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Falon Ballard | Lease On Love

The Plot (from Goodreads): Beach Read meets The Flatshare in this warmly funny and delightfully sharp debut rom-com about a down-on-her-luck young woman who turns…

January 31, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Claire Douglas, Reviews with Spoilers

Claire Douglas | Just Like The Other Girls

The Plot (from Goodreads): An electrifying tale of psychological suspense in which an unsuspecting young woman finds herself trapped in an increasingly sinister web of…

January 29, 2022May 6, 2022
Categories Book Review, J.C. Bidonde, Reviews with Spoilers

J.C. Bidonde | Do You Follow?

The Plot (from Goodreads): Alexa lives a sheltered life with her widowed father, feeling stifled by his helicopter parenting. When she secures a marketing job…

January 28, 2022February 24, 2022
Categories Book Review, Kaira Rouda, Reviews with Spoilers

Kaira Rouda | Somebody’s Home

The Plot (from Goodreads): A quiet neighborhood. A lovely home. A promising new beginning. In a heartbeat everything can change in this propulsive novel of…

January 25, 2022February 24, 2022
Categories Book Review, Michael Robotham, Reviews with Spoilers

Michael Robotham | When You Are Mine

The Plot (from Goodreads): Philomena McCarthy is a young, ambitious police office with the elite Metropolitan Police in London. When she responds to a domestic…

January 24, 2022April 15, 2022
Categories Book Review, Mazey Eddings

Mazey Eddings | A Brush With Love

The Plot (from Goodreads): Harper is anxiously awaiting placement into a top oral surgery residency program when she crashes (literally) into Dan. Harper would rather…

January 23, 2022January 26, 2025
Categories Book Review, Kimmery Martin, Reviews with Spoilers

Kimmery Martin | Doctors and Friends

The Plot (from Goodreads): Hannah, Compton, and Kira have been close friends since medical school, reuniting once a year for a much-needed vacation. Just as…

January 22, 2022April 15, 2022
Categories Book Review, Marie Rutkoski, Reviews with Spoilers

Marie Rutkoski | Real Easy

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s 1999 and Samantha has danced for years at the Lovely Lady strip club. She’s not used to mixing work and…

January 21, 2022February 24, 2022
Categories Book Review, Amanda Jayatissa, Reviews with Spoilers

Amanda Jayatissa | My Sweet Girl

The Plot (from Goodreads): Ever since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything—schools, money, and parents so…

January 20, 2022May 21, 2024
Categories Book Review, Kiersten Modglin, Reviews with Spoilers

Kiersten Modglin | The Amendment

Don’t remember what happened in the first book? Click here for spoilers for The Arrangement.  The Plot (from Goodreads): First, there was the arrangement. A…

January 16, 2022April 15, 2022
Categories Book Review, Holly Miller

Holly Miller | What Might Have Been

The Plot (from Goodreads): What if “meant to be” happened twice? Lucy is at a crossroads. The same night she quits her thankless job she…

January 16, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Scott Shepherd

Scott Shepherd | The Last Commandment

The Characters:  Austin Grant: Commander at Scotland Yard, set to retire at the end of the year. But his last case ends up being a…

January 15, 2022February 24, 2022
Categories Book Review, Emma Lord

Emma Lord | When You Get The Chance

The Plot (from Goodreads): Nothing will get in the way of Millie Price’s dream to become a Broadway star. Not her lovable but super-introverted dad,…

January 14, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, John Lawrence

John Lawrence | Playing Doctor, Part 1

The Plot (from Goodreads): John’s medical memoir was born from chaotic, disjointed, funny and frightening late-night letters to friends over email (any recipients of which…

January 13, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Shirley Jump

Shirley Jump | The Marvelous Monroe Girls

The Plot (from Goodreads): Gabriella Monroe is doing her best to pretend that everything is fine, but her life is a mess. Sales are down…

January 13, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Sarah Ready

Sarah Ready | Josh and Gemma Make a Baby

The Plot (from Goodreads): Meet Gemma Jacobs. She’s driven, energetic, and a positive thinker. She has a great career working for famed self-help guru Ian…

