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Nobody told me being an editor would mean hearing every comma splice like a car alarm, but here we are 🤷🏼‍♀️

If you’ve ever read a sentence out loud just to check the rhythm, felt genuine emotion when someone used a semicolon correctly, or silently judged a tattoo for the wrong there/their/they’re — hi, you might be one of us.

Being an editor is a little unhinged. It’s also kind of the best thing ever.

And if you’ve been looking for someone to bring that same energy to your manuscript? This is your sign. 👇🏼

DM me this post if you want more information about my editing services! 💻

book editor • kinda chic • editing life • closed door editor • no spice editor • support indie authors • buy indie books • grammar nerd • copywriting editor • line editor • proofreader • freelance editor
#bookeditor #closeddooreditor #freelanceeditor #grammarnerd #editinglife taken in BOOKSTA by @chaptersandcheer

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I found this diary. I won’t say where. I won’t say whose it is. But I will say — they have been through a LOT. 📖

(Swipe to read all the entries. You’ll figure out the diary’s owner by the end 🤭).

bookish post • bookish carousel • closed door reader • no spice books • support indie authors • read indie books • literary devices • dear diary taken in BOOKSTA by @chaptersandcheer

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23 days ago

I am living my cozy autumn girlie era 🍂

These closed-door reads are swoony, closed-door, and exactly what the season calls for. Parts 2 and 3 are coming because you can NEVER have enough autumn books! 📚🍁🌾

{fall books • cozy romance • indie authors • closed door romance • fall reads • romance books • bookstagram • book recommendations • fall book stack • support indie authors • read indie books}

#nospicebooks #fallromcoms #bookrecs #autumnbooks #indiebooks taken in BOOKSTA by @chaptersandcheer

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GIVEAWAY TIIIIIIMMEEE! 📚🍂

We’ve teamed up with @chaptersandcheer to bring you a FALL ROMANCE GIVEAWAY!

We’re giving away each of our favorite fall romances, and one lucky book lover will win all three! 📖✨

Jenn’s favorite fall read: Once Upon a Fall by Becky Monson
Ellie’s favorite fall read: How to Fall for a Cowboy by Cassandra Joelle
Afton’s favorite fall read: Fall Fake-Out by Kortney Keisel

How to enter:
1. Follow @chaptersandcheer and @thesharedshelfsisters
2. Like this post
3. Tag a bookish bestie!

That’s it!

BONUS ENTRIES:
- Tag an author of a fall book and tell them how much you enjoy their books! Each author you hype up = an extra entry!
- Tag additional bookish besties! Each separate comment = an extra entry!
- Repost this post and comment with a 📚
- Save this post and comment with a 🍂
- Share this post to your story and tag both of our accounts!

Giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.  Giveaway closes October 14th.
This giveaway is in no way affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Instagram, and is being hosted solely by @ChaptersandCheer and @SharedShelfSisters.
The Shared Shelf Sisters will contact the winner via DM. Please be cautious of fake accounts or messages claiming you’ve won!
May the odds be ever in your favor! by @chaptersandcheer

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My name gave me a single dad, lobsters, a dog named Sven, and supply closet kisses — and I’m not mad about it.

J 🩷 E 🩷 N 🩷 N — four letters, four books, zero notes.

J — Just Frankie, Actually by @brittanylarsenbooks because single dad romance has me in a chokehold and Junie is everything right in the world 👧🏻🤍

E — Enemies to Lobsters by @elisehaynesbooks because marriage of convenience + the lobsters + Elise humor is peak comedy and I will not explain further 🦞

N — Not Until I Found You by @indiatungateauthor because kissing in the rain is my roman era and Sven the dog deserved his own slide 🐶💋☔️

N — Not Boyfriend Material by @bmonsonauthor because supply closet kisses 💋🚪 and Morgan the best friend (iykyk 🫶🏼)

Your turn — drop your name in the comments and let’s see what books are saying about you 👇🏼

closed door romance • no spice reads • contemporary romance • romcom • marriage of convenience • single dad romance • bookstagram • book recommendations • name challenge • lobsters • Sven • kissing in the rain • best friends • support indie authors • read indie books
#closeddoorromance #nospicereads #supportindieauthors #readindiebooks #bookrecommendations taken in BOOKSTA by @chaptersandcheer

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“You just like my waffles.”

Then he says, “I like everything about you, Jo.”

You are LITERALLY going to fall in love with Jo and Noah. They are SO fun and real and wonderful.

@juliechristiansonauthor never disappoints. I love every single book of her’s I read. So if you want to fall in love with two people who deserve all the love in the world, prepare yourself for Jo and Noah.

