I'm on vacation and managed to get a book read on the airplane (huzzah!). How to Wed a Courtesan by Madeline Martin. Lots of angsty goodness ruined with a cop-out ending.
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Review: How to Wed a Courtesan
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Fire Must Burn, by Allison Montclair
What with one thing and another, I missed the release of this book–and I had so been looking forward to it! So in the spirit of ‘better late than never’, here are my thoughts. Bew…
Common Goal, by Rachel Reid
Another month, another Game Changers review! To recap: I tore through all six books in the series back in early December 2025, and decided on the spot that I would review them all. Life and things …
15.- I read Robert Thorogood's _Murder on the Marlow Belle_, the fourth book in the Marlow Murder Club Contemporary Cozy Mystery series, which just keeps getting better and better.
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Murder on the Marlow Belle, by Robert Thorogood
Because the past, oh, 16 months, have been hell (see footnote 1), I am several months late with this review; with the next book in the series to be released in July, I better get caught up! Beware:…
How to Fake It in Society, by K.J. Charles
Look, I have literally no idea by what stroke of luck I was approved for this ARC, but (and) also, there was no way on this reality or any other, I would not request it. Beware: emotional abuse and…
Hollywood Homicide, by Kellye Garrett
Despite a terrible start, April is the month I’m finally catching up with the TBR Challenge–and I’m even managing to post this review just shy of a couple of weeks late. The chall…
12.- I read Camille Pagán's _Dog Person_, a standalone contemporary romance (set in 2003). I have thoughts and feelings.
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Dog Person, by Camille Pagán
I am only human: books and an aging dog; what was I supposed to do? Reader beware: grief over the loss of a spouse; depression; parental abandonment; bullying (implied); elderly dog’s death. …
Honey & Pepper, by A. J. Demas
I mentioned in my review of Saffron Alley that I was torn between relief that there were only five books in the author’s backlist set in this world, and despair, because there were only five …
Practical Magic (1998) (sort of a movie review)
I’ve long had a soft spot in my heart for the 1998 movie “Practical Magic”, and what with news that there’s a sequel coming up later this year, with all four of the main act…
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