By Georgina Young ** Publication Date 19 February 2021 ** 3.75 stars Lona has dropped out of uni, is living with her parents, and still working her high school job at the local skating rink. Meanwhile all her friends are still in uni and moving on with their lives. But Lona doesn’t care. She doesn’t …
By Erin Bartels ** Publication Date 5 January 2021 ** 4.25 stars On a whim, two estranged sisters make a plan to do a backpacking trip through the Porcupine Mountains near Lake Superior. Olivia believes she was swayed by a beautiful March day. Melanie requested that they make the trip, because she wants to reconnect …
By Elle Cosimano ** Publication Date 2 February 2021 ** 4.25 stars Finlay’s life is currently in chaos. Her ex-husband and his soon-to-be bride are trying to take the kids away. She has a book commitment that she has fallen horribly behind on. The bills are stacking up. And now she’s been informed by the …
By Suzanne Redfearn ** Publication Date 1 February 2021 ** 4.5 stars Hadley is married to Frank. They have one daughter, Matti, and are guardians of Hadley’s nephew, Skipper. They appear to live an idyllic life in Orange County, CA. Nice community, beautiful home, good schools. There are dark secrets hiding in this house, though. …
By Kaya McLaren ** Publication Date 19 January 2021 ** 5 stars Amy finds out she has breast cancer and must undergo a double mastectomy and chemo. Her husband, a cop who was a first responder at the Oklahoma City bombing, is still trying to cope with his own trauma, and now must be Amy’s …
By Jennifer Snow ** Publication Date 12 January 2021 ** 4.25 stars Beth never expected to find out her husband was having an affair. After all, they had been together nearly forever. They have two kids and Beth is a devoted mom and wife. But there you have it. Her husband died with a smile …
By Rachel Hawkins ** Publication Date 5 January 2021 ** 4.25 stars / This review will be posted at BookwormishMe.com on 22 December 2020. Jane is a dog walker in an upscale neighborhood near Birmingham, Alabama. She lives with a former foster “brother” in an apartment in a nearby lower end community. The only reason …
By Danielle McLaughlin ** Publication Date 5 January 2020 ** 4 stars Nessa works in a gallery where she is procuring both the studio and it’s resident, The Chalk Sculpture. Of course that’s not its real title, but it’s the one most commonly known. Nessa has been taken by Robert Locke’s work for many years. …
By Cecily von Ziegesar ** Publication Date 10 November 2020 ** 4.5 stars Welcome to Cobble Hill, a charming neighborhood in Brooklyn. Here live a bunch of rather interesting characters whose lives are intertwined in ways you could never imagine. There’s Stuart Little, lead singer for the Three Blind Mice, along with his wife Mandy, …
Alice Blanchard ** Publication Date 1 December 2020 ** 4.25 stars Burning Lake, New York is known for its history of witches and the wicked. Natalie Lockhart is a detective on the Burning Lake PD. Halloween week is epic in Burning Lake, with a music competition, parties, costumes and the witchy themes of the …