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"So Many Secrets. So Many Lies. And So Much Anger." Yes, the title of this review is a direct

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For this mid-week entry in the Slide Into Summer Romance Blog Tour Series, we're looking at a romantic suspense that while deep in a series actually works quite well as a standalone book and entry point to the series. For this blog tour, we're looking at Trouble In Big Timber by BJ Daniels.

Here's what I had to say about it on Goodreads:

Solid Romantic Suspense. This book is listed as Book 5 in a series, but I can tell you from having read it without having read any of the other books that it works totally fine as a standalone as well. The existence of people from the prior books is mentioned, but I didn't actually note anything that could even really be a spoiler about those books in this one (other th

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For this second entry in the Slide Into Summer Romance Blog Tour Series, we're looking at a sizzling Miami romance that takes us all over the city while telling a tale of mystery and romance. For this blog tour, we're looking at What Happens In Miami by Nadine Gonzalez.

Here's what I had to say about it on Goodreads:

Sizzling Miami Romance. This is an incredible tour of Miami through the eyes of a megastar - who wasn't always - and a struggling artist. As the two come together, we see most sides of Miami from its glittering glitz of the mega-famous to the down-in-the-

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Beautifully Woven Complex Romance. This was the first time I'd actually read this author, despite being in similar orbits for a few years now - virtually since I first began this book blogging/ "review absolutely everything I read" advent

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Interesting Yet Also Seemingly Retreading Well Known Ideas. I'm not exactly known for reading business type books - which is one reason I wanted to read this one, actually, as it sounded interesting even though it was in more of the "Big Idea for Business" type space. While I tend not to discuss my professional life too much in these reviews, it bears a mention in this part

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This week we're looking at a fun tale that showed a fairly large set of steel balls in both its writing and its ending. This week we're looking at You Will Remember Me by Hannah Mary McKinnon.

As always, the Goodreads review:

Misery Loves Company. McKinnon gets bold, trying to tell one cohesive story from three separate primary perspectives - and largely having it work. The ending itself isn't quite as mind-bending as her 2020 release Sister Dear, and perhaps elements of it are in fact fairly well established much earlier in the text. But it also isn't *quite* so predictable as some other reviewers make it seem, as many of the actual details aren't really known until McKinnon actively reveals them. And then that ending. Mind-bending? No. But showing that McKinnon has balls bigger than many male authors? Absolutely. ;) Very much recommended.

And in quite possibly a first for this blog (which wil

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For this first entry in our Slide Into Summer Romance Blog Tour Series. we're looking at a MM romance that makes its name thanks to its interesting dichotomies. For this blog tour, we're looking at Hard Sell by Hudson Lin.

Here's what I had to say on Goodreads:

Interesting Dichotomies. This book, for me, was more about the interesting dichotomies than anything. You get a MM romance... with both an FF couple as side characters and set within the Asian community, which isn't overly common. (Maybe not as hyper-macho as wildfire firefighters, but seemingly near that level in rarity.) You get a hyper successful financial type... who isn't being his normal hyper successful self, and in fact is desperate for a win and who comes from... less successful... beginnings. You get a black sheep who feels he must prove himself apart from his ultra-successful family

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Complicated Yet Beautiful. Hawker has a way of painting pictures with words that are utterly beautiful, and yet also utterly ugly at the same time. Ultimately, this book reads l

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Real Life Disaster Movie Memoir. This is one of those memoirs from someone who was "on the groun

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For this blog tour we're looking at a book that maybe shouldn't work as well as it does - and yet, it truly does. For this blog tour, we're looking at Talk Bookish To Me by Kate Bromley.

First, here's what I had to say about it on Goodreads:

Fun Tale. Unnecessary Element In Epilogue. This was a fun rom-com full of angst and banter and miscommunications. The book-within-a-book worked, even while I'm not really a fan of the Regency style historical romances. Indeed, until the epilogue itself this was truly a fun, witty, banter-filled tale filled with heart. Even the actual endgame itself (the last 15% ish of the book, IIRC) was interesting, even as it got away from the main storyline for quite a bit of it. (Unlike some other reviewers though, I totally get why and how it worked. It isn't a *usual* storyline in romance novels, but I've seen it before - and even a few times in real life.) My only issue, and it is more of a quibble since it *is* just in the epilogue, is the completely unnecessary baby. It adds nothing, and only reinforces the "you're not a real couple unless you procreate" bigotry. (Also, not an actual spoiler - romance novel. Couple by definition ends up together. :D) Still, on the whole this book really was fun and had some interesting twists to it. Very much recommended.

Below the jump, an excerpt provided by the publisher and then the book details and buy links. :)

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“Wait, was I supposed to bring a gift?”

I turn my gaze from the floor to the well-dressed man standing beside me. There are only two of us in the elevator, so he must be talking to me.

“I think it’s a matter of personal pr

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