There is a dark-side to the American Dream and an immigrating Irish girl stumbles upon it in new-to-me author, Sharon L Benedict’s Lady of the Street: Beginnings. Heartbreak leads to adventure, unexpected friends, and romance for an intrepid young woman on her own. Lady of the Street: Beginnings opens with a contemporary setting of a […]
The Love Fix is another tale of a dysfunctional immediate family leading to closed off young adults who struggle to accept relationships until they build a found family. Jill Shalvis is my favorite when it comes to heart and humor. Topics which are uncomfortable and tragic are worked through with care and compassion. The characters […]
When it comes to tales about the Greek gods, the expectation is dark and dysfunctional all the way if one sticks close to the original. Hannah Lynn first caught my attention when I noticed this title, Daughters of Olympus sharing the tragic tale of Demeter and her daughter, Persephone. I’ve read one other of her […]
When two Bostonian sisters decide to write the brother of their favorite authoress, they set in motion a path of adventure for an unlikely group of people who start out strangers and become bonded by the legacy of Jane Austen‘s writing. Natalie Jenner has penned some poignant and thoughtful pieces including a few with Jane […]
I have never been disappointed by this author. Katherine Center takes me on a journey with realistic characters who are sometimes wonderful, sometimes horrible. While some of the situations may not be believable, the emotions are dead accurate. Katie is a videographer. One of her co-workers got the assignment to film the Coast Guard guy […]
Emily Henry and Julia Whelan are favorites and really bring characters and worlds to life. Great Big Beautiful Life in a way similar to other books is a character growth and love story. Alice goes to see a wealthy woman who she found after she disappeared 20 years ago after her husband died. The husband […]
Every year I try to be a little better at reading more Indie authors and trying out a few genres I don’t often read. After meeting Matt Posey in the real world, I decided his book A Haunt for Owls would fit both of these categories. As most of you here know I am a […]
So a couple or few years ago there was a bundle deal to get 24 graphic audiobooks for $24 and that was too good for me to pass up. Especially since it had many of my favorite authors included. I haven’t listened to any of them yet so I decided I should. I chose one […]
Back in the day, divorce was hard to come by and was very much frowned upon, but then Reno, Nevada shortened the residency requirement law to six weeks and a new niche Depression Era industry was born. Lucy H Hedrick makes her fictional debut with this fascinating bit of American Women’s History and I just […]
Allen Eskens is one of my favorite authors. It’s partly the genres he has written with compassion and interesting issues and also the Minnesota settings (where I lived for many years). The Quiet Librarian feels a bit of a departure from his usual stories. There are many triggering aspects if you are a sensitive reader. […]