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REVIEW: Pieces of Home by Becca Neil
All he’d ever wanted was to go home. Ryan Davis has lived in hell for the last fifteen years. Kidnapped at age eight, then beaten, broken, and forced into silence, Rye managed to exist, to survive. When a chance phone call gives him an opportunity to escape, he takes it. But escape doesn’t mean safety,…
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REVIEW: Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch
Featuring exquisite emerald sprayed edges! It’s enemies to lovers in this sexy and delightful holiday mash up that pairs the spare prince of Christmas with the crown prince of St. Patrick’s Day! Someone has been stealing Christmas’s joy, and there’s only one clue to the culprit—a single shamrock. With Coal busy restructuring Christmas—and their dad…
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REVIEW: The Boy I Love by William Hussey
Lyrical, tender, and incredibly moving. William Hussey masterfully balances brutal realism with pockets of sincere hope and joy – Becky Albertalli It’s a tale from the past, with a message for today. A stunningly poignant, devastating, and ultimately beautiful tour-de-force – Simon James Green At just nineteen, Stephen has already survived a year at…
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REVIEW: Les Normaux
Sébastien recently moved to supernatural Paris hoping to get away from his troubles at home and live a peaceful life learning magic. But what are you going to do when the really hot vampire you made out with last night to forget your troubles turns out to be your new neighbor? Sébastien (a demisexual…
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REVIEW: Strange New Moons
You can hardly swing a dismembered deer carcass these days without hitting a “No vampires, no zombies, and no werewolves” sign on an anthology. Well, to that we say “Pshaw!” And also, “Awooo!” Because what readers really don’t like are dull werewolf stories. So, we tasked the horror community with writing the…
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REVIEW: When Love Gives You Lemons by Steven Salvatore
In this exuberant and gorgeous YA romance from the critically acclaimed author of And They Lived…, a budding social media influencer sets out to win back his first love at a family wedding in an Italian lemon grove. Ever since he was a kid, Fielder Lemon’s large, opinionated Italian-American family has lived next to Ricky…
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REVIEW: 10 Ways To Accidentally Fall In Love by Emmy Sanders
Wingman 101: Make him fall head over heels in love. Brad What’s a straight guy to do when he accidentally goes on a date with his brand new gym-bro? Offer to be the best wingman ever, of course! It’s foolproof. Joey needs a man? I’ll find him one. He wants someone who looks, well, kind…
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REVIEW: Dream A Little Dream by C.F. White
His student. His obsession. His undoing. “Aaron Jones is a spark in the dark. Beautiful. Dangerous. Capable of destruction. Kenny should have run. Instead, he lit the match.” Aaron Jones knows all about the darkness lurking beneath polished façades. His parents were infamous for it. Determined to keep everyone at arm’s length, especially those who…
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REVIEW: Usurper by J.M. Rose
DMITRY PETROV WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE NEXT VAMPIRE KING OF RASPIEN. On the night of his eighteenth birthday, Dmitry unwittingly finds himself at the center of a scandal that turns his life upside down. Stripped of his titles, inheritance, and everything he’s ever known, Dmitry has to learn to live like the other side.…
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REVIEW: Flirty Dancing by Jennifer Moffatt
Sparks fly in this summer romp for fans of Casey McQuiston when dancers at a Catskills resort try to pull off the perfect show, and find happiness and a place where they belong on the way. Archer Read is 27 and desperate to find his place in life. Five months ago, he quit his soul-destroying…
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REVIEW: The Witch and His Crow by Ben Alderson
‘Rule them. Win. Become Grand High.’ My name is Hector Briar, and I live for revenge. It’s been eighteen years since Witch Hunters murdered my parents, and still the night haunts me. A part of me died that night, when six-year-old me was forced to listen to their brutal murder. Since then, I’ve gone from…
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REVIEW: Highland Fling by C.F. White
Can a Highland fling stir a lifelong passion into lasting love?Dean Fraser has his eyes on the prize. Determined to prove his worth as a chef after injury cost him his career in football, he’s fighting for a coveted place at Castle Largleith in the Scottish Highlands to train under his hero. The job could…
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