Expected publication April 4, 2023 Author: Kaitlyn Hill This friends-to-lovers spin on The Bachelor follows two childhood besties reuniting to spend the summer in L.A. after five years apart—but when they both get involved with a teen reality dating show, their lives take an unexpected turn for the unreal. Sloane McKinney feels like a background… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Not Here to Stay Friends (ARC) ~
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~ Audiobook Review: The Soulmate (ARC) ~
Expected publication April 4, 2023 Author: Sally Hepworth Narrator: Barrie Kreinik & Jessica Douglas-Henry Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Get ready for a thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge. There’s a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa’s dream home in a sleepy coastal town.… Continue reading ~ Audiobook Review: The Soulmate (ARC) ~
~ Audiobook Review: Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke #1) (ARC) ~
Expected publication March 28, 2023 Author: Marie Lu Narrator: Becca Q. Co Audiobook Length: 11 hours 57 minutes The Hating Game meets Mission: Impossible in this smoldering new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu about a superstar tapped to become a secret agent and the reluctant young spy assigned to be his partner. Meet Winter Young–rookie… Continue reading ~ Audiobook Review: Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke #1) (ARC) ~
~ Book Review: The Do-Over (ARC) ~
Expected publication April 4, 2023 Author: Suzanne Park Lily Lee is a bestselling author of the How to Be a Supernova At Work series, and her editor wants her to strike while the iron’s hot with a new book, How to Land the Perfect Job. But when Lily is offered a coveted position at a… Continue reading ~ Book Review: The Do-Over (ARC) ~
~ Book Review: Something New at the Borrow a Bookshop (Borrow a Bookshop #3) (ARC) ~
Expected publication March 23, 2023 Author: Kiley Dunbar A fairytale ending isn’t just for fiction… The Borrow-a-Bookshop is recovering, seven months on from the winter flood that destroyed all its stock, and the latest temporary bookseller, Joy Foley, arrives in Clove Lore with her daughter, five-year-old Radia Pearl. As a tech expert, she’ll be working… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Something New at the Borrow a Bookshop (Borrow a Bookshop #3) (ARC) ~
~ Book Review: A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes (Ladies Most Scandalous #3) (ARC) ~
Expected publication March 28, 2023 Author: Manda Collins It is a truth universally acknowledged that a lady in danger must be in need of rescue, but whether she wants to be rescued is up for debate—for fans of Evie Dunmore and Netflix's Bridgerton from the bestselling author of A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem! England, 1867: Miss… Continue reading ~ Book Review: A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes (Ladies Most Scandalous #3) (ARC) ~
~ Book Review: Infamous (ARC) ~
Expected publication date: March 21, 2023 Author: Lex Croucher Twenty-two-year-old aspiring writer Edith (“Eddie”) Miller and her best friend Rose have always done everything together—from climbing trees and sneaking bottles of wine, to extensive kissing practice. But Rose has started talking about marriage, and Eddie is horrified. Why can’t they continue as they always have?… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Infamous (ARC) ~
~ Book Review: Bitter Medicine (ARC) ~
Published March 14, 2023 Author: Mia Tsai In this xianxia-inspired contemporary fantasy, a Chinese immortal and a French elf navigate romance, family loyalty, and workplace demands. In her debut novel, Mia Tsai has created a paranormal adventure that is full of humor, passion, and depth. As a descendant of the Chinese god of medicine, ignored… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Bitter Medicine (ARC) ~
~ Audiobook Review: Graceling (Graceling Realm #1) ~
Published October 1, 2008 Author: Kristin Cashore Narrator: Emma Powell Audiobook Length: 12 hours 5 minutes Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be… Continue reading ~ Audiobook Review: Graceling (Graceling Realm #1) ~
~ Book Review: Solomon’s Crown (ARC) ~
Published March 14, 2023 Author: Natasha Siegel Two destined rivals fall desperately in love—but the fate of medieval Europe hangs in the balance. “A pair of thrones between us, and my heart clutched like a rosary within his hands ...” Twelfth-century Europe. Newly-crowned King Philip of France is determined to restore his nation to its… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Solomon’s Crown (ARC) ~
~ Book Review: Conquer the Kingdom (Gargoyle Queen #3) (ARC) ~
