Category: 3 1/2 paws

Review – The Midwives’ Escape by Maggie Anton

  Synopsis An Egyptian mother and daughter, Asenet and Shifra, a midwife and her apprentice, wake up on the morning of the tenth plague to find Asenet’s husband and son, both firstborns, dead. Asenet’s sister Pua, married to a Hebrew, urges Asenet’s family to leave Egypt with them, which they reluctantly do, along with Asenet’s […]

Review & Excerpt – Goddess Game by Sheila Lee Brown

    Synopsis What if you always knew the safest path—until suddenly, you didn’t? Bethany Hart has spent her life using a secret superpower: the ability to see possible futures and choose the least risky path through any social situation. For decades, she’s avoided conflict, surprises, and heartbreak, crafting a quiet, predictable life. But when […]

Review – Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

  Synopsis A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant an inept mother of the bride attempts to navigate the days before and after her daughter’s wedding. Gail Baines is long divorced from her husband, Max, and not especially close to her grown daughter, Debbie. Today is the day before Debbie’s wedding. To […]

Review – Trust Issues by Elizabeth McCullough Keenan & Greg Wands

  Synopsis A fresh take on the classic conman chase novel following two adult siblings forced to play nice in hopes of tracking down the man they believe killed their mother and ran off with their sizable inheritance. Siblings Hazel and Kagan Bailey haven’t been close for a long time, but when their mother passes […]

Review – Not What She Seems by Yasmin Angoe

  Synopsis She left home as the local pariah at twenty-two, but when a family tragedy brings her back, she must confront her tortured past—and a new danger in town that no one seems to understand but her. After years of self-exile, Jacinda “Jac” Brodie is back in Brook Haven, South Carolina. But the small […]

Review – Awake For Ever In A Sweet Unrest by Charles Rosenthal

  Synopsis Deep within the hidden library of Los Angeles’ iconic poetry venue, Beyond Baroque, all modern electronics mysteriously fail. There, 19-year-old Beatriz encounters Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, who promises a magical adventure back to 19th-century Europe. There, Beatriz meets literary legends John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Lord Byron, experiencing the romantic […]

Review – Flat Water by Jeremy Broyles

  Synopsis On a road trip to Flat Water, the home he fled years before, Monty Marinnis must confront the complex and painful loss that drove him away and now demands his return: family. Called back to California for his sister’s wedding, Monty’s journey from the Midwest to the California Coast is also a journey […]

Review & Excerpt – The Alone Time by Ellie Marr

    Synopsis   For two sisters, confronting the past could come at a terrible price in a riveting novel about a family tragedy―and family secrets―perfect for fans of Showtime’s Yellowjackets.   Fiona and Violet Seng were just children when their family’s Cessna crash-landed in the Washington wilderness, claiming the lives of their parents. For […]

Review – A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Dowling

    Synopsis   Wes and Ivy are madly in love. They’ve never felt anything like it. It’s the kind of romance people write stories about. But what kind of story? Because when it’s good, it’s great. Flowers. Grand gestures. Deep meaningful conversations where the whole world disappears. When it’s bad, it’s really bad. Vengeful […]