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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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Magnolia Parks By: Jessa Hastings
London socialite vs Britian’s heartthrob … what could go wrong? Pretty much everything. The most dysfunctional couple that’s not a couple. Come into Magnolia and BJ’s world as their situation finally comes to a head. Wow – what an extremely toxic “ romance”. Which I think is the point? I did finish the whole thing.…
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The Book Swap By: Tessa Bickers
Dueling point-of-view story from Erin and James as they navigate life after the loss of high school friend Bonnie and their own friendship. Both Erin and James’ present and future is bleak. Life isn’t going anywhere near as planned, until James stumbles across a heavily annotated book that never should have been in the ‘little…
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The Sunflower House By: Adriana Allegri
Handmaid’s Tale meets WWII Hitler’s Germany in this story about finding the truth, surviving and trying to save as many children as possible along the way. Family secrets come out when a daughter discovers a box in her mother’s closet. The truth of her parentage and what her parents did to keep her safe is…
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IT ENDS WITH US BY COLLEEN HOOVER
Let me start out by being honest here, I picked this book up only because it went ‘viral’, otherwise this book wouldn’t be something that would catch my eye. This is my first Hoover book and I’m still on the fence if it will be my last. In the beginning of the book, I struggled to…
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