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    The Other Women by Erin Zak | ARC Review

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    The Other Women by Erin Zak


    Content warnings: infidelity, mention of miscarriage, gambling addiction, mention of drugs, mention of past car accident scene, mention of parental loss, uses of ableist language

    This book is heavy on infidelity but light-hearted. The flirty interactions between these two other women are cute and them entering a friendship without expectations makes the story relatively low drama.

    Francesca Lopez (31, Latina, bi+) is recently dumped by Willow Carmichael (lesbian), who declared she was in love with a married woman elsewhere. Cecily Yates (bisexual), who has been with Willow for four years, and her husband Luke are separating. When Willow dumped her, too, while Cecily is on a business trip, Cecily meets bartender Francesca. The pair decides to spend the rest of Cecily’s trip together for an unforgettable weekend, not knowing about the woman they once shared.

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    The Road Home by Erin Zak | ARC Review

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    The Road Home by Erin Zak


    Gwendolyn Carter left home seventeen years ago and never looked back. When she went home to celebrate her father’s birthday after failing to get a big acting role, Gwen came to face Lila Machowicz, a woman who basically became the Carters’ second daughter over the last fifteen years. Getting off on the wrong foot yet mutually attracted, Gwen and Lila had to work together and navigate through Carol Carter’s life-threatening cancer as well as other familial issues.