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ARC Book Review | Beach Read by Emily Henry

Title: Beach ReadAuthor: Emily HenryGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: May 19, 2020Publisher: BerkleySource: physical copyPages: 384 Synopsis: A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author …

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ARC Book Review | The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler

Title: The Tourist Attraction (Moose Springs, Alaska, #1)Author: Sarah MorgenthalerGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: May 5, 2020Publisher: Sourcebooks CasablancaSource: digital copyPages: 352 Synopsis: When Graham Barnett named his diner The Tourist Trap, he meant it as a joke. Now he’s stuck slinging reindeer dogs to an endless string of resort visitors who couldn’t interest him less. …

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ARC Book Review | Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

Title: Big SummerAuthor: Jennifer WeinerGenre: Women’s Lit, Contemporary RomancePublished On: May 5, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: digital copyPages: 368 Synopsis: The #1Β New York TimesΒ bestselling author of the β€œnothing short of brilliant” (People)Β Mrs. EverythingΒ returns with an unforgettable novel about friendship and forgiveness set during a disastrous wedding on picturesque Cape Cod. Six years after the fight that …

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ARC Book Review | Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Title: Good Boy: My Life in Seven DogsAuthor: Jennifer Finney BoylanGenre: Non-fiction, MemoirPublished On: April 21, 2020Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: Physical CopyPages: 272 Synopsis: From bestselling author of She’s Not There, New York Times opinion columnist, and human rights activist Jennifer Finney Boylan, Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs, a memoir of the transformative power of loving …

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ARC Book Review: What You Wish For by Katherine Center

Title: What You Wish ForAuthor: Katherine CenterGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: July 14, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: Digital Copy, NetgalleyPages: 320 Synopsis: Samantha Casey loves everything about her job as an elementary school librarian on the sunny, historic island of Galveston, Texasβ€”the goofy kids, the stately Victorian building, the butterfly garden. But when the school suddenly …

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ARC Book Review: The Honey-Don’t List by Christina Lauren

Title: The Honey-Don’t ListAuthor: Christina LaurenGenre: RomancePublished On: March 24, 2020Publisher: Gallery BooksSource: Digital Copy, NetgalleyPages: 308 Synopsis: Carey Douglas has worked for home remodeling and design gurus Melissa and Rusty Tripp for nearly a decade. A country girl at heart, Carey started in their first store at sixteen, andβ€”more than anyone would suspectβ€”has helped …

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ARC Book Review: A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler

Title: A Good NeighborhoodAuthor: Therese Anne FowlerGenre: Literary FictionPublished On: March 10, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: Physical & Digital CopyPages: 279 Synopsis: In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son. Xavier is headed to college in the fall, and …

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ARC Book Review: Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

Title: Saint XAuthor: Alexis SchaitkinGenre: Literary Fiction, ThrillerPublished On: February 18, 2020Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: PhysicalPages: 352 Synopsis: Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison’s body is found in …

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ARC Book Review: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

Title: In Five YearsAuthor: Rebecca SerleGenre: Contemporary, Magical RealismPublished On: March 10, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: EbookPages: 272 Synopsis: Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Dayβ€”a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever.  Where do you see yourself in five years? When …

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