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Tag: Berkley

Categories Book Review, Sarah Adler

Sarah Adler | Finders Keepers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Two estranged best friends find that a long-abandoned treasure hunt might be the key to a fresh start—for both their futures…

June 24, 2025June 25, 2025
Categories Book Review, Kate Posey

Kate Posey | SERIAL KILLER GAMES

The Plot (from Goodreads): What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder—literally? Dolores dela Cruz has been dying to…

April 29, 2025April 30, 2025
Categories Book Review, Kristina Forest

Kristina Forest | The Love Lyric

The Plot (from Goodreads): Iris Greene used to be a woman with a plan. But all of that changed after she met the love of…

February 4, 2025February 11, 2025
Categories Alexa Martin, Book Review

Alexa Martin | Better Than Fiction

The Plot (from Goodreads): As a self-proclaimed book hater and a firm believer that the movie is always better, Drew Young didn’t anticipate inheriting her…

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025
Categories Book Review, Carlie Walker

Carlie Walker | Code Work Romance

The Plot (from Goodreads): Two exes. One mission. A trip she’ll never forget…Max is just your average girl. She works odd jobs, has a soul-crushing…

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
Categories Book Review

Ashley Herring Blake | Make The Season Bright

Love holiday books? Check out my holiday book master list, or my lists of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 holiday book releases. The Plot (from…

November 20, 2024January 6, 2025
Categories Book Review, Carlie Walker

Carlie Walker | THE TAKEDOWN Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s been a long time since Sydney Swift has gone home. An unrelentingly successful CIA field officer, she has spent the…

November 2, 2024January 6, 2025
Categories Book Review, Elyssa Friedland

Elyssa Friedland | Jackpot Summer

The Plot (from Goodreads): After the Jacobson siblings win a life-changing fortune in the lottery, they assume their messy lives will transform into sleek, storybook…

May 21, 2024June 19, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Myah Ariel

Myah Ariel | When I Think of You

The Plot (from Goodreads): Kaliya Wilson has paid her dues. But all the years behind the reception desk at a flashy film studio have only…

April 24, 2024April 26, 2024
Categories Book Review, Lynn Painter

Lynn Painter | Happily Never After

The Plot (from Goodreads): Two love skeptics agree to work together as professional wedding disruptors. But fate has more romantic plans in mind for them…

April 12, 2024December 20, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Chloe Liese

Book Tour Spotlight: Only and Forever by Chloe Liese

The Plot (from Goodreads): Viggo Bergman, hopeless romantic, is thoroughly weary of waiting for his happily ever after. But between opening a romance bookstore, running…

April 10, 2024May 23, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Denise Williams

Denise Williams | Technically Yours

The Plot (from Goodreads): Pearl Harris has learned the hard way to be careful in work and in love. When she is appointed acting director…

April 7, 2024May 23, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Kristina Forest

Kristina Forest | The Partner Plot

The Greene Sisters series in order: The Neighbor FavorThe Partner PlotThe Love Lyric The Plot (from Goodreads): Two former high school sweethearts get a second…

March 20, 2024January 26, 2025
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Categories Book Review, Emily Henry

Emily Henry | Funny Story

The Plot (from Goodreads): Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love…

March 18, 2024November 12, 2024
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Categories Amy Lea, Book Review

Amy Lea | The Catch

The Influencers Series Set On YouExes and O’sThe Catch The Plot (from Goodreads): A grumpy lobster fisherman tosses a fashion influencer’s impeccably curated life overboard…

February 7, 2024March 18, 2024
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Categories Book Review

Devon Daniels | The Rom Con

The Plot (from Goodreads): After a particularly brutal breakup, Cassidy Sutton has had it with dating. So when her grandmother gives her a 1950’s dating…

February 2, 2024March 26, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Kristina Forest

Kristina Forest | The Neighbor Favor

The Greene Sisters series in order: The Neighbor FavorThe Partner PlotThe Love Lyric The Plot (from Goodreads): Shy, bookish, and admittedly awkward, Lily Greene has…

January 16, 2024January 26, 2025
Categories Book Review, Sarah Grunder Ruiz

Sarah Grunder Ruiz | Last Call At The Local

The Plot (from Goodreads): Opposites attract when a free-spirited American singer-songwriter with ADHD teams up with a charming Irishman to revitalize his family’s pub in…

