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Dark Witch by Nora Roberts | Book Review
Rating: Dark Witch by Nora Roberts Genres: Paranormal Romance With indifferent parents, Iona Sheehan grew up craving devotion and acceptance. From her maternal grandmother, she learned where to find both: a land of lush forests, dazzling lakes, and centuries-old legends. Ireland. County Mayo, to be exact. Where her ancestors’ blood and magic have flowed through generations—and where her destiny awaits. Iona arrives in Ireland with nothing but her Nan’s directions, an unfailingly optimistic attitude, and an innate talent with horses. Not far from the luxurious castle where she is spending a week, she finds her cousins, Branna and Connor O’Dwyer. And since family is family, they invite her into their…
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The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks | Book Review
Rating: The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks Series: KGI #1 Genres: Military Romance, Romantic Suspense It’s been one year since ex-Navy SEAL Ethan Kelly last saw his wife Rachel alive. Overwhelmed by grief and guilt over his failures as a husband, Ethan shuts himself off from everything and everyone. His brothers have tried to bring Ethan into the KGI fold, tried to break through the barriers he’s built around himself, but Ethan refuses to respond… until he receives anonymous information claiming Rachel is alive. To save her, Ethan will have to dodge bullets, cross a jungle, and risk falling captive to a deadly drug cartel that threatens his own demise.…
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Beauty Among Ruins by J’nell Ciesielski
Rating: Beauty Among Ruins by J'nell Ciesielski Genres: Historical Romance, Scottish In Ciesielski’s latest sweeping romance, an American heiress finds herself in Scotland amid the fallout of the Great War, and a wounded Scottish laird comes face-to-face with his past and a woman he never could have expected. American socialite Lily Durham is known for enjoying one moment to the next, with little regard for the consequences of her actions. But just as she is banished overseas to England as a “cure” for her frivolous ways, the Great War breaks out and wreaks havoc. She joins her cousin in nursing the wounded at a convalescent home deep in the wilds…
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Danger on the Loch by Paige Edwards | Book Review
Rating: Danger on the Loch by Paige Edwards Genres: Romantic Suspense Raised by a cold and distant mother, photographer Paisley Clark has spent her life daydreaming about the father she doesn’t remember. Paisley’s dream turns to reality when a DNA test brings her in contact with the mysterious man. With her financial situation a disaster and her childhood friend James Pressley-Coombes working across the pond in Scotland, Paisley is emboldened to accept her father’s invitation to visit him. She arrives in the Highlands only to discover that she isn’t Paisley Clark at all but a titled lady, the daughter of a Scottish duke. Despite the warm welcome and the comfort…
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Playboy King by Meg Xuemei X | Book Review
Rating: Playboy King by Meg Xuemei X Series: Underworld Bride Trials #1 Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance LOKI She walks in on me fucking another woman for sport. Her blue eyes burn like twin suns at daybreak when they train on me. One sniff in her direction, and I know she’s mine. Ice to my pyre. Scenting its fated mate, my wolf beast awakens for the first time and roars with hellfire. Heat sears through my veins. I’ve never been so aroused by any other female. But Tessa Morrigan can’t be my queen. She came too late. I’ve started the Underworld Bride Trials. All the contestants must fight to the death…
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The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday by Kiley Dunbar | Book Review
Rating: The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday by Kiley Dunbar Genres: Romantic Comedy The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café invites literature lovers to run their very own bookshop … for a fortnight. Spend your days talking books with customers in your own charming bookshop and serving up delicious cream teas in the cosy café. Bookworms, what are you waiting for? Your holiday is going to be LIT(erary). Apply to: The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café, Down-a-long, Clove Lore, Devon. Jude Crawley should be on top of the world. She’s just graduated as a mature student, so can finally go public about her relationship with Philosophy professor, Mack. Until she sees Mack kissing another girl, and…
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