Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Much better than the cover made me expect

Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross

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From Goodreads: Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas’s life is completely upended the moment her dad returns to the major leagues as the new pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. Now she’s living in Missouri (too cold), attending an all-girls school (no boys), and navigating the strange world of professional sports. But Annie has dreams of her own—most of which involve placing first at every track meet…and one starring the Royals’ super-hot rookie pitcher. But nineteen-year-old Jason Brody is completely, utterly, and totally off-limits. Besides, her dad […]

A fun, but forgettable detective romp

What the Lady Wants by Jennifer Crusie

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From Goodreads: Mitch Peabody was learning pretty fast that the life of a private detective was nothing like the movies. He’d envisioned a world of tough-talking detectives and smart-mouthed, stunning dames. Instead he saw case after case of cheating husbands, suspicious wives and unsuspecting mistresses until she walked through the door. Right down to her stilettos, Mae Sullivan was a knockout with a lethal body–and a lethal family to go with it.  There was something not quite on the up-and-up about her, but she came […]

Sometimes you just need to watch it all burn

Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan

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4.5 stars This novella is part of The Worth Saga, and stars one of the minor supporting characters of After the Wedding. You really don’t need to have read that book, though (unless you want to, it’s good, but sad), this story stands perfectly on its own. From the author’s website: Mrs. Bertrice Martin—a widow, some seventy-three years young—has kept her youthful-ish appearance with the most powerful of home remedies: daily doses of spite, regular baths in man-tears, and refusing to give so much as a single damn […]

It puts such a strain on your quaint island retreat when someone tries to murder you

A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn

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Spoiler warning! This is book four in an ongoing series, and while you get enough information to follow the plot, you’re definitely better off starting at the beginning. Especially since there are quite a lot stuff that’s been building for the entire series that finally begins to come to fruition in this book, and it’ll be a lot more satisfying if you’ve read the preceding three books. From Goodreads: Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell is whisked off to a remote island off the tip of Cornwall when her […]

I’m so glad your first historical romance in several years was actually GOOD, Ms. Long!

Lady Derring Takes a Lover by Julie Anne Long

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From Goodreads: A mistress. A mountain of debt. A mysterious wreck of a building. Delilah Swanpool, Countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, “Dear Dull Derring,” is a lot more interesting—and perfidious—dead than alive. It’s a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her, are the seeds of her liberation. And she vows never again to place herself at the mercy of a man. But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless. […]

Kissing and scheming and spaceship stealing

Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik

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3.5 stars From Goodreads: As the seventh of nine children, Ada von Hasenberg knows that her only value to House von Hasenberg is as a political pawn in an arranged marriage. But after watching two of her older sisters get auctioned off to horrible men, Ada refuses to play her part. She flees off-planet and disappears for two years. Ada’s father, fed up with her rebellion, offers a bounty for her safe return. The universe is a big place, but mercs are everywhere, and Ada […]



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