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The Lily of Ludgate Hill (Belles of London #3) by Mimi Matthews

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is a wonderful Victorian romance set in London about two childhood friends whose romance always seems to be just out of step. This is book 3 in the Belles of London series, but can be read as a standalone. Lady Anne and Felix “Hart” Hartford are childhood friends. When Anne was only 16, Felix proposed and they had an understanding. Shortly thereafter Anne’s father died, plunging her mother into a 7 year spiral of grief, taking Anne with her. After their broken engagement, Felix never gives up hope they will get back together.

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The Fury by Alex Michaelides

Rating: 3 out of 5.

3 stars

This is a twisty suspenseful mystery set amongst the rich and famous. Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex–movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. When she discovers one of her inner circle has betrayed her, she invites them to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island. She’s hoping to call out the betrayal and let the person squirm before she bans them from her life. While on the island a strong wind storm, called a fury, envelopes the island. The storm is the perfect setting for a mystery – and maybe even an unexpected death.

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The Expectant Detectives (The Expectant Detectives #1) by Kat Ailes

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This was a fun and cozy mystery set in the small town of Penton. Alice and her boyfriend Joe move there to escape the rat race of London. The night of their first prenatal class they meet several other pregnant ladies and their partners. Everything was going well until one of the ladies goes into labor and a dead body is found on the first floor of the building. Their whole group are under suspicion, so the ladies decide to solve the mystery and clear their names. As you can expect, chaos ensues.

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Swipe Right For Romance (A Love Bug Novel Book 1) by Kelly Collins

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is a fun and flirty romcom set around an app competition. It has several of my favorite tropes including “he falls first” “fake dating trope & billionaire romance.

Junie comes to AJs rescue & pretends to be his girlfriend to appease his matchmaking mother at dinner. The next day, you guessed it, he’s in charge of the app competition she just entered.

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Fake-ish by Winter Renshaw

Rating: 4 out of 5.

I really enjoyed this contemporary romance about a couple that meet during a joint island bachelor/bachelorette party, spend a glorious few days together, and plan to take 2 years apart to get their life sorted out and then get back together. What could go wrong?

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Pride, Prejudice, and Peril (The Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery #1) by Katie Oliver

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is book 1 in the Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery series, but the books are set up to be standalone mysteries, so you can read them out of order. I did that when I read Cyanide and Sensibility earlier this month. I enjoyed that book, and I enjoyed this book too, which introduced me to all of the characters.

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Craigside by M. J. Porter

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This was a twisty 1930s murder mystery at a house party at an estate in North Northumberland. Lady Merryweather goes the Craigside to get away from London and properly grieve her husband who was murdered. She was initially arrested for the murder, but has just been released and she’s hoping the peace at the estate and the solace of good friends will help sooth her.

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Out of Sight (Detective Mackenzie Price #6) by Ruhi Choudhari

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is the 6th book in the series, but is a stand alone mystery. I haven’t read the previous books but I didn’t feel lost. This book was filled with action and tension from the start. I couldn’t put it down and read it in one sitting.

Detective Mackenzie Price and her partner Nick are first on the scene of a dead woman missing her left eye. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the woman had recently given birth and the baby was nowhere to be found. The M.O. is similar to a murder 30 years ago, but that person was captured and died in prison. When another woman washes up on shore missing her left eye, Mackenzie knows there is a serial killer in the area and she needs to stop them before they kill again.

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Cyanide and Sensibility (Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery #3) by Katie Oliver

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is book 3 of A Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery series, and it’s a sweet and cute cozy mystery. This is a stand alone mystery, so you don’t need to have read the first 2 books to enjoy this one. I haven’t read them, and I found enough backstory in the book to understand everyone’s relationships and history.

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