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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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Ice Planet Barbarians

Here’s my one sentence review of this book: “Ice Planet Barbarians is predictable, ridiculous, and a damn good time.” You’re looking for more, however, aren’t you? You want to know…

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Four Dukes and a Devil

When it comes to anthologies, it pays to keep your priorities straight. This is how I square it: Entertainment + No Real Problems + Happy Feelings = Satisfaction. So after…

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When Stars Collide

Thaddeus Walker Bowman Owens, the backup quarterback for the Chicago Stars, is a team player, talented sideline coach, occasional male underwear model, and a man with a low tolerance for…

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The Devil and the Heiress

No one would guess that beneath Violet Crenshaw’s ladylike demeanor lies the heart of a rebel. American heiresses looking to secure English lords must be on their best behavior, but…

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Hostage

Last fall, trapped at home and dreaming of flying far away—anywhere!—I picked up Hostage. I thoroughly enjoyed Mackintosh’s previous books, especially her first two, and was hopeful this too would…

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Make Me Wilder

The first book in Serena Bell’s new Wilder Adventures series is rife with romance tropes. Big city East Coast girl comes to a small town in the Pacific Northwest to…

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