contemporary

Perfect Girl by Tracy Banghart

This is a YA thriller with plenty of twists and jump scares to get your blood pumping. The author does a great job setting up a dark, creepy setting that will keep you holding your breath and jumping at every new twist. The night started off-kilter with the tension between the friends and just got worse after that. There are plenty of icky characters to dislike, which always makes a book fun. Who doesn’t love hoping the icky person gets their comeuppance?

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December 1, 2024 0

The Side Project by Laurel Osterkamp

This is a great story about family, secrets, friendships, and second chances. The main characters have gone through a lot in the past and have their walls up. After joining together to be partners for their writing class, which they keep secret from Rylee’s best friend and Carson’s sister, they embark on a secret “no-strings attached” fling meant to last just until their class ends. The couple has a lot of chemistry so it’s no surprised that things get complicated when they develop real feelings for each other.

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December 1, 2024 0

Rags to Riches (Royals Gone Rogue #3) by Erin Nicolle and Erin Nicholas

Scarlett and Cian (a royal in hiding) had a sizzling weekend together two years ago and Cian has been looking for her ever since. When his body guard finally tells Cian that he’s found her, Cian drops everything to go to Scarlett. Scarlett returned to her small hometown where she is not welcomed with open arms. She is trying to make up for being a Queen B in high school and trying to raise her daughter, with her sister’s help, to be better than she was. Cian’s appearance definitely disrupts their routine.

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December 1, 2024 0

Not You Again by Ingrid Pierce

Andie and Kit dated but broke up and Kit moved out of town. He’s now back in Atlanta to care for his ailing mother. Andie and Kit both sign up for a reality show, each for their own reasons. The premise is that they marry a stranger sight unseen and if they divorce they get $100,000. But you know it can’t be that easy, right? Of course not. Who does Andie get paired with? Wait for it. Kit! (shocker, I know)

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December 1, 2024 0

Rebel Heart (Starlight Cove #6) by Brighton Walsh

This is a good second-chance, enemies-to-lovers, and one and only contemporary romance set in a small town. The book has funny group texts amongst siblings as well as a lot of sensitive topics, self-doubt, and heartache. It will have your emotions all over the place.

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December 1, 2024 0

Right Number (Getting it Right #1) by Ella Sparkle

I’m a sucker for books that includes text conversations between the main characters, so I jumped at the chance to read this one. It is such a cute closed door romance I found myself smiling the whole time I read it. Anna is a college Junior Art student on the east coast and is having a horrible, terrible day. That is, until she gets a text from Mason. He’s on the west coast and is looking for a woman named Susan he recently met at a bar to ask her out for a drink. Anna tells him he’s got the wrong number, but instead of that being the end of that, they keep texting each other. Their conversation continues until a sweet friendship begins.

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November 17, 2024 0

Pucking Only (Night Hawks Hockey Series Book 2) by Katie Strong

Apparently I am in my hockey sports romance era, because that seems to be all I’m reading lately – and I’m not mad at it. Of course, it helps that I seem to be signing up for a lot of hockey romance book tours….but I digress.

This book is great. It has all the fun tropes I love – enemies-to-lovers, best friend’s brother, hockey, steamy scenes, tight white t-shirts and GREY SWEATPANTS. I mean, seriously? What more do I need to say?

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November 12, 2024 0

Christmas off Script (Foxbrooke, #5) by Evie Alexander

This is book 5 in the Foxbrooke book series and it’s time for Leo to fall in love. It’s a fun and sexy friends-to-lovers contemporary romance. Leo and Ella have been best friends since they were teenagers – but they are both secretly in love with the other. When Ella’s long-term boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her – by phone, no less – and kicks her out of their shared home, Leo comes to her rescue and takes her to his home at Foxbrooke Manor.

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November 4, 2024 0

Because Fat Girl by Lauren Marie Fleming

I really enjoyed this book. I couldn’t put it down and read it in only two days. The book is well-written and touches on subjects that should be talked about more. The female main character Diana identifies as fat and queer. She is a writer and filmmaker that tackles one obstacle after another to get her work funded and produced. I could relate to her struggle to achieve her dreams. It’s so hard to see less talented people that are connected get breaks when you can’t get one no matter how hard you work.

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October 23, 2024 0