The final part of the Grace Valley trilogy shows us June Hudson in a new light. This capable lady is the town's doctor, who settled in during the first novel and soon fell for undercover DEA agent Jim Post. DOWN BY THE RIVER is a fitting title for a story...
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AND NOW, BACK TO YOU is book 2 in the Heartstrings Series by author B.K. Borison. In book 1, FIRST TIME CALLER, we saw R.J. Grumpy fall for a caller on his popular radio show on Baltimore airwaves. We also met the weather nerds, like I call them - the met...
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Once again, J. D. Robb amazes readers with the perfect balance of police procedure and time spent with friends and colleagues.

The story opens with Dallas and Roake attending a gigantic benefit for Sarah's Song and mingling with friends Nadine and Mavis. Ac...
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What starts out as the perfect romantic beginning, Tavish Advani marries the love of his life, Diya Prasad, in a Vegas wedding, leaving behind his past and moving toward SUCH A PERFECT FAMILY he was thrilled to find. But what starts out as perfect just might not b...
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Sabrina Greenlee is a marketing specialist living with the BKI team as their social media expert, and is wondering if she should be looking too closely at Hewitt “Hew” Birch. Hew a former SEAL helicopter pilot. A man too controlled, though she never imagined herse...
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As the trial begins for Laurel Snow’s half-sister, Dr. Abigail Caine, the F.B.I agent realizes that her life will never be the same. With every horrible headline that hits, she knows YOU CAN SCREAM or try to do what you can to make the best of the world you really...
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Jesse Hudson had left Canton, Missouri without a second thought. Her stepmother and stepsister had disappeared under suspicious circumstances, making her father a murder suspect, but he vanished. Unable to take it after months of waiting, she left. Years of barten...
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In STOLEN IN DEATH, Nathan Barrister had supposedly interrupted a burglary in progress and was killed by the burglar, but things don’t add up for Lt. Eve Dallas. A vault filled with priceless treasures – stolen, priceless treasures – was wide open, and one item is...
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When I did not think an author’s writing could get any better, Taylor Adams did it again! I love his latest thriller, HER LAST BREATH. Adams is the author of the amazing book NO EXIT, and that one had me second-guessing trips and whether I really need to be taking...
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CHASING DREAMS has three stories between the covers, told by the inimitable Carolyn Brown. Characters are the lifeblood of this author. Her fans are insurmountable, and I definitely count myself as one. Humor, sass, and wittiness are central. In CHASING DREAMS, th...
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Family drama, generational stories, missed opportunities, robberies, all rolled into one big tale between two covers by Sharon Sala. Page by page and chapter by chapter, MIDNIGHT brings the reader further into a complicated affair of individual experiences. We get...
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Lauren discovers that her best friend and her boyfriend are having an affair. After a massive mistake at work, her boss suggests she take time off. Lauren hands in her notice instead. After a mourning period, she accepts a job interview in England at Buckingham Pa...
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MURDER ON THE SEA OTTER EXPRESS is the third outing in the Grace “The Hit Mom” mysteries, where a field trip chaperone takes a dive into a beluga whale tank and ends up dead. No one is sorry for the loss, as the man had an irreprehensible past, but the oddest thin...
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When walkers find a body lying amid the dunes of beautiful Spartina Island, South Carolina, the police are quickly on the scene. The media term the case THE KILLER IN THE CORDGRASS. Detective Sergeant Charlie Nash, in charge, soon learns that the young woman was C...
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New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips returns to her beloved Chicago Stars series with book eleven, AND THE CROWD WENT WILD.  I learned a fun fact in the Author Note here: Phillips is widely credited with popularizing and essentially creating ...
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What if all that glitters really isn’t gold?  Virginia is a Buffalo Jills cheerleader, and seemingly has everything she ever wanted - the dancing dream, the fun nights out, the priceless bonds of sisterhood, and her best friend, Jeanine, to share it all with.  But...
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The Harper and Wells families have been enemies for generations. Though when Luke Wells shows up at THE SHOP ON HIDDEN LANE and meets Sophy Harper, the feud seems to fly out the window.  Or it might end up becoming much worse.

Sophy Harper is a psychic who ...
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Deputy Ben Packard takes his job very seriously, and he wants to hold the bad characters accountable, but this time he’s up against a formidable villain who will exterminate anyone in their path in A LONG TIME GONE by Joshua Moehling. This third book in the Ben Pa...
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Sixty seconds in the In Death series, STOLEN IN DEATH by J.D. Robb brings us another fairly fun installation in this looooong-running futuristic murder mystery/police procedural series.  There are so many components of this series that make it enjoyable.  Lieutena...
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Huge Jill Shalvis fan, and I’m enjoying her newest trilogy focused on three brothers working on renovation construction and finding love.  Set in the mythical small town of Star Falls, California, the town has a legend that a soulmate will enter the life of anyone...
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Twice a year, J.D. Robb (really Nora Roberts writing under a pen name) releases a new book in her In Death series. STOLEN IN DEATH is the 62nd book featuring Homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her gazillionaire husband, Roarke. Each book begins with a murder and f...
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The Outer Banks is home to a famous tennis training facility.

It’s the home of Penny Harrison, a rising tennis star. Fresh off winning a tournament, she’ll be training hard for the next few weeks before the French Open. Her coach brings in Alex, a male tenn...
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Drawing on Chinese mythology, this tension- filled fable pits brother against brother, throne against famine, and adds a dragon. THE POET EMPRESS carries an inherent contradiction, because women are kept illiterate by the haughty Azalea Dynasty.

Knowing tha...
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Isabelle Engel’s debut novel, MOST ELIGIBLE, is a rom-com with the backdrop of a reality television show called Love Shack, where 20 young women vie for the heart of tennis champion Roland Marchetti. From the beginning, the reader knows that music journalist Georg...
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