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The Heir Apparent’s Rejected Mate
I’ve read four of Cate C. Wells books – this one, its predecessor The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate, Hitting the Wall, and the second book in that series (Stonecut County)…
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The Rockton series
there are mild spoilers for the first six books in this review In 2016, I read our review of City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong, thought, that looks interesting…
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The Seduction Hypothesis
I read The Seduction Hypothesis when it came out and enjoyed it. It was my first quasi BDSM book that sparkled with humor and I did and do love Dryden’s…
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The Worst Guy
The heroine of The Worst Guy is a plastic surgeon at a teaching hospital with a practice of reconstructive rather than aesthetic cases. My husband is a plastic surgeon who,…
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The Heights
The Heights is a tall, slender apartment building among warehouses in London. Its roof terrace is so discreet, you wouldn’t know it existed if you weren’t standing at the window…
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Wilder With You
Who knew pretending could be so hot? Clark: It started as a joke. After all, I’d never pretend to date a woman just to get my mom and sister off…
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Take What You Want
Every damn day I search for Steals and Deals for AAR’s readers. Recently, Take What You Want showed up. I remembered loving it years ago so I bought it and…
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Apples Never Fall
Joy Delaney, almost 70, has vanished. Her husband of fifty years, Stan, and their four kids–Brooke, Amy, Logan, and Troy–say they’ve no idea where’s she gone. She left no word…
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Illumination Night
Illumination Night was my favorite book for a decade of my life. It and Josephine Humphrey’s Dreams of Sleep are two stories I wish I had the talent to have written….
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Miss Moriarty, I Presume?
A most unexpected client shows up at Charlotte Holmes’s doorstep: Moriarty himself. Moriarty fears that tragedy has befallen his daughter and wants Charlotte to find out the truth. Charlotte and…
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Wilder for the Win
I’m a fan of Bell’s Wilder series and had thought there’d be six books, one for each Wilder sibling. It appears, however, that the story of the lone female Wilder,…
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Walk on the Wilder Side
If ever there were a man ho who could steal your heart, it’s Brody Wilder. Brody is the second of five absurdly sexy brothers who live in the small town…
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Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner: a review
there is little to love in this lauded tome
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The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan: a review
it was very much like this
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Uncommon Passion by Anne Calhoun: a review
warning: neither the book–fabulous–or this review is SFW
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