Liberty Island by Virginia Hume

 

This was not a novel to my enjoyment as I did not connect with it on any level. I thought I would enjoy another book by Ms Hume as I did so enjoy Haven Point.

Where the Girls Were by Kate Shatz

 

The story related in this novel is heartbreaking and very true for the many young women of the 50s and 60s that found themselves pregnant and unwed. The sentiment of that time period was that the status of the women created humiliation and shame for their family and was to be hidden at all cost. Homes existed for that sole purpose-to house the women until the child was born and adopted. 

This novel deals with the circumstances of a seventeen year old in 1968 whose family sends her away and of her coming to terms with her particular situation. She and her roommate form a tight bond and she, as a budding journalist, begins to capture their stories along with her own.

It is a story that resounds with anger, bewilderment, humiliation, and shame, all woven together to relate a piece of history easily forgotten.

Love, Lies and the Lost Lord by Karla Kratovil

 

Regency romance filled to the brim with deceit, aggression, secrets, and of course, sizzling romance.

Bumblebee Season by Eileen Garvin

 

An interesting and inviting novel filled with informative introductions to each chapter regarding the life of bees. The role that bees play in the novel revolve around two characters and play a minor role in another’s. The heated role of immigration causes tension and anxiety for many who reside in the town and touch directly on the life of an immigrant teen.

Once and Again by Rebecca Serle

 

I liked this novel even with its slower pace and often overly emphasized points. The three generations of women face life with all its hardships, mistakes and decisions. Each woman has uniquely her own traits, none seeming to dovetail. The story is heavy on the unsettling side and lightheartedness becomes a welcome relief.

The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer

 

If you are in the mood for a fun, funny, quirky, and loveable plot, this book is easy to lose yourself in. It is delightful from page one when you meet Rainy March and carries you through all of her book adventures and mysteries. I enjoyed every section and its chapters.

The Wild Card by Carolyn Brown

 

An absolutely endearing story told in the first person perspective of a woman who finally finds home and family and love. Clara was eight when her mother died and her father taught her poker. Poker became her life until she lost all her money but won a diner in the middle of nowhere Texas. The diner and the woman who ran it, a waitress, and two more women became her first ever friends. Jackson enters the picture and never leaves. It is a story of hard pasts, relevant truths, and rebirth.