Swipe through to see tropes and my thoughts 👉🏼

Thank you @juliechristiansonauthor and @bookedwiththeemilys for the gifted copy! All opinions are my own.

closed door romance • no spice reads • Julie Christianson • booked with the Emilys • fake dating • best friend’s little sister • harvest hollow love stories series • indie author • indie books by @chaptersandcheer

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“The beauty’s in the wild,” he whispers. “And you, Penelope, are beautiful.”

CAN YOU SAY SWOON?!!!!! Just wait- he’s swoony AND strong enough to take her emotions.

“Be mad at me all you want. Your anger doesn’t scare me. You have a lot of it, and it doesn’t all have to do with me. But if you need someone to hate, I will be the safe person for you to hate.”

Tropes:
🍁 second chance
🍂 forced proximity
🍁 opposites attract
🍂 protective MMC
🍁 no spice romance

First we had Meredith and Harlan, now we get Penelope and Luke. And let me tell you. The swoonyness is on HIGH with these two!!

Synopsis:
Sometimes the place you least expect to belong is exactly where you were always meant to land.

Self-sufficient Penelope Reid has her life completely mapped out—a necessity after surviving foster care. Now she’s on a mission to prove that she’s capable of managing a halfway house at Twelve Bluebells Ranch. The last thing she needs is hindrance from the charming Luke Granger, who asked her to dance three years ago, then disappeared before the music began.

Luke lives a nomadic lifestyle as a security specialist and has never found a reason to put down roots. So when the ranch neighboring Twelve Bluebells is vandalized, securing the area is just another gig for him before he hits the road—until he’s reunited with the bossy brunette and her generous heart.

As Luke and Penelope work alongside each other to care for the ranch’s halfway house residents, Penelope makes a mistake she might not recover from. Her careful walls begin to crack, and Luke’s restless heart finds reasons to stay. But when tragedy strikes, they must decide if it’s worth the risk to lower their guards for a love that could give them the home they’ve always longed for.

Thank you partner, @deborah_clack, @havenfiction, and @greatreadsbookpromo for the gifted copy. All opinions are my own.

#secondchanceromance #deborahclack #fallreads #swoony #oppositesattract taken in BOOKSTA by @chaptersandcheer

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A girl with a monster inside her. A man who wants her anyway. Four books I know will absolutely emotionally destroy me.

And I can’t wait. (Seriously, what’s wrong with our brains?) 🫪

@kb_benson_books built something truly special with The Fallen Kingdoms- a Roman-inspired world of brutal gladiator trials, trolls, dark magic, and an ancient evil that is coming for everything and everyone.

At the center of it all is Ari: fierce, complicated, and carrying a power inside her that is equal parts terrifying and breathtaking.

The romance? Slow-burn. The devotion? Completely unhinged. The spice? Zero — and it still wrecked me.

1. Well of Eida
2. Reign of Darkness
3. Shadows of Gold
4. Crown of Moonlight.

Four books, one wild world, and the kind of story that has you reading at 2am telling yourself “just one more chapter.”

Also check out that character art!!! I am not calm 🫨

If you’ve been looking for an epic fantasy romance that doesn’t need spice to absolutely destroy you emotionally, this is your sign.

Thank you SO much KB for g!dying these GORGEOUS books to me!! I can’t wait to be sucked into this world!!!

Are you a fantasy romance reader? Drop your favorite series below — I need more! 👇🏼

epic fantasy romance • slow burn romance • closed door romance • romantic fantasy • fantasy books • indie fantasy • book recommendation • fantasy series • indie author • indie books
#epicfantasy #closeddoorfantasy #fantasyromance #indieauthor #indiebook taken in BOOKSTA by @chaptersandcheer

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10 days ago

Who is ready for some festive shenanigans?? 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️

A Very Festive Faceoff by @elliehallauthor is coming on November 15, 2026!

Summer is a sleep-deprived single mom who just wrapped her final nursing school clinical.

Jaxon’s a trouble-making hockey player in a Yule Be Sorry sweater. On Black Friday, they clash over the last gift on the shelf and neither one is willing to let go.

You can ALWAYS count on @elliehallauthor to bring a fabulous festive story that you’ll want to read year after year!

Swipe for full cover, tropes and synopsis! 👉🏼

Do you read your favorite holiday books year after year? Or are you a once and done reader?

