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Continually Thankful My Own Mother Doesn’t Use Her Knowledge of Romance Novel Tropes Against Her Children

A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau

A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas by Jackie Lau

December 23, 2019 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

We’ve reached the time of year where I usually plow through a couple holiday romance novellas while traveling and wind up my Cannonball year. I’ve read two such novellas (and have emmalita to thank for getting them on my radar) and I couldn’t be happier about it. It has also added a new to me author to my buy list so thank goodness I just got a gift card for books in my work Secret Santa! A Match Made for Thanksgiving and A Second Chance […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Canada, faintingviolet, holiday romance, Holidays With the Wongs, Jackie Lau, meddling families, novella, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR11 Review No:62 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Canada, faintingviolet, holiday romance, Holidays With the Wongs, Jackie Lau, meddling families, novella, we need diverse books ·
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