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| A Rogue of One's Own by Evie DunmoreWhat it's about: To promote the cause of women's suffrage, Lady Lucie Tedbury acquires a partial ownership stake in a publishing house only to discover that her new business partner is none other than her childhood nemesis, Lord Tristan Ballentine.
Want a taste? "No, she was a political activist approaching the age of 30. She was not just left on the shelf, she was the shelf."
Series alert: A Rogue of One's Own is the 2nd book in the League of Extraordinary Women series, after Bringing Down the Duke. |
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| Breathe the Sky by Michelle HazenWhat it's about: the slow-burning enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance between gentle wildlife biologist Mari Tucker and Jack Wyatt, the cranky, foul-mouthed construction foreman in charge of the job site to which Mari has been assigned.
Is it for you? Both Mari and Jack are survivors of abuse and their traumatic past experiences inform their relationship.
Reviewers say: This "heart-melting and intensely passionate contemporary romance is a balm for the soul" (Booklist). |
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| Like Lovers Do by Tracey LivesayStarring: orthopedic surgeon Dr. Nicole Allen, who agrees to help out her old pal Benjamin Reed Van Mont by pretending to be his girlfriend.
Why it can't work: Despite some steamy hammock sex, Nicole can't afford distractions as she begins her fellowship, while Ben, the child of workaholic parents, is wary of dating someone so devoted to her career.
Series alert: Like Lovers Do is the 2nd installment (after Sweet Talkin' Lover) of the Girls Trip series, which follows a quartet of Black college friends as they search for love and career success. |
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| You Lucky Dog by Julia LondonWhat happens: Due to a mix-up on the part of Brant the dog-walker, spunky publicist Carly Kennedy and shy neuroscience professor Tobias Maxwell "Max" Sheffington now have each other's basset hounds.
And then: Pups Baxter and Hazel fall in love, paving the way for Carly and Max's own unlikely romance.
Read it for: likable leads, a witty opposites-attract romance, and a zany supporting cast. |
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Focus on: Paranormal Romance
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| The Lady in the Coppergate Tower: A Steampunk Rapunzel by Nancy Campbell AllenWhat it's about: When Hazel Hughes' mysterious uncle reveals the existence of a twin sister she's never met, her employer, surgeon Samuel MacInnes, accompanies her to Romania on a dangerous rescue mission.
Why you might like it: This "clever riff" (Publishers Weekly) on a classic fairy tale boasts a chaste romance and a vividly rendered Victorian setting that blends Gothic atmosphere and Steampunk trappings.
For fans of: Bec McMaster's London Steampunk novels, Gail Carriger's Custard Protocol books, or Colleen Gleason's Stoker and Holmes series. |
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The jackal
by J. R. Ward
The location of the glymera's notorious prison camp was lost after the raids. When a freak accident provides Nyx clues to where her sister may still be doing time, she becomes determined to find the secret subterranean labyrinth. Embarking on a journey under the earth, she learns a terrible truth -- and meets a male who changes everything forever. The Jackal has been in the camp for so long he cannot recall anything of the freedom he once knew. Trapped by circumstances out of his control, he helps Nyx because he cannot help himself.
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How to Love Your Elf
by Kerrelyn Sparks
FLAME AND FORTUNE Sorcha knew the mission was dangerous. Leaving the safe grounds of her brother's kingdom and parlaying with the elves across their border . . . well, treachery seemed at least as likely as true peace. But to support her sister, Sorcha would brave far more than the underhanded ways of the elves. Or so she thought, before she was taken hostage.
Of course, her captors didn't count on her particular abilities—or on the help of the Woodsman, the mysterious thief who made his home in the forest. He saw the battle from the trees, saw the soldier attacking against incredible odds to save a comrade—and then saw the valiant fighter revealed as Princess Sorcha of Norveshka. He can't tell if he wants to kidnap her or kiss her. But despite Sorcha's stubbornness, his inconvenient honor, and a rebellion on the cusp of full war, something burns between them that neither can let go .
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The Story of Son : A Story of Dark Vampire Romance
by J. R. Ward
Held captive by a dark, seductive vampire with an unworldly hunger, the beautiful Claire Stroughton fears her life as a lawyer has irrevocably taken a turn for the worse. But when this deeply sensual-and highly dangerous-vampire convinces Claire that his desire for her is stronger than his lust for blood, she is compelled to give everything up to him, body and soul...
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| The Last Wolf by Maria ValeWhat it's about: Silver Nilsdottir, the nidling (lowest-ranked) wolf of the Great North Pack, rescues and falls in love with Tiberius Leveraux, whose Shifter heritage makes him a threat to her people as well as her best chance for survival within the Pack's brutal hierarchy.
For fans of: the detailed world-building and intricate werewolf pack social dynamics found in Rhiannon Held's Silver novels or Anne Bishop's Courtyards of the Others series. |
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