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Blogging about books--romances and more--since 2006. Submit review queries to [email protected].

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REVIEW: Sweet Disorder by Rose Lerner dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: Sweet Disorder by Rose Lerner

REVIEW: Sweet Disorder by Rose Lerner

Dear Ms. Lerner, Your third historical romance, book one in your Lively St. Lemeston series, begins in October of 1812, with a knock on Phoebe Sparks’ door. Phoebe, an author of Improving Tales for…

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REVIEW: Not His Problem (Anymore) by M.T. Liu dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: Not His Problem (Anymore) by M.T. Liu

REVIEW: Not His Problem (Anymore) by M.T. Liu

Two competent enemies. One public crisis. A slow-burn Montreal workplace romance where the hardest problem is learning to care without taking over. Sophie Tremblay can make a room listen. Pierre-An…

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Reviews: Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
Reviews: Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske

Reviews: Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske

Grey’s Anatomy meets A Deadly Education in this dark academia fantasy from USA Today bestselling author Freya Marske. At the Academie of the Grand Duchy of Sieuxerr, every mage with the healer’s gi…

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REVIEW: Dina Gets Lucky: A Novel by Uzma Jalaluddin dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: Dina Gets Lucky: A Novel by Uzma Jalaluddin

REVIEW: Dina Gets Lucky: A Novel by Uzma Jalaluddin

At a sumptuous family wedding, two former friends rediscover their own love story and the lies that tore them apart in a chaotic and swoony second-chance romance by the author of Yours for the Seas…

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REVIEW: All Feathers and Hats: Rookscroft - Book One by Jayne Siroshton dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: All Feathers and Hats: Rookscroft – Book One by Jayne Siroshton

REVIEW: All Feathers and Hats: Rookscroft – Book One by Jayne Siroshton

The Rookscroft series is illustrated cozy fantasy — whimsical tales of talking animals, unexpected friendships, and the joy of discovery, told with warmth and charm. It began one morning in late su…

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REVIEW: Miss Beresford and the Beast by Mimi Matthews dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: Miss Beresford and the Beast by Mimi Matthews

REVIEW: Miss Beresford and the Beast by Mimi Matthews

Charlotte Beresford has spent far too long under the iron rule of strict governesses and unflinching finishing school teachers. When she’s offered a brief window of freedom—an invitation to spend t…

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REVIEW: There and Back Again: The Unofficial Oral History of The Lord of the Rings Films by Sam Moore dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: There and Back Again: The Unofficial Oral History of The Lord of the Rings Films by Sam...

REVIEW: There and Back Again: The Unofficial Oral History of The Lord of the Rings Films by Sam...

The definitive, unofficial oral history of the making of the iconic and beloved Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Celebrate the beloved, influential, and truly epic Lord of the Rings films with this …

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Review: Spellstruck by Martha Waters dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
Review: Spellstruck by Martha Waters

Review: Spellstruck by Martha Waters

From beloved author Martha Waters, a lightly magical, enemies-to-lovers rom-com about the owner of a speakeasy supplying magical drinks and an enforcer of the ban on magic who must team up when pot…

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REVIEW: The Foreign Correspondent's Wife by Jenna Helwig dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: The Foreign Correspondent’s Wife by Jenna Helwig

REVIEW: The Foreign Correspondent’s Wife by Jenna Helwig

Set in post-WWII Paris, the wife of an American foreign correspondent stumbles on the body of her murdered classmate at culinary school and becomes tangled in a web that stretches from the halls of…

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REVIEW: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

REVIEW: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

So I’ve come to the end of Ruth Ware’s backlist. I saved this for last thinking, for some reason, that it was her first book. It was actually her fourth (not counting a young adult fant…

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Review: A Trade of Blood: An Ana and Din Mystery (Shadow of Leviathan Book 3) by Robert Jackson Bennett dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
Review: A Trade of Blood: An Ana and Din Mystery (Shadow of Leviathan Book 3) by Robert Jackson...

Review: A Trade of Blood: An Ana and Din Mystery (Shadow of Leviathan Book 3) by Robert Jackson...

Detective Ana Dolabra must prove a condemned man’s innocence and confront a terrifying magical technology in this fantasy-mystery from the bestselling author of The Tainted Cup, winner of the Hugo …

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REVIEW: Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak

REVIEW: Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Pictures and The Last One at the Wedding comes a new supernatural thriller about a young woman pet-sitting a cat with a mysterious secret, featu…

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REVIEW: As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers

REVIEW: As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers

Explore a universe of stubborn survival and found family, of persistent danger and quiet wonder in the first installment of a heartfelt new duology from Hugo Award–winning author Becky Chambers. Li…

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REVIEW: It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Murder by Ally Carter dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Murder by Ally Carter

REVIEW: It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Murder by Ally Carter

Dear Ally Carter, Last year’s The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year made my list of best reads of 2025 so I was especially happy to read Carter’s latest. It’s billed as book two in…

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REVIEW: : A Medieval Crime and the Servant Girl Who Changed History by Jennifer D Thibodeaux dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: : A Medieval Crime and the Servant Girl Who Changed History by Jennifer D Thibodeaux

REVIEW: : A Medieval Crime and the Servant Girl Who Changed History by Jennifer D Thibodeaux

She was a servant with no voice. He was a predator with powerful friends. She refused to stay silent—and changed history. Normandy, 1429. The Hundred Years’ War rages, Joan of Arc is leading the re…

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REVIEW: Algot, Anna Stina and the Water of Life by Jonas Jonasson dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: Algot, Anna Stina and the Water of Life by Jonas Jonasson

REVIEW: Algot, Anna Stina and the Water of Life by Jonas Jonasson

Jonas Jonasson is back with another irresistible adventure, this time set in nineteenth century Sweden. After his father’s death is caused by the greedy and cunning Count Bielkegren, Algot Olsson i…

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REVIEW: What Happens at Nightfall by Lauren Willig dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: What Happens at Nightfall by Lauren Willig

REVIEW: What Happens at Nightfall by Lauren Willig

In the sprawling Gothic expanse of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, some secrets refuse to stay buried. Recently laid off and searching for purpose, Jess reluctantly joins her best friend on a suppo…

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REVIEW: When You Rescued Me by Sian Ann Bessey dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: When You Rescued Me by Sian Ann Bessey

REVIEW: When You Rescued Me by Sian Ann Bessey

London, 1776 It’s been twelve years since Hannah Dennington looked into the gray eyes of Samuel Ross, their depths as bleak as sadness itself. That childhood memory—the day she accused him of hidin…

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REVIEW: Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong

REVIEW: Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong

I got this from Netgalley totally on impulse – I don’t read horror these days (I did as a teenager), but I recognized the author’s name. I don’t think I’ve ever read a…

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REVIEW: The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof by Annie M.G. Schmidt dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor
REVIEW: The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof by Annie M.G. Schmidt

REVIEW: The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof by Annie M.G. Schmidt

One of the best-known classics from beloved Dutch children’s author Annie M.G. Schmidt, The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof spins a charming and whimsical tale of friendship and adventure. Tibble is a…

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