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Katrina Jackson

    A college professor by day and romance writer by weekend, this author explores themes of love and relationships with a keenly critical eye, all within the scope of an active imagination. Influenced by a love for rom-coms, her writing offers sharp insights into human nature, revealing a distinctive voice that dissects the complexities of connection.

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    The Enforcer
    • The Enforcer

      • 236 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Zoe What should you do when your boyfriends try to spring a baby on you? Fight and then leave. What should you do when the old women in your family want to know why your sister has gone MIA in Italy? Tell them you are not, actually, your sister's keeper, but then remember that you're never old enough to talk back. So that's how I end up in Naples with my cousin Shae, who is acting very strange, a broken heart, and no real plan besides finding my annoying little sister, Zahra. But then I meet Alfonso. Alfonso Being Salvatore's bodyguard is the perfect kind of danger, but the past few months have been a bit much even for me. My partner in literal crime, Giulio, returned from his vacation with Zahra and now the two are nearly inseparable, and the responsibility of keeping everything in order has fallen to me. But when Zoe bursts into the restaurant (and my life), Salvatore goes rogue, and there's another assassination attempt, everything goes to shit rather quickly, so I go home to Positano to regroup. While hiding Zoe in my family's hillside home, I have to fight my growing attraction to her while convincing my mother and brothers that this woman I barely know is the love of my life. I would have preferred a gunshot wound. Content Warnings Physical fights Gory descriptions of fighting Murder on the page Ableist language

      The Enforcer
    • Back in the Day

      • 206 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      "2010. Helping pack up his childhood home was going much easier than Amir expected. The only sticking point is the record collection his father Alonzo refuses to put in storage. When Amir asked his father why he needs to keep all those records with him, Alonzo offers to tell him a story instead. Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Alonzo was a baby music reporter at the Village Voice on his first big assignment. By his side is photographer Ada Carr who is all brown skin, big afro and sharp tongue... Over the course of two weekends, over forty years apart, Alonzo imparts a soundtrack of love and life to Amir that bridges the past and present and they both learn how to say goodbye." -- cover, page [4]

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