January 10, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Kate White, Reviews with Spoilers

Kate White | The Fiancee

The Plot (from Goodreads): Summer’s looking forward to a break from hustling for acting work in Manhattan when she, her husband Gabe, and Gabe’s nine-year-old…

January 9, 2022February 24, 2022
Categories Book Review, Carrie Doyle

Carrie Doyle | Something’s Guava Give

The Plot (from Goodreads): Nothing ruins an ocean view like a body on the beach! Plum Lockhart went out on a limb when she ditched…

January 6, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Lillie Vale

Lillie Vale | The Shaadi Set-Up

The Plot (from Goodreads): High school sweethearts Rita Chitniss and Milan Rao were the golden couple, until the day he broke her heart. Now, six…

January 5, 2022August 29, 2024
Categories Book Review, Rachel Lynn Solomon

Rachel Lynn Solomon | Weather Girl

The Plot (from Goodreads): Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves almost everything about her job as a TV meteorologist….

January 3, 2022August 23, 2023
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Stacy Willingham

Stacy Willingham | A Flicker in the Dark

The Plot (from Goodreads): When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer,…

January 2, 2022September 16, 2023
Categories Book Review, Anne Marie Ryan

Anne Marie Ryan | Christmas by the Book

The Plot (from Goodreads): Nora and her husband, Simon, have run the beautiful oak-beamed book shop in their small British village for thirty years. But…

January 1, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Sarah Strohmeyer

Sarah Strohmeyer | Do I Know You?

The Plot (from Goodreads): Jane Ellison is a “super recognizer” able to identify strangers by the slightest facial details—the curve of a head, the arch…

December 31, 2021September 8, 2022
Categories Book Review, Jill Santopolo

Jill Santopolo | Everything After

The Plot (from Goodreads): The Light We Lost mixes with a touch of Daisy Jones and the Six in this novel of first love, passion,…

December 31, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Elyssa Friedland

Elyssa Friedland | Last Summer at the Golden Hotel

The Plot (from Goodreads): A family reunion for the ages when two clans convene for the summer at their beloved getaway in the Catskills–perfect for…

December 31, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Alexa Martin

Alexa Martin | Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes

The Plot (from Goodreads): Jude Andrews is famous. Well, at least on Instagram. Her brand is clean eating, good vibes, Pilates, and casually looking like…

December 30, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Wendy Walker

Wendy Walker | Don’t Look For Me

The Plot (from Goodreads): One night, Molly Clarke walked away from her life. The car abandoned miles from home. The note found at a nearby…

December 29, 2021February 24, 2022
Categories Book Review, Geoff Rodkey, Reviews with Spoilers

Geoff Rodkey | Lights Out In Lincolnwood

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s Tuesday morning in Lincolnwood, New Jersey, and all four members of the Altman family are busy ignoring each other en…

December 26, 2021February 24, 2022
Categories Book Review, Catherine Walsh

Catherine Walsh | The Rebound

The Plot (from Goodreads): A newly single girl. A tall dark handsome stranger. What could go wrong? It’s 7 a.m. on a Monday morning and…

December 25, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Preslaysa Williams

Preslaysa Williams | A Lowcountry Bride

The Plot (from Goodreads): Maya Jackson has worked for Laura Whitcomb, Inc, a renowned New York City bridal gown brand, for years and dreams of…

December 24, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, JT Ellison, Reviews with Spoilers

JT Ellison | Her Dark Lies

The Plot (from Goodreads): Jutting from sparkling turquoise waters off the Italian coast, Isle Isola is an idyllic setting for a wedding. In the majestic…

December 23, 2021February 24, 2022
Categories Book Review, Jeneva Rose

Jeneva Rose | The Girl I Was

The Plot (from Goodreads): Sometimes you have to go back before you can go forward. Alexis Spencer thinks she has it all figured out. Even…

December 22, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Julie Cameron, Reviews with Spoilers

Julie Cameron | Only Truth

The Plot (from Goodreads): A successful artist with a doting husband, Isabel Dryland knows she should be grateful for her happy life. It’s a complete…

December 21, 2021February 24, 2022
Categories Book Review, Melanie Golding, Reviews with Spoilers

Melanie Golding | The Hidden

The Plot (from Goodreads): One dark December night, in a small seaside town, a little girl is found abandoned. When her mother finally arrives, authorities…

December 19, 2021February 24, 2022
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers

Erik Therme | I Know You

The Plot (from Goodreads): Sisters Bree and Alissa Walker share a special bond. Neglected by their parents, they have always looked out for one another….

