Love is in the air and has captured Eli, the no-strings bachelor of Wirralong. It has also wrapped around Stephanie. She has said, “No,” to any relationships, especially with a volunteer fireman.
The wiles of Wirralong encircle Stephanie and Eli as sweetness and determination take over.
Love springs from the pages when a parent stalked teacher is protected by her ex-boyfriend's friend. Hannah’s stalker is relentless and so is Eric as he strives to guard her from harm and from his heart. Lots of spicy stuff happens between Hannah and Eric leading to difficulties and decisions.
A novel of family mired in deep dilemmas told in rotating perspectives with engaging characters and captivating plot. Kristie is searching for a connection to a father she never knew about. Louise is trying to cope with marital discord and an unfinished manuscript. Pauline is burdened by sadness. The three children offer delight to offset the heaviness of the story. The summer in Maine will disrupt everyone.
A thoroughly captivating novel that is so enjoyable to read. There is so much happening during the first summer of the Hotel Nantucket-secrets, romance, a ghost. The lives, wishes, and desires of the staff and of guests play out over the summer as the story unfolds and draws you in with delight.
Such a lovely story involving two grieving people-a widower and her deceased husband’s best friend. Kit is trying to finally move on two years after her husband’s death. Alex, her husband’s best friend, walks back into her life determined to fix up a beaten down beach house left to Kit. They clash. They argue. They try to deny their chemistry. They hold to being just friends but destiny says otherwise.
The hunt is on for whomever is testing hybrid vampire venom laced with fentanyl.
Jake and Paris are on the case when Jake’s long deceased love Poppy, appears to him.
She is a reaper and if you can see her, you are next to die. She’s confused because Jake
is definitely not on any reaper’s list. It is a mystery to both of them and allows Poppy
to help the case. Through it all, the love that Poppy and Jake felt for each other is still alive
and growing. Neither knows how things will turn out as they work together with Paris
to solve the crime.
Three 50 year old friends each on a different life path vacation in Cypress with decidedly
different outcomes for them. The novel is an interesting take on the contrasting lives and
needs a woman can have.
Caro is in Cypress for a specific reason. Helen is fed up with her husband and life. Kay
is worn to the bone with all of her responsibilities. All three reasons are something they desperately desire.
A family thrown into conflict over the family compound they have inherited is the
basis for the novel. The story is woven with the personal conflicts of the female cousins
and with the arguments over whether to sell or not. The men in the book drift in and out
but this is not their story. It is the story of the women and all the turmoil they are
experiencing.
I really tried to enjoy the novel but felt there was a lack of cohesion and wearied of such immature adults.
Daughters bring their families together on a short vacation to an eco-friendly Australian island.
Parker and Matty are married and hopeful their parents will finally gel. Amelia is planning to introduce her boyfriend James. Like the volcano that erupts on their first day, so like the emotions of everyone stuck on the island after a tsunami halts travel home. The tsunami washed away so much and deposits dead animals and non-native animals on the island. It is so like the emotional changes taking place-some things depart, others arrive.
It is a fascinating story of how much can change in a six week period of isolation.
A lovely, lovely book with the sadness and grief artfully written and characters that display so many deep emotions.
Four women struggle with the sudden death of an ex-spouse, father, lover. Meadow has loved Augustus since they first met. Theirs was a deep but faulty love born out of their love for creating food from his mastery and her garden. Rory is Meadow’s daughter raised by Augustus. Their relationship was close and carefree. Maya is his daughter and their relationship was fraught with mistakes and on her side, anger. Norah was his last girlfriend reliant upon him for the touch of humans and deep devotion. All four women are deeply affected by his death. This is the story of their recovery.
The lovely backdrop of the Teton Mountains and Jackson Hole, Wyoming become the perfect locale for an author from New York with big fears who finds so much more that she ever could imagine.
Samantha is perfectly happy living her dog and her small life. She writes espionage novels and the heroine lives the life Samantha shuns. Invited to her publisher’s Christmas party week, she very reluctantly goes only to find herself in Jackson Hole instead of Connecticut as she assumed. Who she meets and how it influences her is the real story in this engaging and delightful novel.
French Braid is such an interesting and thought provoking novel. The relationships of family over a generation digs into the whys of distant siblings and the dynamics of a very unusual but relatable family.
Hattie Kavanaugh is in dire straits. The tumbled down Savannah house she was rehabbing is a money pit and is sold for almost nothing. Approached by a reality home rehab producer, she decides to give their offer for a show a go. From that point on, all hell breaks loose.
A great read with unforgettable characters and a mystery to boot.
