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In a Second by Kate Canterbary

Fake engagements, angst and lots of secrets and lies

In a Second by Kate Canterbary

December 17, 2025 by Malin 2 Comments

3.5 stars This was an ARC from the author. I am very grateful, but my opinions are my own. Audrey Saunders has not seen her former boyfriend, Jude Bellessi, since he showed up at the church, only moments before she was due to get married, to ask her to run away with him instead. Because of a whole host of reasons, Audrey couldn’t tell Jude why she was getting married, and why she broke up with him in the first place and moved across the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: angst, ARC, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, emotional abuse, fake engagement, friendship, friendship Rhode Island, In a Second, Kate Canterbary, Malin, physical abuse, teachers

Malin's CBR17 Review No:70 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: angst, ARC, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, emotional abuse, fake engagement, friendship, friendship Rhode Island, In a Second, Kate Canterbary, Malin, physical abuse, teachers ·
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Nothing Says Different Times Like Tobacco Power Plays

The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde by Erle Stanley Gardner

July 12, 2023 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo Nostalgia You did what, Sergeant Holcomb?  You put Perry Mason and Della Street in separate holding cells, and then you had the both of them strip searched?  Oh, son, you just made a huge mistake.  That is so not on.  You are so going down. OK, let’s back up a bit.  Diane Regis, she with the shiner, has made her way to Mason’s office dressed in a fur coat and not much underneath.  Seems as though her employer’s step-son (she’s a radio actress, employed […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: 1940s California, cbr15bingo, Erle Stanley Gardner, murder, perry mason, physical abuse, Plight of the working girl

elderberrywine's CBR15 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: 1940s California, cbr15bingo, Erle Stanley Gardner, murder, perry mason, physical abuse, Plight of the working girl ·
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“With him, I am forever a night-blooming flower, attracted and repelled by the heat of the sun.”

The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

January 8, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Wren thought she was a normal human girl until the night when scary monsters out of a nightmare came and claimed she was in fact their daughter and had to come back to Faerie with them. Lord Jarel and Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth rip away her human glamour and make sure that Wren sees her human parents reject her faerie self (bluish skin, blue hair, mouth full of razor-sharp teeth) with horror and disgust. The cruel faeries, accompanied by the fearsome Stormhag […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: A Novel of Elfhame, CBR15, emotional abuse, faeries, Holly Black, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, physical abuse, quest, romantic, The Stolen Heir, Trolls, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: A Novel of Elfhame, CBR15, emotional abuse, faeries, Holly Black, magic, Malin, paranormal fantasy, physical abuse, quest, romantic, The Stolen Heir, Trolls, Young Adult ·
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