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The Original Daughter
by Jemimah Wei
"Tale of Family Betrayals"
Posted May 2, 2025

THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER is author Jemimah Wei's debut novel. In this story, she explores the themes of adaptive siblings, parents with mental health issues and the Malaysian practice of leaving the youngest child, of big families, in the care of more financially capable relatives. 

The Read more...

Wild and Wrangled
by Lyla Sage
"Cowboy returns home...for a second chance at love"
Posted April 15, 2025

The latest installment in the popular Rebel Blue series by Lyla Sage is WILD AND WRANGLED: Cam and Tucker’s story.

In the previous book in the series—Gus and Teddy’s story—we met Camille Read more...

One Death at a Time
by Abbi Waxman
"A modern day whodunit"
Posted April 13, 2025

ONE DEATH AT A TIME is the latest book by author Abbi Waxman. It is set in California like most of her books. The characters are closely associated with people from Hollywood if they're not directly Hollywood actors or directors. Though the story is set in a movie Read more...

Say You'll Remember Me
by Abby Jimenez
"An unforgettable start to Love ever after"
Posted April 1, 2025

Xavier, a veterinarian from Minnesota, falls for Samantha, a Californian who is temporarily in town. Xavier has been running his veterinary practice in his hometown for two years. He had a difficult childhood and has been estranged from his parents ever since he left home as a teenager. Every Read more...

The World's Fair Quilt
by Jennifer Chiaverini
"Of Change and Nostalgic Quilts"
Posted April 1, 2025

THE WORLD'S FAIR QUILT, is the next chapter in the life of Sylvia after she reclaims her inheritance - the Elm Creek Manor. After a turbulent and precarious turnover from dilapidated to now a running, flourishing business, Elm Creek has just found its legs. A quilting retreat heaven widely Read more...

The Family Recipe
by Carolyn Huynh
"Sandwich Tales of a New Money Immigrant"
Posted April 1, 2025

THE FAMILY RECIPE by Carolyn Huynh, is the author's second book. It's about first-generation Vietnamese American siblings with the same mother but different fathers. The siblings are all grown up in their 20s, spread across America and mostly estranged from each other. They are especially estranged Read more...

Swept Away
by Beth O'Leary
"Love on Turbulent Waters"
Posted April 1, 2025

The latest book by author Beth O’Leary, SWEPT AWAY, is set in England. It is an intimate story Read more...

My Big Fat Fake Marriage
by Charlotte Stein
"Fantasy to a Sweet Reality"
Posted March 7, 2025

In MY BIG FAT FAKE MARRIAGE by author Charlotte Stein, the reader goes on a lust to fantasy coming to life ride. We follow an aspiring writer Hazel aka Connie who ends up being a fake wife to book editor Henry Beckett and going on a work retreat he Read more...

One Good Thing
by Georgia Hunter
"The Good, Bad and Ugly face of a War"
Posted March 1, 2025

ONE GOOD THING by author Georgia Hunter. The story follows a young Jewish woman Lili, an Italian from Bologna studying in Ferrara. Lili lives with her best friend Esti and Read more...

Promise Me Sunshine
by Cara Bastone
"Sunshine with a side of dark clouds"
Posted February 28, 2025

After reading Ready or Not by author Cara Bastone I was excited to pick up her latest book PROMISE ME SUNSHINE. Her previous book is about a young woman, in New York, who gets pregnant by her one Read more...

I Leave It Up to You
by Jinwoo Chong
"A Second Chance with Family and Love"
Posted February 28, 2025

I LEAVE IT UP TO YOU by author Jinwoo Chong, is a new to me author Read more...

Show Don't Tell
by Curtis Sittenfeld
"Memorable things in our past"
Posted February 21, 2025

The latest from author Curtis Sittenfeld is a short story collection titled SHOW DON'T TELL. The author has been quite popular in recent years with hits like Romantic Comedy and You Think It, I'll Say It; having read only one of her earlier books Eligible, I was Read more...

Three Days in June
by Anne Tyler
"Big things in a small package"
Posted February 7, 2025

THREE DAYS IN JUNE by award-winning author Anne Tyler. This is my first read by the author and it was excellent, delivering a packed punch in less than 200 pages. 

We meet Gail Baines and her compact family, over three days including the day of Read more...

First-Time Caller
by B.K. Borison
"Falling in love"
Posted February 7, 2025

FIRST TIME CALLER is the latest from author B. K. Borison after her popular Lovelight Farm series latest of which was Business Causal, released towards the end of 2024 Read more...

A Forty Year Kiss
by Nickolas Butler
"Love - Doing it right the second time around"
Posted January 31, 2025

A FORTY YEAR KISS  by author Nickolas Butler.

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Yin Yang Love Song
by Lauren Kung Jessen
"A Rock Star Heartbreaker"
Posted January 24, 2025

YIN YANG LOVE SONG by author Lauren Kung Jessen.

Chryssy William - Chinese-American, Herbalist and Chef (aka Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner)

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The Inheritance
by Trisha Sakhlecha
"A Bloody Pay Day"
Posted January 17, 2025

INHERITANCE by author Trisha Saklecha is the story of a global, high-flying Indian family whose children are scattered across the globe. The patriarch of the Agarwal family has grown his petrochemicals business into a multimillion-dollar venture, alone from scratch. The family is gathering at a secluded Scottish Read more...