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Review: In Bed with the Earl by Christi Caldwell
In Bed with the Earl by Christi Caldwell Montlake, 2020 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I’ve never yet been disappointed by a Christi Caldwell novel. And In Bed with the Earl is no exception. What I’ve come to expect from a Christi Caldwell romance is a heroine who scrappily advocates for herself and her loved ones while making emotional […]
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Review: The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa Avon, 2020 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Worst Best Man was my first book by Mia Sosa and it did not disappoint. The premise of this book is unique and funny and it’s full of highly enjoyable awkward (kinda) enemies-to-lovers moments. Lina and Max are strong, dynamic characters who grow and […]
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Review: You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle G.P. Putnam, 2020 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ When I first started this book… I wasn’t so sure. I really wasn’t. But by the end Ms. Hogle more than won me over with her sarcasm and this clever and original romance. So here’s the sitch with You Deserve Each Other…Naomi and Nicholas […]
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Review: Never Kiss a Duke by Megan Frampton
Never Kiss a Duke by Megan FramptonAvon, 2020 ⭐⭐⭐(.5) Since that blessed day that Derek Craven first came into my life almost twenty years ago my heart will never lose it’s soft spot for a gaming hell romance…. And here lately it’s the ladies who are in charge and it’s pretty freaking great. Never Kiss […]
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Review: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kate Adams
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kaye AdamsBerkley, 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Am I trying convince Mr. RomanceMom to read The Bromance Book Club? Yes. Yes, I am trying to convince Mr. RomanceMom to read The Bromance Book Club. I really, really, really liked this book. The premise is brilliant and funny and will likely delight any […]
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Review: Whiteout by Adriana Anders
Whiteout by Adriana Anders SOURCEBOOK Casablanca, 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I don’t often gravitate to Romantic Suspense but one day, on Twitter, I was lurking around in a thread in which people were really excited about this book, Whiteout by Adriana Anders. So I requested it. Let me tell you. That was some very fortuitous Twitter lurking. […]
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Review: Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn
Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn Kensington Books 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ From start to finish this book just BLEW ME AWAY. The emotional depth. The learning to be brave and the raw honesty. The connection and INTIMACY… an intimacy that starts long before anyone’s clothes come off. (But don’t worry. Clothes do come off !) Love Lettering […]
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Review: This Earl of Mine by Kate Bateman
This Earl of Mine by Kate BatemanSt. Martin’s 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was my very first Kate Bateman book! Will definitely be reading more from her. I picked up a few wiffs of some old school historical romance elements in this book and that was pretty fun. For example, Georgie runs off to Newgate to pick […]
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Review: Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey
Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey Avon, 2020 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Holy feelings. Big, chest-seizing feelings. I tell you what, the older I get the more profoundly I experience a well done Marriage-in-Trouble romance. I loved this book…but ouch. It did hurt. I mean, don’t panic! It’s a Tessa Bailey romance. Everything works out (duh) […]
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We’re Dunzo: Managing Social Anxiety in a “Cancel Culture”
Anxiety is fun because you get to replay each of your interactions with other people and experience shame and regret over and over again until you die. Me I told myself I would use this space to untangle myself when I start to spin out. And I’ve been spinning out a little lately. So in […]
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