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Romance

Love Starts Here (A Morgan’s Grove Novel #1) by Traci Borum

Rating: 4 out of 5.

I really enjoyed this Contemporary Romance. It’s a very sweet, uplifting story that will make you smile and warm your heart as you read it.

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Tools of Engagement (Hot & Hammered, #3) by Tessa Bailey

Rating: 3 out of 5.

This was a cute and easy Contemporary Romance that is the last book in a series. I have not read the first two books, but this can be read as a stand alone so it’s no problem to start with this one. I’m sure I missed a little bit of context, but overall, it did not affect my enjoyment of the book.

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Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams

Rating: 3 out of 5.

This was our September book club choice. This is a slow, quiet story about a young woman’s search to write the biography of forgotten aviation pioneer Sam Mallory, who joined the loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War and never returned.

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The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs

Rating: 3 out of 5.

This was a good, quiet Contemporary Fiction about a woman who suffers a great loss and must come to turns with what she wants to do with her life.

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Before the Crown by Flora Harding

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is an entertaining historical fiction that imagines the events between Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in the years before they married.

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Fable (Fable #1) by Adrienne Young

Fable

3 stars (release date 9-1-2020)

This is a good, easy YA Fantasy book about a young girl’s quest to reunite with her trader father and demand her rightful place beside him and his crew. This book has it all – ships, pirates, revenge, lost treasures, intrigue, secrets, and romance. Continue reading “Fable (Fable #1) by Adrienne Young”

Tempting the Dragon King (Dragon Lords #1) by Kiersten Fay

 

tempting the dragon king3 stars

This was an interesting fantasy/romance book. I’m not quite sure what I just read, but I’m not mad at it. Continue reading “Tempting the Dragon King (Dragon Lords #1) by Kiersten Fay”

When You Read This by Mary Adkins

when you read this

4 stars

I really enjoyed this epistolary novel (Yeah, I had to look that one up too. The definition is “a novel told through the medium of letters written by one or more of the characters.” In this case, the story is told through a series of e-mails, blog posts, online therapy submissions, text messages, legal correspondence, home-rental bookings, and other snippets of our virtual lives. Continue reading “When You Read This by Mary Adkins”

What You Wish For by Katherine Center

what you wish for

4 stars (release date July 14, 2020)

This is an entertaining contemporary romance about a young elementary school librarian that suddenly finds herself working for the man she had an unrequited crush on several years ago at a different school in a different state. Continue reading “What You Wish For by Katherine Center”

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