Category: fiction

New Release – The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather Marshall

  Synopsis An astonishing historical novel of one woman’s dangerous journey through World War II Germany and her life-changing friendship with a young woman decades later—from the #1 international bestselling author of Looking for Jane Northern England, 2010. After a tragic accident upends her life, Kate Mercer leaves London to work at an old guest house […]

Review & Giveaway – Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

  Synopsis A young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost, navigating truths about love, friendship, and power as the Civil War looms. Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, cooking and cleaning alongside her family, and tending to […]

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 & Giveaway – Home to Comfort by Kimberly Fish

  HOME TO COMFORT By Kimberly Fish   Women’s Fiction / Contemporary / Cozy Mystery Publisher: Fish Tales Publishing Pages: 382 Publication Date: October 10, 2024   Synopsis Gloria Bachman has pivoted so many times this year she has whiplash. Now, in the middle of winter and drenched in Mexican sunshine at a five-star resort, […]

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 – Beneath the Broken Oak by Lori Altebaumer

  BENEATH THE BROKEN OAK By Lori Altebaumer   Mystery / Romance Publisher: One Thousand Hills Publishing Pages: 400 Publication Date: February 22, 2025   Synopsis Trees don’t heal. They seal. But Forester Jodee Trevaine isn’t a tree. The wounds of abandonment she’s spent years denying will be ripped open the night she witnesses a […]

Fiction Spotlight – The Border Between Us by Rudy Ruiz

  THE BORDER BETWEEN US By Rudy Ruiz   Literary Fiction Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Pages: 256 Publication Date: August 27, 2024   Synopsis The Border Between Us is a poignant coming-of-age novel from one of the most exciting voices in fiction. Ramón López was born along the US–Mexico border but is determined to get out […]

Review – The Snowbirds by Christina Clancy

    Synopsis The Last Thing He Told Me meets Fleishman Is in Trouble in this page-turning story of a couple who flee winter in the Midwest for Palm Springs, where they find their relationship at a crossroads. Kim and Grant are at a turning point. A couple for thirty years, their “separate but together” partnership is running […]

Review & New Release – All The Terrible Things by Lara Martin

  Synopsis In this heart-stopping story of love, hate, and redemption, four strangers are drawn together in the dangerous world of animal rights activism. Perfect for fans of Catherine Cowles, All the Terrible Things is a race-against-the-clock romantic thriller that will keep you hooked until the final page. Pampered socialite Amy Hutchinson has spent years […]

Review & Giveaway – The Two Terrors of Tulelake by WM Gunn

  The Two Terrors of Tulelake By WM Gunn   Historical Fiction / Science Fiction / Thriller Pages: 320 Publication Date: October 15, 2024   Synopsis The horrors of World War II shocked the world. Americans believed it could never happen here in our own borders…until it did. Ichiro Hisakawa and his family were part […]