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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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