Named a “Best of 2022” by Kirkus ★ People Magazine ★ NPR ★ Chicago Public Library ★ Booklist ★ Debutiful

Named a "Must Read for Fall" by Washington Post People Magazine Boston Globe Apple Books Lit Hub The Root The Millions Bustle Alta Journal Debutiful

Why are unavailable men so irresistible? This jazz-hot novel captures the rhythms of tangled desire

The Telegraph

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Laura Warrell on the Music and Heartbreak that Inspired Her Debut

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Players Only Love You When They’re Playing: Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm Review

Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm: Review

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L.A. writer Laura Warrell gave up on love — but never on writing

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In ‘Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm,’ Laura Warrell Finds Humanity in Every Character

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The New York Times