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    Storm Lines by Jessica L. Webb | ARC Review

    30th June 2020
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    Storm Lines by Jessica L. Webb

    Constable Bridget “Marley” Marlowe has trouble following rules. After visiting Aimee, the eight-year-old daughter of drug kingpin Randolph West she secretly decided to take care of, Marley ends up knifed in the wrong side of town. Dr. Devon Wolfe, a psychologist on leave due to mental burnout, finds the injured Marley in a dark alley in the rain. This unplanned encounter leads Devon into West’s drug chaos. But with Marley by her side, Devon is finally able to feel herself again, and everything is going to be okay.

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    The Politics of Love by Jen Jensen | ARC Review

    29th June 2020
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    The Politics of Love by Jen Jensen

    Evangelical Republican attorney and writer Shelley Whitmore meets the liberal, transgender rights activist and psychotherapist Rand Thomas for an MSNBC show in Manhattan. The pair connects immediately with philosophical and political debates. But Shelley has yet to come to terms with her own sexuality and Rand is suffering constant harassment from her deceased wife’s parents. With their values clashing and own problems to tend to, will Shelley and Rand be able to reach out to each other and build something more out of their friendship?

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    One Woman’s Treasure by Jean Copeland | ARC Review

    28th June 2020
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    One Woman’s Treasure by Jean Copeland

    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
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    Silver Ravens by Jane Fletcher

    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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    Finding Jessica Lambert by Clare Ashton | ARC Review

    16th June 2020
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    Finding Jessica Lambert by Clare Ashton

    Jessica Lambert is on the verge of breaking down when Anna Mayhew rescues her from the Tube. The two strangers seek refuge in Anna’s flat, where Anna has been living a secluded life for the last five years. Over the weekend, the pair falls into an easy pattern of mundane ordinary life, feeling safe and liberated in each other’s presence. As their time together ticks by, neither Jess nor Anna want it to end. But too much are at stake when Anna does not know Jess is a superstar and Jess has no idea of Anna’s past. Will they meet again, defy reality, and fight to be with each other?

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