What if the life you’ve always known was never meant to be yours? In Otherwise Engaged, Susan Mallery delivers an emotionally layered novel that dives deep into the bonds between mothers and daughters. The story centers on two women: Shannon, newly engaged and trying to keep her news under wraps until her exuberant mother’s wedding […]
In Reports of His Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated, James Goodhand delivers a gripping, genre-bending tale that blurs the line between reality and rumor, truth and illusion. This novel invites readers into a world where the past refuses to stay buried. The excerpt below offers a tantalizing glimpse into the mystery at the heart of […]
Let’s start off a new week with an excerpt from Susan Mallery’s latest release, THE SISTER EFFECT. This one is full of very complicated sibling relationships, and I was here for the drama! Stick around for my review after your sneak peek! Chapter One Finley McGowan loved her niece Aubrey with all her heart, but […]
After a physically and mentally exhausting weekend helping my mother move almost five hours away, I listened to THE BOOK HATER’S BOOK CLUB this week. I started the digital book but found the audiobook was a better option for me at the moment, and I’m happy I listened to it. Here’s an excerpt and a […]
I’ve really enjoyed every Sarah Morgan book that I’ve read, and The Summer Seekers was no exception. Focusing on an 80-year-old mother and her only child, with a nice helping of a 25-year-old woman who comes along for the literal ride, this novel was heartfelt, emotional, fun, and a fantastic road trip novel all in […]
Susan Mallery continues to write books that draw me in from page one, making me instantly feel at home in the world and with the characters she’s created. Her latest stand alone novel, California Girls, is no exception, and I dove right in and devoured the lives of three sisters who were all dumped […]
In Joanne Serling’s debut novel, Good Neighbors, four suburban families strive to put up a perfect front for each other, all while hiding secrets that could shatter this perfect image. Told from the point of view of Nicole, a stay-at-home mother to two grade-school-aged boys and wife to a perfectionist husband, the seemingly tight […]
I really loved Lauren K. Denton’s first novel, The Hideaway, when I read it last year(my review here). Her debut was full of family ties and complexities, and a heaping of self-discovery, all a charming Southern setting. I went into her second novel, Hurricane Season, with high expectations and I was not let down. Following sisters […]
Little Broken Things is a suspenseful, entrancing family drama that had me engaged from the very first word until the last page. Told from the perspectives of the three Stanford women: 60-something and recently widowed mother Liz, older sister Nora, and 26-year-old Quinn tell the story of their lives changing from the entrance of […]
Today I have to pleasure to host the wonderful and fantastic Jandy Nelson during her Blog Tour for her newest and most awesome release of I’ll Give You the Sun, which I reviewed last week and loved it SO BAD! I got the chance to chat with Jandy a little bit so please welcome Jandy […]
Sometimes you come across a book that is just special. That will make you feel all kinds of things that is just memorable. I’ll Give You the Sun is such a book and every buzz about this book is so true! Most unique & brilliant way of storytelling! Noah and Jude are Twins, that when they […]
