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A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem
by Manda Collins
What it's about: With a serial murderer known as the "Commandments Killer" at large in London, journalist Lady Katherine Bascomb and Detective Inspector Andrew Eversham put aside their differences and join forces to catch a killer before he strikes again.
For fans of: the blend of romance and mystery found in Alissa Johnson's Thief-Takers series, Jillian Stone's Gentlemen of Scotland Yard series, or Stephanie Laurens' Casebook of Barnaby Adair series.
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Tools of Engagementby Tessa BaileyWhat it's about: A meticulous real-estate designer is invited to compete against her brother on a house-flipping reality television show with the assistance of a brash but attractive Texas cowboy construction team leader. By the author of Fix Her Up.
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| When a Rogue Meets His Match by Elizabeth HoytWhat it's about: Messalina Greycourt is appalled when her cruel uncle, a duke, marries her off to his fixer, Gideon Hawthorne. And that's before she finds out that Gideon has been tasked with murdering her brother.
Is it for you? Like the author's Maiden Lane series, this 2nd book in the Greycourt series (after Not the Duke's Darling) is set in a gritty, dog-eat-dog Georgian England and has its fair share of tortured characters engaged in morally questionable activities.
For fans of: Kerrigan Byrne's Devil You Know series or Minerva Spencer's Outcasts series. |
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Fairy Godmothers, Inc. by Saranna DewyldeWhat it's about: Lucky Fujiki caves to her godmothers’ requests to help promote Ever After, Missouri, as a wedding destination by faking a marriage to her first love and long-time ex in the first novel of a new paranormal romance series.
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A Castaway in Cornwall by Julie KlassenWhat it's about: Laura Callaway daily walks the windswept Cornwall coast, known for many shipwrecks but few survivors. And when a man with curious wounds and an odd accent is washed ashore, she cares for him while the mystery surrounding him grows. Can their budding attraction survive, and can he be returned to his rightful home when danger pursues them from every side?
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| How to Fail at Flirting by Denise WilliamsWhat it's about: Three years after leaving an abusive relationship, math professor Naya Turner has decided it's time to find a life outside of work.
And so... Naya begins a tentative fling with Jake, the cute guy she meets at a local bar, only to discover that he's a consultant hired by her financially strapped university to make cuts.
Is it for you? Like a bad penny, Naya's abusive ex turns up and decides to make things difficult for her, which leads to some disturbing scenes. |
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The Hating Game by Sally ThorneWhat it's about: Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is impossibly complicated by her growing attraction to him.
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Get a Life, Chloe Brown
by Talia Hibbert
What happens: Following a near-death experience, web developer Chloe Brown takes stock of her life and finds it lacking.
Carpe diem! Chloe's ambitious "Get a Life List" (e.g. "Have meaningless but thoroughly enjoyable sex") will require some help from building superintendent (and secret artist) Redford "Red" Morgan.
What sets it apart: a diverse cast of well-drawn characters and a sensitive portrayal of living with fibromyalgia.
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The Flatshare by Beth O'LearyWhat it's about: Entering a flatshare arrangement with a man on an opposite work shift, a heartbroken woman begins exchanging notes with the roommate she has never met and becomes his best friend, and possibly soulmate, through their correspondence.
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Spoiler Alert
by Olivia Dade
The backstory: When he's not busy starring in the hit television series Gods of the Gates, actor Marcus Caster-Rupp writes fanfiction about the show under the name Book!AeneasWouldNever and shares it with his online BFF, Unapologetic Lavinia Stan (a.k.a. geologist April Whittier).
And then: After April's resplendent Lavinia cosplay goes viral and attracts the ire of fat-shaming trolls, Marcus defuses the situation by asking her out, not realizing that she's Unapologetic Lavinia Stan.
For fans of: Kate Stayman-London's One to Watch, Lucy Parker's Act Like It, or Jen DeLuca's Well Met.
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