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March 23, 2026

REVIEW: Soft Launch by Sarah Vacchiano

JennieA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChicklit / coming-of-age / lawyersNo Comments

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Dear Sarah Vacchiano: This was an Amazon First Read and I will start by saying it was one of the most successful selections I’ve read – I have kissed a lot of frogs with Amazon First Reads and if Soft Launch wasn’t quite a prince, it was at least a ... more >

December 12, 2022

REVIEW: The Devil You Know by Elizabeth O’Roark

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscommitment issues / Contemporary / institutional sexism / lawyers / sexual harassment / workplace-romance7 Comments

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Dear Elizabeth O’Roark, Last week I reviewed the first two books in your series of contemporary romances, The Devils, in one of my “What Janine is Reading” posts. Book three is my favorite, however, so I wanted to write a full-length review for it. Here is that review. Gemma and ... more >

June 26, 2018

REVIEW: It Takes Two by Jenny Holiday

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCanada / Contemporary / lawyers / New-York / Toronto / weddings3 Comments

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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 >

July 31, 2014

REVIEW: Hearsay (Bylaws book 1) by Taylor V. Donovan

SiriusC Reviews / C- Reviewschronic illness / lawyers / m/m romance4 Comments

Senior associate attorney Derrick Swain wants it all: a loving husband, a fulfilling career, and a couple of kids. After years of hard work he’s on the fast track to a promotion. He’s also met the man of his dreams. A week of daily lunch meetings in Central Park provides ... more >

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