{"id":21859,"date":"2023-04-28T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=21859"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:05:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T01:05:56","slug":"candy-hearts-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21859","title":{"rendered":"Candy Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Candy Hearts<\/em><\/a> (2020) Erin McLellan<\/a> (So Over the Holidays)<\/p>\n

\"Candy<\/a>Because I wanted all the positivity and self-acceptance of this story.<\/p>\n

Benji was over it. Over the dating scene. Over unsatisfying sex. Over the romantic-industrial complex called Valentine\u2019s Day. Well, actually, he wasn\u2019t over it at all, but he was trying to be. He was trying very hard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Benji stalked toward William. \u201cWhy do you sleep in there?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s easier. When I\u2019m here, I usually work late, and it\u2019s convenient to just \u2026 lie down in there. Pizza will be here soon.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t change the subject by talking about pizza, you trickster. Surely you don\u2019t sleep in your office at home. Why would you do it at your vacation home?\u201d <\/p>\n

William\u2019s expression went suspiciously blank.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: Erin McLellan<\/p>\n

Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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