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REVIEW: Common Goal by Rachel Reid

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Dear Rachel Reid, I’ve been meaning to try your books for a while now, having heard good things about them and I am a fan of hockey romance (notwithstanding that I’ve never watched a game and know very little about the sport, but you know… details), so I snapped up ... more >

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REVIEW: Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews

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Spoiler Alert: Hidden Legacy series spoilers follow. I’m avoiding spoilers for Emerald Blaze but it’s not possible to talk about this book without mentioning spoilers from previous books in the series. CW: gore, violence, death, reference to sexual assault and human trafficking Dear Ilona Andrews, Sapphire Flames made my best ... more >

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REVIEW: Better than People by Roan Parrish

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CW: Severe anxiety and panic attacks Dear Roan Parrish, Jack Matheson is an illustrator who has been unable to draw for eight months after a trusted friend’s betrayal. He’s in a bit of a funk and my impression was he wasn’t all that happy with himself about it but didn’t ... more >

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REVIEW: High Heat by Annabeth Albert

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Dear Annabeth Albert, High Heat is book 2 in your Hotshots series, set in and around the firefighting/forestry community in the fictional Central Oregon town of Painter’s Ridge. I haven’t read the first book, Burn Zone (it’s on the TBR), but it’s not necessary to have done so to enjoy ... more >

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REVIEW: Sweetest in the Gale by Olivia Dade

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CW: Grief, substance abuse, cancer Dear Olivia Dade, Sweetest in the Gale is an anthology featuring three novellas set in your Marysburg series set in and around Marysburg High School in Virginia (although, in the case of the last novella, the link to the high school is somewhat tenuous). Two ... more >

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REVIEW: Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian

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Dear Cat Sebastian, I enjoyed A Gentleman Never Keeps Score when it came out – although the first book in your Seducing the Sedgwicks series, It Takes Two to Tumble, languishes on the TBR of Doom (I really must get to it) – so I was keen to read Two ... more >

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