Picasso’s Lovers by Jeanne Mackin: With a slight meandering opening, Picasso’s Lovers transports us to the earlier decades of the 20th century, wherein Alana, determined to use her writing talents despite the inherent gender prejudice of the time sets out on a journey of intrigue, relationships and artistic magic.
Principles of Emotion by Sara Read: Leaving her academic life to care for her Grandmother, due, in part, to her debilitating anxiety, Meg eventually cracks the Mathematical problem – Frieholdt’s Conjecture; the impossible problem she has spent her entire life trying to solve the morning of her Grandmother’s funeral. And […]
In The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan by Beth Merlin & Danielle Modafferi, After years of struggling to make it big on Broadway, Avery Lawrence left the auditions behind and instead spends her days in the lap of luxury thanks to her successful fiancé Adam. But less than 48 hours […]
The Most Likely Club by Elyssa Friedland: As their High School Reunion nears, Tara, Melissa, Priya and Suki take stock of the last 25 years, their achievements, their losses and use it as a pivot point to change things in their lives desperately in need of change. As we travel […]
In The Women by Kristin Hannah, Frances “Frankie” McGrath thought her path in life had been mostly chosen for her, as it typically was for women in 1966: to become a nurse (or teacher or secretary) until she marries and has children. But when her older brother Finley finishes at […]
The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh: With a frenetic pace that hits crazy crescendos, this family drama/romantic comedy follows the ancient family cruse of the Duong family of women who are destined to have daughters for multiple generations to come.
In Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel Linden, Georgia May Jackson has spent years training and honing her skills in the kitchen with her sights set on becoming head chef in a Paris restaurant. She already has two strikes against her: she’s American and she’s a woman. But just […]
The Sister’s We Were by Wendy Willis Baldwin: While not a straight up romance, The Sister’s We Were is very much indeed a book about love, self-love, sibling love and the complexity of family love. Pearl, for the most part of her life has struggled with her weight, a product of […]
The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale: Forced to flee to Dublin after news breaks out about her affair with her professor, Dorothy Dee Gale begins her journey anticipating the worst and hoping for the best after applying for the writing program at Trinity College.
In The Good Part by Sophie Cousens, If we’re being honest with ourselves, hasn’t everyone had a moment where they just wish to skip over the tougher bits of life and get to the good part? Goodness knows Lucy Young has thought that enough over the past few years. Stuck […]