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Happy #LaborDay!

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    “You may have noticed I am wearing one of your shirts this morning.” “Oh yeah,” Rand murmured. He’d noticed. Looked like she had two puppies in a sack in there, tusslin’ when she moved. “The reason I am wearing your clothes is because the laundry needs to be done and you have not done it.” That statement took him out of his contemplation of how much fun it would be to undo the rest of the buttons on his shirt and give those pups some air. “What?” “I said, you have not done the laundry, Washburn.” Julia turned back to the grate to squat down and flip the cakes. “Yeah, well, that’s your job. You’re the wife.” She turned her head and looked up at him with raised brows. “Is that what you thought? That because that magistrate pronounced a few words over us I would take over all the domestic chores? Who did your laundry before you had a wife?” Rand shifted and ran his free hand through his hair. “I did my laundry. But I didn’t like it!” “No one likes it. Here is what I propose… ...

Review: Strange Love

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Strange Love by Ann Aguirre My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean

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A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean by Burton L. Visotzky My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon

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Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

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Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution by Eric Jay Dolin My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Unorthodox Love

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Unorthodox Love by Heidi Shertok My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

It's Tu B'Av! Party like it's 5783, or Celebrating the Jewish Day of Romance

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Gabriel levered himself off the sofa and came up behind her, watching her busy, efficient hands in the mirror as she arranged the lace at her throat to hide the whisker marks on her neck. He peered solemnly into the glass and sighed. “I am so beautiful, and you are so smart. We will make wonderful children together, querida .” A smile quirked her cool lips as she adjusted her spectacles. “Let us hope they inherit a bit of modesty from me, Mr. Lopez. Why do you say I am smart?” He leaned forward and placed his lips just below her ear, a soft kiss that wouldn’t disarrange the lace or be noticed later. “You are smart because you agreed to marry me. Which makes me not only beautiful, but muy mazaloso ,” he added in Ladino. “An extremely fortunate man. " --Captain Sinister's Lady   Tuesday night and Wednesday (Jewish days begin at sundown) is Tu B'Av,  the Jewish Day of Love. " Chag HaAhava " in Hebrew. What? You didn't know there was a Jewish holiday celebrati...

Review: Babel: An Arcane History

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Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: The Malevolent Seven

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The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: The Seven Year Slip

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The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder

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A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder by Dianne Freeman My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: The True Love Experiment

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The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Psyche and Eros

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Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamara My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Remember Me

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Remember Me by Mary Balogh My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Hotel of Secrets

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Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Happy Father's Day!

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“Did Anne Bonny’s papa love her?” “As I recall the tale, he did. Sit here next to me and I will find out.” He set her next to him and, reclaiming the book, flipped a few pages then smiled. “See here, Mattie? It’s a picture of Anne Bonny sitting on her papa’s lap, just as you sat on mine. Yes, according to Captain Johnson, he ‘had a great affection’ for the child, but he dressed Anne as a little boy to fool his wife, who’d heard about the birth of a daughter that was her husband’s child. He began living with Anne’s mama and then took them to Carolina where he prospered.” “Was he a pirate in Carolina, like Blackbeard?” “No, a merchant and a lawyer, though given those two professions, he may have had some of the pirate in him.” “I am wondering if this is the best bedtime reading for a child,” Lydia said. He looked down at Mattie. “Well, child? Is it a good bedtime story?” She nodded vigorously. “Yes! I want to hear more about Anne and her pirate ways!” --THE PIRATE'S SECRET BABY (Hig...

Review: One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World

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One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World by Michael Frank My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Jane & Edward: A Modern Reimagining of Jane Eyre

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Jane & Edward: A Modern Reimagining of Jane Eyre by Melodie Edwards My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: Saga, Volume 10

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Saga, Volume 10 by Brian K. Vaughan My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews