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.
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...
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, 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, 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...
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 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...
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, whogets pregnant by her one Read more...
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 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 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...
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...
CALL HER FREEDOM by author Tara Dorabji, is the author’s debut novel. She is an award-winning filmmaker, published writer and radio journalist. The novel, a work of fiction, is set in the sensitive geo-political region of Kashmir in the northernmost part of India. The feelings Read more...
THE RAINFALL MARKET is a Korean bestseller by author You Yeong-Gwang, translated by Slin Jung. The genre is fantasy and the story is set in a fictional place known as Rainbow Town and it follows a young girl named Serin.
For many of her avid readers, this story is not new. The story was previously published as a newsletter serialised episodes, sent to her readers over time. In a way, this was a self-published serialised story which is now published Read more...