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Category: Book List 2022
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Title: No Strangers HereAuthor: Carlene O’ConnorSeries: County Kerry MysterySource: Netgalley. I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Genre: Mystery.Explicit? No. But there are TW.Trigger Warning: Rape, murder. Summary: On a rocky beach in the southwest of Ireland, the body of Johnny O’Reilly, sixty-nine years old and dressed in a suit and his dancing shoes, is…
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Title: Take a Hint, Dani BrownAuthor: Talia HibbertSeries: The Brown Sisters Source: My local library.Genre: Contemporary Romance.Explicit? Yeppers!Trigger Warning: Vehicular death, anxiety, depression.Summary: Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. But romance? Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt. Romantic partners, whatever their gender, are a…
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Title: Murder at Haven’s RockAuthor: Kelley ArmstrongSeries: Casey Duncan/Haven’s RockSource: Netgalley. I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.Genre: Thriller, mystery.Explicit? No. Trigger Warning: Murder, depiction of killing wounds. Summary: New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s Rockton Novels had one of the most unique towns in crime fiction. Murder at Haven’s Rock is a…
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Title: Paris Daillencourt is About to CrumbleAuthor: Alexis HallSeries: Winner Bakes All (2) Source: Netgalley. I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Genre: Contemporary, Explicit? NopeTrigger Warning: Depression, anxiety, cultural insensitivity/ignorance. Author warns for all themselves. Summary: Paris Daillencourt is a recipe for disaster. Despite his passion for baking, his cat, and his classics…
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Title: The Reading List Author: Sara Nisha AdamsSource: LibraryGenre: Contemporary, found familyExplicit? NopeTrigger Warning: Suicide, depression, untreated mental illness, death of a spouse and parentSummary: Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room…
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Title: One Last Stop Author: Casey McQuistonSource: LibraryGenre: Contemporary Romance, Wibbley wobbley timey wimeyExplicit? NSFW, but I wouldn’t worry too much. Summary: For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t…
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Title: Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake Author: Alexis Hall Series: Winner Bakes All Genre: Contemporary RomanceExplicit? Not overly so. TW: Includes a non-graphic scene of sexual assault.Summary: Following the recipe is the key to a successful bake. Rosaline Palmer has always lived by those rules—well, except for when she dropped out of college to raise her daughter, Amelie. Now, with…
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Title: The Secret Life of Albert EntwistleAuthor: Matt CainSource: Netgalley. I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Genre: Coming of Age (at any age), Romance, Self-DiscoveryTrigger Warning: Period typical homophobia (the 60s), and current state homophobia, talk of criminalization of homosexuality. Summary: Albert Entwistle is a private man with a quiet, simple…
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Title: It Happened One SummerAuthor: Tessa BaileySeries: The Bellinger SistersSource: LibraryGenre: Contemporary Romance Explicit? Oh boy is it. Summary: Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So…
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Title: A Lady for a DukeAuthor: Alexis HallGenre: Period RomanceSource: Netgalley. Received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Trigger Warning: Contains self-directed ableist language, period-typical mentions of transphobia. Summary: When Viola Caroll was presumed dead at Waterloo she took the opportunity to live, at last, as herself. But freedom…