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The Twelve Dates of Christmas
By Jenny Bayliss This was such a cute book! You know sometime Christmas books can go one of two ways and this one went the right way! Kate is a young woman who signs up for an online dating app that is offering the “twelve dates of Christmas” for events to meet people to potentially…
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The First Time I Saw Him
By Laura Dave Wow! What a great book! I just loved this one. I read the first one and was intrigued there was a sequel! Bailey and Hannah are as close as ever living their lives cautiously when they leave that Bailey’s grandfather and protector has died. Hannah and Bailey flee California to get to…
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Good Mourning: Moving Through Everyday Losses with Wisdom from the Other Side
By Theresa Caputo Theresa Caputo is a great medium as well as great author. I always enjoy her writing since she writes very similarly to how she speaks. This book gives you a perspective and soul work on the variety of categories of everyday losses we can experience: loved ones, stability, desire to live, a…
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The Only Survivors
By Megan Miranda This was a very interesting read. I have read this author before and like her style. This one was a little hard to follow with what happened in the past as the style is time lapsing, from past to present. Cassidy is the main character who is I voted on a trip…
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Lightlark
By Alex Aster This was a really cute book. Usually fantasy is not my thing but this had a good balance of fantasy, magic and romance to keep me intrigued. Isla is one of the rulers at the Centennial Games. She has a secret about herself that she tries to protect. She trusts Oro, the…
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One Golden Summer
By Carley Fortune What a great book! Though I didn’t realize it’s the second book in a two-book series Barry’s Bay. I have already put the first on my list. It’s called Every Summer After. Alice is a photographer who has taken the responsibility of taking care of her grandmother for the summer at Barry’s…
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The Runaway Groomsman
By Meghan Quinn What a great story! I’ve read Meghan Quinn before, and she does not disappoint! This book was no exception Fallon is a young woman who leaves her nursing career to take care of her elderly grandfather and his failing hotel cabin business. She meets Sawyer, a screenwriter whose been done wrong by…
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Evil at Our Table
By Samantha Stein, PsyD This was a great book, especially if you are a forensic psychology aficionado like me. Dr. Stein does a great job describing the balance between work and her personal life, balancing the evil criminals that she has met with and identifying their humanness along with their stories. Being that I’m forensically…
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The Last Anniversary
By Liane Moriarty I’ve read Liane Moriarty before and liked what she wrote but this book wasn’t the best. The story was interesting and captivating but there were too many details and secondary stores that made it hard to follow at times. The ending was also a bit disappointing. Sophie inherits a house from Aunt…
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The Book of Candlelight (Secret, Book, and Scone #3)
By Ellery Adams This is the third installment of this series and I love this series so much. Nora is the owner of Miracle Books in Miracle Springs. She and several other small business owners get together to help other community members, solve crimes and gossip. In this installment, two people from the town are…
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