I have read all three series by J.A. Jance for a long time. I always recommend to read series in order. This Ali Reynolds series is probably the least realistic of the three, and is not based on law enforcement personnel like the other series. I still love it. Ali was a news anchor who […]
I’m a fan of Harlan Coben and his books. I have read both series and standalones. The character development as usual is very well done and it easily feels like these could be real people. They have depth in their flaws, and their wants and needs, their rationalizations and dreams. The primary character is David. […]
The Heiress at Sea is set as a stand alone novel and can be read by itself but the heroine is Cassia McQuoid, sister to Myrtle McQuiod in The Duke Alone (sort of a historical romance meets home alone Christmas story). Cassia wants to have an adventure; she is three seasons in and no one […]
Here are your unlikeable characters where it is hard to know who to champion. The Maid’s Diary spends more time in the character’s heads than with dialogue. We have the points of view of Kit Darling, the maid, the elderly woman next door, Mal, the police detective, Daisy, the pregnant wife, and John, the husband. […]
I love science fiction and space travel. I’m not sure if it is the technology which I love, or the fact that since it is so obviously fiction nothing seems over the top or unrealistic. Probably it is the perfect canvas of this type of setting for emotional themes, battles of greed, corruption, and social […]
The River Knows is a standalone written years ago but just come to audiobook. Amanda Quick is a well known author whose Historical Romances I’ve enjoyed reading from time to time over the years and The River Knows is another good addition to that list. Louisa is hiding in society; she has changed her name […]
William Kent Krueger is a talented writer and I am happy to read any of his work. He also seems to have been paired with outstanding narrators. The Levee is a short, 3 1/2 hour story, available as an audio book initially. It is set in 1927 according to the blurb, but it felt like […]
A Match in the Making is the first book in the new Matchmakers series. Jen Turano is a new to me author and if the rest of her work is anything like this I will be working my way through her catalog soon. The story was fun, the characters interesting and the plot engaging. I had […]
How hard can it be? An infamous thought before a young woman discovers how naïve she is about the workings of a household, village life from the working class perspective, and most importantly, a gentleman she was early on eager to dismiss as cold and arrogant. Grace Gibson, an author I have enjoyed in the […]
Sophia’s Review: Four generations of Dalton women have held the secret recipe and run the Devine Donuts aka Double D in small town Devine, TX. They’ve shared laughter, tears, private pains, and a tough triumph to hang in there. Now, Grace, Sarah, Macy, and young Audrey, with a newcomer to their midst, Raelyn are the […]