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Adult Fiction
Book Review: How to Love Your Neighbour
Interior design school? Check. Cute house to fix up? Check. Sexy nemesis neighbour? Check. Unfortunately. Grace Travis has it all figured out. She’ll finish her degree, get her dream job…
Book Review: The Roughest Draft
They were cowriting literary darlings until they hit a plot hole that turned their lives upside down. Three years ago, Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen were the brightest literary…
Book Review: Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry…
Book Review: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and…
Book Review: Dial A For Aunties
What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2,000 wedding guests, and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family? You get 4…
Book Review: The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if…
Book Review: The Maid by Nita Prose
Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into…
Book Review: The Stranger in Our Bed
Charlotte ended her marriage for a man who didn’t exist… She has everything money can buy. She’s a good wife, but sometimes she feels trapped. And when she starts an…