December 18, 2021March 4, 2022
Categories Book Review, Holly Jackson, Reviews with Spoilers

Holly Jackson | A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

The Plot (from Goodreads): The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it….

December 18, 2021September 16, 2023
Categories Book Review, Courtney Walsh

Courtney Walsh | A Cross-Country Christmas

The Plot (from Goodreads): Lauren Richmond isn’t a fan of Christmas. Which is why she rarely makes the trip home to the Midwest for the…

December 16, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Christina McDonald, Reviews with Spoilers

Christina McDonald | Behind Every Lie

The Plot (from Goodreads): Eva Hansen wakes in the hospital after being struck by lightning and discovers her mother, Kat, has been murdered. Eva was…

December 15, 2021February 24, 2022
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Categories Book Review, Maggie Knox

Maggie Knox | The Holiday Swap

The Plot (from Goodreads): When chef Charlie Goodwin gets hit on the head on the L.A. set of her reality baking show, she loses a…

December 14, 2021February 5, 2023
debbie mason mistletoe cottage
Categories Book Review, Debbie Mason

Debbie Mason | Mistletoe Cottage

The Plot (from Goodreads): Sophie DiRossi loved growing up in Harmony Harbor. But after fleeing in disgrace many years ago, it is the last place…

December 14, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Virginia Heath

Virginia Heath | Never Fall For Your Fiancee

The Plot (from Goodreads): The last thing Hugh Standish, Earl of Fareham, ever wants is a wife. Unfortunately for him, his mother is determined to…

December 13, 2021February 5, 2023
bad luck bridesmaid alison rose greenberg
Categories Book Review, Alison Rose Greenberg

Alison Rose Greenberg | Bad Luck Bridesmaid

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s official: Zoey Marks is the cursed bridesmaid that no engagement can survive. Ten years, three empire waist dresses, and ZERO…

December 13, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Erin Hahn

Erin Hahn | Never Saw You Coming

The Plot (from Goodreads): Raised by conservative parents, 18-year-old Meg Hennessey just found out her entire childhood was a lie. Instead of taking a gap…

December 12, 2021August 6, 2024
Categories Book Review, S.A. Lelchuk

S. A. Lelchuk | One Got Away

The Plot (from Goodreads): Nikki Griffin, a private-investigator when she isn’t running her small bookstore, is on a case. The matriarch of one of the…

December 9, 2021August 23, 2023
Categories Book Review, Alafair Burke, Reviews with Spoilers

Alafair Burke | Find Me

The Plot (from Goodreads): She calls herself Hope Miller, but she has no idea who she actually is. Fifteen years ago, she was found in…

December 8, 2021May 21, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Colleen Hoover

Colleen Hoover | November 9

The Plot (from Goodreads): Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s…

December 8, 2021September 16, 2023
magical new york christmas anita hughes
Categories Book Review

Anita Hughes | A Magical New York Christmas

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s Christmas week when 26-year-old Sabrina Post knocks on the door of the Vanderbilt suite at the Plaza Hotel in New…

December 7, 2021February 5, 2023
twelve days to save christmas
Categories Book Review, Elizabeth Neep

Elizabeth Neep | Twelve Days to Save Christmas

The Plot (from Goodreads): On the first day of Christmas, my true love… dumped me. Poppy loves Christmas and always goes all out to make…

December 5, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Katherine Ashenburg

Katherine Ashenburg | Her Turn

The Plot (from Goodreads): A journalist in Washington, DC, Liz has turned lemons into lemonade after her husband walked out on her a decade ago….

December 2, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Peace Adzo Medie

Peace Adzo Medie | His Only Wife

The Plot (from Goodreads): “Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.” Afi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is…

December 1, 2021February 5, 2023

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