December 21, 2023December 21, 2023
Categories Ali Hazelwood, Book Review

Ali Hazelwood | The Love Hypothesis

The Book:  The Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodPublished: September 14, 2021 by Berkley BooksDate read: November 12, 2023 The Characters:  Olive and Adam Buy it…

November 18, 2023March 13, 2024
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Vanessa Lillie

Vanessa Lillie | Blood Sisters

The Plot (from Goodreads): A visceral and compelling mystery about a Cherokee archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs who is summoned to rural Oklahoma…

November 6, 2023March 13, 2024
Categories Book Review, Kimmery Martin, Reviews with Spoilers

Kimmery Martin | The Antidote for Everything

The Plot (from Goodreads): Georgia Brown’s profession as a urologist requires her to interact with plenty of naked men, but her romantic prospects have fizzled….

September 5, 2023September 7, 2023
Categories Book Review, Clare Mackintosh, Reviews with Spoilers

Clare Mackintosh | I Let You Go

The Plot (Goodreads): A tragic accident. It all happened so quickly. She couldn’t have prevented it. Could she? In a split second, Jenna Gray’s world…

August 11, 2023January 8, 2024
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Samantha Downing

Samantha Downing | A Twisted Love Story

The Book:  A Twisted Love Story by Samantha DowningPublished July 18, 2023 by BerkleyDate read: June 24, 2023 The Characters:  Wes and Ivy Buy it…

June 24, 2023June 24, 2023
Categories Book Review

Ren DeStefano | How I’ll Kill You

The Plot (from Goodreads): Make him want you.Make him love you.Make him dead. Sissy has an…interesting family. Always the careful one, always the cautious one,…

April 25, 2023April 23, 2023
Categories Book Review, Jen DeLuca

Jen Deluca | Well Traveled (Well Met, #4)

The Book:  Well Traveled by Jen Deluca (Well Met #4)Published December 6, 2022 by BerkleyDate read: February 20, 2023 The Characters:  LouisaDex Buy it on…

March 2, 2023March 10, 2023
Categories Amy Lea, Book Review

Amy Lea | Exes and O’s

The Influencers Series Set On YouExes and O’sThe Catch The Plot (from Goodreads): Romance-novel connoisseur Tara Chen has had her heart broken ten times by…

February 16, 2023March 18, 2024
Categories Book Review, Roselle Lim

Roselle Lim | Sophie Go’s Lonely Hearts Club

The Plot (from Goodreads): Newly minted professional matchmaker Sophie Go has returned to Toronto, her hometown, after spending three years in Shanghai. Her job is…

November 4, 2022June 20, 2023
Categories Amanda Aksel, Book Review

Amanda Aksel | No Funny Business

The Plot (from Goodreads): Two down-on-their-luck comedians embark on a road tour and find more than a few good laughs on the way. Olivia Vincent…

October 28, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Amanda Jayatissa, Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers

Amanda Jayatissa | You’re Invited

The Plot (from Goodreads): When Amaya is invited to Kaavi’s over-the-top wedding in Sri Lanka, she is surprised and a little hurt to hear from…

August 31, 2022May 21, 2024
Categories Book Review, Denise Williams

Denise Williams | The Love Connection

The Plot (from Goodreads): Ollie Wright loves the thrill of taking chances, like opening a pet grooming salon in an airport where every day is…

August 17, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, May Cobb, Reviews with Spoilers

May Cobb | My Summer Darlings

The Plot (from Goodreads): A woman in the forest thinks she’s going to die. I know he’s coming back for me. Jen Hansen, Kittie Spears,…

July 8, 2022March 10, 2024
Categories Book Review, Emily Henry

Emily Henry | Book Lovers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Nora Stephens’ life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the…

June 26, 2022June 20, 2023
Categories Book Review, Ali Brady, Alison Hammer, Bradeigh Godfrey

Ali Brady | The Beach Trap

The Plot (from Goodreads): When twelve-year-olds Kat Steiner and Blake O’Neill meet at Camp Chickawah, they have an instant connection. But everything falls apart when…

