What a Dog Knows by Susan Wilson: When young Ruby, aka Mary Jones’s abilities become a perceived devil issue at the convent for orphaned girls, Ruby knows it’s time to get out of dodge. As one decision leads to the next, Ruby finds herself in the care and tutelage of Madame […]
In Lizzie & Dante by Mary Bly by Mary Bly, In her early thirties, Lizzie Delford shouldn’t be grappling with her mortality, but a recent, potentially deadly diagnosis changed everything. Her solution? After ending the school term at Fordham, where she teaches Shakespeare, Lizzie, her best friend Grey and his boyfriend […]
The Hope Chest by Carolyn Brown is a story of love, forgiveness and finding oneself. Carolyn Brown always tells a story that warms the heart! Following Nanny Lucy O’Reilly’s death and a court battle over the contested will, the O’Reilly cousins, April, Nessa and Flynn arrive in Blossom, Texas to […]
In Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins, Lauren and Joshua’s relationship didn’t get off to the most auspicious start the first time they met. Both were in college at the time, still finding their way. But neither of them had a clue that their future romance would endure daily […]
Beth & Amy by Virginia Kantra: The modern retake on Little Women and the second novel in the March Sisters Series, explores the lives and struggles of younger siblings Beth and Amy, who have grown up in their older sisters’ shadows. Both girls return home for older sister Jo’s wedding; Beth […]
The Checklist by Addie Woolridge: Dylan is all about her lists and schedules, she likes her life to be orderly and methodical, so when her work sends her back home to Seattle she is less than thrilled. You see not only does her up and coming career depend on her saving a […]
Love for Beginners by Jill Shalvis: I’ve been enjoying the Wildstone series, but I’m on the fence about this latest addition. Love for Beginners finds Emma, who awoke from a coma only to find her fiancé and best friend had fallen in love, learning to walk again. She quickly finds herself […]
In The Summer of No Attachments (The Summer Friends #2) by Lori Foster, Veterinarian Ivey Anders has made a pact with herself to take some time this summer to actually have fun. And maybe even a fling. Having recently ended a going-nowhere relationship, she’s ready for some sunshine and (fleeting) […]
In Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, By 1983, the Riva family is the stuff of legends–especially in Malibu. Their father Mick, a world-famous singer, and their mother June had a whirlwind romance in the 1950s which led to them having four beloved children: Nina, Jay, Hud, and Kit. Through […]
In That Summer by Jennifer Weiner, From the outside looking in, Daisy Shoemaker seems to have a charmed life. She and her lawyer husband have a grand home in Philadelphia, their teenage daughter Beatrice goes to private school, and Daisy even has a modest side-business giving cooking lessons. But she’s […]