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Count Me In (Mikal Dawn) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Allegra Spencer has been living a careful life. Her safe job as an accountant is bookended by going to church and the gym. Okay, sometimes the gym. Fine. She goes to church. And the coffee shop. She avoids risk at all cost, preferring to stay safe in her cozy condo. Until her accounting firm goes belly up and she’s out of a job. Tyler Hawk had a glorious career as a star NFL tight end. He retired on a high note and now lives a second dream of owning his own business and leading others

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Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Meant To Get To In 2017…

Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday, reader friends. How’s 2018 treating you so far? It’s been a scorcher where I am in New South Wales, Australia, with temps ranging from 39-45C over the last few days (that’s 102-111F), so I’ve been hibernating in the air-conditioning and playing match referee/crisis counsellor to my house-bound children. Fun. 😳 Thankfully it’s cooled down a little today!

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Meet the Writer – Mikal Dawn (+ Giveaway!)

If you have ever met Mikal Dawn, either in real life or online, you’ll know she’s a bundle of fun, so I’m super excited to have her on my blog today letting us get to know her as a writer! ~ About the Author ~ Mikal Dawn is an inspirational romance author, wedding enthusiast and proud military wife. By day she works for an international sports ministry, and by night she mutters to imaginary friends, performs sketchy Google searches, and procrastinates (like any good writer!). When she isn’t writing about faith, fun, and forever, she is obsessively scouring Pinterest (with

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Weekend Book Buzz – 13/14 May 2017

Hello book lovers! Boy am I buzzing with book love this month! So many excellent new releases, sales, cover reveals, and more! But before we get into that, let’s recap the week here at Fiction Aficionado:

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Top Ten Tuesday – My Spring (Autumn!) TBR Part 2

Top Ten Tuesday is back to its regular schedule today with the girls from The Broke and The Bookish, but if you caught last week’s post you’ll know I got in a week early! When I saw that this week’s post would be a Top Ten list of spring (otherwise known as autumn in my part of the world) TBR titles, I knew there was no way I could fit them all in one post, so I split mine into two parts. If you want to see what made it on to my first-half-of-spring list, you can read last week’s

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Weekend Book Buzz

Hello fellow book lovers! Hope your weekend is treating you well.  Mine’s nearly over, but there’s just enough time to generate a bit of weekend book buzz! First of all, a quick recap on what’s been happening right here at Fiction Aficionado (graphics link to reviews): Reviews:       Regular posts: Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Loved More Than I Thought I Would Word Nerd Wednesday:  What Do You Call It? – The Main Meals First Line Friday:  The Message in a Bottle Romance Collection ~ Blog Tours ~ There are currently two tours underway with Celebrate Lit, and you can

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