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A Change of Pace

by Jeana Jorgensen

J. A. Stevens’s delightful queer Regency romance novel A Chance of Pace features a diverse cast and multiple mysteries. Georgina is a rake beyond redemption, or so she believes. She is recruited to help a friend in need and encounters... Read More

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A Love Most Daring

by Vivian Turnbull

In Joanna Barker’s delectable Regency-era romance novel "A Love Most Daring", a scandal-embroiled young woman and a protective officer are drawn together by danger. Though cruel rumors follow Beatrice, she is hopeful she will find love... Read More

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All Booked Up

by Karen Rigby

Existing friendships are revitalized, and new ones flourish, in Melody Carlson’s cheerful Christian novel "All Booked Up", about women who share a Victorian home. Riva, an isolated widow in her sixties, is a bibliophile who is... Read More

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The Players We Were

by Suzanne Kamata

Drama roils around interpersonal relationships and tennis-adjacent issues in the sensationalist novel "The Players We Were". Janelle Gabay’s intriguing enemies-to-friends novel "The Players We Were" centers interpersonal drama at a... Read More

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Summer Husband

by Dontaná McPherson-Joseph

A connection based on mutual respect, affirmation, and help allows a neglected wife and mother to blossom at summer camp in the breezy romance novel "Summer Husband". A housewife follows her children to sleepaway camp in Amy Lorowitz’s... Read More

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Escala's Wish

by John M. Murray

Following a consequential, cross-realm quest, Escala’s Wish is a resonant fantasy novel that celebrates group bonds and self-sacrifice. In David James’s musing fantasy novel Escala’s Wish, a once reckless princess seeks redemption... Read More

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Hellebore Fields

by Leah Block

"Hellebore Fields" is a dark romance novel that’s marked by inherent suspense. Toeing the line between love and obsession, Rivkah Plume’s dark romance novel "Hellebore Fields" follows a naive academic’s love affair with an infamous... Read More

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Some Love Lasts

by Carolina Ciucci

A teenage romance once projected to last but a season deepens across the years in the warm romance novel "Some Love Lasts". In Tim Hunniecut’s sweet romance novel "Some Love Lasts", a summer romance turns into an enduring relationship.... Read More

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