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| To Have and To Heist by Sara DesaiThe score: To save her best friend, Simi Chopra must (re-)steal a $25 million-dollar necklace during a mafia wedding with the help of her hastily assembled heist crew, which includes the attractive but totally untrustworthy Jack Danger.
Are you in? Featuring "a full cast of fun, quirky characters" (Library Journal), this rom-com caper novel by the author of the Marriage Game series "perfectly balances the lighthearted romance with a fun and twisty heist plot" (Publishers Weekly).
For fans of: Alisha Rai's Partners in Crime. |
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| Marry Me by Midnight by Felicia GrossmanAnnouncing her intentions: In need of a husband, Sephardi heiress Isabelle Lira hosts a series of events to which she invites every eligible Jewish man in London.
Protecting her interests: To ensure that her future groom won't try to undermine her position in the family firm, she hires penniless Ashkenazi custodian Aaron Ellenberg to learn as much as he can about her suitors before she chooses one.
Why you might like it: Set in 1832 London, this well-researched opening installment of the Once Upon the East End series offers a gender-flipped Cinderella story with Jewish leads. |
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| How to Tame a Wild Rogue by Julie Anne LongGimme shelter: With a ferocious storm battering London, Lady Daphne Worth and her unexpected rescuer, privateer Lorcan St. Leger, must pose as husband and wife to secure the last available room at the Grand Palace on the Thames.
Why you might like it: Opposites attract in this slow-burning but steamy, forced proximity Regency romance, the 6th book in the Palace of Rogues series, which begins with Lady Derring Takes a Lover. |
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| Cruel Seduction by Katee RobertWelcome to: Olympus City, ruled by the wealthy and powerful Thirteen, who style themselves after the Greek Gods.
Where you'll meet: newlyweds Aphrodite and Hephaestus, who -- unhappy in their arranged marriage -- set out to seduce each other's love interests, with unexpected results.
Is it for you? This steamy 5th book in the Dark Olympus series offers a "delicious polyamorous enemies-to-lovers romance" (Library Journal). |
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| Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha SharmaWhat happens: Wedding planner Bobbi Kaur must team up with her nemesis, chef Benjamin "Bunty" Padda, to catch the saboteur whose actions threaten her best friend's special day and Bobbi's own career.
Series alert: This loose adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing marks the 2nd installment of the If Shakespeare Was an Auntie series, after Dating Dr. Dil. |
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A Lady's Guide to Scandal
by Sophie Irwin
What it's about: Liberated from an unhappy marriage by the death of her much older husband, Eliza Balfour decamps to Bath to pursue painting -- and finds herself torn between two very different men: army officer Oliver Courtney, her first love, and scandalous poet Lord Melville.
Is it for you? The love triangle is central to the plot of this 2nd book in the Lady's Guide series (after A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting), which centers its heroine's journey to happiness and personal fulfillment.
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Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail
by Ashley Herring Blake
You better get your life! An opportunity to appear on the popular home renovation show Innside America may be just what interior designer Astrid Parker needs to get her life and career back on track.
HBIC? Astrid clashes with lead carpenter Jordan Everwood, the granddaughter of the inn's owner, and soon everyone notices their onscreen chemistry.
Try these next: Readers who enjoy this reality TV-themed, enemies-to-lovers 2nd Bright Falls romance (after Delilah Green Doesn't Care) may want to check out Alison Cochrun's The Charm Offensive or Tessa Bailey's Tools of Engagment.
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Business or Pleasure
by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Starring: Chandler Cohen, ghostwriter of celebrity memoirs, and her new client, former teen heartthrob Finn Walsh, with whom she recently had an extremely disappointing one-night stand.
What happens: While accompanying Finn to fan conventions for research purposes, Chandler agrees to tutor him in the art of lovemaking.
Reviewers say: This "hot and heartfelt" (Publishers Weekly) novel by the author of The Ex Talk "emphasizes silliness and sexiness in equal parts" (Kirkus Reviews).
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How to Be a Wallflower
by Eloisa James
What it's about: English heiress Cleopatra Lewis and American entrepreneur Jake Astor Addison meet at the costume emporium they both want to purchase and make a bet that leads to a series of comedic misadventures and, eventually, happily-ever-after.
Why you might like it: This upbeat opening installment of the Would-Be Wallflowers series has no villain, focusing instead on the amusing courtship of two likable characters.
Reviewers say: This novel "dazzles readers with superbly conceived characters, a sublimely sensual love story, and sparkling wit" (Booklist).
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