This is a not to miss novel. It is lyrical in prose, steeped in a history of music and change, and a beautiful relating of the ways people set in the rules of the ‘60s could change. For readers of a certain age, it is a book of nostalgia. For others, a tale of generations gripping hold of a new and different reality. An excellent novel all around.
This is a fabulous novel-crime thriller combined with family drama and a horrendous rain storm. The big baddie in town is ruthlessly dead set on buying up land for a lucrative government pipeline project. A hired thug along with his wife and brother in law are way over their heads. A struggling farm is caught in the middle with family members caught in the thugs' grips. Thrilling and chilling.
The story of an orphan sent to live with her drug addicted, former movie star aunt at a legendary hotel filled with depravity. It is a story recounting the Hollywood milieu circa late 1950s, a time of wanna be starlets, producers with huge egos and demands of sexual favors, teen girls and women seeking fame and fortune at any cost.
Aria Jones is thrust into the hotel turpitude when her parents tragically die. Her aunt is barely cognizant due to her drug and alcohol use and she is dismissive of Aria. Aria becomes friends with two older girls both seeking fame. Along the way, Aria grows to be a silent witness to the excess at the hotel.
Told in two times, 1950s Aria is a teen and 1960s Aria is turning 21 and prepared to leave the hotel. The effects of her experiences channel her sadness and fears as she ages.
A tale of Hollywood at its worst and of a young girl who sees it all.
Surgeon’s Surprise Baby 4
Eve Gaddy
Trust, once broken, is very hard if not impossible to rebuild. So it is for Aria when Ryan re-enters the picture. He suddenly left her with no explanation before she found out she was pregnant. She uproots her life in Denver and she with her two month old daughter move to Marietta to find Ryan and inform him of his daughter. He is shocked and all she wants is for him to know her.
In this endearing story, Ryan must work hard to regain Aria’s trust if a happily ever after will happen.
Three women connected by a Zoom book club are all at crossroads. Faye, who runs the book club, is seeking respite from the scandal her twin sister caused. Margot is finally fed up with her controlling husband and takes initiative. Bonnie is grieving her husband, a book club member. Meeting each other is the exact thing each of them needs.
A touching second chance at love happens over thirty-six years later when it all fell apart. The story relates several joys and events during a vacation two best friends take to recapture their teenage vacation to Greece. One twirled about with wild abandon, the other fell in love. When one encounters her lost love, it is time for the heartbreaking truth that drove them apart. It is a vacation of revelations and of setting new paths.
The lives of three sisters is explored over a forty year period. Once a year in May the sisters reunite in Coronado at their grandmother’s house. The joyous times and critical, complex times unfold, bringing them together or tearing them apart. Chapters rotate between the past and current. A complex family drama.
