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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Echoes of the Sea by Sarah M. Eden. Kipling Summerfield once basked in the spotlight of Hollywood, but after losing the role that could’ve defined his career, he’s left with a humbling gig as a historical reenactor on Guernsey Island. Then a violent storm throws him into the sea, and the care of a reclusive lighthouse keeper. Kip believes the island and its inhabitants are part of an elaborate production until he meets Amelia Archibald. Her quiet resilience and haunting presence feel too genuine to be scripted, and Kip begins to question what’s real.
Amelia has always been the overlooked poor relation, and now she’s bound by her grandfather’s will to remain on an island she despises, haunted by her fear of the sea. When Kip arrives, his odd assumptions and unexpected warmth shake up her world, offering both disruption and a glimmer of hope.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney. Alice is a successful novelist who meets Felix, a warehouse worker, and impulsively invites him to join her on a trip to Rome. Meanwhile, in Dublin, her best friend Eileen is nursing a broken heart and rekindling a long-standing flirtation with Simon, a childhood friend.
Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon are still young, but the weight of adulthood is pressing in. They fall for each other, mislead each other, come together, and drift apart. They have sex, think about sex, and wrestle with the complexities of intimacy, friendship, and the state of the world. As they navigate love and disillusionment, they wonder: Is this the last moment of light before everything fades? Can they still believe in the possibility of a beautiful world?

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Remain by Nicholas Sparks. Architect Tate Donovan heads to Cape Cod to design his best friend’s summer home, hoping the change of scenery will help him heal. Fresh out of a psychiatric facility where he was treated for severe depression, Tate is still grieving the loss of his sister Sylvia. Her final confession, that she could see spirits tethered to the living, a gift she claimed ran in their family, left Tate unsettled, torn between skepticism and the possibility of something beyond reason.
At a charming bed-and-breakfast on the Cape, Tate meets Wren, a captivating young woman who upends his carefully ordered world. Their connection is instant and intense, unlike anything either of them has known. But beneath the surface of Wren’s quiet coastal life, dark forces, jealousy, resentment, and secrets begin to stir, threatening their fragile bond. As Tate digs deeper into Wren’s past, he’s forced to confront truths that challenge everything he believes about love, reality, and the stories we cling to. Sometimes, the most powerful love is the one that asks us to face our deepest fears.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett. Displaced from the city to the quiet depths of the countryside, a woman finds herself suspended in a kind of emotional limbo, haunted by fragments of the life she left behind. Chief among them is Xavier, confident, possessive, and convinced he knows her better than she knows herself. She still loves him, but the desire is gone, a shift he refuses to accept.
Then a letter arrives from an old acquaintance, stirring memories of other lovers and near-lovers, each one a paradox of connection and contradiction, freedom and threat. Their traces linger in the smallest details: a coffee stain, a bouquet she never wanted, a kiss that changed everything. As she sifts through these remnants, she begins to question the nature of intimacy itself. What drives us to reach for another person? What keeps us tethered, or lets us go? In this hypnotic and deeply introspective novel, Claire-Louise Bennett unravels the quiet, aching mystery of how people shape us, even long after they’ve gone.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Christmas at the Nantucket Restaurant by Pamela M. Kelley. Nantucket’s beloved Christmas Stroll kicks off in early December, and this year, sisters Mandy and Emma, along with executive chef Paul, are planning something extra festive for Mimi’s Place, the restaurant they share.
It’s Emma and Paul’s first holiday season as a couple, while Mandy is navigating her first Christmas as a newly single mom of two. She’s cautiously optimistic about a budding romance but isn’t rushing into anything. Their sister Jill and her new husband Billy are also spending December on the island, balancing remote work for their Manhattan-based executive search firm with family time and lending a hand at the restaurant.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for The Moon's Fury by Leena Kazak. After the eclipse and the sudden death of her father, Layna’s long-dormant powers erupt, raw, volatile, and impossible to conceal. Now queen of Alzahra, she must navigate a kingdom on edge, haunted by whispers of the legendary Moon Queen and a buried truth that could shatter her reign.
Across the continent, rumors spread like wildfire, and Layna’s grip on her powers begins to slip. The fury within her grows stronger with each passing night, threatening to consume everything she’s fought to protect.
Zarian has left the Medjai behind, determined to stand beside Layna and forge a new path. But the past refuses to stay buried. Secrets weigh heavily, and when an old ally returns, Zarian must face the question he’s long avoided: can he truly walk away from the life he once knew?
In a world of shifting loyalties and rising magic, Layna and Zarian must decide who they are—and what they’re willing to sacrifice for each other.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Arc of the Universe by Nikki Alexander, a gripping and thought-provoking novel that blends political intrigue with visionary science fiction. Carrie Davenport, a brilliant constitutional law professor, is chosen for a groundbreaking role: designing the government for the first human colony on Mars, a bold initiative led by a billionaire tech mogul.
Carrie, a Black, queer academic who prefers to stay out of the spotlight, throws herself into the challenge. But her quiet life is shattered when she’s violently detained by police in a case of mistaken identity. The incident, caught on camera, catapults her into the national conversation on race and justice, forcing her to confront the very system she once believed in.
As Carrie grapples with the trauma and public scrutiny, she begins to question whether the ideals of American democracy are worth exporting to space. With pressure mounting from Project Mars and revelations of corruption surfacing, she must decide whether to stay silent or risk everything to speak out.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Naturally, a Love Story by Mary Lou Lager. Fifteen lucky readers will receive a copy of this heartfelt tribute to the enduring love between the author’s parents.

Told through the eyes of one of their eleven children, this moving memoir captures a lifetime of family moments in a Chicago suburb, spanning the late 20th century into the early 21st century. It’s a story of devotion, resilience, and the quiet beauty of everyday life, of raising children, facing loss, and holding onto love through the hardest seasons.

As her father slowly fades from Alzheimer’s and her mother navigates life without him, the author reflects on the legacy they built together. Read, enjoy, and share this intimate portrait of love that lasts.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage. On New Year’s Day in Tasmania, Lexi Villiers’s life is finally falling into place. She’s deep into her second year of medical residency, living on a picturesque farm with her two closest friends, Finn and Jack, and just as things are about to turn romantic with Jack, a helicopter lands out of nowhere.
Inside is her grandmother’s trusted advisor, bearing devastating news: Lexi’s father and older brother have died in a skiing accident. Her grandmother isn’t just any grieving matriarch; she’s the Queen of England. And with the line of succession shattered, Lexi is now the heir apparent.
Grief collides with duty as Lexi is thrust into a role she’s spent her life rejecting. The quiet life she’s built, the love she’s just beginning to explore, and the future she thought was hers, all hang in the balance.

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Enter the Goodreads giveaway for Ghosted by Lori Matsourani. When Bethany Hendren’s engagement falls apart after her fiancé’s betrayal, she sets out to rebuild her life. But her fresh start takes an unexpected turn when she crosses paths with Nick Dorsey, the charming summer fling who vanished years ago without a word.
Nick draws her into a strange quest to uncover the remains of a troubled 18th-century ghost, and along the way, he hopes to revive the spark they once shared. Bethany isn’t sure she can trust him again, but the more time they spend together, the more she sees glimpses of the boy who once stole her heart.
Now, faced with the possibility of a second chance, Bethany must decide: is she willing to risk another heartbreak for the chance at real love?