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    The Last Place You Look by Aurora Rey | ARC Review

    12th April 2020
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    The Last Place You Look by Aurora Rey

    “Things don’t have to be malicious to do harm.”

    Taylor

    Moving home from New York City after her wife of 8 years left her for another woman, Julia Pierce had no choice but to take on a job at her family’s winery. She had also missed out on dating life since nineteen, so going casual to make up for the lost time sounded like a good idea. When Taylor Winslow, who had an ongoing crush on her for years unbeknownst to Julia, volunteered to friend-zone herself as a wingman, neither knew this friendship would take on a deeper meaning.

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    Flavor of the Month by Georgia Beers | ARC Review

    8th April 2020
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    Flavor of the Month by Georgia Beers

    Charlie Stetko and Emma Grier were best friends since they were eight. Later, they were each other’s first love and first everything. As Charlie graduated from college, leaving for Manhattan with a successful businesswoman who then became her girlfriend, she subsequently broke off contact with Emma for years, leaving the latter’s heart in pieces. Now that Charlie was dumped and broke, she headed back to her hometown Shaker Falls as a last resort. With Charlie working at a bakery baking pies across from Emma’s restaurant, the pair needed to figure out their own feelings, thoughts, and priorities.

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    Female Husbands by Jen Manion | ARC Review

    5th April 2020
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    Female Husbands: A Trans History by Jen Manion

    This book is engrossing. It is a fascinating academic work on queer pioneers in the UK and US from the 18th to early 20th century. For a brief moment upon finishing, I had to remind myself I am in the 21st century.

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    Face the Music by Ali Vali | ARC Review

    1st April 2020
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    Face the Music by Ali Vali

    Country music queen Sophie Roddy probably ruined career after two consecutive drug overdoses. When Mason Liner, a producer from Sophie’s record label, intervened, she wasn’t expecting to experience feelings for Sophie’s daughter and manager, Victoria Roddy. Growing up with Sophie was not exactly pleasant for Victoria, and she usually keeps everyone at arm’s length to avoid getting hurt worse. But the pull towards Mason was strong, and was the risk of letting her in a right decision?

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    What the Heart Remembers Most by M. Ullrich | ARC Review

    25th March 2020
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    What the Heart Remembers Most by M. Ullrich

    Love was waning, and the seventeen-year relationship between Jax Levine and Gretchen Mills was no longer worth fighting for. The last few years of their marriage had been hellish. But after an accident that left Gretchen unconscious in the hospital for days, she woke up to Jax sitting by her bedside and without memories of the past three-and-a-half years. She couldn’t figure out what broke their marriage apart or what memories were real. Would this incident be the almost-clean slate the soon-to-be ex-wives needed to love again?

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