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Mean Moms
✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 5/27/25 ✮✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 5/27/25

Mean Moms

This is a proper beach read…

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Bad Summer People
✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 4/30/25 ✮✮✮, General Fiction Repy White 4/30/25

Bad Summer People

Rich people behaving badly…

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All the Other Mothers Hate Me
✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 4/20/25 ✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 4/20/25

All the Other Mothers Hate Me

This book is described as a “satirical thriller”…

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The Heiress
✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 2/17/24 ✮✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 2/17/24

The Heiress

This story of family drama…

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I Have Some Questions for You
✮✮, Thriller Repy White 4/20/23 ✮✮, Thriller Repy White 4/20/23

I Have Some Questions for You

When I shared that I was reading this book, about half of you said you adored it…

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The Hunting Wives
✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 6/7/22 ✮✮✮, Thriller Repy White 6/7/22

The Hunting Wives

Think of your least favorite Desperate Housewives character - this book is basically written from her POV (in the best way)…

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⭐️⭐️💫(2.5/5, romance)
I so badly wanted to love this, but it was just not for me!

I can totally do a more heavy and emotional romance (see my review for The Best Worst Thing!).

I am fine with a story that’s less of a big romance and more of
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, romance)

This romance really took me by surprise! Great banter, deeply emotional, and well written. A romance that feels very real. Not a rom-com, definitely a “rom-dram”.

Our leading woman, Nicole Speyer, has been struggl
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(5/5, fiction)

I was just totally gobsmacked by this book! Brilliant, biting, and impossible to look away from. This is not a light and fluffy read! It had me running the full gamut of emotion. Rage & stress were the emotional frontrun
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5, fiction) 

I just love the way Rebecca Serle tells a story!
This is the story of the decisions we make and how they shape our lives, a story of love and loss and connection, and of mothers and daughters.

Lauren has known her entire li
The results are in for our 2026 Romance Novel March Madness!

At the end of 2025, I polled BR&B readers on their favorite books of the year. I took the top 60 romance responses, sprinkled in some newer releases, and voilà…. those bo
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4/5, mystery)
Mabel lives on a quiet street, and if you asked any of her neighbors, she’s your typical 80-year-old woman. She’s a little crabby, a bit in everyone’s business, and she appreciates a cup of tea. No one would s

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