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The Soldier and the Swan | Book Review
In 1943, Vivienne Hartley was a prima ballerina with the San Francisco Ballet when she fell in love with and married Charlie Sterling, a handsome soldier. But shortly after they married, she had to give up the spotlight to care for Charlie, who was paralyzed in the war. Living in her husband’s wealthy and overbearing mother's home is difficult, and she can’t seem to do anything right

Lisa Harvey
May 222 min read


Whistler | Book Review
Daphne Fuller, 53, and her husband, Jonathan, are spending the day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Soon after entering the museum, Jonathan notices an older man quietly following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, Daphne’s former stepfather from more than 44 years ago.

Lisa Harvey
May 222 min read


The Last Mandarin | Book Review
By Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung BookArt A DEEPLY COMPELLING INTERNATIONAL CYBERTERRORISM Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Alice Li, a first-generation Chinese American and food blogger, and her estranged but iconic mother, Vivien Li, a human rights activist, are having lunch in an upscale DC hotel. What happens next is pandemonium as alarms sound everywhere. Alarms, not just in DC or the United States, but everywhere in the world

Lisa Harvey
May 72 min read


Mad Mabel | Book Review
Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is an 81-year-old lonely woman, but doesn’t look it. She is not frail or bird-like; in fact, she is six feet tall and swears like a sailor. She has lived on Kenny Lane for sixty years and keeps her garden and roses in pristine condition.

Lisa Harvey
Mar 172 min read


The Story Keeper | Book Review
By Kelly Rimmer The Story Keeper Audiobook Cover Art AN ENJOYABLE AND ATMOSPHERIC READ ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FAMILY SECRETS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Fiona Winslow retreats to her family’s decaying estate, Wurimbirra, after a difficult divorce. Many believe the house is haunted. But she lived there for many years, and she knows better. When she begins restoring the house, Fiona discovers an unopened box of books that had been delivered to the house many years ago. The book is titled

Lisa Harvey
Feb 182 min read


Theo of Golden | Book Review
Theo arrives in the small southern city of Golden and, on his first full day there, visits the local coffeehouse in search of a good cup of coffee. In addition to the coffee, he discovers ninety-two pencil portraits hanging on the walls...

Lisa Harvey
Feb 32 min read


The Charmed Library | Book Review
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.

Lisa Harvey
Nov 21, 20252 min read


Nash Falls | Book Review
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

Lisa Harvey
Oct 27, 20251 min read


Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests | Book Review
Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests follows seven strangers at a mysterious dinner party. At the end of the meal, each guest receives a card revealing the age at which they will die. Two weeks later, one guest dies at their predicted age. As others start to die one by one, the remaining guests must determine whether fate or a murderer is causing the curse before it's

Lisa Harvey
Oct 13, 20252 min read


Those Empty Eyes
(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

Lisa Harvey
Sep 24, 20252 min read


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

Lisa Harvey
Sep 22, 20252 min read


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

Lisa Harvey
Sep 21, 20251 min read


Twice
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

Lisa Harvey
Sep 7, 20251 min read


Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely?
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

Lisa Harvey
Aug 27, 20252 min read


Framed in Death
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...

Lisa Harvey
Jul 16, 20252 min read


Forget Me Not
By Stacy Willingham An Intriguing Southern Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Claire Campbell’s older sister Natalie disappeared several decades...

Lisa Harvey
Jul 9, 20252 min read


The English Masterpiece
by Katherine Reay A CLEVER AND CAPTIVATING STORY ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Lily is an up-and-coming assistant at the Tate Museum's Modern...

Lisa Harvey
Jun 25, 20252 min read


The Secret Library of Hanna Reeves
By Christine Nolfi AN INTERESTING AND INTRIGUING STORY ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Claire Shelton works at an antique shop in Portland, Maine, when...

Lisa Harvey
Jun 5, 20252 min read


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

Lisa Harvey
May 28, 20251 min read


Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
By Jessica Guerrieri THE AUTHOR GRABS YOU WITH A DREAM OF A DIFFERENT LIFE ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY This is not the life she wanted. In her...

Lisa Harvey
May 2, 20252 min read
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