𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐚: 𝐀 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥

𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐚: 𝐀 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥

𝐁𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢 𝐒. 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐫

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟓.𝟏𝟔.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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Thank you @tlcbooktours @marinerbooks and @devislaskar for a spot on tour and a gifted copy. 

For fans of  The Burning Girl by Claire Messud and  Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi, a stunning, gut-punch of a novel that follows a young Indian American woman who, in the wake of tragedy, must navigate her family’s expectations as she grapples with a complicated love and loss. 

On the cusp of her eighteenth birthday, Heera and her best friends, siblings Marie and Marco, tease the fun out of life in Raleigh, North Carolina, with acts of rebellion and delinquency. They paint the town’s water towers with red anarchy symbols and hang out at the local bus station to pickpocket money for their Great Escape to New York. But no matter how much Heera defies her strict upbringing, she’s always avoided any real danger—until one devastating night changes everything. In its wake, Marco reinvents himself as Crash and spends his days womanizing and burning through a string of jobs. Meanwhile, Heera’s dream to go to college in New York is suddenly upended. Over the years, Heera’s and Crash’s paths cross and recross on a journey of dreams, desires, jealousies, and betrayals. 

Heart-wrenching, darkly funny, and buoyed by gorgeous prose,  Circa is at once an irresistible love story and a portrait of a young woman torn between duty and her own survival, between obligation and freedom.

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🖼️ 𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚍’𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎? 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛’𝚜.

𝐄𝐬𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 | Book Tour

𝐄𝐬𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲

𝐁𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟓.𝟑𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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Thank you  #partner @bibliolifestyle and @williammorrowbooks for a spot on tour and a gifted book.

From the author of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, comes a novel about the meaning of family and the places we call home. If you love “southern summer” fiction authors like Mary Alice Monroe and Kristy Woodson Harvey you’ll love this delicious novel about family, friendship, and finding your true path in life. 

Esme Cahill thinks she has failed spectacularly: fired from her New York City publishing job, divorced from her husband, and possessing little more than a broken-down car and a pile of unfinished manuscripts, she drives home to Asheville at the request of her late grandmother, Adele, who had begged her, just before she died, to return to the place she grew up.

There she discovers the once-charming lakeside retreat run by her family is sliding toward financial ruin, so with the help of her grandfather, George; estranged mother, Robyn; and a travelling chef Dawes (maker of the world’s best grilled cheese sandwich) they set to work. In the attic, Esme unearths a trove of museum-worthy art quilts, sewn by Adele. Piecing together the inspiration behind them, Esme discovers a forgotten chapter in her family history and her grandmother’s untold story, that of a gifted artist who never received her due.

This is an always-emotional, sometimes humorous, very human novel of what it means to be family—the ties that bind us together and the unintentional hurts that can rend us apart. And, along the way, Esme learns that failure can be the first step toward the life you’re meant to find.

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Oh my goodness, I started reading this and I’m loving it! If you’re looking for a “feel-good” story, with family drama and summertime vibes, you need to read this one. 

🚪𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 “𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝” 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬? 

𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐞 | Book Tour

𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐞

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐝𝐢 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐙𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚 

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟒.𝟐𝟓.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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Thank you @tlcbooktours @kensingtonbooks @btc_books and @jodithomasauthor for a spot on tour and a gifted book.

📕 Starri Knight is a big believer in fate. How else to explain the compelling connection she feels to the stranger she pulls out of a wrecked car on the very same road where her parents died twenty years earlier? Alongside Auntie Ona-May, the only mother she’s ever known, Starri saves Rusty O’Sullivan’s life—just as Ona-May once did when Starri was an orphaned babe. But convincing Rusty he has something to live for is going to take all of Starri’s faith in miracles . . .

Like a wish he hadn’t even known to make, Starri landed in Rusty’s life, filling him with a longing for a family. . . . Then Jackson Landry, a new lawyer, turns up to present a surprise that will change the direction of his life: An inheritance from the father Rusty never knew—and the promise of the family he’d never had. It’s a lot for the hard-bitten loner to accept as love rushes into his life . . .

A sense of duty has Rusty heading to Honey Creek to deal with his father’s estate—and find his lost siblings. But having family is one thing, learning to love them is another. Good thing new friends are by his side to help him along the way.

🍓𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭?

𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟔 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | Review & Tour Stop

𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟔 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐁𝐲 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐧

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟓.𝟑𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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📗 Dr. Jennifer Guttman is a strong advocate of providing guidance for self-improvement outside of the confines of traditional therapy, and to that end, her strategy works so well because of its universal applicability. In Beyond Happiness, Dr. Guttman lays out six techniques that will empower you to gain control over your own happiness: avoiding assumptions; reducing people-pleasing behaviors; facing fears; making decisions; closing; and active self-reinforcement.

The immense success that Dr. Guttman has had using these techniques within her practice is a testament to just how effective they are. She has shown how moving beyond happiness to satisfaction and contentment is a very achievable and rewarding journey.

😃  😃  😃

Let me give you a peek at the six secrets that Dr. Guttman covers: (and my short take on them).

1. Assumptions – which can lead to overthinking and miscommunication 🤔
2. People Pleasing – enough said, right?
3. Facing Fears – builds confidence 💪
4. Making Decisions – you need to trust yourself. 
5. Closing Tasks – another confidence booster 
6. Active Self Reinforcement – think of being your own cheerleader 📣

These are just some of the topics covered in this very insightful and helpful book.

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours and @guttman_psychology for a tour spot and a gifted book. 

😃 𝗦𝗼, 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧 | Review & Tour Stop

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟔.𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐻𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝒫𝓊𝒷 𝒲𝑒𝑒𝓀!

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Thank you @getredprbooks and @cowell.stephanie for a tour spot and a gifted book. 

 It is 1903 in the English countryside when Robbie, a shy young art student, meets the twenty-nine-year-old Anton who is running from memories of his brutal childhood and failed marriage. Within months, they begin a love affair that will never let them go. Robbie grows into an accomplished portraitist in the vivid London art world with the help of Anton’s enchanting former wife, while Anton turns from his inherited wealth and connections to improve the conditions of the poor. But it is the Edwardian Era, and the law sentences homosexual men to prison with hard labor, following the tragic experience of Oscar Wilde. As Robbie and Anton’s commitment to each other grows, the world about them turns to a more dangerous place.

🧑‍💼 ☔ 🩷

The subject alone is moving and is a cause for tension. But with gay lovers at different stages in life and bringing very different things into the relationship, the story becomes complex and emotional. The writing may be a bit slow and stilted for some, but I think it fits perfectly with the time period. 

This is a bittersweet love story, but it also highlights the cruel laws of the Edwardian Era, and what people were willing to do for love.  

☔ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐲-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 | Review & Tour Stop

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞

𝐁𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟓.𝟏𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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In 1969, Rosalee Linoff is determined to jump back into life. For her, that means returning to her art. She desperately wants to be accepted as a talented sculptor. Her paralyzing insecurity mounts when she meets her new neighbor, best-selling author Fran Barish. 

Fran has the recognition Rosalee craves. But Rosalee’s joy with her children, especially her granddaughter, Jill, eats at Fran, a constant reminder of her childlessness. A spiral of mutual envy ensues. It constantly bubbles below the surface of their friendship and is intensified by Fran’s long-held secret – and her inexplicable fascination with Jill’s emerald necklace. 

As Jill starts college, Rosalee worries about the choices her granddaughter might make. But Jill’s passion for women’s rights makes Grandma proud. Together with Rosalee’s friends, they travel to New York City for the Women’s Strike for Equality – which further escalates the tension between Rosalee and Fran. 

When Jill’s convictions are tested, Rosalee faces a dilemma. Does she dare trust Fran to help? Will their mutual jealousy make that impossible? Or will the story behind Jill’s emerald bind them together?

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This engrossing read had many things that drew me to it and held my interest: set in the volatile late 60s – early 70s, dynamic, multigenerational female relationships, and emotional topics. 

Linda Rosen did a fantastic job weaving the real-life events into the storyline, making this historical, but also thought-provoking as these issues are still relevant today. Well written and incredibly captivating.

Thank you @Suzyapprovedbooktours and @lindarosenauthor for a tour spot and a gifted ebook. 

🟩 𝙴𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎; 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝 | Tour Stop

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝

𝐁𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐆𝐞𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟓.𝟏𝟔.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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Thank you @tlcbooktours and @natgeobooks for a spot on tour and a gifted book.  

In this inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed author David Quammen journeys to places where civilization meets raw nature and explores the challenge of balancing the needs of both.

