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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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House Rules by Ruby Lang

December 13, 2019 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Ruby Lang is one of the authors I started reading and fell in love with in 2019. I have enjoyed every one of her books, but I think House Rules is my favorite. It is a second chance at love romance between a long divorced middle aged couple who become roommates because real estate costs in New York City are awful. I received an arc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Many years ago, Lana Kau and Simon Mizrahi were married. They were in the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, House Rules, NetGalley, Romance, Ruby Lang, Uptown series

Emmalita's CBR11 Review No:87 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, House Rules, NetGalley, Romance, Ruby Lang, Uptown series ·
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She was going to have to kick a bunch of aunties out of their [redacted] fairy-tale meadow.

Open House by Ruby Lang

September 25, 2019 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Ruby Lang is one of my favorite author finds this year. I like the way she writes and the worlds and characters she creates. Her writing has a wry wit and a spare, natural style. Her characters interact like normal human beings. Side note: Lang’s story follows a Millennial man and woman, of Asian American and Afro-Latina descent. I, as a Gen X white woman, am absolutely unqualified to judge the quality of representation, I can only say that to me, they are relatable characters. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: NetGalley, Open House, Ruby Lang, Uptown series

Emmalita's CBR11 Review No:68 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: NetGalley, Open House, Ruby Lang, Uptown series ·
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