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Book Review: Witch Please: A Charming Small-Town Paranormal Romantic Comedy by Ann Aguirre

June 20, 2022. Danica Waterhouse, modern witch and co-owner of the repair shop Fix-It Witches, has a lot more problems than just the broken items that land in her shop; her Gram is determined to get Danica to marry a witch family so not to taint their line with mundane blood. Titus Winnaker has not been lucky in love, past his thirties and still a virgin, he believes that he’ll never be able to find his soulmate. When one of the ovens at Sugar Daddy’s breaks, Titus calls up Danica and the sparks between them are instant; but with pressure from her Gram, can this fix-it witch and talented baker fix their relationship hang-ups and grow a sweet romance?

Book Review: The Night She Disappeared: A Novel by Lisa Jewell

June 6, 2022. Every mother’s worst nightmare: their child goes out for a night of fun and never comes back. A teenage couple disappear after a party one night at a friend’s wealthy estate, leaving behind their infant child and a worried mother who will never stop trying to find them. When the case goes cold and the mother is at a loss of where to look next, a writer moves into a home near that infamous estate and starts to receive some mysterious clues that help the two finally figure out what happen on that fateful night.

Book Review: No Words: A Novel by Meg Cabot (Little Bridge Island #3)

May 23, 2022. Children’s author, Jo Wright, has been struggling lately with writer’s block, taking care of an ill father and general loss of confidence in her professional career. All thanks to fellow bestselling author, Will Price’s, public criticism about her life’s work. Things take a shocking turn when she finds out her invitation to attend and speak at Little Bridge Island’s first book festival…was at the insistence of her nemesis, Will Price, the man she never wanted to face again after the damage he's caused her.

Book Review: Overbite by Meg Cabot (Insatiable #2)

May 9, 2022. Meena Harper has had a lot of changes in her life recently. After being fired from her job, finding out her boyfriend is the prince of darkness whose minions have been terrorizing New York and making the toughest decision to break up with him, she just wants to restore some good in the world. When she takes up a job at the Palatine, a demon hunting organization dedicated to the eradication of evil, she thought she could finally do some good….but she will soon find out who is truly good…or evil.

Book Review: Insatiable by Meg Cabot (Insatiable #1)

April 25, 2022. Soap opera writer Meena Harper has an interesting gift - or curse, depending on how you look at it – she has visions of how each person is going to die…which really kills the mood during a date. Until she meets the mysterious yet charming Romanian history professor, Lucien Antonescu, with whom she believes she has a viable future because she oddly doesn’t have visions of his death. While Lucien is investigating a string of murders in New York and Meena’s company suddenly wants her to incorporate a vampire storyline into the soap opera, she’s about to find out that the vampire world might exist beyond the television screen.

Book Review: Vampire Seduction: Paranormal Romance by Celia Kyle and Marina Maddix (Real Men of Othercross #1)

April 18, 2022. Othercross University law student, Alena Falkov, just discovered her one true love and fated mate…then she steps into the courtroom and realizes he’s the accused who she is meant to represent during the trial. What’s more is that Luca Ravenna is a member of her family’s enemy clan and he claims he’s accused of a crime he didn’t commit. Will Alena be able to bring out the truth in the courtroom and find a way for their forbidden and controversial relationship to work out?

Book Review: Voyageurs: Gay Romance by Keira Andrews

April 11, 2022. When Simon Cavendish’s new position at Fort Charlotte required him to make a dangerous trek to the Canadian fur-trading outpost, young Christian Smith is the only hope he has to make it to the post before winter arrives and prevents further travel. At first glance, they seemed to have come from vastly different worlds: Simon, a well-off Englishman, and Christian, a working-class half-English and half-Ojibwe man, but spending weeks together traversing the lakes and rivers on a thousand-mile journey will cause any pair to grow closer together. They soon find that the natural elements aren’t the only things they have to battle…they must also resist their increasing temptation for each other.

Book Review: The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel

April 4, 2022. Trained by a mysterious, strict and spiritually gifted woman on everything she needed to know about survival in the forest, Yona never truly understood how her solitary upbringing in the wilderness would serve a larger purpose. Until her mentor passes away and Yona stumbles upon a group of Jewish refugees hiding in the forest, she realized it was all coming to this: she was their only chance at survival. As the group continues to recruit more refugees, to battle the harsh elements of nature and to evade the Nazi officers closing in on them, will Yona be able to save them all…if she really is meant to save them at all?

Book Review: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

March 28, 2022. Young, ambitious Odile Souchet’s life was everything she could dream of: a handsome, intelligent and caring boyfriend and an impactful career at the American Library in Paris. But when WWII starts and the Nazis occupy their beloved city of Paris, everything in her life changes and she is forced to protect all she holds dear to her or lose it to the hands of the enemy. Lonely and itching to leave her boring town, Lily decides to get to know her mysterious, elderly neighbor, one of the few people who piques her curiosity, and they form a transformative friendship.

Book Review: The Abundance Mind-Set: Success Starts Here by Joel Osteen

March 21, 2022. Sick of poverty, lack mind-set and trying to get into a more abundant life? With inspiring anecdotes, compassionate words and wisdom, American pastor Joel Osteen will guide you in adopting an abundant mind-set, daring you to dream big. To believe in yourself, in your worth and have faith that God and the universe will provide whatever you need to make your visions become a reality because you are meant to live your best life.