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Book Review | Fool Me Twice at Christmas by Camilla Isley

Title: Fool Me Twice at ChristmasAuthor: Camilla Isley Genre: Holiday, RomancePublished On: September 28, 2021Publisher: Pink Bloom PressSource: ebookPages: 200 Synopsis: There are two types of relationships: fake and real. Chuck and Kate’s used to be real, oh-so-real. But after she broke his heart four months ago, leaving him, it became all just pretense for the …

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ARC Book Review | Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

Title: Within These Wicked WallsAuthor: Lauren Blackwood Genre: Young Adult, FantasyPublished On: October 19, 2021Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: ebookPages: 336 Synopsis: What the heart desires, the house destroys…  Andromeda is a debteraβ€”an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, Andromeda quickly realizes …

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ARC Book Review | The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

Title: The Christmas BookshopAuthor: Jenny Colgan Genre: Holiday, Fiction, RomancePublished On: November 16, 2021Publisher: William Morrow PaperbacksSource: ebookPages: 288 Synopsis: Perfect for the holidays! A brand-new heartwarming Christmas novel from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and Christmas at the Island Hotel. When the department store she works in closes for good, Carmen has …

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ARC Book Review | Always, In December by Emily Stone

Title: Always, In DecemberAuthor: Emily Stone Genre: RomancePublished On: October 12, 2021Publisher: Dell (Penguin Random House)Source: ebookPages: 398 Synopsis: It started with a letter. It ended with a love story. Every December, Josie posts a letter from her home in London to the parents she lost on Christmas night many years ago. Each year, she writes …

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ARC Book Review | The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox

Title: The Holiday SwapAuthor: Maggie Knox Genre: RomancePublished On: October 5, 2021Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsSource: ebookPages: 352 Synopsis: A feel-good, holiday-themed romantic comedy about identical twins who switch lives in the days leading up to Christmas–perfect for fans of Christina Lauren’s In a Holidaze and Josie Silver’s One Day in December.  All they want for Christmas is a different …

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ARC Book Review | The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

Title: The Book of MagicAuthor: Alice Hoffman Genre: FantasyPublished On: October 5, 2021Publisher: Simon SchusterSource: ebookPages: 400 Synopsis: Master storyteller Alice Hoffman brings us the conclusion of the Practical Magic series in a spellbinding and enchanting final Owens novel brimming with lyric beauty and vivid characters.  The Owens family has been cursed in matters of love …

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Book Review | The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary

Title: The Road TripAuthor: Beth O’LearyGenre: RomancePublished On: June 1, 2021Publisher: BerkleySource: digitalPages: 398 Synopsis: Two exes reach a new level of awkward when forced to take a road trip together in this endearing and humorous novel by the author of the international bestseller The Flatshare. What if the end of the road is just the …

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ARC Book Review | Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis

Title: Eight Perfect HoursAuthor: Lia Louis Genre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: September 28, 2021Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler BooksSource: ebookPages: 336 Synopsis: In this romantic and heartwarming novel, two strangers meet in chance circumstances during a blizzard and spend one perfect evening together, thinking they’ll never see each other again. But fate seems to have different plans. From the …

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ARC Review | Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang

Title: Beautiful Country: A MemoirAuthor: Qian Julie WangGenre: MemoirPublished On: September 7, 2021Publisher: Doubleday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: An incandescent memoir from an astonishing new talent, Beautiful Country puts readers in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world. In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates …

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ARC Review | Never Saw You Coming by Erin Hahn

Title: Never Saw You ComingAuthor: Erin HahnGenre: Young AdultPublished On: September 7, 2021Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: CW: religious trauma, brief mention of suicide, body shaming, emotional abuse, homophobia Raised by conservative parents, 18-year-old Meg Hennessey just found out her entire childhood was a lie. Instead of taking a gap year before college …

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