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Crazy Stupid Bromance
by Lyssa Kay Adams
What it's about: Rendered famous for sharing the story of her sexual harassment by a celebrity chef, activist café owner Alexis finds unexpected love when she asks Bromance Book Club hacker Noah to investigate a stranger claiming to be her long-lost sister.
Series Alert: Book three of the Bromance Book Club series.
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Love is a Rogue
by Lenora Bell
A Historical Romance: While renovating Thornhill House, Navy man Stamford Wright mixes business with pleasure when he is distracted by the infuriating Lady Beatrice Bentley, a bookish beauty who keeps him on his toes.
Series Alert: Love is a Rogue is the first book of the Wallflowers vs. Rogues series.
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| How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa ColeWhat it's about: Shanti Mohapi fulfills her life's ambition of becoming a queen by marrying King Sanyu of Njaza, only to realize that her new job includes a husband who wishes she'd go away, copious palace intrigue, and a kingdom in trouble.
Why you might like it: Shanti and Sanyu's marriage of convenience progresses from practical partnership to love match, while detailed world-building makes this fictional African nation feel real.
Series alert: How to Catch a Queen kicks off the Runaway Royals series, a spin-off of the author's Reluctant Royals series. |
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This Time Next Year
by Sophie Cousens
What it's about: Born in the shadow of a boy who was born moments earlier and heralded as 1990 London’s first baby, Minnie encounters her more fortunate rival on various disastrous birthdays before making unexpected discoveries when they both turn 30.
Is it for you? A Good Morning America Book Club selection.
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| Confessions in B-Flat by Donna HillNew York, 1963: Jason Tanner, a protégé of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., agrees to disagree with poet and activist Anita Hopkins, who admires Malcolm X. But even as they seek common ground, world events threaten to tear them apart.
Why you might like it: This well-researched novel offers a moving love story, vibrant depictions of 1960s Harlem, and cameos by notable figures from the Civil Rights movement.
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| When a Rogue Meets His Match by Elizabeth HoytWhat it's about: Messalina Greycourt is appalled when her cruel uncle, a duke, marries her off to his fixer, Gideon Hawthorne. And that's before she finds out that Gideon has been tasked with murdering her brother.
Is it for you? Like the author's Maiden Lane series, this 2nd book in the Greycourt series (after Not the Duke's Darling) is set in a gritty, dog-eat-dog Georgian England and has its fair share of tortured characters engaged in morally questionable activities.
For fans of: Kerrigan Byrne's Devil You Know series or Minerva Spencer's Outcasts series. |
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| The Boy Toy by Nicola MarshWhat happens: After a decade in Los Angeles, divorced dialect coach Samira Broderick returns to Melbourne, Australia, where she hooks up with stuntman Rory Radcliffe, who turns out to be her client.
What sets it apart: In addition to the older woman/younger man dynamic, this engaging debut also examines how Samira, the daughter of an Indian mother and a white American father, struggles to balance her personal goals with her family's expectations. |
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Endless Mercy
by Tracie Peterson
1891: Madysen Powell's supposedly dead father shows up, her gift for forgiveness is tested and she's left searching for answers. Daniel Beaufort arrives in Nome, longing to start fresh after the gold rush leaves him with only empty pockets, and finds employment at the Powell dairy. Will deceptions from the past tear apart their hopes for a better future?"
Series Alert: Book two of the Treasures of Nome series following Forever Hidden.
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Simmer Down
by Sarah Smith
Love in Maui: Forfeiting her dream job to support her mother’s Filipino food-truck business, Nikki clashes with a kindhearted but competitive British food-truck newcomer who poaches her customers while encouraging a public feud.
You may also enjoy: Faker, Smith's 2019 romance.
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| How to Fail at Flirting by Denise WilliamsWhat it's about: Three years after leaving an abusive relationship, math professor Naya Turner has decided it's time to find a life outside of work.
And so... Naya begins a tentative fling with Jake, the cute guy she meets at a local bar, only to discover that he's a consultant hired by her financially strapped university to make cuts.
Is it for you? Like a bad penny, Naya's abusive ex turns up and decides to make things difficult for her, which leads to some disturbing scenes. |
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