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A steamy romance set amidst a family feud.

Hate to Want You (Forbidden Hearts, #1) by Alisha Rai

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I bought this a couple years back when I found out Alisha Rai was coming to the Tucson Festival of Books and was going to be on several panels I was attending as a volunteer. Since a lot of people I knew had been reading this series and loving it, I figured I’d give it a shot. She actually canceled her appearances at the festival, I never found out why, and I didn’t end up reading the book. Fast forward to 2020, and I’m trying […]

The Subversive Power of Choosing Joy

The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan

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Courtney Milan is magic. The Duke Who Didn’t is magic. I love this book. I received an advance reader copy from the author in exchange for an honest review. I sat with The Duke Who Didn’t for almost two weeks after reading it because I had so many thoughts and feelings about it. What I’m left with is joy. This book is about joy and belonging and community, but mostly sheer joy. Before most people knew anything about this book, Courtney Milan tweeted that she was wanted to […]

Lost in the Sea (Bingo – Pandemic)

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

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This is a matter of “good for her, not for me” in that I would say this is a well-written interesting and intriguing book that a) isn’t for me b) wasn’t for me in an audio format c) wasn’t for me at the time I was trying to read it d) maybe some of all three. During June of this Pandemic (when I first started this audiobook, when our fear/exhaustion confusion was but a babe) my mood could rise and fall on a dime, and […]

The first book in a historical romance series set during the Scottish Enlightenment.

Provoked (Enlightenment, #1) by Joanna Chambers

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I should have read this so much sooner! I’ve owned a Kindle version for years now. I guess I was thinking this was more like your standard “historical” romance, with the focus mostly on the romance, and where history often takes a backseat, or gets a bit imaginary (cough Tessa Dare cough). And don’t get me wrong, I enjoy those types of books often when done well. They are a fluffy good time. But there’s something about the style this book is written in, which […]

I wish this had been longer and more fleshed out. #CBRBingo – Cannonballer Says

Spellbound (Magic in Manhattan, #1) by Allie Therin

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This was a solid first novel, and a good start to this fantasy/romance series. This is paranormal/fantasy romance set in 1925, where some people have paranormal powers but most don’t, and magic is a well kept secret. Our main characters are Rory Brodigan, a scryer, who can see the history of any object, and Arthur Kenzie, a politician’s son who fought in WWI, and who uses his wealth to employ paranormals to keep the world safe. Rory is caught up in their net when a […]



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