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In People Watching, Hannah Bonam-Young introduces us to Prudence Welch, a quiet, introverted woman whose life revolves around caring for her mother, recently diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, and working at her father’s gas station in their small Northern Ontario town. Her once-bigger dreams have dimmed under the weight of family responsibilities. Just as life begins… Continue reading People Watching by Hannah Bonam-Young
Rachel Gillig’s The Knight and the Moth is a spellbinding start to a new fantasy series, filled with poetic writing, rich lore, and a heroine whose journey is as emotional as it is magical. Premise and Setup Sybil Delling has spent nine years in service as a Diviner, one of the foundling girls gifted (or… Continue reading The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
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Ellie Palmer’s debut, Four Weekends and a Funeral, is a tender and witty romance that manages to be both heartfelt and laugh-out-loud funny. Premise and Setup The story follows Alison Mullally, a thirty-year-old BRCA 1 carrier and double mastectomy survivor, who finds herself in a truly awkward situation: at her ex-boyfriend Sam’s funeral, she realizes… Continue reading Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer
Jewelry designer Sloane dreams of launching her own custom line, but she needs a Christmas miracle to pull it off. With traditional banks turning her down left and right, she can’t resist when a mysterious stranger offers her a lifeline. Reclusive billionaire Cole Asher offers to fly Sloane out to an ultra-luxurious Swiss resort for… Continue reading He Knows When You’re Awake by Alta Hensley
Jeneva Rose takes a big swing outside of her usual genre with Dating After the End of the World, and I was excited to see how she’d pull it off. A zombie apocalypse romance isn’t easy to get right—but she delivers an action-packed, clever, and surprisingly heartfelt story. Casey grew up the daughter of a… Continue reading Dating After the End of the World by Jeneva Rose
Bad luck has always followed Olivia Marshall…or maybe she’s just the screw-up her family thinks she is. But when a “What are you wearing?” text from a random wrong number turns into the hottest, most entertaining—albeit anonymous—relationship of her life, she thinks things might be on the upswing…. Colin Beck has always considered Olivia his… Continue reading Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter
The Rabbit Factory is the first book in Marshall Karp’s series featuring LAPD detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs, and it’s a fantastic mix of mystery, satire, and heart. The story kicks off when the actor playing Familyland’s beloved mascot, Rambunctious Rabbit, is murdered on park grounds. What looks like one terrible crime quickly spirals… Continue reading The Rabbit Factory by Marshall Karp
By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask her, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach. But six years… Continue reading Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Treasure Hunters Club skillfully braids together the lives of three unlikely sleuths: Peter, nearing forty and stuck in a rut until a mysterious letter pulls him back to Maple Bay; Cass, a writer whose career has stalled, grasping at a second chance while housesitting in the seaside town; and Dandy, a sharp and determined… Continue reading The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan