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The Folklore of Forever by Sarah Hogle
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The Folklore of Forever by Sarah Hogle

Moonville #2

Rating: 3.5/5

Spice: 0/5

Plot: 4/5

Primary Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy Romance

Blurb: From the acclaimed author of Old Flames and New Fortunes comes a steamy enemies-to-lovers romantasy about a paranormal skeptic who is roped into a ghost hunting romp by the charming boy next door . . . who might just show her what real fantasies are made of. Paranormal skeptic Zelda Tempest is hoping for a much-needed creativity boost for a new paranormal mystery novel. But despite the alleged magic of her hometown, Moonville, Ohio, she’s as stuck as ever. With two witch sisters, not believing in magic is strange for a Tempest, but no one is more disappointed than Morgan Angelopoulos, the charming man next door. So, to cure her of her writer's block and her disbelief in magic, Morgan ropes her into a ghost-hunting romp, only for Zelda to discover something else bizarre, never-before-seen creatures that appear as ordinary pets to everyone else. Curious about what else might be lurking in Moonville's woods, Zelda and Morgan embark on a quest to uncover the true magic that lies in their midsts . . . and perhaps, just maybe, they will find that the magic they're searching for has been with them all along.

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Just One Taste by Lizzy Dent
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Just One Taste by Lizzy Dent

Rating: 3/5

Spice: 1

Primary Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction/Romance

Plot: 4/5

Blurb: Olive Stone is about to spend four weeks in Italy with the most beautiful man she’s ever hated. When Olive Stone and her Italian pseudo-celebrity chef father fell out fourteen years ago, annoyingly handsome Leo Ricci slipped right in as his surrogate son and sous-chef. No one is more surprised than Olive when her father wills her his beloved (and now failing) restaurant. Or that his dying wish was for Olive and Leo to complete his cookbook…together. She’s determined to sell the restaurant. Leo is determined to convince her not to. As they embark on four weeks in Italy, traveling from Sicily to Tuscany to Liguria, they’ll test each other as often as they test recipes. But the more time Olive and Leo spend together the more undeniable their attraction grows. Olive finds herself wondering whether selling the restaurant might be running away, and what it might be like to try Just One Taste of Leo Ricci. Because he isn’t who she expected, and this trip might reveal more about who Olive is than she’s ready for.

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Old Flames and New Fortunes by Sarah Hogle
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Old Flames and New Fortunes by Sarah Hogle

Rating: 3.5/5 (Rounding up to 4 for Goodreads, Amazon, etc)

Spice: 2/5

Plot: 3/5

Primary Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy Romance

Blurb: A small, magical town tucked away in rural Ohio, Moonville is the perfect place for flora fortunist Romina Tempest to expand her shop, where she uses the language of flowers to help the hopeful manifest their love lives. After giving up on her own big romance eleven years ago, at least she can bask in the promise of others’. So, when the shop’s potential financier shares news of his wedding, Romina jumps on the opportunity to discuss buying the business. What better place to negotiate a deal than at a wedding, even if she has to fake-date her chaotic colleague Trevor to get an invitation? But all hell breaks loose when she discovers Trevor’s soon-to-be stepbrother is none other than Alex, her high school sweetheart. Her greatest love. The boy who, eleven years ago, broke her heart, and who now thinks she and Trevor are dating. What starts as an innocent misunderstanding becomes a week-long fake dating scheme, as Romina resolves to make Alex pay for breaking her heart. The only issue? She can’t deny their still-burning connection. Caught between proving to Alex what he lost, and coming clean and risking her business, Romina must decide whether giving Alex another chance means going back on herself, or finally releasing her hold on the past.

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A Few Bookish Finds for Amazon’s spring sale (non-kindle options!)
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A Few Bookish Finds for Amazon’s spring sale (non-kindle options!)

Up to 30% off of Amazon devices and so much more. I’ve listed a ton of eReader options below as I know that a lot of you are bailing on Kindle due to the recent policy changes. I plan to stick my Kindles for now but I am really getting the itch to buy a Kobo Libra. I keep talking myself out of it. On top of eReaders galore I have some cozy patio furniture, drinks, a stanley and lots of reading accessories. I’m throwing an Alexa on here because did you know that Alexa will read you your audiobooks from Audible? And if your Kindle Unlimited book comes with an audiobook companion it will autosync and “she’ll” start reading on the past page that you were on. I love to use this feature on days when I’m doing chores around the house. You check into Kindle Unlimited here and Audible here. I love an Amazon sale!

