Summer State of Mind by Kristy Woodson Harvey: Sometimes starting over looks nothing like what you planned. Daisy Stevens leaves everything behind after the worst day of her career, trading the intensity of the NICU for a quieter life in Cape Carolina. She’s not looking for anything permanent—just space, simplicity, […]
MAD MABEL by Sally Hepworth: Some women get quieter with age. Others become impossible to ignore. Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one, gloriously grumpy, fiercely independent, and perfectly content minding her business in suburban Melbourne—until a neighbor ends up dead and old rumors come roaring back. Because long before she was […]
Some books entertain you. Some books challenge the way you see the world. SMALL GREAT THINGS by by Jodi Picoult is a powerful, thought-provoking novel about prejudice, privilege, justice, and the moments that force people to confront who they truly are.
The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake by Rachel Linden: What happens when a magical cookbook, an Italian summer, and one very determined Nonna begin stirring up a life Jules never expected to reclaim? Jules Costa’s online cooking world collapses overnight, sending her straight back to her family’s olive farm on […]
In These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean, In the grand scheme of things, one week is a blip on the radar. But not for Alice Storm. A full week with her family on their isolated island off the coast of Rhode Island will be more time than she’s spent with […]
In Confessions of a Grammar Queen by Eliza Knight, A lover of words and all things literary, it was only natural that Bernadette Swift earned her English degree from Barnard College and began working her way up the rungs at Lenox & Park Publishing in NYC. Currently she is the […]
Other People’s Summer by Sarah Morgan: Milly Beckett and Nicole Raven have been best friend since they were in school together. Milly’s family was her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. They welcomed Nicole into their inner circle since her mother was a doctor who was unavailable both physically and emotionally. Nicole […]
To Light The Way Forward by Nancy Naigle: Amanda is a widow who is raising two children after her husband was killed in combat. She is fortunate to have a home on Whelk’s Island that was left to her by Maeve. Maeve had been like a grandmother and mentor to […]
The Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak: Gia Rossi returns home to Wakefield, Iowa after being away for a long time. Her sister Margot has asked her come come help with the care of their terminal mother. Gia feels guilty that she has left Margot to take care of their […]
How to Hide in Plain Sight by Emma Noyes: Elliot Beck has a continuous internal battle raging inside her. She has OCD, but in the way that causes her to have “Worries.” She fled her life 3 years ago and cut off everyone she loves, including her best friend Manuel. […]