by Katherine Center ** Publication Date 14 July 2020 ** 5 stars Sam is a librarian at a creative and fabulous school on Galveston Island. She lives in the carriage house of the school founders’ home. Sam is happy and bright and full of life. Though she does have a bit of a secret. Babette …
By Estelle Laure ** Publication Date 14 July 2020 ** 4.5 stars Mayhem Brayburn was 3 years old when her mom fled their home of Santa Maria landing in Taylor, Texas. Taylor and her mom’s second husband Lyle is pretty much all Mayhem has known. Lyle is a southern charmer on the outside and an …
By Kerry Lonsdale ** Publication Date 7 July 2020 ** 4.5 stars Joy is the epitome of the “California girl.” She’s on a road trip down Route 66, driving a convertible New Beetle, listening to 50s music, wearing 50s clothes and making stops at every 50s and 60s roadside attraction and diner along the way. …
By Julia Spiro ** Publication Date 1 July 2020 ** 4 stars Lindsey is about to graduate from Bowdoin with an art degree, but as yet she cannot find an internship or a job in her selected field. During the graduation luncheon, her professor introduces her to a family in need of a nanny. The …
By Cecelia Lyra ** Publication Date 22 June 2020 ** 4 stars Grab this book for your next vacation. Cassie and Julie are half-sisters, though Nana would never tolerate the word “half.” Half is not for family, it’s for sandwiches, or something like that. Cassie is Katherine’s and Stephan’s daughter. Supposedly they are the happy …
By Christina Clancy ** Publication Date 2 June 2020 ** Two siblings and two educator parents in Milwaukee bring a teenage boy into their home, eventually adopting him. Ann and Poppy love Michael and are thrilled to have him be a member of their family, until one disastrous trip to the family’s second home in …
By Mary Alice Monroe ** Publication Date 19 May 2020 ** Having read the other books in the Beach House series, it was wonderful to revisit Primrose Cottage and see what everyone has been up to. Cara is engaged to her wonderful man David. Linnea is headed back home after living in California with John. …
By Kristin Miller ** Publication Date 21 April 2020 ** 4.5 stars wel Holy moly what a twisted, wild ride. The beginning of this novel finds us witnessing Colleen broken and bleeding on the floor of the wine cellar at Ravenwood. There is a dark figure at the top of the wine cellar stairs. And …
By Stephanie Alexander ** Publication Date 14 April 2020 ** 3.75 stars Charleston Green is the magic color created by mixing black with another color to produce a very dark shade of green. The title and color have a prominent role in this story about a single mom with the ability to see and communicate …
by Brenda Novak ** Publication Date 7 April 2020 ** 4 stars DNA tests are all the rage right now. But what if you find unexpected results when you take one? Serenity took one for a book she was writing and found out she had two half siblings. Now the three of them are …