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• Love Is a War Song

  Nava, Danica,

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  "Pop singer Avery Fox has become a national joke after posing scantily clad on the cover of Rolling Stone in a feather war bonnet. What was meant to be a statement of her success as a Native American singer has turned her into a social pariah and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alice Chen's Reality Check

  Loo, Kara,

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  "Alice Chen doesn't believe in true love, but she does believe in cold, hard cash. Buckling under the weight of student debt and her mother's medical bills, Alice will do anything to make bank--even star on Dawn Tay's Inferno, the hot new reality TV…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pucking Strong

  Rath, Emily,

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  "My name is Teddy O'Connor, and I just made a terrible mistake. It's been six years since I was an intern for the Jacksonville Rays NHL team. Six years since I wrapped ice packs on knees and played Mario Kart on chartered planes. And six long years…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Heart Strings

  Fairbanks, Ivy,

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  "She doesn't do second chances. But he's not done writing their song. Cielo "Lo" Valdez doesn't believe in second chances. Surviving cancer at seventeen taught her life is too short to spend time on someone who wronged you. But Aidan O'Toole is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ladies in Hating

  a Novel

  Vasti, Alexandra,

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  "Celebrated authoress Lady Georgiana Cleeve has achieved fame and fortune. Unfortunately, she's also acquired an enemy: the enigmatic Lady Darling, whose spine-tingling plots appear to be pulled straight from Georgiana's own manuscripts. What's a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Give Me a Reason

  a Novel

  Lee, Jayci,

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  "In this modern retelling of Jane Austen's PERSUASION, a K-drama actress gets her second chance at love with the man she left to save her family, if only she can work up the courage to risk her heart on forever...one last time. For ten years, Anne…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Waltz on the Wild Side

  Ridley, Erica,

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  "Advice columnist Miss Vivian Henry despises the Wild Wynchesters her young cousin idolizes. A privileged, wealthy family might get away with murder, while ordinary people are stuck firmly in their place. But when her beloved cousin goes missing and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Earl That Got Away

  Quincy, D. M. (Diana)

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  "American Naila Darwish always regretted calling off her engagement to the man she loved because he wasn't successful enough for her family. Eight years later, she travels to England for her sister's wedding and gets the shock of her life when she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Honey and Heat

  Palit, Aurora,

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  "She's known as the Ice Princess. He's got a reputation for melting hearts...except hers. Let the rivalry begin. Cynthia Kumar always wins. She's successful, competitive, and knows exactly what she wants: to be the heir to her father's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Good Girl Effect

  Cate, Sara,

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  "Jack St. Claire is desperate. A grieving single father, he buries himself in his work-running a brand-new kink club in Paris. Instead of handling his grief, he's built a fortress around his heart, and it's time he hired someone to help him take…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• See You at the Finish Line

  Hammett, Zac,

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  "Their only path to victory is each other. George and Lucas can't stand each other - which makes it awkward being on the same Cambridge University rowing team. The uber-charming, womanising George got parachuted into Cambridge from America for his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Second Chance Romance

  Dade, Olivia,

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  "Karl and Molly were never together. There was a time, right after high school, where it seemed like they might finally cross the line from friends to lovers...but instead, a foolish misunderstanding meant they never spoke again. Molly went to LA…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love at First Sighting

  Marlowe, Mallory,

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  "El Martin seems to have the perfect, glossy life as a Los Angeles social media influencer. But what she wants more than anything is something real to make her heart race in a way it hasn't in years. She doesn't expect that feeling to come from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gabriela and His Grace

  De la Rosa, Liana,

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  "As the youngest and most rebellious daughter of the overly protective Luna family, Gabriela Luna Valdés claws after her freedom in any way she can. This time, her hunger for adventure has led her aboard a windswept ship bearing for her homeland,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• C Is for Courting

  Gray, Shelley Shepard,

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  "The second eldest, Beth Schrock always believed herself the most level-headed sibling. After all, in the wake of their parents' divorce, it was she who emerged as the caretaker and steadying presence. Yet after almost two years in Ohio, Beth's life…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bourbon Bliss

  Kingsley, Claire,

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  "June Tucker doesn't understand people. Numbers, data, and statistics? Those make sense. People? Not so much. In a town of Friday night fighters and moonshine-swilling line dancers, she's the odd duck. And that suits her just fine. But her sister…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Savor It

  a Novel

  DeWitt, Tarah,

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  "Summer won't last forever. Sage Byrd has lived in the coastal town of Spunes, Oregon (not to be confused with Forks, Washington) her entire life. She's learned to love her small world, with the misfit animals on her hobby farm, and her friendships…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hometown Legend

  Yates, Maisey,

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  Rory Sullivan has always grown up in her sisters' shadows. But this summer, she's determined to make some changes. Rekindling her teenage friendship with Pyrite Falls's prodigal son, Gideon Payne, feels like a good start. She can instantly see he's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream

  a Novel

  Mejia, Tehlor Kay,

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  "A small-town bartender juggles motherhood and a sexual awakening in this heartwarming queer friends-to-lovers romance"-- "Cash Delgado has a good life in the quaint town of Ridley Falls. She has Joyce’s Bar, where she manages a familiar group of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Let the Games Begin

  Mazarura, Rufaro Faith,

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  "Set against a sizzling-hot Greek summer filled with sunshine and souvlaki, Rufaro Faith Mazarura's Let the Games Begin is a page-turning debut rom-com about two strangers at the top of their game. Athens, 2024. Olivia Nkomo has always been…Read moreRead more of this annotation