Sunday, April 19, 2026

Beneath the Orange Blossom by Emma Cowell

 


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.



Friday, April 17, 2026

The May House by Jillian Cantor

 


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.



The Magical Library by Aimee O'Brien

 


A sweet romance. Whitney and Derrick seem so mismatched and with very different ideas about Edwin Hazard, the town of Hazard’s hero. Throw in bids for affordable housing (ne bid belongs to Derrick), the town’s illustrious underground tunnels, and slow changes of the heart and you have a very engaging and magical story.



Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Destination Funeral by Paige Harbison

 


I adore books by Paige Harribison. They are filled with complex characters and plots. In this book, four former friends are called together for the funeral of a mother who wants them to reconcile and reignite their lost friendships. The story is fraught with serious misunderstandings, deep underlying anger, and a need to release the bitterness at long last. 

Engrossing story that will capture you until the very end.



Monday, April 13, 2026

Everything's Grand by Freya Kennedy

 


Life has a way of catching up with you as friends in this engaging story discover. At forty-seven Laura is discovering her passion and it is no longer being a wife and mother. Beginning a new step by enrolling in university in women’s studies opens her eyes to the home life that has dominated her life. Becca, also forty-seven, has found love again but is wary of moving in with her love, Conal. When a serious event strikes her mother, she is shaken to the core. Both Laura and Becca are aided by their friends in the decisions they have to make.



Sunday, April 12, 2026

The Secret House in Orchid Bay by Ann O'Loughlin

 


Lovely cozy story warmly written to delight the reader and the senses. When a young widow learns she has inherited an Irish coast house from her husband, she and her rascal aunt leave America for a whole new world, a world of new friends, a beautiful but needy home, and a quaint Irish town. It is a genuine story of all kinds of love.

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Home to the Cowboy

 


Captivating romance full with a yes/no relationship. Dylan grew up with contentious parents and swore off long term relationships. His 

“Yes, I want to be with you” “No, I cannot hack it” attitudes wear on June who has her own insecurities. No telling if the relationship will ever work out.

The only problem I had with the story is that it felt too repetitious and overkill on Dylan’s bouncing around attitude.