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Book Reviews

Book Review: A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh

So here we are on a nice day in Hyde Park, minding our own business while we take our morning constitutional. And then there’s a terrible commotion—how shocking indeed! We approach, and it turns out there’s a half-naked viscount engaged in ...
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Book Review: Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey

I wasn’t terribly impressed with Exclusively Yours, all around. It features some of my favorite contemporary romance tropes, but all of those elements pretty much fell flat. I practically dragged myself through the last third of the book, and ...
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Book Review: Back in the Game by Lori Wilde

What I thought this book was about: a small town sports romance. Cute, quirky, hopefully funny, almost definitely sexy. But, uh…unfortunately Back in the Game was not that. It’s just not well-written, but even if that wasn’t a consideration, the ...
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Book Review: Conor’s Way by Laura Lee Guhrke

Suspiciously green 90’s book cover aside, Conor’s Way is not a book to be missed. Trust me, you need this book in your life. This novel takes on everything I love about the romance genre, and Laura Lee Guhrke executes everything to perfection. ...
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Book Review: Pleasure Me by Monica Burns

Once upon a time in Ye Olde 2011, I’d never known the great joy of the addictive substance known as romance novels. I was young and naive, and possibly a bit snobbish, thinking I was too good for “those kinds of books.” I saw a review for Monica ...
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Book Review: One Night for Love by Mary Balogh

The thing I liked most about this book is that it’s less a story about falling in love and more about two people who love each other and are attempting to find out if their relationship could be sustainable. From the moment Lily Doyle stumbles ...
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