Category: HJ Recommends


REVIEW: A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins
9th Jun / 10 Comments

REVIEW: A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins

In A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins, Running her family’s Wellfleet, Massachusetts, bookstore is Harlow Smith’s happy place, especially as she gets to spend time with her fabulous grandfather every day. It also helps to keep the guilt and grief at bay from giving her newborn son, Matthew, […]

REVIEW: The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh
1st Jun / 9 Comments

REVIEW: The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh

In The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh, A researcher at Chicago University, Isadora Bentley spends her days–and her nights and weekends, if she’s being honest–compiling and comparing data on a multitude of subjects. She’s content with her structured life, even if it’s a solitary one. Something she’s […]

REVIEW: Wrangler’s Rescue by B.J. Daniels
25th May / 7 Comments

REVIEW: Wrangler’s Rescue by B.J. Daniels

Wrangler’s Rescue by B.J. Daniels: A phone call was put through to his office. Sheriff Flint Cahill was shocked to hear the West Indies accent of the police commissioner on the Caribbean island of St. Augusta. Even more shocking and devastating was the reason for this call. According to the police […]

REVIEW: Pity Date by Whitney Dineen
21st May / 8 Comments

REVIEW: Pity Date by Whitney Dineen

Pity Date by Whitney Dineen: On any other day Faith would be thrilled to see her best friend walk down the aisle towards happily ever after but after being dumped by her cheating ex Faith can’t help but feel a bit less than thrilled about the idea of having to see […]

REVIEW: Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler
12th May / 9 Comments

REVIEW: Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler

In Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler When Millicent “Millie” Watts-Cohen befriended her ninety-eight-year-old next-door neighbor, Rose Nash, she didn’t expect it to change her life. Okay…that might sound dramatic, but it’s a hundred percent true. Even though there was about a seventy-year age difference between them, Millie never enjoyed […]

REVIEW: The Love We Keep by Toni Blake
7th May / 9 Comments

REVIEW: The Love We Keep by Toni Blake

The Love We Keep: Icy steps lead to Happily Ever After – a deeply emotional and poignant finish to Toni Blake’s Summer Island series. Suzanne Quinlan is a relative newcomer to Summer Island. She hasn’t experienced very many isolated winters there yet. Summer Island is a well-loved tourist location until winter […]

REVIEW: The Little Flower Shop by Lori Foster
25th Apr / 12 Comments

REVIEW: The Little Flower Shop by Lori Foster

In The Little Flower Shop by Lori Foster, Some people might find being called ‘the flower lady’ a ho-hum thing. But not for Emily Lucretia. She’s proud of her flower shop in pretty little Cemetery, Indiana, and has spent years building it into a success. So what if it’s happened […]

REVIEW: Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
18th Apr / 12 Comments

REVIEW: Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

In Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune, Will Baxter will forever be The One Who Got Away for Fern Brookbanks. Which is saying something, considering they only spent one day together in Toronto when they were twenty-two. But what an intense, incredible day that was. One that changed […]

REVIEW: Coach by Devney Perry
17th Apr / 21 Comments

REVIEW: Coach by Devney Perry

In Coach (Treasure State Wildcats #1) by Devney Perry, Millie Cunningham lives and breathes the colors of Treasure State University. With a job as the assistant athletic director, it kind of comes with the territory. But for her, it’s the place where she’s had some of the best days of […]