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Sometimes, scoundrels make the best partners

The Wedding Con by Janine Amesta

September 26, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Thank you to Janine Amesta and Tule Publishing for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This is the second book in the Love is in the Air series, but this book can be read as a standalone as well. If you prefer to start at the beginning, the first one is Love at First Flight (which I literally, just NOW, as I was writing this, realised is a pun on “love at first sight”. Now I feel stupid.) Naomi Moreno wants to help her stubborn and independent older […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ARC, cbr17, Climbing, con artist, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, family, Janine Amesta, Latinx, Love is in the Air, Malin, small town life, The Wedding Con, weddings

Malin's CBR17 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ARC, cbr17, Climbing, con artist, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, family, Janine Amesta, Latinx, Love is in the Air, Malin, small town life, The Wedding Con, weddings ·
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“Shay had always had one of those faces meant for smiling. Not every face was meant for smiling but Shay’s was one of them.”

In a Jam by Kate Canterbary

August 7, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars CBR17 Bingo: I (A book title beginning with I) Official plot summary: When Shay Zucconi’s step-grandmother died, she left Shay a tulip farm—under two conditions. First, Shay has to move home to the small town of Friendship, Rhode Island. Second—and most problematic, since her fiancé just called off the wedding—Shay must be married within one year. Marriage is the last thing in the world Shay wants but she’ll do anything to save the only real home she’s ever known. Noah Barden loved Shay […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: audiobook, cbr17, cbr17bingo, Contemporary Romance, farming, friendship, friendship Rhode Island, grief, Jason Clarke, Kate Canterbary, Kit Swann, Malin, Parenting, self esteem issues, small town life

Malin's CBR17 Review No:51 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance · Tags: audiobook, cbr17, cbr17bingo, Contemporary Romance, farming, friendship, friendship Rhode Island, grief, Jason Clarke, Kate Canterbary, Kit Swann, Malin, Parenting, self esteem issues, small town life ·
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“There’s a difference between someone loving you and agreeing with every single thing you do.”

It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

July 2, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Thanks to Netgalley and G.B. Putnam for this ARC. My opinion is my own. Jane Jackson spent her adolescence as the comic relief character “Janey Jakes” on a popular teen sitcom. Now she’s a creative executive at a movie studio, and really trying to get a script she loves turned into a movie. Frequently crippled with anxiety and self esteem issues, Jane has learned to “fake it till you make it”, but she may have faked it too far this time. Desperate to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: Annabel Monaghan, Anxiety, ARC, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Malin, movie production, NetGalley, small town life

Malin's CBR17 Review No:31 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: Annabel Monaghan, Anxiety, ARC, cbr17, Contemporary Romance, Malin, movie production, NetGalley, small town life ·
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“You’re the reason for for the word wonderful. It really shouldn’t be used for anything else.”

Funny Story by Emily Henry

July 17, 2024 by Malin 1 Comment

CBR16 Sweet Books: Exciting Daphne used to have the perfect life. Working as a children’s librarian, living in a beautiful house with her fiancée Peter, Then, returning from his bachelor party, a shame-faced Peter confesses that he is in fact in love with his best friend Petra, and Daphne has one week to move all her things out of the house (which is owned entirely by Peter). Concluding that Petra’s equally dumped boyfriend Miles probably has some free space in his flat, Daphne moves in […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: audio book, CBR16, CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, Emily Henry, emotional abuse, Excited, friendship, Funny Story, julia whelan, librarians, Malin, small town life

Malin's CBR16 Review No:29 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Romance · Tags: audio book, CBR16, CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, Emily Henry, emotional abuse, Excited, friendship, Funny Story, julia whelan, librarians, Malin, small town life ·
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“If eyes were the windows into the soul, Delilah’s had long been shuttered.”

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

July 6, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars CBR16 Sweet Books: New (author and series) CBR16 Book Bingo: Pride Delilah Green grew up in Bright Falls, in the care of her wealthy, but emotionally cold stepmother (after her father died), and never managed to forge a connection to her always perfect stepsister Astrid either. Astrid had her two best friends, Claire and Iris, and more than once Delilah overheard them saying mean things about her. When she got the chance, she left Bright Falls for New York and has rarely been back […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Ashley Green Doesn't Care, Ashley Herring Blake, bright falls, CBR16, cbr16bingo, CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, family, friendship, LGBTQIA, Malin, narfna, photography, Pride, small town life

Malin's CBR16 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Ashley Green Doesn't Care, Ashley Herring Blake, bright falls, CBR16, cbr16bingo, CBR16SweetBooks, Contemporary Romance, family, friendship, LGBTQIA, Malin, narfna, photography, Pride, small town life ·
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“There has never been a moment when I didn’t notice you. I can’t stop noticing you – and I should.”

Shucked by Kate Canterbary

November 12, 2023 by Malin 3 Comments

4.5 stars Sunny DuJardin is just about to open a vegan cafe in her hometown of Friendship, Rhode Island, but keeps butting heads with the man who tormented her in much of her adolescence and early teenage years. Beckett Loew has had to take a leave of absence from his high-powered business job in Singapore to return to Friendship to try to figure out the total mess his flakey parents have made with the family’s oyster restaurant. His father and many of the senior management […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #food, CBR15, chronic illness, Contemporary Romance, Kate Canterbary, Malin, Shucked, small town life, the Loew Brothers

Malin's CBR15 Review No:68 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #food, CBR15, chronic illness, Contemporary Romance, Kate Canterbary, Malin, Shucked, small town life, the Loew Brothers ·
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