Girl Stays in the Picture

Girl Stays in the Picture, by Melissa de la Cruz. She didn't become the most famous sixteen-year-old in the world by playing wallflower. This might be her first-ever visit to the fabled Cote d'Azur, but Devon had been a star since she was in pull-ups. She knew how to play the fame game. I love de la Cruz's books - I think I've written about her...

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She's So Money

She's So Money, by Cherry Cheva. Camden studied me. "That involves us giving each other our locker combinations," he pointed out. "Yeah, I know," I said. "Are we ready for that much intimacy?" he asked innocently. I rolled my eyes as I disentangled myself from the seat belt and got out of his car. "We're hormone-addled teenagers. Aren't we supposed...

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The Almost Moon

The Almost Moon, by Alice Sebold. When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily. Dementia, as it descends, has a way of revealing the core of the person affected by it. My mother's core was rotten like the brackish water at the bottom of a weeks-old vase of flowers. She had been beautiful when my father met her and still capable of love...

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Match Me If You Can

Match Me If You Can, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Seeing the light shining through the front window filled her with dismay. Maybe he'd left it on as a courtesy. Please don't be waiting up. She absolutely could not face him tonight. Even without watching a dirty movie, she could barely keep her hands off him, but after what she'd just seen .... Contrary...

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The Castaways

The Castaways, by Elin Hilderbrand. Delilah and the kids waved from the bow of the boat. Jeffrey waved back. Delilah always said that people were predictable, that they could be counted on to act exactly like themselves. She wanted someone standing on the dock waiting for her. And here he was. This novel was about three couples - Phoebe &...

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The Van Alen Legacy

First off - Happy New Year!The Van Alen Legacy, by Melissa De La Cruz.The exercise was over. She knew who she was, where she was, and what had happened to her. She was Bliss Llewellyn, she was in the Hamptons, and she was carrying the soul of Lucifer inside her body.That was her story.The next day she would have to remember it all over again.I'm...

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