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Jayne’s mid summer Reading List

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Sadly, here are more books I wanted to enjoy which, for various reasons, did not work for me. The Master of Measham Hall by Anna Abney 1665. It is five years since King Charles II returned from exile, the scars of the English Civil Wars are yet to heal and ... more >

Handsome older white man with salt and pepper hair and black-framed glasses sits casually on a floor against a concrete wall decorated with various line drawings

REVIEW: Let’s Go Out by Kelly Jensen

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CW: depictions of anxiety, panic attacks, mention of pet death Dear Kelly Jensen, Let’s Go Out is book 2 in your Let’s Connect series, originally published in serial format and available to your newsletter subscribers. After the story is completed in the newsletter, you then publish it for sale to ... more >

Illustrated cover of a stylish white man and a Black man in a dark suit on either side of a huge bunch of flowers with a banner in pink reading "Love"

REVIEW: Teddy Spenser Isn’t Looking for Love by Kim Fielding

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Some people search their whole lives to find love. He just wants to avoid it. Teddy Spenser spends his days selling design ideas to higher-ups, living or dying on each new pitch. Stodgy engineer types like Romeo Blue, his nemesis—if you can call someone who barely talks to you a ... more >

Illustrated cover mostly in yellow, with a bearded Brown man holding a Black woman in his arms (like a bridal carry). She has short pink hair and is wearing a black dress and heels.

REVIEW: Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

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CW: anxiety, depression, grief Dear Talia Hibbert, I don’t really know what fits into the “rom com” subgenre and what just falls into the contemporary bucket. My personal preference is to regard all of them as contemporary romance and not bother about the rom com label at all. That way, ... more >

illustrated over in teal, featuring a polaroid type photo in the bottom left, of a F/M couple, both of colour

REVIEW: Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai

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CW: Emotional abuse. Depiction of mental illness, including panic attacks, flashbacks and nightmares. Disordered eating is also mentioned/suggested. Dear Alisha Rai, I loved The Right Swipe last year and ever since have been looking forward to Katrina’s story in Girl Gone Viral. Katrina King-Arora, a Thai-American, is a former supermodel ... more >

Illustrated cover with a dark-skinned bride on top of a wedding cake pushing a dark-haired white man off the top of the cake. A lighter-haired white man is on the top of the cake with the bride. He's shrugging.

REVIEW: The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

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Dear Mia Sosa, Lina Santos gets stood up on her wedding day by Andrew Hartley. The news of his defection is delivered by the erstwhile best man, his younger brother, Max. According to a text he received from Andrew, something a drunken Max said the night before resonated with him ... more >

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