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Contemporary Romance Book Review: Bookmarked for Love

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About the Book  Title:  Bookmarked for Love Author:  Sarah Monzon Series:  Checking Out Love Publisher:  Bethany House Publishers Release Date:  July 21, 2026 Click here to purchase a copy of the novel. Publisher’s Book Description  “When children’s librarian Martha Aldridge learns about budget cuts that will not only put her out of a job but also shut down the library’s children’s programs, she’s determined to raise the funds needed to save both. The good news is, she knows just who to ask for a large donation on the library’s behalf. The bad news? She swore she’d never step foot in his office again. Julien King has been groomed to one day run his family’s publishing empire, and now he must prove he’s ready to take the helm by turning around the company’s languishing children’s imprint. That wouldn’t be a problem, except he doesn’t know the first thing about children’s literature. So when Martha waltzes into his office, he sees an opportunity and make...

Historical Romance Book Review: The Favored Cowboy

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  About the Book Title: The Favored Cowboy   Series: Noble Ranch, Book 2   Author: Jody Hedlund   Publisher: Northern Lights Press   Publication Date: October 26, 2025  Click here to purchase a copy of this novel.   Publisher's Book Description After a tragic mistake cost him everything, veterinarian Thatcher Hoyt is doing his best to start over in the high country of Colorado. He’s gaining back his life, but he’s missing one thing—his mail-order bride, who should have arrived well before Christmas. Fleeing from her husband’s murderer, Amelia Stone makes it to Breckenridge, Colorado, as a mail-order bride. When she’s thrust into a wedding with her groom by an excited crowd, she hopes that this time she will have a respected place in the community and a happy home to give to her unborn baby. Thatcher is relieved his bride has finally arrived, but it doesn’t take long after the wedding for him to realize that many things about his new wife...

Historical Romance Book Review: The Forever Cowboy

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  About the Book Title: The Forever Cowboy Series: Noble Ranch, Book 1 Author: Jody Hedlund Publisher: Northern Lights Press Publication Date:  October 6, 2025 Click here to purchase a copy of this novel.   Publisher's Description  After running away from her wedding and hiding for months, Violet Berkley is back home in the high country of Colorado. Her father’s gambling debt has caught up to him, and he wants Violet and her sister to help him pay it off by working as dancing girls in a saloon. Rather than face such degradation, Violet seeks out the one man she hopes might be willing to help her. Sterling Noble doesn’t want anything to do with Violet after being jilted at the altar by her. He doesn’t want to see her, be near her, or even speak to her. But when she shows up on his doorstep in desperate straits, he’s too kind—and maybe still too in love with her—to do anything but protect her. Violet knows she doesn’t deserve another chance with Sterling,...

Historical Romance Book Review: The Collector of Burned Books

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  About the Book Title: The Collector of Burned Books   Author : Roseanna M. White   Genre: Historical   Romance   Publisher: Tyndale Fiction   Release Date: Ju ly 15 , 2 02 5     Click here to purchase a copy of this novel.   Publisher's Book Description “In this gripping World War II historical about the power of words, two people form an unlikely friendship amid the Nazi occupation in Paris and fight to preserve the truth that enemies of freedom long to destroy.     Paris, 1940. Ever since the Nazi Party began burning books, German writers exiled for their opinions or heritage have been taking up residence in Paris. There they opened a library meant to celebrate the freedom of ideas and gathered every book on the banned list . . . and even incognito versions of the forbidden books that were smuggled back into Germany.     For the last six years, Corinne Bastien has been reading those books and making that library ...

Contemporary Romance Book Review: Broncos and Ballads

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About the Book Title: Broncos and Ballads   Series: Healing Springs Ranch , Book 2   Author : Jody Hedlund   Genre: Contemporary Western Romance   Publisher: Northern Lights Press   Release Date: Ju ly 29 , 2 02 5     Click here to purchase a copy of this book.   Publisher's Book Description “The bad boy feels the McQuaid legacy of love is out of his reach. Maybe it’s closer than he realizes.     After a bad breakup, country music star Brock McQuaid finds his ratings tanking as fans begin to question whether he’s really experienced the love he sings about so passionately. To salvage his reputation, he agrees to pretend to fall in love with supermodel Venus Vargas, because she needs his help too.     Venus always thought she would marry her best friend Reed. But when he throws a surprise party celebrating his engagement to another woman, Venus finds herself scrambling to make sense of her relationship with him. To keep...