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Summer in the City by Alex Aster
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Summer in the City by Alex Aster

Rating: 4/5

Spice: 1.5/5

Plot: 3/5

Primary Genre: Contemporary Romance

Blurb: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alex Aster comes her adult debut novel Summer in the City—a swoony, fast-paced rom-com set in New York City in which a screenwriter and a sexy tech CEO go from lovers to enemies and back to lovers again… Twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter Elle has the chance of a lifetime to write a big-budget movie set in New York City. The only problem? She’s had writer’s block for months, and her screenplay is due at the end of the summer. In a desperate attempt at inspiration, Elle ends up back in the city she swore she would never return to, in an apartment she could never afford (floor-to-ceiling windows, skyline views, and a new coffee shop to haunt included). It’s the perfect place to write her screenplay…until she realizes her new neighbor is tech “Billionaire Bachelor” Parker Warren, her stairwell hookup from two years ago. It’s been a lovers-to-enemies situation ever since. When seeing him again turns into a full night of hate-fueled writing, Elle realizes her enemy/twisted muse might just be the key to finishing her screenplay... if she can stand being around her polar opposite. She writes anonymously, and he’s on the cover of every business magazine. He frequents fancy red carpeted events, and she doesn’t like leaving her emotional support five block radius. One summer. One wall apart. He needs to fake a buzzy relationship during his company’s precarious acquisition. She needs to write a movie around a list of NYC locations. Both need a break from their unrelenting schedules, and a chance to rediscover the skyscraper glimmering, pizza crusted, sunlit charms of the city.  Summers always end, and so will this agreement. It’s all pretend. Promise. Until it isn’t.

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Book News For Romance Lovers
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Book News For Romance Lovers

Get ready for some information on exciting upcoming romance releases. You probably know about two of them but I’ve got two that might take you by surprise!

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Free Book Friday - but make it every day
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Free Book Friday - but make it every day

My free book Fridays have kind of fallen off, mostly because they’re so time consuming. I wanted to let all of my readers know that there are a few sites available that allow you to sign up for daily emails listing free kindle books. You can download and read these even if you don’t have a Kindle because Amazon has a kindle cloud reader which is a web browser that allows you to read your kindle books, as well as the kindle app which allows you to read your books on your smartphone or tablet. Check out the links to the website for free kindle books below!

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Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire
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Elphie: A Wicked Childhood by Gregory Maguire

Blurb: What happened to young Elphaba before her witchy powers took hold in Wicked? Almost 30 years after the publication of the original novel, for the first time Gregory Maguire reveals the story of prickly young Elphie, the future Wicked Witch of the West—setting the stage for the blockbuster international phenomenon that is The Musical.

Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, will grow to have a feisty and somewhat uncompromising character in adult life. But she is always a one-off, from her infancy; Elphie is the riveting coming-of-age story of a very peculiar and relatable young girl.

Young Elphie is shaped and molded by the behaviors of her promiscuous mother, Melena, and her pious father, Frex. She suffers ordinary childhood jealousies when her sister, saintly Nessarose, and brother, junior felon Shell, arrive. She first encounters the mistreatment of the Animal populations of Oz, which live adjacent to but not intertwined with human settlements, haunted by a Monkey and receiving aid from Dwarf Bears. She thrashes through her first bruising attempts at friendship, a possible lifeline from her tricky family life. And she gleans the benefits of an education, haphazard though it must be—until she arrives at the doors of Shiz University, about to meet the radiant creature that is Galinda.

Elphie is destined to be a witch; she bears the markings from childhood—most evidently in her green skin but more obscurely and profoundly in her cunning and perhaps amoral behaviors, as she seeks to make do, to slip by, to sneak out, to endure, and to aspire.

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Ever Dark by M. Violet
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Ever Dark by M. Violet

Release date 03/19/2025

Rating: 4/5

Spice: 5/5

Plot: 4/5

Primary Genre: Paranormal Dark Romance

Blurb: Evil used to exist only in my nightmares.
Until I moved to Ever Graves. A town full of secrets, curses, and death. The darkness comes for me now in the form of three wicked deviants:
Bones, Draven, and Aries. They want to corrupt my soul and leave their filthy marks on my flesh.
They are all that is unholy. But their depravity isn’t my only torment. I’ve been plagued by a nightmare since I was a child. A monster who comes for my body and soul every time I close my eyes. Awake or asleep… there is no escape. Ever Dark is a dark gothic romance where the FMC ends up with multiple MMCs. This book is set in the world of Melancholia and directly tied to Wickford Hollow Duet, The Devils of Raven’s Gate Duet, and Absentia Mori. Content not suitable for everyone. Please check the author’s website for a full list of CWs.

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