Thank you @elliehallauthor and @bookedwiththeemilys for letting me take part in this reveal!!

holiday books • Christmas stories • Ellie Hall • enemies to lovers • ice hockey player • single mom • found family • slow burn • holly jolly • booked with the emilys • indie authors • indie books • taken in BOOKSTA by @chaptersandcheer

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One wild chance…is all you need to win this awesome GIVEAWAY!!!

Book: One Wild Chance
Author: Grace Worthington
Publisher: Poets & Saints Publishing

This book was SO fun. I love me some cowboy romances, and @graceworthingtonauthor knows how to bring ‘em!! I absolutely fell in love with Summer and Jaxon, and I can’t wait to 🤞🏼hopefully🤞🏼 read the next Chance brother story!

Swipe to see short synopsis and tropes! 👉🏼

🎉🎉🎉 Prize details:
One reader will win a signed paperback of One Wild Chance, a custom illustrated print of the characters and a sticker, PLUS another signed copy of one of the author’s other books!

Entry method
- Follow me(@chaptersandcheer) @graceworthingtonauthor and @justreadtours
- Comment “Enter me to win”

Bonus entries
- Tag a friend who would enjoy this story. (up to 5 friends)
- Each tour post you comment “Enter me to win” on counts as a separate giveaway entry.
Giveaway details

Find the tour schedule at @justreadtours. US only. Giveaway ends October 6, 2026 at 11:59pm ET.

This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram.

Thank you SO much to @graceworthingtonauthor and @justreadtours for the complimentary digital copy. All views expressed are my own.

#onewildchance #graceworthington #poetsandsaintspublishing #justreadtours #closeddoorromance taken in BOOKSTA by @chaptersandcheer

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Do you ever wonder when discipline and control turn unhealthy? 🩰

Eleanor Montgomery has built her entire world around control- so when a fresh start at Hollingford Ballet Company starts to slip through her fingers, she digs in harder. She doesn’t need anyone. She needs the music to stay exactly where she can predict it.

Then there’s Nikolai. The coach who doesn’t look away. Whose own faith has been worn thin by loss, but who still somehow sees God’s hand in this girl who’s breaking herself trying to be flawless.

Healing Eleanor (The Hollingford Series, book 1) by @authoralexislenae is a slow-burn, faith-forward romance about what it looks like to finally stop earning your worth — and discover you were held all along. 🤍

Tender. Real. And it wrecked me in the best possible way.

⚠️ CW: disordered eating — handled with so much sensitivity and hope. This is a recovery story, a faith story, a love story. It’s not about the struggle. It’s about what’s waiting on the other side of it.

Have you read any inspirational or faith-based romance lately? I need recs — drop them below 👇

faith based romance • inspirational romance • christian romance • closed door romance • ballet romance • slow burn romance • book recommendation • romance book recs • support indie authors • read indie books
#balletromance #alexislenae #healingeleanor #closeddoorromance #indieauthor taken in BOOKSTA by @chaptersandcheer

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14 days ago

A fab book and a GIVEAWAY!! 🎉

The Story Between Us by Susan May Warren and Sarah May Warren
Out TODAY!!
Published by Sunrise Publishing

My thoughts:
An almost kiss on a dock with her best friend’s older brother, then being forced back together years later to finish a manuscript that is LONG overdue sounds like a pretty amazing, tension-filled love story to me!!

I love books about books…and our FMC works in New York publishing!!! This book is just too good to be true!!

I loved the tension, chemistry, the grumpy MMC who only becomes soft for her. Plus the book is set in fall?? Ugh perfection!!

And this is the first book in a new series, Maple Lake, and I just KNOW I will read every single book in it!!!

Now for the part you’re all waiting for- the giveaway details!! One reader will win a print copy of the book + a $10 Sunrise Shop gift card!

To enter:
1. Follow:
@chaptersandcheer (me)
@susanmaywarren
@sarahmaywarren
@justreadtours
@sunrisemediagroup
@justreadtours
2. Comment “enter me to win”

Bonus entries:
1. Tag a friend who would enjoy this story! (Up to 5 friends
2. Each tour post you comment “enter me to win” on counts as a separate giveaway entry!!

Find the tour schedule at @justreadtours. US only. Giveaway ends October 5, 2026 so get those entries in!!!

This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Instagram.

Thank you SO much to authors @susanmaywarren and @sarahmaywarren, @sunrisemediagroup and @justreadtours for the gifted copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

second chance romance • grumpy sunshine • small town • found family • forced proximity • closed door • kisses only • closed door romance • no spice reader
#thestorybetweenus #susanmaywarren #sarahmaywarren #sunrisepublishing #justreadtours taken in BOOKSTA by @chaptersandcheer

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