Published March 7, 2023 Author: Jennifer Estep Magic reigns, plots abound, and a new love might not conquer all, in this must-read finale to the epic Gargoyle Queen trilogy by international bestselling author Jennifer Estep. Time is running out for crown princess Gemma Ripley. Despite being a cunning spy and a powerful mind magier, Gemma… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Conquer the Kingdom (Gargoyle Queen #3) (ARC) ~
~ Book Review: The Secret Lives of Country Gentleman (Doomsday Books #1) (ARC) ~
Published March 7, 2023 Author: K.J. Charles Bridgerton meets Poldark in this sweeping LGBTQIA+ Regency romance from award-winning author KJ Charles Abandoned by his father as a small child, Sir Gareth Inglis has grown up prickly, cold, and well-used to disappointment. Even so, he longs for a connection, falling headfirst into a passionate anonymous affair that's over almost… Continue reading ~ Book Review: The Secret Lives of Country Gentleman (Doomsday Books #1) (ARC) ~
~ Book Review: The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Kingdom #1) (ARC) ~
Expected publication March 7, 2023 Author: Hannah Whitten In this lush, romantic new epic fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten, a young woman's secret power to raise the dead plunges her into the dangerous and glamorous world of the Sainted King's royal court. When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the… Continue reading ~ Book Review: The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Kingdom #1) (ARC) ~
~ Book Review: An (Un)Romantic Comedy (ARC) ~
Expected publication March 14, 2023 Author: Phoebe MacLeod The course of true love never did run smooth, but with Phoebe MacLeod it always gets a chance. Perfect for fans of Jo Watson and Mhairi McFarlane. Poppy is a therapist. You’d think her parents would be proud. But Poppy is the type of therapist that makes… Continue reading ~ Book Review: An (Un)Romantic Comedy (ARC) ~
~ Audiobook Review: The Right Wrong Match(Love in Mirror Valley #2) (ARC)
Expected publication March 7, 2023 Author: Sara Jane Woodley Narrators: Justis Bolding & David Bendena Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes They say the best way to get over someone is to date somebody else. I didn’t ask to have a hopeless (and unrequited) crush on my best friend’s grumpy older brother. For years, I’ve… Continue reading ~ Audiobook Review: The Right Wrong Match(Love in Mirror Valley #2) (ARC)
Book Review: Off the Map(Beck Sisters #3) (ARC)
Expected publication March 7, 2023 Author: Trish Doller On the road to love, you don't need a GPS... Carla Black’s life motto is “here for a good time, not for a long time.” She’s been travelling the world on her own in her vintage Jeep Wrangler for nearly a decade, stopping only long enough to… Continue reading Book Review: Off the Map(Beck Sisters #3) (ARC)
Book Review: The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency (ARC)
Expected publication March 2, 2023 Author: Peter Oxley London, 1868. The streets are haunted by thieves, murderers… and demons from beyond the Aether. Spencer and Bart are the city’s most incompetent crooks, and they are in deep trouble. Hunted by both police and their fellow criminals, they are forced to consider the unthinkable —going straight.… Continue reading Book Review: The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency (ARC)
Audiobook Review: Not Your Ex’s Hexes (Supernatural Singles #2) (ARC)
Expected publication February 28, 2023 Author: April Asher Narrator: Zura Johnson Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31 minutes In April Asher’s next Supernatural Singles novel, Not Your Ex's Hexes, a one-night-stand between a willful witch and a broody half-demon conjures an adventure that wouldn’t be complete without several magical mishaps. For her entire life, Rose Maxwell trained… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Not Your Ex’s Hexes (Supernatural Singles #2) (ARC)
Audiobook Review: A Half-Baked Murder (Cannabis Café #1) (ARC)
Expected publication February 28, 2023 Author: Emily George Narrator: Chelsea Stephens Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Emily George launches a groundbreaking, irresistible new series unlike anything else out there, as twenty-eight-year-old California pastry chef Chloe Barnes takes her career higher, opening a cannabis café where she can use her Michelin-star skills to transform dry,… Continue reading Audiobook Review: A Half-Baked Murder (Cannabis Café #1) (ARC)
Book Review: Nobody Puts Romcoms in the Corner (ARC)
Expected publication February 27, 2023 Author: .Kathryn Freeman The perfect pick me up romcom for fans of Beth O’Leary, Sophie Kinsella and Sophie Ranald! Sally is a classic romantic and Harry is a classic cynic, but when a drunken bet leads the new flatmates to (badly) recreate ‘the lift’ from Dirty Dancing, and the video… Continue reading Book Review: Nobody Puts Romcoms in the Corner (ARC)
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