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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Join Our Spoiler-Welcome Discussion of T. Kingfisher’s Books  

When an Endearment is a Turn Off

Before Girl by Kate Canterbary

January 15, 2023 by Jen K 3 Comments

This one definitely wasn’t for me. A few weeks ago, someone mentioned The Worst Guy on Twitter and said that the hero in that one had falsely been classified as an asshole when he was grumpy. Of course, I went to Goodreads quickly to see if any of my friends had read it, and saw Emmalita had given it positive feedback. In fact I enjoyed it so much, I wanted to pick up something else by her, especially since there are so many couples in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Kate Canterbary, Vital Signs

Jen K's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Kate Canterbary, Vital Signs ·
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A wonderful introduction to the writing of Kate Canterbary

The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary

April 21, 2022 by Malin 4 Comments

4.5 stars Sebastian Stremmel is a trauma surgeon at a large Boston hospital, rumoured to be the chief of staff’s pick for the next chief of surgery. He’s also known to be grumpy, rather antisocial, and a workaholic. Sara Shapiro is an introverted plastic surgeon working at the same hospital who forces herself to be cheerful and friendly in public to hide her own social anxiety and unease around others. Sebastian finds Sara annoyingly chirpy, she finds him unbelievably rude and arrogant. They try to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr14, Contemporary Romance, doctors, eating disorder, Kate Canterbary, Malin, The Worst Guy, Therapy, Vital Signs

Malin's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr14, Contemporary Romance, doctors, eating disorder, Kate Canterbary, Malin, The Worst Guy, Therapy, Vital Signs ·
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    I continually found myself looking up characters to determine relationships. AI was wrong most of the time so AI was...
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    That’s a great stack of books!
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    This book was so unhinged. And I need to stop reading her books.
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    Thank you!
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