#contemporary
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Book Review: Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum
Published in 2023 by Flatiron Books and Macmillan Audio, the book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook, as well as at your local library and through the Libby App. The audiobook, narrated by January LaVoy, explores infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue in the exclusive setting of Salcombe, Fire Island. Even in Continue reading
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Book Review: Seatmate, Love Lines #3 by Cara Bastone
Seatmate, the third book in the Love Lines series and an Audible original published in 2022, is available on Amazon in audiobook, Kindle, and paperback. The story features multiple points of view, primarily from the lead female and male characters, as well as other bus passengers, family, and friends. In the audiobook, each character has Continue reading
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Book Review: Sweet Talk, Love Lines #2 by Cara Bastone
The second installment in the Love Lines series, Sweet Talk, an Audible original published in 2021, is available on Amazon in audiobook, Kindle, and paperback formats. Bastone’s dual perspectives from the female and male main characters are reflected in the audiobook narration by Lidia Dornet and Chris Brinkley. Their voices flow naturally and sound authentic,… Continue reading
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Book Review: Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone
An Audible original published in 2020, Call Me Maybe is available on Amazon in audiobook, Kindle, and paperback formats. Bastone wrote the book with dual perspectives from the female and male main characters, so it’s nice that the audiobook reflects that with its choice of narrators: Luci Christian and Neil Hellegers. The book has an Continue reading
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Book Review: The Love Potion by Becky Monson
Indie author Becky Monson’s book The Love Potion, first published in 2021, is available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, or audiobook formats. The audiobook narrated by Holly Warren is approximately 3 hours of easy listening. Two weeks before Valentine’s Day, Ally Hawkin wants to be optimistic, but her success rate has her resorting to a Continue reading
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Book Review: The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery
Published in 2022, by Mira Books and made into an audiobook by Harlequin Audio narrated by Tanya Eby, whose storytelling skills are ideal for Mallery’s characters: Bree Larton, Mikki Bartholomew, and Ashley Burton, making it a great listening experience about three women confronting genuine relationship challenges, the ups and downs of life, which isn’t easy Continue reading
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Book Review Bookshop by the Sea by Denise Hunter
Published in 2021 by Thomas Nelson Publishers, Hunter’s book is available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or through the Libby App. Jessica Holtan narrates the audiobook. The narration is lackluster, and the characters’ voices come across as forced rather than natural. Therefore, in this instance, Continue reading
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Book Review: Overheard Unspoken #2, by Maya Banks
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Book Review: Understood Unspoken #1, by Maya Banks
First published in 2006 by Samhain Publishing, Banks’ novella Understood became available in audiobook format in 2013 by Blackstone Publishing. The audiobook is narrated by Elizabeth Livingston in smooth tones to match the female protagonist’s state of mind and switching to an infuriating, protective one for the male character. Continue reading
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Book Review: The Book Shop on the Corner Kirrinfief #1, by Jenny Colgan
“Every day with a book is slightly better than one without, and I wish you nothing but the happiest of days.” Continue reading
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