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Review: Promise Me by Sara Cate

I’m not normally one who loves a book that flashes between past and present, but what Sara Cate did with Promise Me might just convert me. The second book in Cate’s Sinful Manor series follows Declan Barclay and his relationship with Colin Shelby. The relationship starts as friends then becomes so much more over the course of several years. In this regard, I think it was crucial for the author to weave the past into the present because readers need the full picture of who these two were to each other before they can understand who they will become now. This isn’t an easy road to love, but it is an emotionally rich and satisfying tale.

Review: Cupid is a Liar by Lexi Davis

Cupid is a Liar is such a fun and entertaining read. I loved it from the start, and the story kept its promise all the way to the end. It’s fast-paced, with great writing, storytelling, and plenty of in-depth characterization. The author skillfully packed a lot into the book, and all of it makes for a quick, easy, and thoroughly enjoyable one-sitting read.

Review: We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark

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Run for your Life Callie Kingman by Alli Frank and Asha Youmans PRINT

Run for your Life, Callie Kingman by Alli Frank & Asha Youmans

In RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, CALLIE KINGMAN (Montlake; December 30, 2025), Alli Frank and Asha Youmans are at the height of their genre-bending storytelling powers in this revelatory love letter to Gen X women everywhere. Frank and Youmans share, “Within these pages, we did our best to explore many of the varying loves that exist in most people’s lives: Love of hometown. Familial love. Love of camaraderie and lifelong friendships. Intimate love. And most important, self-love.”