Simmer Down by Sarah Smith: Having moved from Portland to beautiful Maui after her father passed away suddenly from Pancreatic Cancer, Nikki is faced with the challenging task of trying to fulfill her father’s retirement dream of owning a food truck and developing a high profile business, all the while struggling […]
The Code for Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor: In our truly relative world of grey, this delightfully sweet read is the epitome of Young Adult Romance; its innocence as light as a summer sun shower and its thematic intent as bright as a full moon.
Lost on the Way by Isabel Jolie: Grab a bunch of tissues and put the map and compass aside, because you will be anything but lost on the way through this gorgeous read. Beginning with a hangover, and some sure signs of the morning after, Jason and Maggie are both horrified […]
Brace yourself with a decent napkin on your lap and hook into Anything but Easy by Susie Tate with joyful abandon, because this little cracker is spirited, juicy, and has a little dash of Love Actually meets Brigit Jones’ Diary sprinkled in for good measure.
She Gets That From Me by Robin Wells: From beginning to end, She Gets That from Me, is a sensational read that taps into the nature of love, whether blood is thicker than water, and whether we really do have the opportunity to choose who we consider to be our family.
Ties that Tether by Jane Igharo: In our contemporary world, we often need reminders that family, social structure and traditions are the things that shape our identity, and in turn, create who we become for better or for worse as a tie to our cultural heritage. And sometimes it is essential we […]
The Beat Match by Kelly Siskind: Typically, a romance novel that features an orphan, whose rich Prince Charming falls madly in love with her, pulls me up by page 5. The Beat Match however, had some creative quirks and a decent dollop of social morality that page 6 rushed past quickly […]
The Wreckage of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry: If you believe that everything worth loving is worth saving, then put your sympathy jacket on and enjoy this Mid-Western American Drama Romance despite the inherent storms to weather from. When the adults in Hazel’s life have completely failed her, she does the […]
Secrets Made in Paradise by Natalie Anderson With ripples of fairy-tale like magic sprinkled throughout, and a sort of thrum of rags to riches, Secrets Made in Paradise explores what happens when you try to distance yourself from your past, close yourself off to the world and invariably try to […]
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman: Occasionally in life, a book will fall in your lap, for which you have utterly no expectation nor any background knowledge about, and 10 pages in, you’ll feel like you have entered a profound world of storytelling wherein your heart may stop beating if you can’t […]