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An Academic Affair By: Jodi McAlister
From the “masterly” (The New York Times) Jodi McAlister, a charming new romance about two English professors who embark on a fake relationship…only to discover that it may be harder to pretend than they realized. Big news: This is my first McAlister book and it won’t be my last. This is a perfect enemies to lovers…
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Just Friends By: Haley Pham
Catching up on some ARC reads I did this summer. Coming to you in spring of 2026! Heartwarming and swoon-worthy second chance romance about childhood friends reconnecting as adults is the highly anticipated debut novel from BookTok icon Haley Pham. Let’s get the biases out-of-the-way, I do watch Haley’s YouTube channel. I do enjoy her cute…
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Adrift By: Will Dean
Coming to you in February – a domestic thriller. Dive into the brain of a crazed writer. An abused writer. And a kid just trying to make it. A family lives on an isolated canal boat with their fourteen-year-old son. Parents are aspiring writers and Samson, the son, attempts fitting in. With their increasing isolation,…
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The Storm By: Rachel Hawkins
St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama is famous for three the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town, the Rosalie Inn, a century-old hotel that’s survived every one of those storms, and Lo Bailey, the local girl infamously accused of the murder of her lover, political scion Landon Fitzroy, during Hurricane Marie in 1984. When Geneva Corliss,…
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The Writers’ Retreat By: Samantha Vérant
A crazy, ‘cozy-thriller’ read … I’m all in for this writers writing about writing trend! Liv gets an opportunity to attend an exclusive writers retreat. Liv is quickly reunited with her past. She needs to face what happened. But with a killer loose, is it worth it? WHAT A RIDE. The Writer’s Retreat may get…
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We Fell Apart By: E. Lockhart
A continuation into the world of We Were Liars from E. Lockhart. Follow Matilda as she accepts the invitation from her long lost father, who also happens to be an extremely famous painter. Luckily, the show We Were Liars came out to make this story a bit more relevant. I did read the book We…
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One of Us By: Elizabeth Day
A twisty, elite, family drama story that you could finish in one sitting … Martin and Ben used to be friends. The past was the past until Martin receives an invite to Ben’s sister’s funeral. Martin can’t resist the chance to exact his revenge on Ben and the entire Fitzmaurice clan. Where privilege meets drama…
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