For more than two decades, award-winning science and nature writer David Quammen has traveled to Earth’s most far-flung and fragile destinations, sending back field notes from places caught in the tension between humans and the wild. This illuminating book features 20 of those elegantly written narratives, originally published in National Geographic magazine and updated for today, telling colorful and impassioned stories from some of the planet’s wildest locales. 

Quammen shares encounters with African elephants, chimpanzees, and gorillas (and their saviors, including Jane Goodall); the salmon of northeastern Russia and the people whose livelihood depends on them; the lions of Kenya and the villagers whose homes border on parks created to preserve the species; and the champions of rewilding efforts in southernmost South America, designed to rescue iconic species including jaguars and macaws.

With a new introduction, afterword, and notes framing each story, Quammen reminds us of the essential role played by wild nature at the heart of the planet.

**all fur seen here is faux

🦒🦏🛻🐆🦛  I am a huge animal lover so these essays fascinate me! 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘪? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦?

𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 | Audiobook Review

𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟒.𝟏𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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You probably won’t hear this often from me, but this is a thriller that completely captivated me. The story flowed so well and I liked the setting of Wonderland (a creepy wannabe Disneyland). 

Detective Vanessa Castro’s first day on the job and she’s called to Wonderland Amusement Park for a dead body on the grounds. When she starts investigating, she turns up a number of missing boys – all linked to Wonderland in some way. Oh great, and her young teenage daughter is working at Wonderland for the summer.

With a Cougar-like boss, a creepy clown museum, and the cops practically on payroll, Wonderland is definitely not the happiest place on earth or the safest! If you’re looking for some thrills, chills, and a creeper or two, don’t miss this one. In fact, it’s a perfect summertime thriller.

Thank you @macmillian.audio for the gifted audiobook.

🎢 ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ʀɪᴅᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴀɴ ᴀᴍᴜꜱᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴀʀᴋ?

𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 |Review & Tour Stop

𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮

𝐁𝐲 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐀𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟏.𝟏.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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Thank you @tlcbooktours and @kirstenpursell for a spot on tour and a gifted book.

A coming-of-middle-age novel that challenges the assumption that the status quo is as good as it gets.

A love story of self, of past, of present, of future. One woman’s journey to put the pieces of her life together in the most meaningful way — at times chaotic, at times cathartic, but ultimately beautiful in all its imperfect pieces.

🌼  🌼  🌼

This book was written with such authenticity and hit on many poignant notes of marriage that I literally stopped and checked to see if it wasn’t a memoir.

As Jenn struggles to feel loved and seen in her marriage, especially now with the kids out of the house, and her mother’s death, she stumbles across her first love, Tripp.

She finds her old diaries, chronicling their summer love story. Jenn then searches for him on Facebook. It starts a chain reaction – one she’s not sure she should start. 

A story of wanting to find the person you were and have lost along the way. 𝙑𝙪𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙍𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡.

🧑‍💻 𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 / 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔? 𝙳𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝?

𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 (𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏) | Review & Tour Stop

𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 (𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏)

𝐁𝐲 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐧

𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟓.𝟏𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

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Thank you @KateRockBookTours and @WhitneyDineenAuthor for a spot on tour and a gifted book (and fun swag – including the tic-tacs). 😀

This is my first Whitney Dineen book, she has a ton, and I’m so thankful I found her! My goodness, this was such a cute read.

Faith’s best friend Anna is getting married, and Faith hopes she is next. But then she finds out her boyfriend, Astor, has been cheating on her and plans on dumping her after Anna’s wedding. Figures. 

Faith wants to ensure that Anna has a great wedding, even though Astor will be there, but how. Just then, into the little bakery where Faith works, her answer arrives.

Teddy is a movie star. He starred in the newest Wonder movie (think like Marvel movies, so his face was somewhat hidden). But he’s come to Elk Lake, Wisconsin, to be with his lonely Grandfather (so sweet). When Teddy walks into the bakery, Faith is a mess, and big-hearted Teddy offers to be her date to the wedding. But here’s the catch. In all the confusion at their first meeting, Faith somehow misinterpreted that Teddy is gay, he’s not, but he went along with it to hide his true identity.

So yeah, there’s a lot of miscommunication, and as feelings spark, Teddy and Faith have toxic exes that cause problems. But they are so stinking cute together, kind, and they love their grandparents and friends.

Set in a cozy small-town and with plenty of warmth and humor – you can’t help but root for Teddy and Faith.

💥 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚕 – 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛: 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛?