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Categories Book Review, Kristina Forest

Kristina Forest | The Love Lyric

The Plot (from Goodreads): Iris Greene used to be a woman with a plan. But all of that changed after she met the love of…

February 4, 2025February 11, 2025
Categories Book Review, Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone

Julie Murphy | A Jingle Bell Mingle

The Christmas Notch Series A Merry Little Meet CuteA Holly Jolly Ever AfterA Jingle Bell Mingle Love holiday books? Check out my holiday book master…

November 3, 2024January 6, 2025
Categories Book Review, Steven Rowley

Steven Rowley | The Guncle Abroad

The Plot (from Goodreads): Patrick O’Hara is finally in a league of his own…professionally. Inspired by his stint as Grant and Maisie’s caretaker after their…

February 22, 2024May 24, 2024
Categories Book Review, Helena Hunting

Helena Hunting | A Love Catastrophe

The Book:  A Love Catastrophe by Helena HuntingPublished: June 13, 2023 by ForeverDate read: July 30, 2023 The Characters:  Miles and Kitty Buy it on…

July 31, 2023August 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Steven Rowley

Steven Rowley | The Celebrants

The Book:  The Celebrants by Steven RowleyPublished May 30, 2023 by G.P. Putnam’s SonsDate read: May 5, 2023 The Characters:  Jordan, Jordy, Naomi, Craig, and…

June 3, 2023May 31, 2023
Categories Book Review, Helena Greer

Helena Greer | Season of Love

The Plot (from Goodreads): Miriam Blum has no choice but to face the past she thought she’d left behind when she inherits her great-aunt’s Christmas…

November 8, 2022March 14, 2024
Categories Book Review, Ethan Joella

Ethan Joella | A Little Hope

The Plot (from Goodreads): Freddie and Greg Tyler seem to have it all: a comfortable home, a beautiful young daughter, a bond that feels unbreakable….

October 5, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Casey Dembowski

Casey Dembowski | The Corey Effect

The Book:  The Corey Effect by Casey DembowskiPublished October 4th 2022 by Red Adept PublishingDate read: October 3, 2022 The Characters:  AndiCorey Buy it on…

October 4, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Katie Runde

Katie Runde | The Shore

The Plot (from Goodreads): Brian and Margot Dunne live year-round in Seaside, just steps away from the bustling boardwalk, with their daughters Liz and Evy….

September 11, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Rachel Burton

Rachel Burton | A Bookshop Christmas

The Plot (from Goodreads): A snowstorm. A stranger. A spark. And it’s Christmas! It should be the perfect start to the perfect love story. But…

September 6, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Barbara Graham, Reviews with Spoilers

Barbara Graham | What Jonah Knew

The Book:  What Jonah Knew by Barbara GrahamPublished July 5th 2022 by Harper PaperbacksDate read: July 6th, 2022 The Characters:  Helen and Henry BirdLucie, Matt,…

July 19, 2022July 21, 2022
Categories Book Review, Ali Brady, Alison Hammer, Bradeigh Godfrey

Ali Brady | The Beach Trap

The Plot (from Goodreads): When twelve-year-olds Kat Steiner and Blake O’Neill meet at Camp Chickawah, they have an instant connection. But everything falls apart when…

June 14, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Trish Doller

Trish Doller | The Suite Spot

The Plot (from Goodreads): Rachel Beck has hit a brick wall. She’s a single mom, still living at home and trying to keep a dying…

June 8, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Jessica Strawser, Reviews with Spoilers

Jessica Strawser | The Next Thing You Know

The Plot (from Goodreads): As an end-of-life doula, Nova Huston’s job—her calling, her purpose, her life—is to help terminally ill people make peace with their…

April 24, 2022April 24, 2022
Categories Book Review, Leslie Rasmussen

Leslie Rasmussen | After Happily Ever After

The Plot (from Goodreads): Maggie Dolan finds herself at forty-five at a crossroads in her life. Once a high-level executive, she’s chosen to be a…

April 16, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Erik Therme, Reviews with Spoilers

Erik Therme | If She Wakes

The Plot (from Goodreads): How do you survive the death of a child? My name is Tess Parker. Two days ago, I was in a…

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022
Categories Book Review, Rebecca Serle

Rebecca Serle | One Italian Summer

The Plot (from Goodreads): When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and first phone call….

April 6, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Kimmery Martin, Reviews with Spoilers

Kimmery Martin | The Queen of Hearts

The Plot (from Goodreads): Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships…

March 24, 2022March 28, 2022
Categories Book Review, Jenny Hale

Jenny Hale | Butterfly Sisters

The Plot (from Goodreads): About to land her biggest deal yet, Leigh Henderson is on her game. She’s prepared for this, and nothing can get…

March 2, 2022February 5, 2023
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, 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, 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, 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, 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
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Categories Book Review, Kirthana Ramisetti

Kirthana Ramisetti | Dava Shastri’s Last Day

The Plot (from Goodreads): Dava Shastri, one of the world’s wealthiest women, has always lived with her sterling reputation in mind. A brain cancer diagnosis…

November 30, 2021August 23, 2023
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Categories Book Review, John Hough Jr.

John Hough Jr. | The Sweetest Days

The Plot (from Goodreads): This portrait of marriage explores the long union of a middle-aged couple as they grapple with secrets, illness, and loyalty. Pete…

August 1, 2021February 5, 2023
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Categories Book Review, J. Michael Straczynski, Reviews with Spoilers

J. Michael Straczynski | Together We Will Go

Trigger warnings: suicide, assisted suicide, rape, drug abuse The Plot (from Goodreads): Mark Antonelli, a failed young writer looking down the barrel at thirty, is…

August 1, 2021February 7, 2022
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Categories Book Review, Kathleen Basi

Kathleen Basi | A Song For The Road

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s one year after the death of her husband and twin teenagers, and Miriam Tedesco has lost faith in humanity and…

June 16, 2021February 5, 2023
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Categories Book Review, Jessica Koosed Etting

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…

May 23, 2021August 23, 2023
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Categories Book Review, Ashley Schumacher

Ashley Schumacher | Amelia Unabridged

The Plot (from Goodreads): Eighteen-year-old Amelia Griffin is obsessed with the famous Orman Chronicles, written by the young and reclusive prodigy N. E. Endsley. They’re…

March 23, 2021February 5, 2023
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Categories Book Review, Abbie Greaves, Reviews with Spoilers

Abbie Greaves | Anywhere for You

The Plot (from Goodreads): The straphangers of Ealing Broadway station are familiar with Mary O’Connor, the woman who appears every day to watch the droves…

March 18, 2021December 4, 2021
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