Category: HJ Recommends


REVIEW: A Cross-Country Wedding by Courtney Walsh
21st Aug / 10 Comments

REVIEW: A Cross-Country Wedding by Courtney Walsh

In A Cross-Country Wedding by Courtney Walsh, Maddie Rogers is proud that she and Simon Collier have proven for the last ten years that men and women *can* be platonic friends. Since college the unlikely pair have had each other’s backs. They’ve spent time watching movies in Simon’s freakishly tidy […]

REVIEW: The Only Purple House in Town by Ann Aguirre
7th Aug / 6 Comments

REVIEW: The Only Purple House in Town by Ann Aguirre

The Only Purple House in Town by Ann Aguirre: Iris Collins is the chaos bunny in her family, nothing she has every done has truly gone to plan. While all of her sisters are wildly successful in every field of their lives Iris can’t even keep her budget straight for a […]

REVIEW: The Bluebird Bakery by Lee Tobin McClain
6th Aug / 8 Comments

REVIEW: The Bluebird Bakery by Lee Tobin McClain

The Bluebird Bakery by Lee Tobin McClain: After the death of their mother, Taylor Harp and her sister Savannah were separated and lived different lives. Taylor lived a simple life with their aunt while Savannah lived a more glamorous life in the spot life of pageants and modeling. After spending one […]

REVIEW: With Love, from Cold World by Alicia Thompson
3rd Aug / 14 Comments

REVIEW: With Love, from Cold World by Alicia Thompson

In With Love, from Cold World by Alicia Thompson, You would think that working at a tourist destination that features an ice rink and a walk-in snow globe in the middle of Florida would be a blast of a job. But Lauren Fox isn’t known for her sense of fun […]

REVIEW: Flirting with Fire by Jane Porter
21st Jul / 13 Comments

REVIEW: Flirting with Fire by Jane Porter

In Flirting with Fire by Jane Porter, When Margot Hughes gave up touring the country with a Broadway revue after two and a half decades in theater, she could think of nothing but going home to California. Now working in a real estate office her good friend Sally owns, Margot […]

REVIEW: The Long Game by Elena Armas
14th Jul / 11 Comments

REVIEW: The Long Game by Elena Armas

In The Long Game by Elena Armas, Adalyn Reyes has basically lived and breathed the Miami Flames soccer team for most of her adult life, working at their offices in PR. The fact that her father owns the team and is CEO is irrelevant to her, but unfortunately not to […]

REVIEW: Wish Lists  Road Trips by Lauren H. Mae
9th Jul / 7 Comments

REVIEW: Wish Lists Road Trips by Lauren H. Mae

Wish Lists & Road Trips by Lauren H. Mae: After his brother passed away, workaholic Nick Callaway discovered Alex had made a list of ten places he wanted Nick to visit and spread his ashes. Nick reluctantly took two weeks off from the family real estate developing business to go on […]

REVIEW: Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon
5th Jul / 12 Comments

REVIEW: Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon

In Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon, Chandler Cohen knew when she was getting her journalism degree at a time when local newspapers were shutting down all over the US that it was an iffy decision. Thankfully she had just enough time to develop her own writing voice before […]

REVIEW: Beginning of Forever by Catherine Bybee
2nd Jul / 18 Comments

REVIEW: Beginning of Forever by Catherine Bybee

In Beginning of Forever by Catherine Bybee, Family comes first for the D’Angelos and Giovanni wouldn’t have it any other way. So what if he’s had to put his plans of one day running his very own winery on the back burner? He’d do anything for his loved ones and […]