Stacking The Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts, and of course ebooks! And audiobooks. Don’t forget audiobooks!
Only two books again this week.
NetGalley:
I have enjoyed Elin Hilderbrand’s books in the past, so I was excited to get this one.
Synopsis: Fresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When she’s named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned abandoned eyesore, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win the favor of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as that of Shelly Carpenter, the wildly popular Instagram tastemaker who can help put them back on the map. And while the Hotel Nantucket appears to be a blissful paradise, complete with a celebrity chef-run restaurant and an idyllic wellness center, there’s a lot of drama behind closed doors. The staff (and guests) have complicated pasts, and the hotel can’t seem to overcome the bad reputation it earned in 1922 when a tragic fire killed nineteen-year-old chambermaid Grace Hadley. With Grace gleefully haunting the halls, a staff harboring all kinds of secrets, and Lizbet’s own romantic uncertainty, is the Hotel Nantucket destined for success or doom?
Filled with the emotional depth and multiple points of view that characterize Hilderbrand’s novels (The Blue Bistro, Golden Girl) as well as an added dash of Roaring Twenties history, The Hotel Nantucket offers something for everyone in this compelling summer drama.
I’ve read books by Jill Shalvis before and have always enjoyed them.
Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a powerful, moving story about a young woman on a quest to find the truth about her father who learns the meaning of true love along the way.
Alone in the world, Tae Holmes and her mother April pretty much raised each other, but as Tae starts asking questions about the father she’s never met, April, for the first time in her life, goes silent. To make matters worse, Tae is dangerously close to broke and just manages to avoid financial meltdown when she lands a shiny new contract with an adventure company for athletes with disabilities and wounded warriors.
Her first big fundraiser event falls flat, but what starts out as a terrible, horrible, no-good night turns into something else entirely when Tae finds herself face-to-face with Riggs Copeland. She hasn’t seen the former Marine since their brief fling in high school, and while still intensely drawn to him, she likes her past burned and buried, thank you very much. Hence their friendship pact.
But when April oddly refuses to help Tae track down her father, it’s Riggs who unexpectedly comes to her aid. On a hunt to unlock the past, the two of them find themselves on a wild ride and learn a shocking truth, while also reluctantly bonding in a way neither had seen coming. Now Tae must decide whether she’s going to choose love … or walk away from her own happiness.
That’s all I have for this week. Have you read any of these books? What’s on your list to read? Comment below!
Great haul! I hope you will enjoy these.
Thank you, Yvonne!
I hope you love them both! 📚✨
Hope you enjoy the books Wendy. I added a mystery Tokyo Express via Netgalley
You showed great restraint this week. I hope you enjoy them.
I’ve read a few books byJill Shalvis and enjoyed them. This one sounds just as good!
Jill Shalvis is one of my go-to authors. I always seem to enjoy her books too!
Oh you got Elin’s new book! I’ve got the audiobook version pre-ordered and I can’t wait to listen to one of her last books before retirement. Thanks for sharing about these two books! Happy reading. ☺️
I bet it will be really good on audiobook! I’m sure we’ll both love it too.
I was happily surprised to get approval for The Friendship Pact I usually get rejected by William Morrow/Avon. I’ve been loving Jill Shalvis lately!
Oh good! I hope we both enjoy it!
Both of those covers look very inviting and serene. I love the water and beaches especially. I hope you enjoy reading these two books when you get to them! I also hope you’ve had a lovely Saturday!
Thank you, Jenni!
I did not know Elin Hildebrand had a new book coming out and it was read now, Woo Hoo! I hope you love them both Wendy.
I hope we both enjoy it!! Elin Hildebrand is such a great author.
Both with beautiful titles though!! Happy reading! Have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you, Cindy. Hope you have a wonderful weekend too.
I like the look of the friendship pact 💕
Thank you, Jenny. I hope it’s a good one!
The Hotel Nantucket sounds brilliant. Hope you enjoy both your new reads.
Thank you, Janette! I’m really looking forward to The Hotel Nantucket.
Only two but they are both going to be amazing reads Wendy! Happy reading!!🤗📚💜
Thank you, Susan. I love both these authors, so I’m sure you’re right.
I’ve been eyeing the Hildebrand book. I look forward to your review of both. Happy reading!
Thank you, Tessa! I hope they are as good as I expect them to be.