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Game On
by Seressia Glass
What it's about: A female gamer fighting for equal representation in video games accidentally starts an online movement and is offered a job by the handsome CEO of Artemis Games, in the new novel by the author of The Love Con.
Read-alikes: Talia Hibbert's Get A Life, Chloe Brown, Farrah Rochon's The Boyfriend Project.
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| Trouble by Lex CroucherMeet our hero: When her sister falls ill, Emily Laurence takes her place as the new governess at Fairmont House, educating the children of widower Captain Edwards while searching for trinkets to sell to help her impoverished family in this "energetic and lighthearted" romance (Publishers Weekly) by the author of Infamous.
You might also like: Cat Sebastian's London Highwaymen novels; K.J. Charles' The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting. |
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| At First Spite by Olivia DadeHow it starts: Angry at Johnny, the fiancé who dumped her, and Johnny's brother, Matthew, who encouraged him to call off the wedding, Athena Greydon moves into the ten-foot-wide Spite House that stands between the men's homes.
But then...: Athena's plan to be the worst neighbor ever is threatened by her growing feelings for Matthew in this opening installment of the Harlot's Bay series. |
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Emergency Contact
by Lauren Layne
How it starts: Katherine, an ambitious attorney, gets diagnosed with a concussion and must be monitored for 48 hours to make sure it doesn't get worse. Unfortunately, she forgot to update her emergency contact, so the person they call is her ex-husband, Tom.
Then what happens: Katherine reluctantly agrees to travel with him for the holidays. But thanks to a blizzard, what should have been a quick trip turns into an antagonistic misadventure that stirs up old feelings.
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It's a Date (Again)
by Jeneva Rose
How it starts: Peyton Sanders is done with dead-end relationships and swiping right; she knows who her heart belongs to. But as she races to tell him how she feels, she's hit by a car and wakes up with amnesia.
What happens next: Peyton has no clue who the three men who show up at her hospital bed are except they each claim to be her boyfriend. Peyton's friends Maya and Robbie have an idea: date each man again. Hopefully, her heart can guide her where her mind cannot.
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| How You Get the Girl by Anita KellyThe set up: High school basketball coach Julie Parker enlists ex-WNBA star Elle Cochrane as her assistant coach, and Elle accepts, hoping that it will provide her with an opportunity to bond with her foster child, who's one of Julie's players.
Series alert: Although How You Get the Girl stands on its own, Anita Kelly fans will recognize characters from Love & Other Disasters and Something Wild & Wonderful. |
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| The Catch by Amy LeaWhat it is: A series of mishaps leads Boston fashion influencer Melanie Karisen to pose as the fiancée of Nova Scotia innkeeper Evan Whaler in this mash-up of While You Were Sleeping and The Proposal. The Catch marks the 3rd installment of the Influencers series, which begins with Set On You.
Read-alikes: Tessa Bailey's It Happened One Summer; Alisha Rai's Modern Love series. |
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| Sex, Lies and Sensibility by Nikki PayneWhat it is: In this "sparkling and sultry" (Publishers Weekly) retelling of Sense and Sensibility by the author of Pride and Protest, sensible Nora Dash and her free-spirited sister, Yanne, inherit a dilapidated inn in rural Maine and must renovate it before Labor Day -- or lose everything.
For fans of: Jane Austen-inspired contemporaries such as Sonali Dev's Rajes series or Uzma Jalaluddin's Ayesha at Last and Much Ado About Nada. |
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