{"id":2,"date":"2022-10-11T01:12:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T01:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-07-30T14:09:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T18:09:38","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Home &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2\" data-postid=\"2\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_eeiz965 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_bshx966 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module post -->\n<div  class=\"module module-post tb_oygs445 \">\n        <div  class=\"builder-posts-wrap loops-wrapper grid2 tf_clear tf_clearfix\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t\n\t\n\t<article id=\"post-32121\" class=\"post tf_clearfix post-32121 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avon-books category-harpercollins category-landra category-reviews tag-4-stars tag-recommend tag-recommended-reads tag-romantasy tag-romantic-fantasy\">\n\n\t    \n\t    \n\t\t    <figure class=\"post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/22\/review-this-will-be-interesting-by-e-b-asher\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/this-will-be-interesting-eb-asher-680x1024.jpg?resize=400%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"350\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-32122\" title=\"this-will-be-interesting-eb-asher\" alt=\"this-will-be-interesting-eb-asher\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/this-will-be-interesting-eb-asher.jpg?resize=400%2C350&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/this-will-be-interesting-eb-asher.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=400%2C350&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t    <\/figure>\n\n\t\t    \n\t    <div class=\"post-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t    <time datetime=\"2026-04-22\" class=\"post-date\"\n\t\t\t  pubdate>April 22, 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/22\/review-this-will-be-interesting-by-e-b-asher\/\">Review \u2764\ufe0f This Will Be Interesting by E.B. Asher<\/a>\n\t\t\t    <\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t    \n\t    <p>Galwell True was the perfect hero, the legend who sacrificed himself to save the realm\u2026only for his friends to unexpectedly resurrect him ten years later. 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Not literally, of course. Literally, she\u2019s a twenty-six-year-old virgin, thanks to a relationship so disastrous she swore off love and sex [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t    \n    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/.post-content -->\n\n    <\/article>\n\n\n\t\n\t<article id=\"post-32093\" class=\"post tf_clearfix post-32093 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-avon-books category-harpercollins category-landra category-reviews tag-4-stars tag-actionadventure tag-recommend tag-recommended-reads tag-romantasy\">\n\n\t    \n\t    \n\t\t    <figure class=\"post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/24\/review-silver-and-blood-by-jesse-mihalik\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/silver-and-blood-jesse-mahalik-680x1024.jpg?resize=400%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"350\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-32094\" 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But where can a washed-up sex symbol hide? How [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t    \n    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/.post-content -->\n\n    <\/article>\n\n\n\t\n\t<article id=\"post-32063\" class=\"post tf_clearfix post-32063 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-christine category-harpercollins category-william-morrow tag-4-5-stars tag-mystery-suspense tag-recommend tag-recommended-reads tag-thrillersuspense tag-top-pick\">\n\n\t    \n\t    \n\t\t    <figure class=\"post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/25\/review-the-final-score-by-don-winslow\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/the-final-score-don-winslow-667x1024.jpg?resize=400%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"350\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-32064\" title=\"the-final-score-don-winslow\" alt=\"the-final-score-don-winslow\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/the-final-score-don-winslow.jpg?resize=400%2C350&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/the-final-score-don-winslow.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=400%2C350&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t    <\/figure>\n\n\t\t    \n\t    <div class=\"post-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t    <time datetime=\"2026-02-25\" class=\"post-date\"\n\t\t\t  pubdate>February 25, 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/25\/review-the-final-score-by-don-winslow\/\">Review \ud83d\udd0d The Final Score by Don Winslow<\/a>\n\t\t\t    <\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t    \n\t    <p>The multi-million-dollar casino heist is impossible\u2014it can\u2019t be done. That\u2019s what makes it irresistible to a legendary robber facing the rest of his life in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t    \n    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/.post-content -->\n\n    <\/article>\n\n\n\t\n\t<article id=\"post-32054\" class=\"post tf_clearfix post-32054 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-berkley category-penguin-group category-reviews category-samantha tag-contemporary tag-dark-romance tag-dnf\">\n\n\t    \n\t    \n\t\t    <figure class=\"post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/13\/review-axe-and-grind-by-taylor-hutton\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/axe-and-grind-taylor-hutton-664x1024.jpg?resize=400%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"350\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-32055\" title=\"axe-and-grind-taylor-hutton\" alt=\"axe-and-grind-taylor-hutton\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/axe-and-grind-taylor-hutton.jpg?resize=400%2C350&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/axe-and-grind-taylor-hutton.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=400%2C350&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t    <\/figure>\n\n\t\t    \n\t    <div class=\"post-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t    <time datetime=\"2026-02-13\" class=\"post-date\"\n\t\t\t  pubdate>February 13, 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"post-title\">\n\t\t\t\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/13\/review-axe-and-grind-by-taylor-hutton\/\">Review \u2764\ufe0f Axe and Grind by Taylor Hutton<\/a>\n\t\t\t    <\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t    \n\t    <p>Josie Greene has always been a glass half-full kind of girl. 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