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Just One Kiss (Courtney Walsh) – Review

He broke her heart. Now, he’s back, and he’s determined to show her what they had isn’t over. . . and he can prove it with just one kiss.

Single mother Carly Collins likes predictability. However, when her son Jaden’s health is threatened, her neatly controlled world is tossed into a tailspin. Nothing is certain anymore, especially her feelings for Josh Dixon, Jaden’s father, her first love and the man responsible for shattering her heart sixteen years ago.

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21 October 2019

First Line Friday – Just One Kiss (Courtney Walsh)

Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. I finished reading Courtney Walsh’s latest release Just One Kiss recently, a great choice for contemporary romance lovers! Look for my review coming soon, but in the meantime, here’s the first line…

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4 October 2019

Things Left Unsaid (Courtney Walsh) – Review

~ About the Book ~ An emotional novel of family, friendship and forgiveness from Courtney Walsh, the New York Times bestselling author of Hometown Girl. Lyndie St. James is thrilled that her best friend, Elle, is getting married but unprepared for the emotional storm of the wedding week and returning to her childhood summer home of Sweethaven. The idyllic cottage community harbors some of her best—and worst—memories. It’s not only the tragic death of her childhood friend Cassie that has haunted her for ten years, it’s the other secrets she’s buried that have kept her from moving on. But Lyndie isn’t the only

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10 November 2018

Just Let Go (Courtney Walsh) – Review

~ About the Book ~ For Quinn Collins, buying the flower shop in downtown Harbor Pointe fulfills a childhood dream, but also gives her the chance to stick it to her mom, who owned the store before skipping town twenty years ago and never looking back. Completing much-needed renovations, however, while also competing for a prestigious flower competition with her mother as the head judge, soon has Quinn in over her head. Not that she’d ever ask for help. Luckily, she may not need to. Quinn’s father and his meddling friends find the perfect solution in notorious Olympic skier Grady Benson, who

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28 June 2018

Romance Rendezvous with Courtney Walsh

Welcome, friends! I’m having a little Romance Rendezvous with Courtney Walsh today, whose book Just Let Go released at the beginning of this month (and just happens to be next on my TBR!) Grab your drink of choice and join us!

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22 June 2018

Most Anticipated Books of 2018 – Contemporary Settings (and Top Ten Tuesday)

Welcome, book lovers! I hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas. I don’t know about you, but I think there’s something almost magical about these days between Christmas and New Year’s Day. It’s like the old year has finished, but the new one hasn’t yet arrived, and you can sit back and imagine the possibilities. What will the new year hold? What new goals will you set? Which new leaves will you turn over? And the most important question, of course—Which new books are you most looking forward to? Today’s post is doubling as a Top Ten Tuesday post, because that’s

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26 December 2017

Weekend Book Buzz – 16/17 September 2017

It’s been a busy weekend for me this weekend, with a flying visit (literally and figuratively!) to Melbourne to see TWO of my favourite groups in concert together. If you’re a fan of a cappella vocal music and you’ve never heard of Australian vocal group The Idea of North, or Swedish vocal group The Real Group, then you need to fix that pronto! But that’s probably not why you’re here, and there’s plenty of bookish news to share too, so let’s get down to business, eh?

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17 September 2017

Weekend Book Buzz – 22/23 July 2017

Hello again, book lovers! Many apologies for having to skip last week’s Book Buzz post. We have been plagued by colds and viruses around here, and while we’re not out of the woods yet, we can see the clearing on the other side, shall we say. Not to mention I’ve managed to catch up on some of my backlog! 😳 Since we missed last week, I have included links to my posts from the last two weeks below.

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23 July 2017