The California Dreamers
April 3, 2025
Nostalgic, captivating, and thought provoking. Not everyone grows up behind a white picket fence. Some grow up in very unconventional ways. The sea, the sand,
Death at a Highland Wedding
March 31, 2025
Gripping, interesting, chilling, shocking and hard to put down! I fell in love with the characters of Mallory Atkinson and Dr. Duncan Gray in the
The Quiet Librarian
March 20, 2025
Another brilliant book by Allen Eskens! I swear, he could write the phone book (do they still make them?) and I would read it! The Quiet
The Secret Book of Flora Lea
March 16, 2025
What a wonderful work of historical fiction! This is the second book that I have read by Patti Callahan Henry and she has dazzled me
A Map to Paradise
March 14, 2025
1956, Malibu, Paradise Circle Secrets, connections, longing, love, loss, labels, friendships, and survival are all themes that come into play during this character driven gripping
The Antidote
March 12, 2025
The Antidote is a sweeping tale that merges historical fiction with magical realism. The book begins with the devastating Black Sunday dust storm which devastated the
Vampires of El Norte
March 9, 2025
1840s Mexico A romance with some vampires thrown in for good measure! Nena is the daughter of a rancher who as a child spent her
The Jackal’s Mistress @ChrisBohjalian @doubledaybooks
March 9, 2025
Gripping, wonderfully written, well thought out, and hard to put down, Chris Bohjalian delivered a powerful and moving book with The Jackal’s Mistress. I loved the
The Girls of Good Fortune
February 25, 2025
A gripping and moving tale of family, motherhood, love, resiliency, identity, and class. The Girls of Good Fortune had a great opening scene with a woman waking
The Impossible Thing
February 22, 2025
Who knew collecting eggs was a thing? It was actually a Big thing! I’m a bit of an outlier because I found this book to