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April 8, 2021

REVIEW: The Closing Bid: Distinguished Gentlemen Series by Elle Wright

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsBaseball Player / Distinguished Gentlemen Series / novella / POC / POC author / reporter / sports romanceNo Comments

There were few bright spots in MLB Relief Pitcher Christian Knight’s life, and Mama Peaches was one of them. When she requests his presence at her neighborhood bachelor auction, he agrees—under one condition. His participation must be kept under wraps. He may be one of the best “closers” in the ... more >

March 24, 2021

REVIEW: The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAlternate History / djinn / Egypt / Fantasy / Historical / Middle East / novella / POC / POC author / steampunk6 Comments

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Cairo, 1912: The case started as a simple one for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities — handling a possessed tram car. Soon, however, Agent Hamed Nasr and his new partner Agent Onsi Youssef are exposed to a new side of Cairo stirring with suffragettes, secret societies, and ... more >

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March 15, 2021

REVIEW: Let’s Go Out by Kelly Jensen

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanxiety / Contemporary / interracial-romance / m/m romance / mental illness / novella / older MCs / queer4 Comments

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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 >

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December 29, 2020

REVIEW: Party Favors by Erin McLellan

KaetrinB Reviews / Book Reviewsbisexual / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / f/f romance / New Year's Eve / novella / only one bed / queer6 Comments

Dear Erin McLellan, I had the pleasure of reading Candy Hearts earlier this year (which is book 2 in you So Over the Holidays series of novellas) and I loved it so I was happy to read Party Favors (which is book 4). The series is loosely based on a ... more >

December 25, 2020

REVIEW: The Kwanzaa Brunch: A Holiday Novella (The Holiday Shorts) by DL White

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAfrican American / Atlanta / Contemporary / holiday novella / Kwanzaa / novella / POC / POC author / The Holiday Shorts series / workplace-romanceNo Comments

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A fated brunch and an unlikely Cupid… Sienna Charles is tired of the same old, same old. Same old job, same old city, same old friends. Same old men. Just when she’s relegated herself to living Groundhog’s Day, romance edition, Booker Lasalle swaggers into her life, courtesy an open position ... more >

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December 23, 2020

What Janine is Reading: Two Books

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Android / Fantasy / Hong Kong based world / Jade Saga series / mafia / novella / POC / POC author / Reading lists / Science Fiction / The Murderbot Diaries / Wuxia9 Comments

All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells This novella launched Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries series. These books have been raved about both here and at other review sites, my social media feeds, and by one of my real life friends. I’m late to the ... more >

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