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You Belong With Me (Tari Faris) – Review

Realtor Hannah Thornton has many talents. Unfortunately, selling houses in the town where her family name is practically poison isn’t one of them. When a business tycoon determines to raze historic homes in the small town of Heritage, Michigan, and replace them with a strip mall, Hannah resolves to stop him. She sets about helping Heritage win a restoration grant that will put the town back on the map–and hopefully finally repay the financial debt Hannah’s mother caused the town.

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First Line Friday – You Belong With Me (Tari Faris)

Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. If you love contemporary romance, you’re definitely going to want to get your hands on a copy of Tari Faris’s debut novel You Belong With Me. I’ve nearly finished reading it—I had to force myself to put it down for a moment to write this post!—so I can tell you it’s a great read. Look for my review early next week!

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Written in the Dust (Christina Coryell) – Review

~ About the Book ~ There are two basic types of people you’ll come across in small towns. Planters have the land in their blood and want to stay forever. Dreamers long for the day they will finally escape. Holly Christian? Definitely a planter. She’s never considered leaving for greener pastures, but it’ll be a whole lot easier to move forward when people finally stop telling her that will never happen. Thank goodness she has an ally in Hunter Pearce. He has no desire to leave now that he has what he’s always wanted. Well…almost. The words he can’t take

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Written in the Stars (Christina Coryell) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Roundabout these parts, dirt roads don’t just get you from point A to point B. They intersect to create a maze of life often missed when outsiders drive through a sleepy town. The number on the population sign might seem insignificant, but a few short steps from the beaten path, there’s more than meets the eye. Look a little closer… That sleek out-of-town convertible is bringing former pageant queen Brooke Langdon back into town for the first time in a decade. She’s dragging nothing with her but the hyphen in her last name. Gatlin Moore

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