Lily Bennett’s Bucket List by Katherine Dyson is a fun romantic comedy with a friends-to-lovers trope that I enjoyed very much. This uplifting and heartwarming story is sure to steal your heart. When Lydia Grey meets her ex-husband and his new girlfriend in the shopping center, her heart is once again shattered. Ex husband, Adam […]
Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan is about an audiobook narrator, written by a fantastic audiobook narrator. This lovely story includes one of my favorite romance tropes, the epistolary trope. Sewanee Chester is a very popular audiobook narrator who lives in Los Angeles and she used to be an actress. She enjoys that her […]
Ten Years by Pernille Hughes is an emotional story of love and loss and love again. And the journey is one that I’ll not soon forget. Becca and Charlie are sworn enemies, but they have one shared love, and that is Ally. Ally is Becca’s best friend and Charlie’s fiance. When Ally dies after a […]
The One You Want by Jennifer Ryan is an emotional romance about friends, family, and love. Family dynamics and tested friendships are themes in this lovely story. Rose returns to the home she left years ago, escaping her monster of a father and leaving behind her mother and her younger sister. Her father is gone […]
An Island Wedding by Jenny Colgan is her fifth book in her popular Mure series but can be read as a stand-alone book. In fact, the author includes a brief synopsis of the series in her introduction, which was very helpful. So, although you can read An Island Wedding as a stand-alone, you’ll want to […]
Gilt by Jaime Brenner is a dual timeline, family drama that was hard to put down. I needed to find out what happens and if these sisters and niece will ever figure out how to be a family again. Gemma Maybrook has always known the Electric Rose diamond should be hers. It was given to […]
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman was just a lot of fun to listen to. It’s different and so well written. I found the book to be heartwarming and hopeful. The main message that I got out of the book is that people are mostly good, and that’s exactly what I wanted to hear. This is […]
Same Time, Same Place by David M. Barnett is a heartwarming story of two unlikely people who find each other just when they need someone. Daisy works as the night security guard at the Manchester Museum of Social History, she loves her job and is very serious about protecting the museum and all the artifacts […]
The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery is a wonderful story about three friends who all own shops in the same retail space. This story is about the power of friendships and found families. Bree, Mikki, and Ashley have rented one retail space for their own shops. Bree owns The Boardwalk Bookshop, Mikki owns The Gift […]
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner is a bookish, historical fiction novel about three women and how they navigate the inequalities of men and women in a retail setting. Set in London in 1950, this book follows three women who all work at Bloomsbury Books, an old-fashioned bookstore owned and run by men. Evie Stone […]