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The Traitor’s Daughter

July 23, 2025
Nathan
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The Traitor’s Daughter

This person apparently had not even had a book cover described to her.

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The Witch Prophecy

July 23, 2025
Nathan
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The Witch Prophecy

Oh, come ON.

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The Hundred Year Clones: The Four Sectors Wars

July 22, 2025
Nathan
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2 Comments

The Hundred Year Clones: The Four Sectors Wars

Do not comment on the absence. (h/t PJ)

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The Consequences of Touching A Little Teenage Booty

July 22, 2025
Nathan
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The Consequences of Touching A Little Teenage Booty

You mean aside from ending up on this website?

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Blues and Jazz Stories: for children at heart, their parents, grandparents and other animal and nature loving people…

July 22, 2025
Nathan
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Blues and Jazz Stories: for children at heart, their parents, grandparents and other animal and nature loving people…

“Call us kind and beautiful to our faces. We dare you.” (h/t PJ)

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Salvation (Angels Halo MC Next Gen Book 1)

July 21, 2025
Nathan
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Salvation (Angels Halo MC Next Gen Book 1)

“Great, now I have feathers in my spokes.”

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Miss Witherspoon and Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge: Two Plays

July 21, 2025
Nathan
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Miss Witherspoon and Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge: Two Plays

Boy, this Christmas in July is a real banger. (h/t PJ)

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The Lousies Semifinals: June 2025!

July 21, 2025
Nathan
Lousies
2 Comments

Below are the most commented covers posted in the month of June 2025.

Pick your choices for the worst three covers for the month, and then we’ll have a series of finals.

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