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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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The Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett | Book Review
Rating: The Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett The last thing Ella Mehenick wants is the fifteen minutes of fame she’s found herself landed with. After all, who wants to star in a viral video of the very public ending of their relationship? Newly single, and desperate to get as far away from her former fiancé as possible, Ella heads back to the Cornish seaside town of Port Agnes, where she grew up. Working as a community midwife keeps her busy and, even if some of the locals seem to have an unhealthy fascination with the breakdown of her relationship, the other midwives soon make her feel like one of the…
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A Haunting Midlife by Lia Davis & L.A. Boruff | Review
Rating: A Haunting Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff Series: Witching After Forty #3 Genres: Paranormal Romance Ava Harper may be a raiser of the dead and a not-so-famous author, but she isn’t a vampire hunter. Not even close. With the decision made to stay in Shipton Harbor, she returns to the home she shared with her deceased husband in Pennsylvania to put it on the market. But saying goodbye to the memories of the home they raised their son in is a lot harder than it had sounded in her head. In the months she’s been in Shipton, new neighbors moved in across the street from her Philly home.…
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