Category: women

Review & Excerpt – Looks Perfect by Jessica Siskin

  Synopsis What comes between a fashion icon’s perfect image and her genuine self? The perfect stranger—in a sharp and witty novel about identity, performance, and what it takes to make a true connection. One million people follow Stella Lerner’s every move. And now the buzzy fashion designer is fulfilling her lifelong dream and taking […]

Review – Narcissi by Babette Fraser Hale

Narcissi: A Novel By Babette Fraser Hale   Women’s Fiction / Texas Fiction Publisher: Winedale Publishing Publication Date: October 15, 2026   Synopsis Ten women fall for Cole Burnett, a traveling Texas writer. He is the kind of man whose need for freedom should send lovers running in the opposite direction. But he has a […]

Review – Evie Walters Takes the Wheel by Kathleen Fox

    Synopsis In this warmhearted and witty debut, a mysterious gift spurs a widow to take a cross-country journey to find its sender―and along the way, she rediscovers herself. Evie Walters has lived most of her seventy-one years according to others’ expectations. But on the day of her husband’s funeral, she receives an anonymous […]

Review & Giveaway – Vacancy by Jann Alexander

  VACANCY: Secrets and Second Chances in Small-Town Texas By Jann Alexander   Women’s Fiction / Mystery and Crime Publisher: Black Rose Writing Publication Date: September 24, 2026     Synopsis A struggling single mother and a suspicious widow, at odds. Both have a habit of hiding from hard truths. INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS Helen […]

Excerpt – The Wild & Bittersweet by Ranae LaFerney

  Synopsis In 1984, Melody Baumann’s future is set—a summer trip to Europe, UC-Davis in the fall. She hopes to become a veterinarian like her father. But while abroad, she falls in love with British artist Michael Henley, then receives news that shatters everything: her father is dead. Back home, grief and years of tension […]

Review – Class Reunion by Gail Ward Olmsted

  Synopsis She befriended me. She betrayed me. Now, she needs me. A phone call from jail pulls attorney Lennon Gallagher back into a past she’s spent years trying to escape. Complicated doesn’t begin to describe the bond between Lennon and the caller, a former law school classmate. Now, Erin stands accused of the very […]

Excerpt – The Resilience of Red Thread by Catherine Marshall-Smith

  Synopsis After Emily flees her abusive ex-husband, Lee, with the exterminator she hired to kill hornets in her backyard, she finally feels safe. Jake offers Emily and her daughter a beautiful place to live where Lee will never find them. Unlike Lee, Jake has a steady job, doesn’t drink (she’s never met a man […]

Review & Giveaway – Perfect Life by Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores

  Synopsis Following a shocking murder, a woman must face the husband she thought she knew in this twisty, sizzling novel from the bestselling authors of Happy Wife. Welcome back to Winter Park, where looks can kill and secrets refuse to stay buried. Este Walker didn’t move to Florida to make friends. Five years ago, […]

New Release & Excerpt – The Very Unremarkable Life of Mrs. Etty Bloom by Talya Jankovits

    Synopsis In the insulated Hasidic community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, tradition and cultural norms are as sacred as religion. Childhood friendships are cultivated to climb social ladders, matchmakers dictate futures, and young girls are primed for marriage and motherhood. So, when Etty Greenberger, a headstrong redhead and the only child of Holocaust survivors, commits […]

Review & Excerpt – Lead Me Home by Catherine Bybee

  Synopsis When spreadsheets are safer than people, falling in love becomes the ultimate risk in this powerful novel of trauma, healing, and unexpected courage from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee. Luna Canning trusts numbers more than people—and for good reason. As a forensic accountant who specializes in exposing fraud, […]