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REVIEW: Iris After The Incident by Mina V. Esguerra

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Dear Mina V. Esguerra, My friend Kat from Book Thingo recommended this book to me. It has a somewhat unusual premise that got my attention: Both the heroine and hero are hiding/recovering from a sex scandal. In Iris’s case, a sex tape she made with her now-ex-boyfriend got out by ... more >

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REVIEW: Damaged Goods by Talia Hibbert

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Dear Talia Hibbert, After the success of A Girl Like Her, I was all over the next book in the Ravenswood series, this novella-length (long novella) story about Laura Albright (Burne) and Samir Bianchi, her long lost love. Damaged Goods can work as a standalone but I think it works ... more >

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REVIEW: It Takes Two by Jenny Holiday

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Recommended Read

Dear Jenny Holiday, I haven’t read One and Only, the first book in your Bridesmaids Behaving Badly series (yet – it’s on the TBR) but I heard such good things about it that I was keen to read the second book, It Takes Two. I also saw the pictures of ... more >

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REVIEW: The One You Can’t Forget by Roni Loren

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Dear Roni Loren, The One You Can’t Forget is the second book in your The Ones Who Got Away series. I reviewed the first book here in January. I think this book is stronger, partly because it did not have to do the heavy lifting of setting up the series, ... more >

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REVIEW: Acting on Impulse by Mia Sosa

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Dear Mia Sosa, I was hooked from the very first paragraph: I’M STANDING IN the middle of an airplane aisle, inching my way to row 12, when I spot her. I don’t know her name, nationality, age, or occupation, but I know this: Someday I’m going to marry the woman ... more >

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REVIEW: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

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Recommended Read

Dear Helen Hoang, I have been keen to read The Kiss Quotient ever since I first read the blurb: Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases–a job that has given her more money than she knows ... more >

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