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The Non-Romance of Male Tears

August 9, 2016 by Emmalita 7 Comments

I started this year with a plan to review every book I read, but that fell by the wayside pretty quickly, because there are just some books about which I have nothing to say. It may be that they are neither good, nor bad, or they are fine, but not interesting, or they are bad, but not offensive. I recently read two installments in Sarina Bowen’s True North series, and initially thought they would remain among the unreviewed. Alwaysanswerb’s review of The Chocolate Rose made […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Bittersweet, contemprary romance, hard cider and junkies, Sarina Bowen, Steadfast, True North Series

Emmalita's CBR8 Review No:34 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Bittersweet, contemprary romance, hard cider and junkies, Sarina Bowen, Steadfast, True North Series ·
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