Widow (B)

A main character or strong secondary character with a deceased spouse or long time life partner.

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In Bloom by Kat Jackson: Book Review

From our review: “The plot is straightforward but subtle in its complexity. I kept having to check my perceptions about what they were feeling and why”

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Paper Daffodils by Titania Tempest: Book Review

From our review: “Rosie’s grumpiness is no match for Dawn’s sunshine and rainbows and the two will make you fall in love with them in no time.”

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Purposefully Accidental by G Benson: Audiobook Review

From our review: “I was very pleased with the narrator’s whimsy and sexiness and timing on the humor. Her reading turns an already very nice first kiss scene into something dreamy”

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The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite: Audiobook Review

From our review: “This is a gentle story of two women from different circles finding one another. I enjoyed being immersed in the political landscape and day-to-day life”

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After Happily Ever After Once Again edited by Astrid Ohletz: Book Review

After Happily Ever After Once Again edited by Astrid Ohletz is a collection of short stories from ten Ylva authors, that give us a glimpse of what happened next.   

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Beyond Any Experience by Anne E Terpstra: Book Review

Beyond Any Experience by Anne E Terpstra is a beautiful, anguish-filled, age-gap romance, about grieving, moving on, and allowing yourself to be happy. Olivia Northman lost her wife 3 years

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From The Ashes by Stacy Lynn Miller: Book Review

From The Ashes, by Stacy Lynn Miller is a crime thriller about Manhattan Sloane is a police detective on the San Francisco gang detail. Sloane is determined to catch the

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The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard: Book Review

The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard is the latest science fiction story from the author’s Xuya universe. Each story can be read as a standalone however, it helps

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