By Elizabeth Berg A TOUCHING AND SENTIMENTAL STORY OF A LIFE WELL LIVED ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Flo Greene, who is 94, can’t see very well or walk very far.  As she nears the end of her life, she wants to set her affairs in order.  She is leaving her house and her life story for Ruthie, a former neighbor and surrogate daughter. She is writing Ruthie a letter about all of her beloved possessions and the meanings behind them. In these final days, Flo also explores some new adventures

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 Izzy Broom AN INTRIGUING AND MYSTERIOUS STORY OF HOPE FOR A NEW BEGINNING    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Change Your Life for €1. Skye is not impulsive, but when she sees a derelict Greek cottage for sale by lottery for one euro, she applies. She needs a fresh start far from London and her husband. Weeks later, she feels disheartened as she opens the tattered blue door, questioning whether it can ever be her home. During renovations, she finds a bundle of faded letters behind a wall

By Anna Quinlen AN INTRIGUING STORY OF FAMILY AND FRIENDSHIPS     ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Book clubs are great!   High school English teacher Polly Goodman talks about everything with her book club, except the book. They’re her closest friends and, with her veterinarian husband, her support system. Her students, her relationship with her mother, and her IVF struggles have all been shared with her book club. When the book club gives Polly an ancestry test as a joke, the results surpr

By Jennifer Moorman A DELIGHTFUL MAGICAL REALISM STORY ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY All libraries are magic, and some libraries are more magical than others.  The public library in Blue Sky Valley, North Carolina, is in the latter category.  Stella Parker is an assistant librarian who is unaware of her library’s special magic, but she soon discovers strange characters in the library after hours. One of the characters is Jack Mathis, the main character from her favorite book. Stella finds

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,

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 Lucinda Berry The Story is Emotionally Charged and Unsettling     ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Jenna, owner of a successful private therapy...

By Denise Hunter A CHARMING LOVE STORY   ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  SUMMARY Shelby Thatcher loves working in her grandmother's small-town bookstore in...

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

A Frankie Elkin Novel #4 By Lisa Gardner An Action-Packed Search for a Missing Woman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Frankie Elkins has dedicated her life to finding missing people.  Now she has accepted a case in Tucson, Arizona.  Sabera Ahmadi, a recent Afghan refugee, was last seen leaving the hotel where she worked three weeks ago, but she hasn’t been seen since.  Her husband, Isaad, a brilliant mathematician, doesn’t seem to care.  The police don’t believe Sabera is missing and refuse

In Death #61 By J. D. Robb A WELL-CRAFTED AND INVENTIVE STORY    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Early one morning, Lt Eve Dallas is called to the front...

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 Krysten Ritter A Captivating and Unpredictable Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Liz Dawson is a striking con artist who effortlessly...

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

By Alex Finley FBI Agent Sarah Keller is Unforgettable ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Cocktails and dinner are planned for the opening night of...