Rating Title: An Affair at StonecliffeAuthor: Candace CampPublication: May 24, 2022Publisher: HQN BooksGenre: Historical FictionPages: 356 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author’s Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Noelle Rutherford will never be accepted by the London ton. Her late husband, Adam—a free-spirited aristocrat with bohemian tendencies—married her for love, much to the …
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Back in 2020, we were regularly watching movies before dinner with my father-in-law. However, with his hearing loss despite hearing aids and the constant chatter from my three children we quickly stopped doing that. Not before we watched The News of the World. Once again I had no clue that it …
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Rating Title: The Midnight LibraryAuthor: Matt HaigPublication: September 29, 2020Publisher: VikingGenre: FantasyPages: 304 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you …
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Rating Title: How Not To Fall In LoveAuthor: Jacqueline FirkinsPublication: December 21, 2021Publisher: Clarion BooksGenre: Teen, YA Fiction, RomancePages: 341 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Harper works in her mom’s wedding shop, altering dresses for petulant and picky brides who are more focused on hemlines …
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