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Deep End by Ali Hazelwood leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by J.D. Robb, Tessa Bailey, Jonathan Kellerman, Pam Jenoff, and Bill Gates. Jimmy Carter wins a posthumous Grammy for the audiobook Last Sundays in Plains. Finalists for the Gotham Book Prize are announced. Audiofile announces the February 2025 Earphones Award winners. This month’s Read with Jenna pick is Jessica Soffer’s This Is a Love Story. People’s book of the week is Too Soon by Betty Shamieh. Plus, February booklists arrive.
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Love To Hate You
Playing with the plot of You’ve Got Mail, plus a touch of Mystic Pizza and a whole lot of romance tropes, Adair (You’ve Got Male) returns with an engaging beach read that takes opposites-attract to a whole new level.
Another winner from Jimenez (Just for the Summer). Readers won’t be able to put down this laugh-out-loud funny romance and will be cheering for Samantha and Xavier even when the chips are stacked against them. A must-have for all public libraries.
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Drop Dead
Fans of contemporary romances will enjoy this quirky office love story that will leave them wishing they had the moxie (and mansion) of the unforgettable Dot.
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Crash Landing
Fans of enemies-to-lovers, second-chance romance, and extreme forced-proximity will love McQuaid’s debut.
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Thrill Ride
Ratcliffe writes the romance that theme park fans have been waiting for, and it doesn’t disappoint.
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The Love Haters
This isn’t Center’s (The Rom-Commers) strongest work to date, but fans of the bestselling author will still likely enjoy the story.
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The Geographer’s Map to Romance
This series isn’t as strongly plotted as Holton’s “Dangerous Damsels” trilogy, but her many fans will delight in the charm-filled escapade.
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My Best Friend’s Honeymoon
Readers looking for nonbinary main characters, sapphic friends-to-lovers romance, and sexy vacation novels will appreciate this heartfelt exploration of what it means to fall in love with someone you have known almost your entire life.
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