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The Rook<\/em><\/h1>\n

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RECOMMENDED: The Rook<\/em>\u00a0by Daniel O\u2019Malley $2.99! Carrie loves the series,\u00a0especially the sequel<\/a>\u00a0Stiletto<\/em>. It\u2019s urban fantasy set in London with a badass cast of characters. But some found the book to have a lot of info-dumping. Have you read\u00a0The Rook<\/em>?<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe body you are wearing used to be mine.\u201d So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her.<\/p>\n

She soon learns that she is a Rook, a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Chequy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain. She also discovers that she possesses a rare, potentially deadly supernatural ability of her own.<\/p>\n

In her quest to uncover which member of the Chequy betrayed her and why, Myfanwy encounters a person with four bodies, an aristocratic woman who can enter her dreams, a secret training facility where children are transformed into deadly fighters, and a conspiracy more vast than she ever could have imagined.<\/p>\n

Filled with characters both fascinating and fantastical, THE ROOK is a richly inventive, suspenseful, and often wry thriller that marks an ambitious debut from a promising young writer.<\/p>\n

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A Botanist\u2019s Guide to Parties and Poisons<\/em><\/h1>\n

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A Botanist\u2019s Guide to Parties and Poisons\u00a0<\/em>by Kate Khavari is $1.99! I mentioned this in Get Rec\u2019d for all of you historical mystery lovers out there. It\u2019s set in 1920s London with a research assistant heroine! Book two is also on sale.<\/p>\n

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Saffron Everleigh is in a race against time to free her wrongly accused professor before he goes behind bars forever. Perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn and Anna Lee Huber, Kate Khavari\u2019s debut historical mystery is a fast-paced, fearless adventure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

London, 1923. Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh attends a dinner party for the University College of London. While she expects to engage in conversations about the university\u2019s large expedition to the Amazon, she doesn\u2019t expect Mrs. Henry, one of the professors\u2019 wives to drop to the floor, poisoned by an unknown toxin.<\/p>\n

Dr. Maxwell, Saffron\u2019s mentor, is the main suspect, having had an explosive argument with Dr. Henry a few days prior. As evidence mounts against Dr. Maxwell and the expedition\u2019s departure draws nearer, Saffron realizes if she wants her mentor\u2019s name cleared, she\u2019ll have to do it herself.<\/p>\n

Joined by enigmatic Alexander Ashton, a fellow researcher, Saffron uses her knowledge of botany as she explores steamy greenhouses, dark gardens, and deadly poisons. Will she be able to uncover the truth or will her investigation land her on the murderer\u2019s list?<\/p>\n

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Here for the Wrong Reasons<\/em><\/h1>\n

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Here for the Wrong Reasons\u00a0<\/em>by Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang is $1.99! Thank you to everyone who let us know about this sale. We mentioned on a Hide Your Wallet earlier this spring and it\u2019s a F\/F reality TV romance.<\/p>\n

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In this swoon-filled lesbian romcom, two dating show contestants vying for the affection of the leading man fall head over heels\u2014for each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fans of Ashley Herring Blake and Alexandria Bellefleur, and readers who love\u00a0The Bachelor<\/em>, will adore this steamy, laugh-out-loud debut romance.<\/p>\n

Krystin knows exactly what she a husband, a horse, and a place to hang all her competitive rodeo blue ribbons. But when none of the eligible bachelors in Montana end up being right for her, she turns to reality TV. On\u00a0Hopelessly Devoted<\/em>, Krystin will compete against dozens of other women for the heart of this season\u2019s Hopeless Romantic, Josh Rosen. She\u2019s determined to win the perfect life she came here for\u2014if she can just ignore the glossy brunette whose crimson smile gives her goosebumps.<\/p>\n

Lauren has never done anything for the right reasons\u2014and she\u2019s definitely not on\u00a0Hopelessly Devoted<\/em>\u00a0to win Josh\u2019s heart. Lauren\u2019s plan is simple: stay on the show long enough to build her social media following, and then gracefully leave when it\u2019s her turn to be eliminated. With enough followers, she\u2019ll finally have enough influencer clout to do whatever she wants\u2014including come out of the proverbial walk-in closet. But the longer she stays on the show, the more she finds herself tangled up in a certain blonde\u2019s lasso.<\/p>\n

But neither contestant expects a heteronormative dating show to challenge their own deeply-ingrained ideas of who they are\u2014and what they want. Fans of\u00a0The Charm Offensive<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Love Island<\/em>\u00a0will swoon for this sparkling debut romcom.<\/p>\n

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Collide<\/em><\/h1>\n

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Collide<\/em> by Bal Khabra is $2.99! This is the first book in a New Adult series with hockey player heroes. I\u00a0think<\/em> this was originally self-pubbed and got popular on BookTok before being picked up by Berkley, but I\u2019m not 100% confident in that.<\/p>\n

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She\u2019s an honors student with ambitious graduate school plans and he\u2019s a jock with only hockey on his mind, but once their worlds collide, their connection is hot enough to melt an ice rink.<\/p>\n

An ultimatum from Summer Preston\u2019s thesis advisor thrusts her into an unexpected collision with the hockey team\u2019s captain, Aiden Crawford. She\u2019s caught between conflicting desires of fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming a sport psychologist and staying as far away as possible from the god-awful sport. And once she meets Aiden\u2014well, let\u2019s just say he confirms all her worst assumptions about hockey players.<\/p>\n

Being the captain of the college hockey team has its perks, except when a reckless mistake by Aiden\u2019s team threatens to jeopardize their entire season. As punishment, Aiden\u2019s coach nominates him as the subject of a student research project. Participating is the last thing he wants to do, especially since the girl leading the project looks like she could wield his skates as a weapon.<\/p>\n

Summer can\u2019t stand Aiden\u2019s blas\u00e9 approach to life, and Aiden doesn\u2019t understand why she\u2019s twenty years old with a twenty-five-year plan. But their bickering soon turns to bantering\u2014and once they let their guards down, there\u2019s nothing to check their feelings.<\/p>\n

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The Rook RECOMMENDED: The Rook\u00a0by Daniel O\u2019Malley $2.99! Carrie loves the series,\u00a0especially the sequel\u00a0Stiletto. It\u2019s urban fantasy set in London with a badass cast of characters. But some found the book to have a lot of info-dumping. Have you read\u00a0The Rook? \u201cThe body you are wearing used to be mine.\u201d So begins the letter Myfanwy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}