By Laura Dave Hannah Hall #2 A FASCINATING AND FAST-PACED SEQUEL    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Five years have passed since Hannah Hall’s husband, Owen, went missing. Following his disappearance, Hannah and Bailey, Owen’s daughter, have built a new life in Southern California. They've developed a close bond with Nicholas, Bailey’s grandfather, and are gradually moving forward. However, when Owen unexpectedly appears at Hannah’s new art exhibition, she realizes that she and Bailey are

By Libby Page A Delightful and Captivating Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY When Tilly Nightingale receives a call about a birthday gift from her husband at her local bookshop, it's a shock. Joe had died five months ago, and she hadn’t read for pleasure ever since he got sick. Alfie, the bookshop owner, explains the gift—one book each month with a handwritten letter from Joe for the next twelve months. Though hesitant, Tilly begins reading Joe’s letters, and she immerses herself in t

By David Baldacci A MUST READ!    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Walter Nash is an intelligent, tough but fair man with a high-level position at an investment organization. He leads a happy and upscale family life with his wife and teenage daughter. After his estranged Vietnam veteran father’s funeral, he is approached by the FBI to become an inside man to expose money laundering between international criminal Victoria Steers and his organization. Reluctantly accepting, Nash is forced to

By A.D. Bell A CAPTIVATING STORY OF DETERMINATION   ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Lily  Delaney is a bookbinder apprentice in Oxford in 1901, and feels confined by her father’s failing bookshop and her status as a woman in a man’s profession. During a visit to a collector, she finds a burned book with a hidden fifty-year-old love letter. She becomes obsessed with the mystery of the young lovers and finds more hidden pages. As she searches through London’s booksellers, private libraries,

(Dramatized Adaptation) By Charlie Donlea A BEGUILING THRILLER THAT EXPLORES IDENTITY, TRUTH, AND JUSTICE     ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Alexandra Quinlan’s family—her mother, father, and younger brother—was brutally murdered in their home. She was immediately arrested the night of the murder. The media nicknamed her "Empty Eyes" after she was found with a gun at the scene of the massacre. The case became a media sensation, and even after she was proven innocent, true crime bloggers

By John Grisham AN INTRIGUING MIX OF LEGAL THRILLER AND DETECTIVE STORY    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Simon Latch is a small-town lawyer and father of three, in Braxton, Virginia. He struggles to make ends meet and his marriage is on the rocks.  When Eleanor Barnett, an 85-year old widow, needs a new will, Simon is hopeful that things might just be looking up.  Eleanor wants her late husband's lifelong investments in Coca-Cola and Walmart to remain private.  She has two good-for-noth

By Mitch Albom A COMPELLING STORY OF SECOND CHANCES ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY At eight, Alfie Logan discovers he can undo moments in time and live them again, but he must face the consequences of that choice. Using his gift, he fixes mistakes, takes risky ventures, and improves his love life. Falling for Gianna, he finds happiness, but learns he can't rekindle love once he's undone it. Eventually, tempted to cheat death for love, he faces a life-changing choice. Years later, after b

By Sarah McCoy An Intriguing and Thought-Provoking Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Lori Lovely was a highly successful young actress who suddenly abandoned the fame and fortune of Hollywood to enter a cloistered convent in Connecticut in 1969. In 1990, Lori’s niece, Lu Tibbot, decides to write her college senior thesis about her Aunt Lori's life. Lu visits the Benedictine convent to interview her aunt, now the head Abbess. Lori, despite many requests over the years, has never spoken

By Hank Phillippi Ryan AN EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTING EDGE OF YOUR SEAT READ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY A successful debut book tour turns into a nightmare for author Tessa Calloway.  Someone from Tessa’s hidden past is threatening her life, family, and her newly found fame.  Tess bravely attempts to uncover the identity of her stalker while flying to a different city each day, for her book events, with the stalker not far behind. REVIEW ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS is a superb psychological s

By Charles Donlea A GRIPPING AND GUT-WRENCHING STORY   ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Ethan Hall is now a 45-year-old ER doctor in Madison, Wisconsin, who previously worked for the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation. He retired from burnout after ten years of investigating the murder and abuse of children and went to medical school.  When his former partner shows up in the ER and asks for Ethan’s help on a recent reopened cold case, Ethan is intrigued. Callie Jones, a 17-year-o

By Charles Martin A RIVETING AND EMOTIONALLY INTENSE STORY     ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY A man with a past full of loss and a young, precocious...

By KristIn Harmel A DELIGHTFUL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING NOVEL   ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Colette and her mother, Annabel, try to make a difference in their little corner of the world.  Their focus is on volunteering and redistributing wealth by stealing beautiful and valuable jewelry. They live by a heroic code of honor, much like the lore of Robin Hood; these women take only from the corrupt and the evil and give to the poor. They never keep the jewelry for themselves. When Colette w

By Nora Roberts A HIGHLY ENJOYABLE READ WITH A STRONG WOMAN FILLED WITH COURAGE AND DETERMINATION     ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Sloan Cooper, an intense and driven Maine NPR officer, walks in on a convenience store robbery in progress and is shot point-blank in the chest. Twice, she had to be revived on the operating table. She is fortunate. She survives the difficult surgery but still faces months of recovery ahead. She is compelled to move back in with her parents in a small Maine

Murphy Shepherd #4 By Charles Martin AN ACTION-PACKED AND HEART-WRENCHING DRAMA ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY For years, two men have been side-by-side rescuing women and children who have been victims of human trafficking. But now Murphy Shepherd’s best friend, mentor, and spiritual advisor is dead. Bones was everything to Murphy, and though devastated, he realizes he must go on. Shortly after Bones's funeral, Murphy gets a call from long-time friend, Aaron Ashley.  Ashley, Vice Presid

Martini Club Book 2 By Tess Gerritsen A Captivating and Chilling Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Retired CIA agent Maggie Bird and four other...

A Jack Swyteck Novel #19 By James Grippando Fast-Paced and Brilliantly Plotted    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Attorney Jack Swyteck takes on a...

A RIVETING AND REALISTIC POLITICAL THRILLER ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Washington, D.C., troubleshooter Joe DeMarco is assigned an impossible task.

By Allen Eskens AN ASTONISHING NOVEL WITH AN AMAZING FEMALE  CHARACTER      ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hana Babic is a quiet, dowdy librarian in Minnesota who wants nothing but to be left alone.  This middle-aged woman prefers to be invisible. When a St. Paul police officer comes to the library to tell Hana that her best friend of many years, Amina, has been murdered in her apartment.  Hana is stunned.  She believes that whoever killed Amina may be coming after her next. Hana’s search for an

By Geraldine Brooks A MEMOIR Savored Every Page ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️   I have read and loved Geraldine Brooks's books and have long considered her...