In THE LIGHTNING GIRL by Sam Ripley, Sarah’s best friend Genevieve always believed she had powers after being struck by lightning. She could perform rituals, curse others, and never die. One night when Sarah and Gen quarreled on the cliffs, she fell into the turbu...
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Tess Channing inherited her aunt's Salt And Lantern Inn and in the second book of this series, she has settled in to the harbourside community. She hopes. MURDER AT THE HARBOR GLOW is enough to make her think otherwise.

Seabrook Cove has some friendly folks,...
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RAINY DAY MEET CUTE, is the latest compilation by author Debbie Macomber. I have loved Debbie's stories or rather her series of cosy interconnected stories spanning either generations or a bunch of friends or folks of a small town. I picked up this title as it had...
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In WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, Glory McCallahan made a move to Hoker, Kentucky to be closer to her cousin Callie who had always been more like a sister and very best friend. Then a wonderful thing happened to Callie, she fell in love and Glory helped prepare the perfect...
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EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT by Ben Reeves is a different type of story, one that walks you through the last moments of life for those whose time has come to an end on earth. It is engrossing, thoughtful, and inspiring, as the characters face grief, m...
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More and more books are being written to reveal the work of women during wartime. 1941 Somerset is the setting for the second in the Cider Girls series. The characters are well established and it’s no surprise when THE CIDER GIRLS JOIN THE FIGHT.

Brave Land ...
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Pixie Noland arrived in Bramble, heartbroken and lost. With the help of her new best friend and her husband, she has become a welcome member of the town and well on her way to the good life she and her son deserve. She feels the new beginning started with THE LAKE...
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Even with the undercover mission shut down, Lazar “Keys” Alexeev finds himself back to the nowhere town where the redhead that intrigued him still lives. It’s against the rules, but when one is following a TWISTED ROAD sometimes you break rules.

Lyric Johans...
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Kendra Michaels receives a cryptic message from her mysterious friend and sometimes lover Adam Lynch. She goes where the message sends her because Lynch doesn’t have animals, and they don't need veterinarian help – it is a sign that he is in danger. Kendra isn’t g...
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After a bad break-up, Marin loves being in control of her life – her time, her boat, and her travels. She loves being on the sea and seeing the world. With her new boat, she transports messages and packages. She travels with Perri, a sea serpent she helped rescue,...
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What’s more likely to go viral? A chef’s meltdown in front of a food critic or an NBA superstar breaking up with his influencer girlfriend? As it turns out, both, because they happen at the same place, at the same time. 

Jack Hartman is back in Flor...
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Nothing is more dangerous than a Texas beauty pageant. The Lone Star Princess Pageant is sure to feature the best and brightest young women from Anhalt, including Hannah, Sarah Lynn, and Olivia, but it also stirs up past guilt and tragic memories in their mothers,...
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Jane Turner the British plane mechanic and Marcus Dewar, an American pilot, were pitted against the Blue Planes in the earlier books of this imaginative series. I found the first book, DROPS OF GLASS, easiest to get into, and by the time we reach the third, CASTLE...
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BEFORE I KNEW I LOVED YOU is the latest from the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series. For lovers of Japanese or Asian fiction, this has been a popular series. I have read the first couple of...
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TEMPTATION is the second book in Cynthia Eden’s Poison In My Veins series. TEMPTATION has a uniquely Cynthia Eden-esque meet-cute. The story opens with Preston Byron waking up and realizing ...
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Ireland in 1999 seems astoundingly trusting. Sarah steals a passport, jumps on a plane from Boston (transatlantic flights were very expensive in those days, but she manages), and gets chatted up by the single man in the seat next to her. She really doesn’t want hi...
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The writing duo publishing as Christina Lauren quickly rocketed into my current Top Five Fav Authors list, and THE ROMANCE REVIVAL is an excellent example of their reigning status.  In turns over the top, crazypants, sentimental, sweetly sexy, and suspenseful, thi...
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Daphne Drew’s after-college plans at the True-Crime Podcast network didn’t quite pan out, so she is thankful when her great-aunt Hannah offers her a job as an investigative reporter for her new publishing venture, Understated Elegance. Her first assignment is trav...
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EMBER, by Naima Simone, is a very fast-paced tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat in suspense the entire time you are reading the book.  The way the elements from the Cinderella fairytale are used throughout the story is genius in the most deliciously ...
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Pioneering Alabama, Arkansas and settled Washington feature in this historical fiction. Emilie McCain was born during turmoil and tragedy in Alabama in 1813. The story follows her through the middle of the century. DAYS OF SUN AND SHADOW could also include days of...
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Here’s an enjoyable science fiction murder mystery, THE RUNAWAY MARTIAN, set aboard the equivalent of a cruise liner. Taking off from a lunar crater, the luxurious spaceship will carry hundreds of people, including Thea Black, our guide and reluctant sleuth, to Ma...
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So many things to think about, mull over, digest – if you will – and then wind up comparing with your own life. Perhaps that is what Virginia Evans had in mind while writing THE CORRESPONDENT and creating Sybil. Sybil is an incredibly unique character, or is she? ...
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Alice Radstone woke up in a hospital for the criminally insane and was told she murdered her husband on her wedding night, but she doesn’t remember anything from that night. Determined to find out what really happened at the Hotel of Dreams, Alice returns to the p...
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Darcy Finnegan greets us from a lively new destination, Sydney, Australia. She’s on honeymoon, if she did have to wait a few months while her husband Marcus tackled his job with Interpol. MURDER BY MERINGUE is the last thing you’d expect while honeymooning.

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