Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Nart is an avid romance reader who dabbles in other stuff when she has the spoons. When she’s not reading she’s a bureaucrat both professionally and as an activist because she’s a masochist. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Nart's Quick Questions interview.)

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“Clearly the sight of a well-muscled forearm incited a woman to utter depravity. How else to explain the invention of cuffs?”

Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare

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Plot: Lucy is decided as a girl that she would marry Toby, one of her brother’s friends. There was only one problem – Toby didn’t see her as a young woman ready to marry but as a kid. Fortunately, Lucy has two things going for her: her indefatigable spirit and her brother’s other friend Jeremy, who seems intent on throwing himself between her and her problems anyway. So he can start by teaching her some of the basics of seduction and then help her make […]

“No, this had nothing to do with surrogate grannies or sex. So what was going on?”

An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

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Sometimes you just need a collection of short stories about an old lady who uses her cleverness and people’s assumptions about the abilities of old people to punish the bad and get away with it. Plot: Maud is 88. She lives alone and has no real friends or family. Still, she’s quite content. She is healthy as an ox, has financial independence, and travels for fun for months at a time. Only now and again, she comes across some fucking piece of shit garbage person […]

“Everyone has a time when they need a lot more than they can give. It doesn’t matter how much you hate it. It’s just true.”

Keepsake by Sarina Bown

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The third book in Sarina Bowen’s True North series. Plot: Wealthy young woman goes on a volunteer trip in a developing country, does not follow instructions, and is kidnapped and held hostage. She is understandably traumatized, and ends up at the Shipley farm trying to recover away from the prying eyes of her family. Zachariah also carries trauma, from having grown up in a cult and then being unceremoniously dumped by them a couple years ago. He too is trying to learn how to carry […]

“A woman matters, married or not, children or no children. I matter, just as I am, right now. I’m a whole human being.”

The Gentleman's Gambit by Evie Dunmore

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Bookish Catriona finally gets to spread her wings. Plot: Catriona is a born academic. Deeply introverted and thoughtful and perhaps a bit disconnected from the physical world. Because while she had been focusing on her schooling and her activism with the suffragettes, her father, who shares many of the same qualities with her, has been letting their tiny northern Scottish estate go to seed. But there’s a solution, because goddamnit she was going to be an author, and she was going to make so much […]

“I know what a quiche is, Your Lordship. I’m the fancy kind of whore.”

The Mistress Experience by Scarlett Peckham

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The third novel in the Society a Sirens series and just as good. Plot: Thaïs Magdalene is the most desired courtesan in England and proud of this. Her desirability is rooted in her renowned beauty, sexual expertise, and the exclusivity she has developed. Fiercely independent, once established, Thaïs has refused to take the same lover twice, or for more than one night. Determined to fund a school for girls like the one she had been, to give them more options than she had, she puts […]

“He was going to be very upset if this seemingly nice man was taking them down to his murder room.”

After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M Lopez

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Classic opposites attract in a very unexpected setting. Plot: Alex has a huge chip on her shoulder. Growing up as a third (fourth?) generation Mexican American in Kansas to a huge family meant always fighting to be seen for herself, and as an American. She fueled her rage into a wildly successful bartending career with huge social media presence. But when her beloved grandmother has a bad fall, she’s thrust back into small town Kansas life, even further complicated by a rich white dude from […]



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