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Funny Story by Emily Henry

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  Purchase on Amazon πŸ–‰ Rating: 5/5 πŸ–‰ Spice: 0/5 πŸ–‰ Plot: 5/5 πŸ–‰ Primary Genre: Contemporary Romance πŸ–‰ Blurb: Goodreads Choice AwardWinner for Readers' Favorite Romance (2024), Winner for Readers' Favorite Audiobook (2024) A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.Daphne always loved the way her fiancΓ©, Peter, told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it... right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predic...

Shallow River by H.D. Carlton

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  Purchase from Amazon πŸ–‰ Rating:  4/5 πŸ–‰ Spice:  2/5 πŸ–‰ Plot: 5/5 πŸ–‰ Primary Genre: Dark Romance πŸ–‰ Blurb:   Shallow Hill is where souls suffer slow and miserable deaths. When River McAllister escaped from Shallow Hill, she left her innocence behind--and some of her sanity, too. Now she's rebuilding her life with her dream man and life couldn't be better. Ryan Fitzgerald is everything you'd want in a man. Attractive, rich, an aspiring lawyer, and would do anything to keep River. But that's not the only thing that attracts her. It's his attentiveness, his possessiveness... maybe not so much his temper. When her relationship takes a dark turn, Ryan's estranged brother, Mako, is the only one who sees it. He knows exactly what Ryan is capable of, and it's not the first time he had to be a knight in shining armor. River came from Shallow Hill, though. She's never needed saving before. What Mako doesn't see, is that River is perfectly capable of taking ...

My Dreadful Darling by H.D. Carlton

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  Purchase On Amazon Hollow Graves Duet #1 πŸ–‰ Rating:  5/5 πŸ–‰ Spice:  4/5 πŸ–‰ Plot:  5/5 πŸ–‰ Primary Genre: Dark Romance πŸ–‰ Blurb:  “My darling, it is you who is dreadful.” Reverie Adams has only one goal in life: to keep her head above water with her father’s sinister legacy weighing on her shoulders. But she’s no stranger to drowning—it’s her very first memory, after all, and if her demons have it their way, it will also be her last. Even with the blood of a serial killer running through her veins, Reverie attempts a normal life at Hollow Canyon University. But there’s a ghost from her past who refuses to set her free, haunting her every waking hour, and he will not rest until he has made her suffer. Dreadful Sharpe has only one goal in life, but it’s not winning gold medals as an Olympic swimmer. The only thing Dread strives for is vengeance against the family who murdered his mother. Determined to make Reverie pay, Dread does everything in his power to ensure...

The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer

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Purchase on Amazon   πŸ–‰ Rating:  5/5 πŸ–‰ Spice:  0/5 πŸ–‰ Plot:  5/5 πŸ–‰ Primary Genre:  Fantasy Romance πŸ–‰ Blurb:  She can hop into any novel, she just can’t stay there. Come along with the book witch in this magical and inspiring love letter to reading from the USA Today bestselling author of The Wishing Game. Rainy March is a proud third-generation book witch, sworn to defend works of fiction from all foes real and imaginary. With her magical umbrella and feline familiar, she jumps into and out of novels to fix malicious alterations and rogue heroes.  Book witches live by a strict Real people belong in the real word; fictional characters belong in works of fiction…. Do not eat, drink, or sleep inside a fictional world, lest you become part of the story. Falling in love with a fictional character? Don’t even think about it. Which is why Rainy has been forbidden from seeing the Duke of Chicago, the dashing British detective who stars in her favorite myste...

The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst

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Purchase On Amazon πŸ–‰ Rating:  5/5 πŸ–‰ Spice:  0/5 πŸ–‰ Plot: 5/5 πŸ–‰ Primary Genre:  YA Cozy Fantasy πŸ–‰ Blurb:  After a devastating heartbreak, a teen girl decides to spend her summer helping her eccentric great aunt manage her quaint Vermont inn--but this fixer-upper is hiding a magical secret--in this cozy and irresistable new fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop. Sixteen-year-old Calisa is desperate for a change of scenery after her lying ex ruins her perfect Brooklyn summer. When her parents suggest she head to rural Vermont to help her great-aunt run her cozy bed and breakfast for a few months, she jumps at the chance. But when Calisa arrives at the B&B, she's shocked to find a rundown inn with only a handful of guests. And to make matters worse, upon meeting with her great-aunt it quickly becomes clear that Calisa was not invited. Auntie Zee is determined to keep anyone from messing with her beloved inn…even if it is clear she ne...