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  • Book Review,  Book Tour,  Romance,  Young Adult

    Picture Perfect Boyfriend by Becky Dean

    Two strangers, one tropical island, and lots of lies in this funny beach romance from the author of Love & Other Great Expectations! Aspiring nature photographer Kenzie Reed just can’t get her straitlaced family of optometrists to take her art seriously. She’s resigned to putting aside her dreams and accepting the depressing life that awaits her at the family business. She even makes up a fake, boring boyfriend—Jacob—to get her parents off her back. But when the Reeds arrive in Hawaii for spring break, Kenzie is shocked that “Jacob” shows up at the airport—and joins their vacation. Kenzie can’t reveal him as a fraud without confessing her lie, so she’s…

  • Book Review,  Book Tour,  Fantasy

    A Shadow Crown by Melissa Blair

    I’m so happy to be participating in the TBR and Beyond tour for A Shadow Crown! Check out my review post & author interview for A Broken Blade (book one of The Halfing Saga) as well as the rest of the tour schedule at TBR and Beyond Tours. About the Book TITLE: A Shadow Crown (The Halfling Saga #2)AUTHOR: Melissa BlairPUB. DATE: May 9, 2023PUBLISHER: Union Square & Co.GENRE(S): Young Adult Fantasy The highly anticipated second installment of the fantasy saga that took BookTok by storm sees Keera navigate political scheming, backstabbing, and her own grief as she moves against the cruel king that holds her kingdom hostage. To the…

  • Book Review,  Book Tour,  Fantasy,  Romance,  Young Adult

    Seven Faceless Saints by M.K. Lobb Tour

    In the city of Ombrazia, saints and their disciples rule with terrifying and unjust power, playing favorites while the unfavored struggle to survive. After her father’s murder at the hands of the Ombrazian military, Rossana Lacertosa is willing to do whatever it takes to dismantle the corrupt system—tapping into her powers as a disciple of Patience, joining the rebellion, and facing the boy who broke her heart. As the youngest captain in the history of Palazzo security, Damian Venturi is expected to be ruthless and strong, and to serve the saints with unquestioning devotion. But three years spent fighting in a never-ending war have left him with deeper scars than he wants to admit… and a fear…

  • ARC,  Book Review,  Contemporary,  Romance,  Young Adult

    Crossing the Line by Lynn Rush and Kelly Anne Blount

    A patch of black ice is all it takes for Ryan “Preach” Armstrong’s perfectly planned future to skid out of control. The car crash shatters his hockey dreams…and injures Woodhaven’s newest student, Grace Milner. As much as this feisty track phenom gets under Preach’s skin in all the best and worst ways, she might just be his path to redemption… Grace can’t believe that all it took was seriously bad timing and a hot but prickly hockey player to threaten her lifelong dream of joining the Air Force. Now, instead of prepping for the track season and upcoming start of basic training, she has to complete community service with the…