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You Never Needed to Redeem Yourself

Hard Knocks by Ruby Lang

February 3, 2019 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

After enjoying Acute Reactions so much, I quickly moved on to Hard Knocks. I enjoyed Hard Knocks so much I am now 1/3 of the way through Clean Breaks. I forced myself to stop reading and write this review. There is a lot I like about Ruby Lang. She turns a mean phrase. Her romances are both realistic and romantic. She doesn’t invent bizarre stratagems to keep her MCs apart, she uses completely relatable fears and insecurities to keep them apart and then brings them back together […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Hard Knocks, Practice Perfect, Ruby Lang

Emmalita's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Hard Knocks, Practice Perfect, Ruby Lang ·
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