Cannonball Read 18

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The Third Moreno Sister’s Story

The Love Feud by Janine Amesta

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Late last summer and early fall I read the first two books of Janine Amesta’s Love in the Air series and had a great time. Due to oversights that are entirely my doing, the third and final book in the series went unread until June of this year. However, I was VERY glad to have this book on vacation in June, so there’s that.   The Love Feud is the story of the youngest Moreno sister, Hailey. There has been a bit of a time jump since the end of The Wedding Con and we are now a few years away from […]

Good Thing Climate Change is a Hoax, Right? Right?

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

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cbr18bingo Refuge I kept seeing this title and I was intrigued.  Is this some sort of seacoast bodice ripper?  Well, no, actually.  But why yes it was great, and all bodices remained intact. The setting is based off of an actual place, Macquarie Island, located about half way between Tasmania and Antarctica.  It is the location of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, with a treasure chest of seeds collected world-wide for . . . just in case.  It’s only inhabited by a scientific team, and […]

Father Figure

Father Material (London Calling #3) by Alexis Hall

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Now that Luc and Oliver’s relationship has survived a few ups and downs – from fake dating to real dating, almost getting married – they figure it’s time for the next step: a dog. They get an adorable dog of indeterminate race named Spud, in spite of Oliver’s attempts to name him something elegant and statesque because Spud looks like a potato. Luc immediately feels inadequate in the face of Oliver’s immaculate preparation (reading a shitload of books and taking notes), his stern but loving […]

Lectures, Research Papers and Romance

An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister

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Someone on the Buffering discord mentioned this novel because one of the characters has a “Smash the Demon Lizard Patriarchy” sticker and then also clarified that it was also a good romance/book. I’m sure I am not the only bookish person in these parts that loved college – the courses, the reading, learning, the discussions and the professors’ approval – and may have even glamorized or wished for a job in academia before realizing that being a good student probably isn’t the same thing as […]

Marrying for health insurance and real estate

Married with Benefits by Ellie Palmer

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A marriage of convenience for health insurance and real estate is so appropriate for 2026. I would marry someone for good health insurance, sadly, I don’t have real estate to trade. Married With Benefits takes on that question of who could we be if we weren’t constantly struggling to survive? Lainey is incredibly competent and a talented artist, but to eat she drives for Uber in her small Wisconsin town. Lainey suffers from debilitating migraines, which are quite treatable, but the prescription medication is expensive. […]

“Simon tries to remember where he’s supposed to put his hands, what a normal facial expression feels like, how to cosplay as a functional person.”

Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian

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It has been literal years since I have read a Cat Sebastian romance novel, and that’s a damn shame for me, because I love her writing. I’ve had books of hers out from the library, but the timing just hasn’t been right, I suppose. But her debut into contemporary romance, Star Shipped, (you, like me, will be forgiven if the cover art made you think this was mid 20th century like the Cabots series) was available as an ARC and an Aardvark book and I scooped it up as fast as possible – and then […]



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