Title: 23 Minutes Past 1 A.M. Author: Robert J. Dornan Publisher: Independent Pages: 550 Genre: Historical Fiction Synopsis In the early morning of her sister’s wedding day, Mila Kharmalov stared in stunned silence at the coloured sparks streaming from Reactor Four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant. At that very moment, her life and the lives […]
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Title: The Things We Said Today – A Bennett Sisters Novel Author: Lise McClendon Publisher: Thalia Press Pages: 274 Genre: Women’s Fiction Synopsis Five sisters, all lawyers, well-trained in the art of demanding what’s necessary.It’s enough to drive a wedding planner to tears. Then add in a European venue, a Scottish hunting lodge, and a […]
THE BOOKSHOP ON THE CORNER By Jenny Colgan William Morrow Paperbacks September 20, 2016 ISBN: 9780062467256; $14.99 E-ISBN 9780062467263; $9.99 Synopsis Nina Redmond is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion… and also her job. Or at least it was. Until yesterday, she was a librarian in the […]
Review – From the Sideline by Amy Avanzino @AmyAvanzino #4paws
August 31, 2016
Title: FROM THE SIDELINE Series:Â The Wake-Up Series Series Number: 2 Edition: First Pages: 266 Author: Amy Avanzino Synopsis After losing her marriage, life savings, and waistline, Autumn Kovac is terrified of being hit by more heartache. So when her only child decides to try out for the football team, the overprotective, sports-illiterate mom has […]
Synopsis Aislinn Marchánt, a writer and editorial consultant, is hired by the major New York publishing company, Kane Publishing House, to help determine why several submissions sent to them have mysteriously disappeared only to be published later by another publisher. Are the editors at Kane simply not being diligent enough with the in-coming material, or […]
Synopsis Fears and secrets are the dragons we each must face. . . In need of his own redemption, Noah Carter finally confronts his childhood hero, the once-beloved uncle who betrayed him. Instead of vengeance, he offers forgiveness, also granting Uncle John a most curious request—for Noah to work on the ramshackle farm of Agnes […]
Title: Shadows of an Empress Author: Carole Waterhouse Publisher: Anaphora Literary Press Pages: 310 Genre: Literary Fiction Synopsis After the death of her mother, Sylvia is sent to live with her grandmother on an isolated piece of farmland, where she and a nymph-like companion run through the woods creating an imaginary world where her mother […]
THE LARK by Dana Glossbrenner Genre: Humorous Literary Fiction Publisher: Boldface Books Date of Publication: June 7, 2016 Number of Pages: 270 Scroll down for Giveaway! You’re never too old to learn—or too young Good-looking, good-hearted Charley Bristow’s the most sought-after hair stylist in five West Texas counties. He’s an expert on the dance […]
Synopsis Survival is the name of the game as the line blurs between reality TV and reality itself in Alexandra Oliva’s fast-paced novel of suspense. She wanted an adventure. She never imagined it would go this far. It begins with a reality TV show. Twelve contestants are sent into the woods to face challenges that […]
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Camille DiMaio Genre: Historical Romantic Literary Fiction Publisher: Lake Union Press Date of Publication: May 31, 2016 Number of Pages: 400 Scroll down for Giveaway! Julianne Westcott was living the kind of life that other Protestant girls in prewar Liverpool could only dream about: old money, silk ball gowns, and prominent […]