Lone Women by Victor LaValle is a book of many genres. It’s women’s fiction, historical fiction, thriller, mystery, horror, suspense, and some magic. I enjoyed this mixture very much. Story Recap: Lone Women refers to the practice of single women going to Montana to homestead. In this book, we meet Adelaide Henry, a lone woman […]
The Wedding at Moonglow Bay by Lori Wilde is the fourth book in the popular Moonglow Cove series. This can be read as a stand-alone. Story Recap: Samantha was excited to marry Luca Ginelli, after losing her first husband Nick, seven years ago to a sailing accident. Luca is the brother of her first husband […]
The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch is a dual-POV historical fiction novel set in Russia and London, that spans the 1917 Revolution, the siege of Leningrad, Stalin’s purges, and more. Story Recap: Rosie has been studying at Oxford University, but when her mother suddenly dies, she finds some hints of a different life her […]
Go as a River by Shelley Read is a beautifully written, poignant story about one woman’s journey after a fateful choice that changed her life forever. Story Recap: Victoria Nash is a teenager in the 1940s living on her family’s peach farm. As the only woman in the family, she learned to run the household […]
Maureen by Rachel Joyce is the third book in the Harold Fry series. This can be read as a stand-alone, as the author sums up the previous books, but it would be better to read this series in order. Story Recap: Maureen Fry is living a quiet life with her husband Harold. It’s been ten […]
I’m very glad I read so many rave reviews for this memoir because I never would have picked this up otherwise. I never watched iCarley, and didn’t know who Jennette McCurdy was. She was a child actress and one of the stars of the hit show, iCarley. I’ve grown up hearing about the many dysfunctional […]
Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan is the second book in her amazing new duology, The Celestial Kingdom Duology, and should be read in order. This Chinese mythology-inspired fantasy had me enthralled from the very first page. Story Recap: The story starts as Xingyin is living again with her mother on the […]
Better than Fiction by Alexa Martin is a charming bookish book about a woman who inherits a small bookstore from her grandmother. I enjoyed this heartwarming romantic comedy very much. Story Recap: Drew Young just inherited her Grandmothers bookshop, The Book Nook. Unfortunately, Drew is not a book lover. Why read the book when the […]
For Halloween, I’m sharing my audiobook reviews for the four books of the Practical Magic Series by Alice Hoffman I loved this prequel to Practical Magic. It follows the life of Maria Owens and how she ended up in Massachusetts after being abandoned in a field in England as a baby, during the 1600s. This […]
The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews is the second book in her popular Belles of London series but can be easily read as a stand-alone. I really enjoyed this marriage of convenience story, with a lot of heart and emotion. Story Recap: Julia is the daughter of two sickly parents, who want her […]