BLURB: Book One in the From Kona with Love series depicting multicultural romance, love, loss, and redemption woven into a family saga set in the beautiful islands of Hawaii. Though connected, each installment can be read as a standalone. After Andrea “Andie” Matthews chooses her career over a marriage proposal and then loses a promotion…
Tag: Women’s Fiction
The Daughters of Foxcote Manor – Review
BLURB: Outside a remote manor house in an idyllic wood, a baby girl is found. The Harrington family takes her in and disbelief quickly turns to joy. They’re grieving a terrible tragedy of their own and the beautiful baby fills them with hope, lighting up the house’s dark, dusty corners. Desperate not to lose her…
The Switch – Review
BLURB: Eileen is sick of being 79. Leena’s tired of life in her twenties. Maybe it’s time they swapped places… When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen’s house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about…
Thunder and Rain – Review
BLURB: Third generation Texas Ranger Tyler Steele is the last of a dying breed– a modern day cowboy hero living in a world that doesn’t quite understand his powerful sense of right and wrong and instinct to defend those who can’t defend themselves. Despite his strong moral compass, Ty has trouble seeing his greatest weakness….
Happiness for Beginners – Review
BLURB: A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It’s supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself together again, but when she discovers that her brother’s even-more-annoying best friend is also coming on the trip,…
What You Wish For – Review
Like many of us, I fell in love with Katherine Center’s writing last year. She has a fantastic way of making an evocative novel lots of fun to read. I admire her writing and her delightful characters. Naturally, What You Wish For was one of my most anticipated reads for 2020. BLURB: Samantha Casey loves…
Sugar Daddy – Review
That title threw me for a loop when I first read it. I would never be someone to read about girls with sugar daddies and be even remotely interested in that storyline. However, many of my favorite bloggers and bookstagrammers recommended this book and said not to judge it by its title. I searched my…
Between Sisters – Review
BLURB: “We all make mistakes, but for Meghann Dontess the terrible choice she made some years ago cost her everything, including the love of her sister, Claire. Meghann is now a highly successful attorney, and has put all thoughts of love completely behind her – until she meets the one man who believes he can…
Wild at Heart – Release Day
From the internationally best-selling author of The Simple Wild comes the continuation of a woman’s journey to Alaska and a life she never imagined for herself. Wild at Heart, book two in the Simple Wild series by USA Today bestselling author, K.A. Tucker, is live! Calla Fletcher returns to Toronto a different person, struggling to…
Photos of You – Review
Many thanks to Netgalley and Grand Central Pub/Forever for the chance to read this title early. Maybe it’s morbid, but I can’t help being drawn to end-of-life books. Whether it’s old age or an untimely death by cancer, I’m a fan of those end-of-life reflections and the deep questions these books inevitably make us ponder….
In Five Years – Review
Many thanks to Netgalley and Atria Books for the chance to read this novel early. It’s no secret I love mindbending books that play with the concept of time. As soon as I read the blurb for this one, I knew I would be bumping it to the top of my to be read list….
Regretting You – Review
Thank you to Montlake Romance and Netgalley for the chance to read this book and to Colleen Hoover for acknowledging that orange is the worst color on the planet. With every Colleen Hoover book, I’m in awe. The readability alone is astounding, but I’m convinced no one sees the world quite like she does until…
How to Walk Away – Review
After reading (and LOVING) Things You Save in a Fire on vacation this summer, I absolutely had to get my hands on How to Walk Away. Katherine Center’s writing is so incredible that everyone on Bookstagram is eagerly reading her backlist. The #FOMO is real! BLURB: Margaret Jacobsen has a bright future ahead of her: a fiancé…
The Year I Left – Review
Christine Brae’s lyrical writing spoke to my heart three years ago for the first time and continues to evoke soul-stirring emotions with her upcoming release, The Year I Left, today. Christine is leaving us with the legacy of six beautiful books to her name as she moves forward in life – this stunning story will…
Keeping Lucy – Review
Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press & Netgalley for the chance to read this novel! I really, really enjoyed my first book by T. Greenwood! Admittedly, I was nervous about reading this one. My feelings were mixed on the blurb and I didn’t know if it would be a hit for me. Luckily, as I…
Firefly Lane – Review
Kristin Hannah is quickly making her way to the top of my list of favorite authors. Her novels are among the most evocative I have ever read. This book alone made me sob like I was a character in the story myself! When I discovered the Firefly Lane series was becoming a Netflix show in…
The Escape Room – Review
I’m normally not drawn to the synopsis of a book, I’m more of a cover gal, but when I read the blurb for The Escape Room I had to have it. I was instantly drawn to this book and wanted to read it immediately. I’m thankful to my friends at St. Martin’s Press allowed me…
When We Were Young – Review
Many thanks to Howard Books for a review copy of this novel! Karen Kingsbury can write a page-turner, that’s for sure. This is only the second book I’ve read of hers but it’s clear each story she writes is a quick read. I was eager to read this modern rendition of A Christmas Carol this…
Ashes Books & Bobs 