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Do you know how excited we are about this release??
No, you couldn't possibly. But we are so so soooo excited! 12 DAYSSSS! In this steamy regency romp, written by New Orleans local (and...
mstufail19
Jul 11, 20242 min read
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Bittersweet updates from Kissing Books NOLA
It's been a long time since we've updated this blog or this site at all. A lot has happened, and at the same time nothing has. When we...
mstufail19
Jul 8, 20242 min read
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We are on Bookshop.org!!!
Y'all. Things are starting to move a little quicker. We've got our LLC. We've got our resale certificate, which means we can start...
mstufail19
Aug 23, 20221 min read
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The Fool and the Sparrow by Dana Fox
4.5/5 stars 4.5/5 spice As soon as I started reading this book, I got a little worried. I don't know anything about tarot and this starts...
mstufail19
Jun 15, 20221 min read
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Celestial Persuasion - Mirta Ines Trupp
Trupp's prequel to Jane Austen's Persuasion is both alike and unlike anything I've ever read. Alike in that, it read like a Jane Austen...
mstufail19
Jun 14, 20221 min read
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Fire in His Blood (Fireblood Dragon #1) - Ruby Dixon
4/5 stars 5/5 peppers It's a post-apocalyptic world where dragons terrorize, destroy, and kill. The remaining cities have turned...
mstufail19
Jun 14, 20221 min read
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The Other Half of the Grave (Night Huntress series #1.1) - Jeaniene Frost
5/5 stars Look. Listen. I'm always going to give the books in this series 5 stars. I love them so much. (You want a sure thing, Jeaniene?...
mstufail19
May 18, 20221 min read
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History of Romance #11 - The Flame and The Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss
Hoo-kay. I went into this book (1972 #11 in my History of Romance curriculum) knowing that there were problems. But, boy, are there Prob....
mstufail19
May 9, 20228 min read
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History of Romance #8 - Venetia by Georgette Heyer
#7 on my self-imposed "history of romance" curriculum. It started pretty slow, it took me aaawwwhhillleee to get into it but once I did,...
mstufail19
Feb 21, 20221 min read
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History of Romance #7 - Kate Hannigan by Catherine Cookson
4/5 Stars - This book (#8 on my History of Romance curriculum) took me a while to finish. Mostly because I started in October and then...
mstufail19
Feb 1, 20222 min read
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History of Romance #6 - The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer
4/5 stars - This had everything - evil dukes, scandal, highwaymen, lies, redemption. I loved it. And apparently, Georgette Heyer was only...
mstufail19
Aug 15, 20211 min read
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History of Romance #5 - The Sheik By E.M. Hull
1.5/5 stars - SO you have to take into context the time this book was written (Number 5 in my self-imposed history of romance curriculum,...
mstufail19
Jul 15, 20211 min read
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History of Romance #4 - North and South by Elizabeth Haskell
4/5 stars - This book was great. I loved the MC Margaret. She's very relatable (at least to me. Some of the other reviews seem to think...
mstufail19
Jul 1, 20211 min read
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History of Romance #3 - Wuthering Heights
1/5 stars - I hated this book. I can't even bring myself to sum it up. None of the characters had any redeeming qualities. The only HEA...
mstufail19
May 29, 20211 min read
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History of Romance Review #2 - Jane Eyre
3/5 stars - Number 2 on my self-imposed "History of Romance" curriculum. So okay, there were parts of this book that were extremely...
mstufail19
Apr 28, 202111 min read
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History of Romance Review #1 - Pride and Prejudice
4/5 stars - I am 39 years old and I just read this for the 1st time. I've decided to read all the best romances of all time in order,...
mstufail19
Apr 15, 20212 min read
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