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ARC Review | How Sweet It Is by Dylan Newton

Title: How Sweet It IsAuthor: Dylan NewtonGenre: RomancePublished On: July 13, 2021Publisher: Forever (Grand Central Publishing)Source: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 353 Synopsis: Opposites attract in this charming debut romantic comedy, perfect for fans of Beach Read. Kate Sweet is famous for creating the perfect happily-ever-after moment for her clients’ dream weddings. So how is it that her best …

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ARC Review | Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson

Title: Damnation SpringAuthor: Ash DavidsonGenre: Historical FictionPublished On: August 3, 2021Publisher: ScribnerSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 464 Synopsis: An epic, immersive debut, Damnation Spring is the deeply human story of a Pacific Northwest logging town wrenched in two by a mystery that threatens to derail its way of life. For generations, Rich Gundersen’s family has chopped a livelihood out …

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ARC Review | The Husbands by Chandler Baker

Title: The HusbandsAuthor: Chandler BakerGenre: Fiction, ThrillerPublished On: August 3, 2021Publisher: Flatiron BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: “Chandler Baker, queen of the feminist thriller, has delivered once again! The Husbands is a poignant exploration of what it would take for women to have it all. –Sally Hepworth, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister Chandler Baker, the New York …

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ARC Review | Where It All Lands by Jennie Wexler

Title: Where It All LandsAuthor: Jennie WexlerGenre: Young AdultPublished On: July 6, 2021Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: physical (Goodreads giveaway)Pages: 352 Synopsis: CW: grief, death of parent, infidelity by a parentStevie Rosenstein has never made a true friend. Never fallen in love. Moved from city to city by her father’s unrelenting job, it’s too hard to care …

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ARC Review | Lady Sunshine by Amy Mason Doan

Title: Lady SunshineAuthor: Amy Mason DoanGenre: Historical Fiction, RomancePublished On: June 29, 2021Publisher: Graydon HouseSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: ONE ICONIC FAMILY. ONE SUMMER OF SECRETS. THE DAZZLING SPIRIT OF 1970S CALIFORNIA. For Jackie Pierce, everything changed the summer of 1979, when she spent three months of infinite freedom at her bohemian uncle’s sprawling estate …

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ARC Review | Moonlighting: An Oral History by Scott Ryan

Title: Moonlighting: An Oral HistoryAuthor: Scott RyanGenre: Non-FictionPublished On: June 1, 2021Publisher: Fayetteville Mafia PressSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 288 Synopsis: Once upon a time ABC-TV’s Moonlighting was among the most buzzed-about shows in the country, thanks largely to the bravado of creator Glenn Gordon Caron, who never met a television convention he didn’t want to break, …

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ARC Review | The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

Title: The MaidensAuthor: Alex MichaelidesGenre: Fiction, ThrillerPublished On: June 15, 2021Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: physicalPages: 352 Synopsis: Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike—particularly by the members of a secret society …

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ARC Review | The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

Title: The Other Black GirlAuthor: Zakiya Dalila HarrisGenre: Fiction, ThrillerPublished On: June 1, 2021Publisher: Atria BooksSource: physicalPages: 368 Synopsis: Get Out meets The Stepford Wives in this electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing. Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired …

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ARC Book Review | Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Title: Malibu RisingAuthor: Taylor Jenkins Reid Genre: RomancePublished On: June 1, 2021Publisher: Ballantine BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 384 Synopsis: Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one …

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