June 14, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Amy Lea

Amy Lea | Set On You

The Influencers Series Set On YouExes and O’sThe Catch The Plot (from Goodreads): Curvy fitness influencer Crystal Chen built her career shattering gym stereotypes and…

June 3, 2022March 18, 2024
Categories Book Review, David Bell, Reviews with Spoilers

David Bell | Kill All Your Darlings

The Plot (from Goodreads): After years of struggling to write following the deaths of his wife and son, English professor Connor Nye publishes his first…

May 7, 2022August 9, 2022
Categories Book Review, Kosoko Jackson

Kosoko Jackson | I’m So (Not) Over You

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s been months since aspiring journalist Kian Andrews has heard from his ex-boyfriend, Hudson Rivers, but an urgent text has them…

April 26, 2022March 14, 2024
Categories Book Review, Kimmery Martin, Reviews with Spoilers

Kimmery Martin | The Queen of Hearts

The Plot (from Goodreads): Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships…

March 24, 2022March 28, 2022
Categories Book Review, Kimmery Martin, Reviews with Spoilers

Kimmery Martin | Doctors and Friends

The Plot (from Goodreads): Hannah, Compton, and Kira have been close friends since medical school, reuniting once a year for a much-needed vacation. Just as…

January 22, 2022April 15, 2022
Categories Book Review, Amanda Jayatissa, Reviews with Spoilers

Amanda Jayatissa | My Sweet Girl

The Plot (from Goodreads): Ever since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything—schools, money, and parents so…

January 20, 2022May 21, 2024
Categories Book Review, Rachel Lynn Solomon

Rachel Lynn Solomon | Weather Girl

The Plot (from Goodreads): Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves almost everything about her job as a TV meteorologist….

January 3, 2022August 23, 2023
Categories Book Review, Elyssa Friedland

Elyssa Friedland | Last Summer at the Golden Hotel

The Plot (from Goodreads): A family reunion for the ages when two clans convene for the summer at their beloved getaway in the Catskills–perfect for…

December 31, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Alexa Martin

Alexa Martin | Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes

The Plot (from Goodreads): Jude Andrews is famous. Well, at least on Instagram. Her brand is clean eating, good vibes, Pilates, and casually looking like…

December 30, 2021February 5, 2023
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Categories Book Review, Sonya Lalli

Sonya Lalli | A Holly Jolly Diwali

The Plot (from Goodreads): Twenty-nine-year-old Niki Randhawa has always made practical decisions. Despite her love for music and art, she became an analyst for the…

November 19, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Lyssa Kay Adams

Lyssa Kay Adams | Isn’t It Bromantic?

The Plot (from Goodreads): Elena Konnikova has lived her entire adult life in the shadows. As the daughter of a Russian journalist who mysteriously disappeared,…

November 3, 2021February 5, 2023
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Categories Book Review, Jen DeLuca

Jen Deluca | Well Matched (Well Met #3)

The Plot (from Goodreads): An accidentally in-love rom-com filled with Renaissance Faire flower crowns, kilts, corsets, and sword fights. Single mother April Parker has lived…

September 22, 2021February 17, 2023
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Categories Book Review, Colleen Oakley, Reviews with Spoilers

Colleen Oakley | The Invisible Husband of Frick Island

The Plot (from Goodreads): Piper Parrish’s life on Frick Island—a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay—is nearly perfect. Well, aside…

August 27, 2021March 18, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Amanda Aksel

Amanda Aksel | Delia Suits Up

The Plot (from Goodreads): Just once, Delia Reese wants to be the one calling the shots—not the one waiting to be called. Despite her stellar…

August 7, 2021February 5, 2023
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Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Samantha Downing

Samantha Downing | For Your Own Good

The Plot (from Goodreads): Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the esteemed Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest. He says…

August 2, 2021March 22, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Lyssa Kay Adams

Lyssa Kay Adams | The Bromance Book Club

The Plot (from Goodreads): The first rule of book club: You don’t talk about book club. Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott’s marriage is in…

June 20, 2021December 1, 2022
Categories Book Review, Beth O'Leary, Reviews with Spoilers

Beth O’Leary | The Road Trip

The Plot (from Goodreads): Addie and her sister are about to embark on an epic road trip to a friend’s wedding in the north of…

June 12, 2021February 2, 2022

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