In the Midnight Rain by Barbara O'Neal

 

A wonderful love story filled with mystery, lost love, and a deep love growing within a lost heart.  Music biographer Ellie is in the process of researching a blues singer who turned from her career and disappeared. Ellie comes to the singer’s small town. It is the place where her deceased mother lived one summer and got pregnant. Ellie knows nothing about her father and along with her research, is determined to find out who he is. 

The story flows with Ellie’s research into both the singer and her father while she is standing her ground with handsome Blue, a genuine man with a heart filled with hurt.

Last House by Jessica Shattuck

 

A look at recent US history dealing with overseas oil, changing society, and Vietnam war protests. Through the eyes of one family, the events that drove the country are related. The clashing of ideals slowly unfolds in this interesting novel.

Bayou Redemption by Susan Sands

 

A heart surgeon, generally curt and closed off, is challenged to soften her personality by her half-sister. Joining in the cause is a second heart surgeon hired behind her back and who is congenial and warm. As they work together, even with all her trouble to be nice, they combine to be a great working pair. His nature engages her softer side. A great story of how the power of caring persuasion can affect a self-preservation shell.

Lovers and Liars by Amanda Eyre Ward

 

A captivating novel of the insecurities and mistakes of two sisters unraveling at the wedding of a third sister’s wedding. The bride is haunted by memories of her deceased husband and doubts she is worthy of love and joy. Every lie and mistake spill from the pages as it becomes too hard to keep them any longer.

Rednecks by Taylor Brown

 

The atrocities of the true history of the coal miners to unionize in West Virginia unfolds forcefully in this novel. The greed and disregard for life of the coal barons brings hate filled and murderous men paid to enforce unlawful retaliation on the miners. The sins of the bought courts are a blight on the land. The miners take matters into their own hands and begin a brutal and ugly fight with the coal companies. They are hoping for better days for them and their families that unionization would bring. 

Of Lies and Honey by Donna Norman-Carbone

 

Three women, unknown to each other, all struggle with issues of childbearing. Hannah is desirous for children but has trouble maintaining pregnancy. Raina desperately wants another baby but financial problems forbid it. Callie had a baby years ago in a home for girls in trouble. She learned the baby had died. Their lives intersect in amazing ways that create a wonderful story.

The Cowboy's Mail-Order Bride by Megan Crane

 

Lovely prose and emotions flow through the pages as the story of Kendall and Harlan enfolds. Even as her past chases her, Kendall finds what she has truly wanted in Harlan. He is mesmerized by her and finds his stalwart personality softening. A lovely, lyrical story.

Highland Dark Magic by Leigh Ann Edwards

 

In this Witch and Demon Hunter series book, LAMB (Locating and Assessing Magical Beings) headquarters is filled with Scottish ghosts all claiming to be witch Fiona’s loves from the past. Fiona is at a loss when one of the ghosts pleads with her to return to him. Giving her a tartan leads Fiona and Lorcan on a wild adventure to find the source of the disturbance. They are stymied by someone truly bent on evil. Exciting events erupt from the pages.

Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie

 

Jackie Lau’s books are witty and hilarious. She delves into Asian relationships, especially the mother-daughter relationship. In this book, a fake dating to appease a mother’s nagging turns into a real relationship riddled with doubts and insecurities. Such a fun read,

The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean

This thriller will leave you absolutely breathless. It is intense. A teen girl is abducted and taken to a compound littered with evil. She mysteriously re-emerges two years later having escaped. Her own story of what happened is told in her voice but not to the investigating officer. The officer searches through the measly clues to try and find the abductor, running into walls she must destroy. It will keep you at the edge of your seat.

 

Summers at the Saint by Mary Kay Andrews

 

The Saint luxury hotel is in financial trouble and CEO Traci Eddings is creative in ways to resurrect the hotel. Her ideas for staffing the much needed positions leads to some wonderful relationships but also big trouble, deceit, and murder. A truly exciting novel that moves along  quickly. 

Emma Madison, Master Meddler by Pat McDermott Michener

 

Such a fantastic book!There are over one hundred chapters and each one adds immensely to the stories of several people in the gossipy small Canadian town of Medford. The stories are interlinked by those of Jasmine and her great aunt Emma. Sorrows, deep regrets, love, and rekindled love work through the pages. I thoroughly enjoyed this book so very much.

The Echo by Melinda Di Lorenzo

 

My heart is still beating fast after finishing this book. It is crazy good and a true nail biting thriller. A young woman believes her sister’s death was not an accident. As she uncovers clues with the husband of an also killed woman, things begin to clear then muddy. Such an exciting novel.

The Eight Second Wedding by Anne McAllister

Mothers conspire to put their kids together and married. The kids are a doctoral candidate and a bull rider with no commonality. Slowly, as they travel together in an RV from one rodeo to the next, their romance is tenderly crafted by the author. Both are surprised by the relationship that grows. A very delightful story.

 

Until Depths Do Us Part by KB Jackson

 

A murder on an elite cruise ship leads sisters Charlotte and Jane to investigate the murder, endangering themselves in the process. It is all hands on deck waiting and worried while far at sea. A good murder whodunit.

Annie in Paris by Carmen Reid

 

A delightful story of the messes Annie gets into in Paris and of her friend, Svetlana’s makeover by Annie. Annie is left to rein in the chaos of family and work when her husband leaves for Paris on a teacher semester abroad. Things unravel when she goes to Paris and sees evidence of possible cheating by him and the rollercoaster ride begins.

Unbreak My Heart by Dakota Harrison

 

A lonely, heartbroken man finds the very things he does not realize he is missing in a smart and lovely architect. Sparks fly all over in this spicy book as their relationship progresses and fills both their desires.

Texas Restless Cowboy by Rebecca Crowley

 

An assistant DA runs against an interloper for DA. She needs exposure to the full county and the perpetual bad boy of Last Stand is the key. He offers to bring her the attention of the base she needs and she brings the status for his company he needs. Love may not be on the ballot but it sure is in this captivating book.

Make You Mine by Nan Rhinehardt

 

Romance is in a standoff when the CEO of a construction company interacts with the new hire supervisor. He is completely turned around by her while fighting his growing feelings. She is taken by him and fighting it all, too. An engaging tale of a love battle bound to create heart havoc.