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ARC Book Review | The Wedding People by Alison Espach

Title: The Wedding PeopleAuthor: Alison Espach Genre: Literary FictionPublished On: July 30, 2024Publisher: Henry HoltSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 384 Synopsis: A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help us start anew. It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe …

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ARC Book Review | Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell

Title: Slow DanceAuthor: Rainbow Rowell Genre: Adult FictionPublished On: July 30, 2024Publisher: William MorrowSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 496 Synopsis: A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK! Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together . . . everybody but Shiloh and Cary. They were just friends. Best friends. Allies. They spent entire summers sitting …

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ARC Book Review | Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North

Title: Rules for Second ChancesAuthor: Maggie North Genre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: June 25, 2024Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 346 Synopsis: Liz Lewis has tried everything to be what people want, but she’s alwaysbeen labeled different in the boisterous world of wilderness expeditions.Her marriage to popular adventure guide Tobin Renner-Lewis isa sinkhole of toxic positivity where …

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ARC Book Review | Devil Is Fine by John Vercher

Title: Devil Is FineAuthor: John VercherGenre: Literary Fiction Published On: June 18, 2024Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: digitalPages: 288 Synopsis: From acclaimed novelist John Vercher, a profoundly moving novel of what it means to be a father, a son, a writer, and a biracial American fighting to reconcile the past Reeling from the sudden death of his …

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ARC Book Review | Savor It by Tarah DeWitt

Title: Savor ItAuthor: Tarah DeWitt Genre: Contemporary RomancePublishes On: May 21, 2024Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 331 Synopsis: Summer won’t last forever. Sage Byrd has lived in the coastal town of Spunes, Oregon (not to be confused with Forks, Washington) her entire life. She’s learned to love her small world, with the misfit animals on …

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ARC Book Review | Better Left Unsent by Lia Louis

Title: Better Left UnsentAuthor: Lia Louis Genre: Contemporary RomancePublishes On: May 21, 2024Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: So many ways to torpedo your career and your love life…So little time. A woman accidentally reveals all her secrets in this witty and charming novel from the author of Eight Perfect Hours. Two years ago, thirty-year-old …

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ARC Book Review | The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

Title: The Rom-CommersAuthor: Katherine Center Genre: RomancePublishes on: June 11, 2024Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 336 Synopsis: She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies―good ones! That win contests! But she’s also been …

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ARC Book Review | Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

Title: Listen for the LieAuthor: Amy TinteraGenre: Thriller, MysteryPublished On: March 5, 2024Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: Paperback via publisherPages: 352 Synopsis: What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn’t matter? After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend …

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ARC Book Review | The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn

Title: The Other Side of DisappearingAuthor: Kate ClaybornGenre: RomanceExpected On: March 26, 2024Publisher: Kensington BooksSource: digitalPages: 407 Synopsis: From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly transporting love story about an unexpected road trip, true crime obsessions, and hard won vulnerability… Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger …

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ARC Book Review | The Getaway List by Emma Lord

Title: The Getaway ListAuthor: Emma Lord Genre: Young Adult, RomancePublished On: January 23, 2024Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: When Riley graduates high school with a rearview of shenanigans but an empty road for a future, she does what they all say to doβ€”pack her bags and head for New York. Her plan is a …

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