Tag: HJ Recommends


REVIEW: A Winter Wish by Emily Stone
24th Dec / 2 Comments

REVIEW: A Winter Wish by Emily Stone

In A Winter Wish by Emily Stone, Lexie can’t remember a time when she wanted to settle down in one place long term. She chalks it up to the vacations she and her parents took every Christmas when she was very young, traveling to a different festive location each year. […]

REVIEW: A Five-Letter Word for Love by Amy James
20th Dec / 6 Comments

REVIEW: A Five-Letter Word for Love by Amy James

In A Five-Letter Word for Love by Amy James, Emily Evans figured that by the age of twenty-seven she would have her dream job (she’s still figuring out what that is) and she’d be living in some exciting metropolitan-type locale (not a tiny town on Prince Edward Island). But she […]

REVIEW: Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey
12th Dec / 5 Comments

REVIEW: Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey

Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey: Christmas time in New York is always a sensory over load, but for Stella it really only highlights just how behind she is in where she had hoped to be in life by now, so when she scoffed out loud at the outrageous window dressing […]

REVIEW: Pick-Up by Nora Dahlia
11th Dec / 6 Comments

REVIEW: Pick-Up by Nora Dahlia

In Pick-Up by Nora Dahlia, While Sasha Rubinstein is pretty used to being a single mom–she was solo parenting even before she and her husband got divorced–somehow it seems like she can’t keep up with anything lately. And what makes it even more difficult is her lack of any freelance […]

REVIEW: I Do With You by Lauren Landish
10th Dec / 4 Comments

REVIEW: I Do With You by Lauren Landish

I Do With You by Lauren Landish:Hope Barlowe has always had her entire life all planned out, and for the most part she was right on track. Well that is until the day of her dream wedding to her high school sweetheart, something just didn’t feel right to Hope, which […]

REVIEW: The Co-op by Tarah DeWitt
27th Nov / 2 Comments

REVIEW: The Co-op by Tarah DeWitt

The Co-op by Tarah DeWitt: LaRynn and Deacon never expected to ever see each other again after their heartbreaking summer fling as teens, however it would seem that their late grandmothers have other plans for the two. Years after seeing each other last the two are brought back together when […]

REVIEW: The Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi Matthews
21st Nov / 3 Comments

REVIEW: The Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi Matthews

The Muse of Maiden Lane by Mimi Matthews: Stella Hobhouse is tired of being undervalued. Society has all but ignored her due to her prematurely gray hair and quiet demeanor, while her strict religious brother has made it clear that her existence is a burden. Now that her funds for […]

REVIEW: Fortune’s Holiday Surprise by Jennifer Wilck
15th Nov / 2 Comments

REVIEW: Fortune’s Holiday Surprise by Jennifer Wilck

Fortune’s Holiday Surprise by Jennifer Wilck  is the fifth book overall in The Fortunes of Texas series, each of which is written by a different author. I feel this works well as a standalone, but not having read the previous books in the series, I did feel like I was […]

REVIEW: This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher
12th Nov / 4 Comments

REVIEW: This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher

In This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher, Ten years ago four people embarked on a journey to rescue a kidnapped princess and stop the Fraternal Order from taking over the realm of Mythria. Three of the four made it out alive. But all four of them went on to […]

REVIEW: Mr. Nice Spy by Tiana Smith
11th Nov / 4 Comments

REVIEW: Mr. Nice Spy by Tiana Smith

Mr. Nice Spy by Tiana Smith: Do we ever really know the lives of our parents before they became parents? Well for pyrotechnics engineer Andee Paxton the answer is definitely not. Who would have ever thought that her father, Holt, is none other than a dangerous and wanted arms dealer […]