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Just the Two of Us is a heartwarming story of two people who were meant for each other. Soohyuk is a pediatric emergency medicine specialist who only cares about treating sick children. He never eats something someone else gives him. He suddenly starts noticing a woman: the woman who feeds him. Yuna opens up her own business that specializes in boxed lunches, A Tasty Meal. She, somehow, becomes to be in charge of Soohyuk’s everyday meals. When Soohyuk meets Yuna, a confident, surefooted woman who gets startled and scared when he comes near, he wants to know everything there is to know about her.
It’s another Thursday in November and it sure feels like it’s been 200 years since the last one. Unfortunately that 200 years has not translated into time for reading, but alas, time goes on.
Over on Book Riot
Have you read this excerpt from Beverly Jenkins’ Wild Rain? I can’t wait for this book to come out.
I know there are like, sports again, but these books are probably better.
Winter holidays are here and so are holiday romances!
Kelly talked about why she still uses Goodreads, and honestly, a mood.
Thinking about an ereader (or shopping for a new one)? Here’s a rundown of the best ereaders out there.
This kind of information is always so cool to learn.
Deals
A Timeless Christmas by Alexis Stanton
In another life, Alexis Stanton is Eva Leigh, and she wrote a time travel Christmas story that is also releasing as a Hallmark movie very very soon. And this one is my favorite type of time travel—the Kate & Leopold type involving someone from the past getting to fawn over all of the modern stuff. And as of writing this, it’s 99 cents. So enjoy them in your preferred order: read then watch, or the other way around!
New Books!
Another week means another Tuesday (or Monday, or Wednesday, or Thursday, as the case may be with some people who choose when their books release) and we’ve got some new books to talk about!
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
Tagged as the sapphic inheritor to Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones’ Diary (even so much as having central characters named Elle and Darcy), this opposites attract, fake relationship romance is a delightful contemporary story about two people on the verge of absolute success in danger of utter emotional collapse. (You scoff, but it’s true!) When Elle’s friend and new business partner sets her up with his sister Darcy, everything goes wrong. But when a slip leads to Brendan thinking they’re dating, Darcy convinces Elle to go along with it. And of course, Feelings. But quiet, reserved Darcy is hesitant to get into another relationship after a giant breach of trust, especially with the astrologer who shines like the stars. I gotta tell y’all. I am smack in the middle of the dark moment of this book and I sort of don’t remember the experience of reading the first 90 percent of the book—it’s one of those blackout reads where you dive in and come out on the other side gasping for air. I am super excited to read more of Bellefleur’s writing. I will say that to me, it reads more like a solid contemporary with a few funny moments than a romcom, but ymmv as usual.
And then there’s the rest of the list:
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Learned Behaviors by Jayce Ellis (Hello, older single dads!)
A Deal With the Elf King by Elise Kova
Her Lady to Love by Jane Walsh
Unforgettable Man by Tiye Love
Two to Tangle by Melissa Brayden
Mingle All the Way by Mia Heintzelman
Saddle Up by AM Arthur
A Boy and His Dragon by R. Cooper
So. Got any plans this weekend?
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