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The Family Remains is a twisted family mystery! I don't think you have to read The Family Upstairs to enjoy this one but I think if you do, you'll understand the characters better. This one starts out at the end. Rachel is called about her husband, Michael, being found dead. Michael was also previously married… Continue reading The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
Because every wife deserves a happy ending. Any mother, wife, ex-wife, or overworked parent will totally relate to The Wife App! Three friends, Lauren, Sophie and Madeline are all divorced and sick of the mental load they are forced to carry with no appreciation or payment. What if there was an app that paid people to… Continue reading The Wife App by Carolyn Mackler
The Sentence asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. The Sentence by Louise Erdrich is a raw, poetic novel told about a book store that is haunted during the pandemic. This one is highly character driven, which I don't normally go for but I did enjoy.… Continue reading The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. Happy Place by Emily Henry made me want to call all my friends &… Continue reading Happy Place by Emily Henry
If your mother is the love of your life, what does that make your husband? One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle is set in the Amalfi coast, need I say more? The scenery was so well described that I wanted to immediately book a trip there. I could almost feel the sun on my face.… Continue reading One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
“But I've got news for Nicholas Benjamin Rose: if he thinks I'm not the biggest waste of time that's ever happened to him, he's got another think coming.” Naomi Westfield has the perfect fiancé: Nicholas Rose holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family any… Continue reading You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
“She didn’t know how to be semi-interested in something. She was either indifferent . . . or obsessed.” This novel follows Stella and Michael. Stella is an autistic econometrician unable to form relationships and under pressure from her mom to start a family, hires a male escort to teach her how to “be good at… Continue reading The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
I am a Weyward, and wild inside. Weyward by Emilia Hart covers three main characters and three different time periods. I think Hart did an excellent job weaving together these stories. All three women are connected by blood. The author describes the setting down the the earthy smells at the family's grand family estate in… Continue reading Weyward by Emilia Hart
A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match. "Yours Truly" by Abby Jimenez is going to be one of my Summer favorites! This is a book that I hugged multiple times. It has a premise that had me turning the pages until late, late, late (or… Continue reading Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell is a beautifully written novel and I can see it is a lyrical masterpiece, but I just didn't connect with it. Maggie O'Farrell is hit or miss with me. This is a case of wrong book, wrong time. “The Marriage Portrait” drops us into the panicked mind of a… Continue reading The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell