By Laurie Boyle Crompton ** Publication Date 11 Feb 2020 ** 3.75 stars Ricki and Lana may be cousins, but they are nothing alike. At one time inseparable, they have drifted apart over the last year and half. Ricki is still the horror movie/gore queen. Lana is now the social media starlet. When their Aunt …
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 …
By Phillipa Ashley ** Publication Date 31 October 2019 ** Ellie has been running from her past for years, but when the manor owned by her late Aunt Joan is vacant and needing a caretaker, she jumps at the chance to settle in and rest for a bit. For Christmas, Ellie sets up household for …
By Lisa Goldstein ** Publication Date 25 October 2019 ** Maeve is a pseudonym for Adela Martin, the renowned author of the folklore novel, Ivory Apples. Maeve changed her name and moved to the middle of nowhere, because her fandom became more than she could bear. Ivory Apples was not only a success, it created …
By Emma Woolf ** Publication Date 10 September 2019 ** Lily is 30 years old and single. Well, sort of single. She’s been involved in a long term affair with her boss Harry. It’s not really a secret. Most of her coworkers suspect and her family knows, in fact, he’s even attended some family events. …
by Jean Kwok Sylvie and her sister Amy have a complicated relationship. Born to immigrant parents, Mama & Papa Lee were struggling to make ends meet with one child. With the imminent birth of Amy, their only option is to send Sylvie off to the Netherlands to live with Mama’s wealthy cousin Helena. Mama …
By Katherine Center ** Publication Date 13 August 2019 ** Cassie is a 20-something firefighter in Austin, Texas. She has climbed the ranks with her fearless, yet level-headed approach to being a firefighter. Originally destined for medical school, she first became and EMT and then moved on to being a paramedic when she realized how …
By Karen Hawkins ** Publication Date 30 July 2019 ** Charming is a perfect description for The Book Charmer. This lovely novel tackles trust, pain, and love in the town of Dove Pond, NC. Grace Wheeler and her sister Hannah have been bounced from home to home. They’re about to land at the one last …
By Richard Roper ** Publication Date 28 May 2019** Andrew works for the local council handling death. Not death as in the coroner’s way of handling, Andrew looks after those who have passed without family or friends to take care of them. Otherwise known as “public health passings.” Tasked with checking the deceased’s home for …
By Allie Larkin ** Publication Date 23 April 2019** Katie Ellis finds herself back in her hometown of Port St Lucie, Florida, after a messy breakup with her husband. She brings along the one possession she kept in the divorce, Bark, her shelter mutt that she cannot be without. Bark and Katie both suffer from …