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Viscount in Love

Suddenly guardian to twins, Viscount Dominic Kelbourne is luckily betrothed to a suitable lady—until she elopes. With no time to woo, Dominic decides to marry his fiancée’s unconventional sister. Torie…

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The Duke Gets Even

Sigh. The Duke Gets Even is a disappointment. Despite its potentially rich Gilded Age setting and possibly interesting protagonists—a Duke and a crusading activist—this novel fails to deliver. The romance,…

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The Moonlight Market

Deep in the heart of London, a young photographer named Tom Argent walks the streets and captures whatever catches his eye: an old man drinking coffee; a striking woman sipping…

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The Summer We Fell

In this dual timeline contemporary romance, we follow the lives of Luke, the world’s hottest surfer, and Juliet, a beautiful woman ostensibly characterized as a musician. This label feels tenuous…

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The God of the Woods

Liz Moore’s best selling Long Bright River (2020) is both a very good thriller and a brutal examination of a community and a family destroyed by addiction. It’s the sort…

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Middletide

I had no idea what to expect when I picked up this debut mystery. When I finished it, I thought, Crouch is gunning for Harlan Coben’s audience and she’s done…

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Devil’s Kitchen

I am new to Candice Fox’s writing, but after inhaling Devil’s Kitchen, I’ll be reading more of her work. I know this sounds like hyperbole but, truly, I could NOT…

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Look on the Bright Side

Dabney: Look on the Bright Side is the third book Higgins has set in the Cape Cod town of Wellfleet–the others are A Little Ray of Sunshine and Out of the…

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Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death

What was Maria Vale, she of the incredible shifter series The Legend of All Wolves, thinking? Who decides to make Azrael, the angel of death, an awkward and surprisingly, given…

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The Deer and the Dragon

Prior to reading the ridiculously entertaining The Deer and the Dragon, the last time I’d thought about the Phoenicians was in ninth grade in our study of the world’s early…

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Walk of Shame

If you love smart hockey romances with leads that act like grownups and writing that shows a commitment to excellence, you, like me, will not enjoy this book. Our heroine,…

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The Light Pirate

(warning: This book, while not having any spoilers, does sketch out the parts of the novel. If you want to experience the true glory of this novel, go and read…