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ARCs, Book Reviews, Fiction

One Woman’s Treasure by Jean Copeland | ARC Review

28th June 2020
One Woman’s Treasure by Jean Copeland
- Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, 2020
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Paperback (eARC)
- Page Count: 266 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
Daphne Carsen is not fully over her ex-wife when she tries to crash her wedding. Then she accidentally steals an antique lamp from Nina Colombo’s driveway. Nina, single, divorced, and newly out after her sexual epiphany with Lacey, is just settling down with her son when she finds her lamp missing. Luckily, Daphne quickly returns it to Nina, and the pair bonds over their love of antiques and need of new friends. Soon, their friendship shifts into something more. But Nina gets back with Lacey, and neither Nina nor Daphne wants to risk their friendship for romance. Or should they?
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Silver Ravens by Jane Fletcher | ARC Review

27th June 2020
Silver Ravens by Jane Fletcher
- Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, 2020
- Genre: Fantasy, Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Paperback (eARC)
- Page Count: 314 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
Lori has just lost her job as a video game engineer along with her girlfriend. Desperately in need of a new job, she comes across a series of magazine puzzles. The final solution leads her to Dorstanley and supplies her with odd instructions. Maybe it is a recruitment.

Surprisingly, it is, but not anything close to what she has imagined. In fact, she thinks the recruiters are out of their minds for believing in a mythical world. But as Tamsin, one of the recruiters Lori finds especially attractive, leads her deeper into the world of fays, Lori no longer knows who is right and who is wrong.
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Still Not Over You by Jenny Frame & Carsen Taite & Ali Vali | ARC Review

26th June 2020
Still Not Over You by Jenny Frame & Carsen Taite & Ali Vali
- Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, 2020
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+, Novella
- Format: Paperback (eARC)
- Page Count: 264 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
I absolutely love the first novella My Forever Girl by Jenny Frame. Its tone is sad from the beginning yet we feel the immense love and caring between Braydon and Faith. Because of unfortunate circumstances, they are divorced and have been avoiding seeing each other for four years. But their friends invite them on a cruise and force them to share adjacent rooms for two weeks. Melancholy flowed relentlessly through the story as Bray and Faith work to forgive each other and, most importantly, themselves. Frame did not disappoint with this emotional butch-femme story and oh what I would give to have a full length novel of them!
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What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin | ARC Review

25th June 2020
What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin
- Publisher: Wednesday Books, June 23rd 2020
- Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
- Format: eARC
- Page Count: 336 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
Lex was trafficked, and in that life, she was Poppy. When Lex’s aunt Krys came to take her home after the police’s rescue, she had the chance to live as Lex again. But soon, her new boyfriend and his friends sexually assaulted her. Would Lex decide to own her past and fight back as an activist?
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First Do No Harm by Emily Smith | ARC Review

24th June 2020
First Do No Harm by Emily Smith
- Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, 2020
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Paperback (eARC)
- Page Count: 240 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐ (2/5)
Physician assistant Pierce Parker was not so lucky in the love department. Moving to Boston after an awful breakup, she went on random dates, trying to experience sparks again to no avail. But it was more than just sparks when the hospital’s new resident Dr. Cassidy Sullivan came along. As Cassidy’s past caught up with her, would the pair be strong enough to push through all obstacles?
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