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ARC Book Review | The Make-Up Test by Jenny L. Howe

Title: The Make-Up TestAuthor: Jenny L. HoweGenre: RomancePublishes On: September 13, 2022Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 332 Synopsis: ONE TO WATCH meets BEACH READ in this smart, swoony, romantic comedy, in which two college exes find themselves battling against each other—and their unresolved feelings—for a spot in a prestigious literature Ph.D. program. Allison Avery …

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ARC Book Review | With Love From Wish & Co. by Minnie Darke

Title: With Love From Wish & Co.Author: Minnie DrakeGenre: RomancePublished On: August 16, 2022Publisher: DellSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 416 Synopsis: A heartwarming novel about what we are prepared to give–and give up–in the name of love, from the author of Star-Crossed and The Lost Love Song.  Two boxes, both alike in size and shape . . . Marnie Fairchild …

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ARC Book Review | Luck & Last Resorts by Sarah Grunder Ruiz

Title: Luck & Last ResortsSeries: Love, Lists, & Fancy Ships, #2Author: Sarah Grunder RuizGenre: RomancePublished On: August 9, 2022Publisher: BerkleySource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 335 Synopsis: They have a second chance at love, but there are some rough seas ahead in the new contemporary romance from the acclaimed author of Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships Commitment-phobe Nina …

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ARC Book Review | Bend Toward the Sun by Jen Devon

Title: Bend Toward the SunAuthor: Jen DevonGenre: RomancePublished On: August 9, 2022Publisher: St. Martin’s GriffinSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 384 Synopsis: “Heart-warming, sensual, beautifully written.” –Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis Two imperfect people. One year under the sun. A love story you won’t ever forget. Rowan McKinnon doesn’t believe in love. With a botany …

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ARC Book Review | Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor

Title: Long Story ShortAuthor: Serena Kaylor Genre: Young Adult RomancePublished On: July 26, 2022Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 328 Synopsis: “Like the best of the Bard himself, Long Story Short combines dazzling repartee with iconic, nuanced characters and the kind of charged, perfectly paced romance fit for the world stage.” —Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors …

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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 Book Review | Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis

Title: Dear Emmie BlueAuthor: Lia Louis Genre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: July 14, 2020Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler BooksSource: ebookPages: 320 Synopsis: At sixteen, Emmie Blue stood in the fields of her school and released a red balloon into the sky. Attached was her name, her email address…and a secret she desperately wanted to be free of. Weeks later, …

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Book Review: The Simple Wild & Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker

Title: The Simple Wild (Wild, #1); Wild at Heart (Wild, #2)Author: K.A. TuckerGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: 8/7/18, 2/18/20Publisher: Atria Books, K.A. TuckerSource: ebookPages: 390, 456 The Simple Wild synopsis: Calla Fletcher wasn’t even two when her mother took her and fled the Alaskan wild, unable to handle the isolation of the extreme, rural lifestyle, leaving …

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