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ARC Book Review | One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

Title: One Italian SummerAuthor: Rebecca Serle Genre: FictionPublished On: March 1, 2022Publisher: Atria BooksSource: digitalPages: 272 Synopsis: When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone. To make …

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ARC Book Review | Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin

Title: ElsewhereAuthor: Alexis Schaitkin Genre: Literary FictionPublished On: June 28, 2022Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: physicalPages: 240 Synopsis: Richly emotive and darkly captivating, with elements of Shirley Jackson’s β€œThe Lottery” and the imaginative depth of Margaret Atwood, Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin conjures a community in which girls become wives, wives become mothers and some of them, quite simply, …

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ARC Book Review | Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson

Title: Meet Me in the MarginsAuthor: Melissa Ferguson Genre: RomancePublished On: February 15, 2022Publisher: Thomas Nelson FictionSource: digitalPages: 336 Synopsis: Savannah Cade is a low-level editor at Pennington Publishing, a prestigious publisher producing only the highest of highbrow titles. And while editing the latest edition of The Anthology of Medieval Didactic Poetry may be her day job, she …

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ARC Book Review | Home for Christmas by Camilla Isley

Title: Home for Christmas (Christmas Romantic Comedy, #3)Author: Camilla Isley Genre: Holiday, RomancePublished On: February 22, 2022Publisher: Pink Bloom PressSource: digitalPages: 259 Synopsis: Would you share a bed with your enemy to save Christmas? Down with a bad case of writer’s block, Riven has escaped to a mountain cabin for a prolonged writing retreat. The last …

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ARC Book Review | Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Title: Black CakeAuthor: Charmaine WilkersonGenre: Literary, Historical FictionPublished On: February 1, 2022Publisher: Ballentine BooksSource: digitalPages: 400 Synopsis: In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother’s death and her hidden past–a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends …

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ARC Book Review | Good Girl Complex by Elle Kennedy

Title: Good Girl ComplexAuthor: Elle KennedyGenre: Romance, New AdultPublished On: February 1, 2022Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: digitalPages: 336 Synopsis: She does everything right. So what could go wrong? Mackenzie “Mac” Cabot is a people pleaser. Her demanding parents. Her prep school friends. Her long-time boyfriend. It’s exhausting, really, always following the rules. Unlike most twenty-year-olds, …

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ARC Book Review | Digging Up Love by Chandra Blumberg

Title: Digging Up LoveAuthor: Chandra Blumberg Genre: RomancePublished On: January 1, 2022Publisher: MontlakeSource: digitalPages: 345 Synopsis: From debut author Chandra Blumberg comes a playful, heartfelt romance about chasing your dreams and finding love in the process. Alisha Blake works her magic in the kitchen, creating delectable desserts for her grandfather’s restaurant in rural Illinois. Though Alisha …

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ARC Book Review | The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain

Title: The Last House on the StreetAuthor: Diane Chamberlain Genre: Historical FictionPublished On: January 11, 2022Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: digitalPages: 352 Synopsis: From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel that perfectly interweaves history, mystery, and social justice. When Kayla Carter’s husband dies in an accident while building their dream house, she knows she …

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