In Queen of Lombard Street by Lisa Kleypas, Reina Martin grew up knowing she unfortunately didn’t completely fit in anywhere in London thanks to her illegitimate lineage. Her Spanish mother, a former dancer, was the mistress of a prominent banker–who already had a wife and family. But after years of […]
In Trust Fall by Lynn Painter, Sometimes life takes you by surprise and sends you in a direction you never expected. That’s exactly what happened to Julia Lowell. A high school senior in Nebraska, she had no idea that the local elderly gentleman she and her family adored and considered […]
In Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult, When people go through a traumatic experience, they deal with it in their own way, doing the best they can with the hand they were dealt. In Molly Fitzgerald’s case, she took the fact that her mother died in the 9/11 attacks in the […]
In Grim Tidings by B.K. Borison, Being a Grim Reaper isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Darcy Moore would know. She’s been a Reaper for several decades now and honestly? She’s exhausted. Not just physically either. She’s tired to her core of dealing with death day in and day […]
In Love Felt Like This by Julie Olivia, Becoming a puppeteer and following in her grandfather’s footsteps was always the plan for Beverly Lark. She couldn’t love his long-running children’s show Birds on the Block anymore if she had created it herself–which is why when funding falls through to continue […]
In Lost and Found by Tarah DeWitt, Hairstylist Bea Marshall thought her life would take her beyond her small hometown of Spunes, Oregon, and keep her busy alongside her best friend Merritt. But the universe had other ideas. After Merritt’s second battle with cancer eventually takes her short life way […]
In Into the Fading Twilight by Catherine Cowles, Forest Service investigator Kol Archer has unfortunately seen his fair share of darkness–in his personal life and in his job. But nothing prepared him for the day he met Nova. From the moment he set eyes on her, she wowed him with […]
In Brighter than Before by Courtney Walsh, They say the wife is always the last to know. And in Claire’s case, that was unfortunately 100% true because she had no idea her husband of twenty-plus years was cheating on her. After a dose of public humiliation, a divorce, and several […]
In The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston, Horticulturist Sophie Drear is a woman who keeps her promises. Always has been, always will be. Even though at the moment, as she drives up the winding cliffside drive to her temporary summer job, she wishes she wasn’t. Because while Lilymoor House and […]
In Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune, Frankie Gardiner almost can’t remember a time before she and George Saint James were best friends. They met at eight-years-old on what turned out to be one of the most difficult days of her young life. Well, the toughest day until now. Because […]