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Review: The Flatshare, by Beth O'Leary

[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 27, 2019 9:45:00 AM / by Suzanne posted in review

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The Flatshare is a charming romance that happens to be part of the new crop of romance novels being packaged as women's fiction. On the cover, O'Leary is referred to as "the new Jojo Moyes," but if you've read both, you won't think that. No one dies at the end, for example. It's closed door, like Moyes, so maybe that's what they were thinking?

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Exclusive Cover Reveal: In Rhythm, by JN Welsh

[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 26, 2019 9:45:00 AM / by Suzanne posted in cover reveal

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Today's a special day - we get to share JN Welsh's brand new cover and the synopsis of In Rhythm, second in her Back on Top series set in the world of EDM!

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Kingdom of Exiles Beast Reveal, Quiz & Giveaway

[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 24, 2019 9:45:00 AM / by Suzanne

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Paranormal and fantasy romance fans, this one is for you! We are one of five blogs working with Sourcebooks Casa to share the five types of magical beasts featured in Kingdom of Exiles, a fantasy romance out tomorrow from Mayxm M. Martineau.

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Mini-Reviews, June 21, 2019 Edition

[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 21, 2019 9:45:00 AM / by Suzanne posted in review

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Little reviews of The Unhoneymooners, Fluffy, and One Fine Duke.

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Exclusive Reveal: Bawdy Bookworm's Summer Book!

[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 20, 2019 9:45:00 AM / by Suzanne

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We are big fans of Bawdy Bookworms, a site and subscription box service that matches romance novels with sexual pleasure products. So when Thien-Kim Lam asked if we'd like to announce their summer romance novel pick, we jumped at the chance! Scroll down a bit for ordering info.

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Review: Don't Date Rosa Santos

[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 19, 2019 9:45:00 AM / by Suzanne posted in review

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Although the book deals heavily with grief and strained family relationships, Don't Date Rosa Santos is a feel-good summer romance that made me smile. Reminiscent of Jane the Virgin, Rosa's Cuban-American family consists of her, her mother, and her grandmother. (More on this later.) They live in a multicultural small town in coastal Florida that feels a bit like Gilmore Girls' Stars Hollow... but not so white.

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Pride Reading & The Ripped Bodice's Summer BINGO (2019!)

[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 14, 2019 9:45:00 AM / by Suzanne posted in bingo

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Just like last year, we're celebrating Pride and summer by giving queer recommendations for The Ripped Bodice's Summer Romance Bingo!

A few notes:

Some of the categories we stretched a wee bit.

We've tried to leave off the books we recommended last year.

Some of these we haven't read and are planning to read them for our own bingo cards, but we've tried to eliminate those with problematic rep and/or give content warnings below.

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Review: Meet Cute, by Helena Hunting

[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 5, 2019 9:45:00 AM / by Suzanne posted in review

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Meet Cute is one of those books with a cute cartoon cover that disguises some serious subject matter within. I'm starting to get used to these, but it still throws me if I don't carefully read the blurb. In the prologue, we meet Daxton and Kailyn, both attending law school together. The title refers to their first and second meetings, in which Kailyn walks right through Daxton's frisbee game and then spills coffee all over herself when trying to get into the seat next to him in class, the only seat available. Oh, and Daxton just happens to be the star of Kailyn's favorite teen drama of all time, so she fangirls and then is horribly embarassed. (He's essentially Dawson from Dawson's Creek.)

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Top Off Your TBR: June 2019 Edition

[fa icon="calendar'] May 31, 2019 9:45:00 AM / by Suzanne posted in new releases

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June books! June is a little lighter, which means we're hoping to catch up on May's very long list. But lighter doesn't mean we don't have another list of books to stack on that metaphorical TBR pile! We do.

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Review: A Rogue by Night, by Kelly Bowen

[fa icon="calendar'] May 28, 2019 9:40:00 AM / by Suzanne posted in review

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The third book in Kelly Bowen's Devils of Dover series pairs two doctors who both happen to be smugglers as well. Katherine is the daughter of a smuggler and was brought up in the family business. She studied under a midwife and then went to war, and has since been patching up the locals. Harland is a Baron and also a doctor, something his late wife hated him for. Since they both have a disastrous past relationship and are trying to keep secrets (very poorly), their relationship progresses in fits and starts.

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