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Apr 17, 2026  
"I love the descriptive passages, they come across so beautifully!" – Debbie 🌊✨

STILL WATERS, DEEP (BETWEEN HILL AND SEA) by MORGAN SHEPPARD earns a very good 4 out of 5 stars, and a guest post is live on the blog today! This gorgeous blend of contemporary fantasy, romance, and magical realism is the kind of book that lingers long after the last page, with prose as luminous and immersive as the world it conjures. πŸ’šπŸŒ™

Head over to the blog to read the guest post and the full review!

@MorganSheppardAuthor @debbiereadsbooks #Contemporary #Fantasy #Romance #MagicalRealism
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May 21, 2026  
"From England to Canada, through hardship and heartbreak, one family refuses to be broken." πŸš’πŸ“–

BEYOND THE DARK OCEANS by ALISON HUNTINGFORD earns a very good 4 out of 5 stars, and an excerpt is live on the blog today! This moving work of historical fiction and family history traces one family's remarkable journey across continents and through the devastation of World War I. ✨

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Available in Kindle Unlimited πŸŽ‰

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Jul 17, 2026  
"Nadia has sharp edges; Lorenzo has secrets. They're perfect for each other."

πŸ–€βœ¨ A POISON OF SHADOWS (WHISPERBOUND #2) by ANNIE ANDERSON earns a great 4 out of 5 stars in today's review! This dark fantasy romance pairs a razor-sharp heroine with a hero hiding more than he lets on, in a deliciously tense story where secrets and danger make for the most compelling of chemistry. πŸŒ™πŸ’«

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Available in Kindle Unlimited πŸŽ‰

#Dark #Fantasy #Romance #KU #KindleUnlimited @AuthorAnnieAnderson
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Jul 22, 2026  
"Ordinary lives in an extraordinary time, where nothing is untouched by war." – Merissa

🌼✨ THE MAKING OF MARIGOLD MCGRATH by CARRIE HAYES earns a great 4 out of 5 stars in today's review! This warm and absorbing work of WWII historical fiction follows an ordinary woman navigating extraordinary circumstances in a story where the home front is every bit as vivid and vital as the battlefield. πŸ’«

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Available in Kindle Unlimited πŸŽ‰

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Sep 22, 2026  
"Will runs the full gauntlet of grief, trauma, and unanswered questions in a story that builds quietly and hits harder than you expect. Highly recommended."

πŸ”πŸ–€ MAYBE YOU LIED by JENNIFER SADERA earns a very good 4 out of 5 stars, and a giveaway is live on the blog today! This contemporary psychological and domestic suspense novel takes its time and then delivers, in a slow-burn story of grief, deception, and a truth that refuses to stay hidden. ✨⚑

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#Contemporary #Psychological #Suspense #DomesticSuspense #Giveaway

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Aug 4, 2026  
"The strongest bonds form when you don't see them coming."

❀️✨ Excerpts and a great 4 out of 5 stars across the board for BONDED BY LOVE SERIES #1-3 by GABBI GREY are live on the blog today! This adult contemporary romance series celebrates love in all its forms, with mΓ©nage and LGBTQ+ relationships at its heart and bonds that sneak up on you in the best possible way. πŸ’«

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Behind Every Lie
Behind Every Lie
Christina McDonald | 2020 | Mystery, Thriller
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8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
‏I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book so I could give an honest review.

After reading Christina McDonald's The Night Olivia Fell, I was eager to read her latest, Behind Every Lie.

Behind Every Lie has an interesting premise - how can you prove you did not do something if you cannot remember it. Eva Hansen wakes up in a hospital after being struck by lightning. She discovers her mother was murdered and Eva was found just down the street from the murder. She cannot remember what happened but the police doubt her and her convenient memory loss. What follows is a two continent race to solve the mystery before the police arrest her. Did Eva kill her mother? If not, who did?

Both of Christina McDonald's books grabbed me right at the beginning and kept me there throughout the whole story. I was worried because I rarely believe a book is 5 stars. It has to blow me away. I gave The Night Olivia Fell 5 stars. I was hoping Christina McDonald was not a "one and done" author. Behind Every Lie proves she is not. While I did not give Behind Every Lie 5 stars, it did earn a well-deserved 4 and ensured Christina McDonald is an author I will continue to read.

This 200-word review was published on Philomathinphila.com on 2/27/20.
  
Hardened Hearts
Hardened Hearts
Theresa Braun | 2017 | Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
9.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
VERY DIFFERENT!
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this collection.

Most of the books I read these days have romance of some description in them. And inevitably, there will be a Happy Ever After.

So, it makes to change to read a collection of books that, while following the romance theme, there ain't no hearts and flowers, there ain't no Happy Ever After either. Because, just as much as falling in love can be the best thing that happens to you, it can also be the worst.

I didn't read all the stories here, about half I read. The ones I did read were very well written, in various ways from first and third person, and in past and present tense. Some about normal everyday people, some paranormal, some scary, and some were just plain weird. There was one book, that I could not read, that is written in the second person, as in YOU. Very odd.

But the one that stuck with me is possibly the shortest one here. Its only maybe 4 pages, but it proper had me bawling my eyes out!

It Breaks My Heart To Watch You Rot, by Somer Canon, 4 pages but 5 full stars!

It tells the story of a woman whose husband (partner, lover, it matters not) has clearly lost his mind but she still visits, still tells him the car is his, that SHE is his. She takes him out, every Saturday, as he used to do himself. And then she gets the call he is gone. No names are mentioned, just he/she and him/her, but it gets the point across.

"Love didn't provide the real happy ending. There is no such thing between two lovers such as them."

If you want something a little (and a LOT) different, this one will be for you. If you are feeling very anti-Valentine's, again, one for you.

Just don't expect Cupid's Bow to be anywhere around.

For the ten books that I read, 4 stars overall, with 5 Stars for the book mentioned.

**same worded review will appear elsewhere**