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Category: Politics
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56. The Body in the Garden by Katharine Schellman (Regency, Mystery,). Widowed Lady Adler has returned to town, and promptly discovers a body. CWs: murder, racism, sexual harassment, guns, grief. 57. Ana María and the Fox by Liana De La Rosa (1860’s UK Hrom, Mexican FMC/Black-Scottish MMC) Loved the sisterly bonding away from their dictatorial…
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I reviewed A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole for Love in Panels In A Prince on Paper, a made-for-the-tabloids relationship provides a much needed distraction from a kingdom-shaking referendum for Johan and an opportunity to escape for Nya. Nya and Johan at first glance seem an unlikely match, a smothered and cloistered teacher and a…
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I reviewed American Love Story by Adriana Herrera for Love in Panels: n the American Dreamer series, Herrera has crafted three strong romances that engage deeply with political and social issues without losing their sexiness and humor. In American Love Story the failure of white LGBTQ allies to stand up for Black and marginalized people is…
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Debut Latinx (Cuban-American) author, Allie Therin’s Spellbound is the first in a projected three book series set in Prohibition era NYC, where smuggled magic-infused objects threaten the lives of all magically-gifted paranormals and non-magical alike. Therin draws on the era’s post- war clandestine counter-culture scene and anti-immigrant to develop a cohesively tense backdrop for her…
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I reviewed the Right Swipe at Love in Panels and I interviewed Alisha Rai when we were both at RWA: There are few things Rhiannon Hunter won’t do to get a shot at outmaneuvering her competitors in her quest to buy Matchmaker, but when the sweet and sexy man who ghosted her after talking her…
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Although I really liked the characters and the setting this is a DNF review! This book had a fabulously hot beginning with it is white-hot flirtation/hookup but when I had to bow out when Adrien kept delaying telling Faith a crucial piece of information, and I lost patience with the sight-seeing around NOLA with that…
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I was late to pick up Charlie Adhara’s first two Big Bad Wolf books and I was rewarded with that lateness by being able to read all three in short-succession. The books are a cross between police procedural mysteries and paranormal romance. They are suspenseful and character-driven stories with slowly unfurling worldbuilding that builds on itself…
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Find the second episode of Beyond The Sectors on iTunes and Podbean. Ana and Chelsea giddily discuss the tumultuous romance between the King and Queen of Sector Four. Dallas and Lex have been circling around each other for years, risk and desire in balance until an inflammatory tattoo changes everything. Find the show notes over at: https://beyondthesectors.com/
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Hey fellow O'Kane for lifers, the first episode of the Beyond the Sectors Podcast is now live! Celebrate love and join us as we explore the Sectors. In this episode Chelsea and Ana talk about how they discovered the Beyond Books By Kit Rocha and discuss Beyond Shame! https://t.co/T2tVPahM0B — Beyond The Sectors Podcast…
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My full review of Robyn Bachar's Bite Me is up at Love in Panels today. But here is a taste: I loved what Bachar did in this book. From its sarcastic, funny and decidedly off-kilter Lizzie, desperately trying to figure out how to hold everything together, while falling desperately in love at the wrongest moment…
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