The Plot (from Goodreads): Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd,…
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Ally Condie | THE UNWEDDING Spoilers
The Plot (from Goodreads): Ellery Wainwright is alone at the edge of the world. She and her husband, Luke, were supposed to spend their twentieth…
Katherine Center | The Rom-Commers
The Plot (from Goodreads): Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies―good ones! That…
Falon Ballard | Just My Type
The Plot (from Goodreads): Lana Parker has never been single for long. After a disastrous break-up with her high school boyfriend, Seth Carson, Lana’s bounced…
Kaira Rouda | UNDER THE PALMS Spoilers
The Plot (from Goodreads): During a weekend retreat, a powerful family plays a dangerous game of dark secrets and cold-blooded ambition in a novel by…
Kaira Rouda | BENEATH THE SURFACE Spoilers
The Plot (from Goodreads): You are cordially invited to an overnight voyage on the Splendid Seas. An invitation to Catalina Island from billionaire CEO Richard Kingsley….
Myah Ariel | When I Think of You
The Plot (from Goodreads): Kaliya Wilson has paid her dues. But all the years behind the reception desk at a flashy film studio have only…
Falon Ballard | Right On Cue
The Plot (from Goodreads): Hollywood darling Emmy Harper is considered the queen of writing romantic comedies. That is, until tragedy struck and she swore she’d…
Catherine McKenzie | Have You Seen Her
The Plot (from Goodreads): Equipped with a burner phone and a new job, Cassie Peters has left her hectic and secretive life in New York…
Sarah Adams | The Rule Book
The Plot (from Goodreads): Nora Mackenzie’s entire career lies in the hands of famous NFL tight end Derek Pender who also happens to be her…
Nina Simon | Mother-Daughter Murder Night
The Plot (from Goodreads): Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. A lighthearted whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths. Gilmore…
Ali Hazelwood | The Love Hypothesis
The Book: The Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodPublished: September 14, 2021 by Berkley BooksDate read: November 12, 2023 The Characters: Olive and Adam Buy it…
A. R. Torre | A Fatal Affair
Book summary and review of A Fatal Affair by AR Torre. Click here for spoiler discussion for A Fatal Affair by AR Torre. Post contains spoilers if all dropdowns are expanded.
Julie Clark | The Lies I Tell
The Book: The Lies I Tell by Julie ClarkPublished June 21, 2022 by Sourcebooks LandmarkDate read: February 28, 2023 The Characters: MegKat Buy it on…
Laura Dave | The Last Thing He Told Me
The Book: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura DavePublished: May 2021 by Simon & Schuster Torrie’s Rating: ★★★ The Plot (Goodreads): Before Owen Michaels…
Kerry Lonsdale | No More Secrets (No More #3)
The Book: No More Secrets by Kerry Lonsdale (No More #3)Published March 14, 2023 by Lake Union PublishingDate read: March 5, 2023 The Characters: LucasShiloh…
Julie Tieu | Circling Back To You
The Plot (from Goodreads): Cadence Lim has transformed from behind-the-scenes number cruncher to an integral part of the sales team at Prism Realty. But despite…
Courtney Kae | In The Event of Love
The Plot (from Goodreads): Offering a steamy, queer spin on the feel-good tropes of a Hallmark movie, this sweet, funny #OwnVoices rom-com is perfect for…
Lacie Waldon | From The Jump
The Plot (from Goodreads): A chronic yes-woman finally admits to what—and who—she really wants in this unforgettable and heartfelt romantic comedy, by the author of…
Susan Wiggs | Sugar and Salt
The Plot (from Goodreads): Jerome “Sugar” Barnes learned the art of baking in his grandma’s bakery, also called Sugar, on historic Perdita Street in San…
Isabel Kaplan | NSFW
The Plot (from Goodreads): From the outside, the unnamed protagonist in NSFW appears the vision of success. She has landed an entry-level position at a…
Gillian Libby | Four Ways To Wear A Dress
The Plot (from Goodreads): Debut author Gillian Libby brings you a bright and hopeful story about friendship, self-discovery and acceptance, and fighting for your own…
Cassidy Lucas | The Last Party
The Plot (from Goodreads): For Los Angeleno Dani Sanders, turning 50 seems like one more disappointment. Her career has stalled, her nineteen-year-old daughter with developmental…
Ann Marie Walker | Lucky Leap Day
The Book: Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie WalkerPublished January 18th 2022 by Sourcebooks CasablancaDate read: January 5, 2022 The Characters: CaraFinn Buy it on…
Sophie Sullivan | How To Love Your Neighbor
The Plot (from Goodreads): Interior Design School? Check. Cute house to fix up? Check. Sexy, grumpy neighbor who is going to get in the way…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Kristin Miller | The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives
The Plot (from Goodreads): Mystery writer Brooke Davies is the new wife on the block. Her tech-billionaire husband, Jack, twenty-two years her senior, whisked her…
Gabby Allan | Much Ado About Nauticaling
The Plot (from Goodreads): After far too many years in the Los Angeles corporate world, Whitney Dagner has come home to Santa Catalina Island off…
A.R. Torre | The Good Lie
The Plot (from Goodreads): Psychiatrist Dr. Gwen Moore is an expert on killers. She’s spent a decade treating California’s most depraved predators and unlocking their…
Christina Lauren | Soulmate Equation
The Plot (from Goodreads): Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step…
Susan Wiggs | The Lost and Found Bookshop
The Plot (from Goodreads): There is a book for everything… Somewhere in the vast Library of the Universe, as Natalie thought of it, there was…
Janelle Brown | Pretty Things | Ten-Second Spoilers
Summary: Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy liberal arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned…
Jessica Koosed Etting | Fade Into The Bright
The Plot (from Goodreads): Abby needs to escape a life that she no longer recognizes as her own. Her old life–the one where she was…
Wendy Heard | She’s Too Pretty To Burn
The Plot (from Goodreads): The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable,…
Kris Calvin | All That Fall
The Plot (from Goodreads): When Emma Lawson, the youngest lead government ethics investigator in California’s capital, takes a day off to help her best friend,…
Emily Henry | People We Meet on Vacation
The Plot (from Goodreads): Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable…
Carola Lovering | Tell Me Lies
The Plot (from Goodreads): Lucy Albright is far from her Long Island upbringing when she arrives on the campus of her small California college, and…
Catherine Steadman | The Disappearing Act
The Plot (from Goodreads): Once a year, actors from across the globe descend on the smog and sunshine of Los Angeles for pilot season. Every…
Brit Bennett | The Vanishing Half
The Plot (from Goodreads): The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running…
Sara Desai | The Dating Plan
The Book: The Dating Plan by Sara Desai, 2021 The Characters: DaisyLiam Get it on Amazon. The Plot (from Goodreads): Daisy Patel is a software…
A.R. Torre | Every Last Secret
The Plot (from Goodreads): Welcome to the neighborhood. Watch your husband, watch your friends, and watch your back. Cat Winthorpe has worked hard to get…
Lucinda Berry | The Best of Friends
The Plot (from Goodreads): An unthinkable tragedy forever changes a group of teens and turns family against family in this edge-of-your-seat thriller that begs to…