Secrets & Subterfuge on the Run

So many books and not enough time to read all of them even while choosing sleep-deprivation and creative interpretations of soft deadlines for works in progress to squeeze in just a few more minutes and pages.

[5 upright books, from left to right: The Librarians, Most Eligible, The Book Tour, Enemies to Lovers, Skate It Till You Make It; a bookstack of 9 books, from top to bottom: After Hours at Dooryard Books, Dom Com, Behind Closed Doors, Accidentally Married to a Werewolf, Cross Your Heart and Hope He Dies, and 4 books showing only the outer page edges, all 14 books arranged on a padded piano bench]

Skate It Till You Make It by Rufaro Faith Mazarura

contemporary romance

February 2026

Regrets and crossroads, Olympic Village edition

Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai

contemporary romance

Avon, April 2026

Generational shadiness, redemption, and new possibilities

The Book Tour by Emily Ohanjanians

contemporary romance

Dell, March 2026

Wherever you travel there's no escaping yourself.

Most Eligible by Isabelle Engle

contemporary romance

St. Martin's Griffin, January 2026

Smokin' hot vengeance

The Librarians by Sherry Thomas

contemporary mystery suspense with some romance

Berkley, September 2025

An odd lot of smarty pants nerds save the day, eventually. Convoluted mayhem in and out of the stacks ensues.

My BAC Issues (Book Acquisition Compulsion) continue to escalate with the 9 books in the bookstack in the above image. I have no regrets.

Always wishing you good health, peace of mind, safety, joy & some pleasure every day

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