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Carmel Rhodes’s ‘Cherry Bomb’
From page one there was so much about Cherry’s story that drew me in; the working in the service industry to get by, a slight tendency toward self-destruction, and a taste for forbidden older men that generate steam just by walking into the room.Cherry and Cash are addicted to each other from the moment they…
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Amanda Pellegrino’s ‘Smile and Look Pretty’
This review was commissioned by Harper Collins. We meet the four friends who make up the lead of the story- Cate, Olivia, Lauren, and Max- when they are ankle deep in professional and personal crises galore, every single one of them underpinned by the stress their bosses are infusing into their lives and by their…
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Gretchen Anthony’s ‘The Kids Are Gonna Ask’
This review was commissioned by Harper Collins. The premise of this book, teenage siblings who do a podcast with their grandmother, Maggie, didn’t seem like the kind of book that would take me on a twisty ride with lots of questions, a healthy dose of suspense, and a few surprising reveals but damned if that…
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Melissa Hill’s ‘The Summer Villa’
This review was commissioned by Harper Collins. I am a sucker for scenery and stories about rock solid friendships among grown women, I always have been; there are enough stories about devotion and friendship regarding teenage girls but stories about adult women tend to put the focus on romance, family building, and what we should…
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Blog Stop #3; The Princess Plan by Julia London
(This review was commissioned by Harper Collins.) Historical romances are not usually my jam; they are a bit too formal and stuffy for my taste and reflect a bygone time of judgment and views that are best left in the patriarchal past. That being said this was enjoyable in a way that those other stories…
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Blog Stop #2; Lori Foster’s ‘All Fired Up’
(This review was commissioned by Harper Collins.) You guys– seriously, I didn’t know what to expect going in to ‘All Fired Up’; and to be honest, the first few paragraphs of Mitch’s inner dialogue scared me a little. I was like is he going to help this girl? Attack her? Throw her over his shoulder…