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Killer Content by Olivia Blacke

Killer Content by Olivia Blacke A Brooklyn Murder Mystery Mystery Rating: ★★★ Synopsis It's murder most viral in this debut mystery by Olivia Blacke.Bayou transplant Odessa Dean has a lot to learn about life in Brooklyn. So far she's scored a rent free apartment in one of the nicest neighborhoods around by cat-sitting, and has a new job working at Untapped Books & Café. Hand-selling books and craft beers is easy for Odessa,…
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First Comes Like by Alisha Rai

Synopsis Beauty expert and influencer Jia Ahmed has her eye on the prize: conquering the internet today, the entire makeup industry tomorrow, and finally, finally proving herself to her big opinionated family. She has little time for love, and even less time for the men in her private messages—until the day a certain international superstar slides into her DMs, and she falls hard and fast.There’s just one wrinkle: he has no idea who…
No Good Deed by K.B. Everly and Emma Cole
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No Good Deed by K.B. Everly and Emma Cole

Synopsis My name was Eden Moretti.After being betrayed by those I’d trusted, my life spiraled out of control. I lost my innocence and dreams in one fell swoop.Now, I'm a junkie dancer who will do just about anything to earn a buck or get my next fix. When you're living off the books to stay hidden on the fringes between Carlotti and Finelli territory, anything means...anything.The mafia lords and their heirs own this…
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Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala

Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala YA Contemporary, LGBTQ+ Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis Project Runway goes to Comic Con in an epic queer love story about creativity, passion, and finding the courage to be your most authentic self.Raffy has a passion for bedazzling. Not just bedazzling, but sewing, stitching, draping, pattern making--for creation. He's always chosen his art over everything--and everyone--else and is determined to make his mark at this year's biggest cosplay competition.…
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Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey

Synopsis Annie Cassidy dreams of being the next Nora Ephron. She spends her days writing screenplays, rewatching Sleepless in Seattle, and waiting for her movie-perfect meet-cute. If she could just find her own Tom Hanks—a man who’s sweet, sensitive, and possibly owns a houseboat—her problems would disappear and her life would be perfect. But Tom Hanks is nowhere in sight.When a movie starts filming in her neighborhood and Annie gets a job on…
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A Stitch in Time by Kelly Armstrong

A Stitch in Time by Kelly Armstrong Thorne Manor # 1 Fantasy, Romance, Time Travel, Mystery Steam Level: It's Getting Warmer Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis Thorne Manor has always been haunted...and it has always haunted Bronwyn Dale. As a young girl, Bronwyn could pass through a time slip in her great-aunt’s house, where she visited William Thorne, a boy her own age, born two centuries earlier. After a family tragedy, the house was shuttered…
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Much Ado About You by Samantha Young

Synopsis At thirty-three-years old Evangeline Starling's life in Chicago is missing that special something. And when she's passed over for promotion at work, Evie realizes she needs to make a change. Some time away to regain perspective might be just the thing. In a burst of impulsivity, she plans a holiday in a quaint English village. The holiday package comes with a temporary position at Much Ado About Books, the bookstore located beneath…
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Dark Heart by Ella James

Synopsis I thought he was the white knight. Looking back, it makes sense. I was young and needed saving. Luca was my strength. He could take on anything—the world, for me. They say first love cuts the deepest. Ours became a blade that bled me out. It turns out I didn’t know a villain when he held my heart in his hands. Now it’s darker—more like his.Elise was my whole world—until my world…
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The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Fantasy, Magical Realism, LGBTQ+ Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.When Linus is…
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The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Synopsis Shay Goldstein has been a producer at her Seattle public radio station for nearly a decade, and she can't imagine working anywhere else. But lately it's been a constant clash between her and her newest colleague, Dominic Yun, who's fresh off a journalism master's program and convinced he knows everything about public radio.When the struggling station needs a new concept, Shay proposes a show that her boss green-lights with excitement. On The…