleypartner #prhaudioinfluencer Mona Miller always dreamed of traveling the world and writing about her…

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  • Exploring Emotion in Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner
    Romance

    Exploring Emotion in Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner

    Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner (April 30, 2024) This has to be the book most recommended and talked about by SO MANY of my bookstagram friends (and one friend who notoriously DNF’d it) After his best friend is killed in a mass shooting, mid-level country star Colton Gentry spirals into alcohol and speaks…

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  • Fantasy

    Charming Characters and Cozy Magic in Witches of Dubious Origin

    Witches of Dubious Origin by Jenn McKinlay (Oct 28, 2025) Thank you, @berkleyromance @acebookpub @prhaudio and @mckinlayjenn for the gifted advanced print and audio copies of this absolutely adorably fun cozy fantasy that I truly hope is the start of a series because I am not ready to let go of these amazing characters! #berkley…

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  • ‘It Had to Be Yule’: A Delightful Holiday Romance Review
    Romance

    ‘It Had to Be Yule’: A Delightful Holiday Romance Review

    It Had to Be Yule by Farrah Jane (Nov 4, 2025) Thank you to @authorfarrahjane for the gifted advanced digital copy! I am forever grateful for authors who reach out and say “I think you’d like my book” – because I really adored this one and I can’t wait to go back and read the…

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  • Wilderness Romance: Love and Adventure in Alaska
    Romance, Spicy, Sports

    Wilderness Romance: Love and Adventure in Alaska

    Highest Point by Kels Stone and Denise Stone (Nov 5, 2025) Thank you, @authorkelsdenisestone and @valentine_pr_ for the gifted advanced copy of book three in what is rapidly becoming one of my all-time romance series! Famous professional mountain climbers Alec Hastings and his best friend Finn finally achieved their audacious goal of summiting K2 when…

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