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I have been meaning to read Ready or Not by Cara Bastone but I got to this one first and now I will need to move that book up my TBR list for sure! This was a story about grief told in such a compassionate and funny way that I just loved this one! In… Continue reading Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone
“It’s funny how desperately the brain will seek an answer if it doesn’t have one. Not knowing is not a restful state.” Tully and Rachel are murderous when they discover their father has a new girlfriend. The fact that Heather is half his age isn't even the most shocking part. Stephen is still married to… Continue reading The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
"I guess some things in life you don't get to choose; you can't choose the plot, but you can choose the soundtrack" Columnist Anna Appleby has left her love life behind after a painful divorce. Who needs a man when she has two kids, a cat, and uncontested control of the TV remote? Besides, she’d… Continue reading Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousens
“After all, everyone’s entitled to be the hero of their own story. So I must be permitted to be the hero of mine. Even though I’m not. I’m the villain.” Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca… Continue reading The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
“This is new for me, but it’s new for her, too. We are both two broken souls, fractured in opposite ways. She loved and lost… And I was lost before I could ever love at all.” I had my future all planned out. A fairytale.Then, on my five-year wedding anniversary, my dreams shatter. My husband… Continue reading The Wrong Heart by Jennifer Hartmann
“You are not who you are because of where you come from; you are who you are because of where you choose to go.” Keyanna “Key” MacKay is used to secrets. Raised by a single father who never divulged his past, it’s only after his death that she finds herself thrust into the world he’d… Continue reading Under Loch & Key by Lana Ferguson
“They say rain on your wedding day is good luck. Death threats on your wedding day? Probably not so much.” Today is supposed to be the happiest day of my life.I'm engaged to the man of my dreams, and in a few short hours, I'm going to stand before a judge, who will declare us husband… Continue reading The Housemaid’s Wedding by Freida McFadden
Kristin Hannah has a gift for writing emotional, deeply human stories, and Summer Island is no exception. This novel explores themes of family estrangement, forgiveness, and self-discovery through the story of Ruby Bridge, a struggling comedian who is forced to reconnect with her mother, Nora, after years of resentment and distance. As the two women… Continue reading Summer Island by Kristin Hannah
“All that time, she remembered me, she was just waiting for me to remember her.” In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm, and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line. The whole… Continue reading The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
This is a book that you will want to focus on when you read it. This book is told in the lead up to the 1929 Wall Street Crash. This multi-layered story is told in four distinct parts, each one subtly—or, in the case of the final section, not so subtly—changing the meaning of what… Continue reading Trust by Hernan Diaz