Recent Reviews

Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen

" Paris Fashion can be Dangerous"

By: Rhys Bowen

Reviewed By: Jennifer Rummel

Posted: January 23, 2023

Lady Georgiana has recently discovered she is with child. When her husband needs to go to Paris for his job, she leaps at the chance to accompany him. She can visit Belinda, who is in Paris working for Coco Chanel. Chanel is finishing up a Read More...

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

" Who killed the It Girl?"

By: Ruth Ware

Reviewed By: Evie Harris

Posted: January 23, 2023

April really was an "it girl."  She had it all: youth, brains, beauty, and money. She could be kind and generous, but she had another side.  Ten years ago Hannah met her at Oxford because they were suite mates. April and Hannah Read More...

Jane Austen Cannot Marry by Jan Coffey, May McGoldrick

" A highly captivating and charming comic time travel love story!"

By: Jan Coffey , May McGoldrick

Reviewed By: Audrey Lawrence

Posted: January 19, 2023

Nadine Finley is on a very special mission and has time traveled to the village of Hythe to ensure that two people do not meet and fall in love again.  England is still at war with France in 1811 and the villagers and the coast Read More...

A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

" A fun and festive addition to the Bromance Book Club series!"

By: Lyssa Kay Adams

Reviewed By: S. Lyn Collins

Posted: January 19, 2023

Let me start off by saying that before last week, I had not read a Lyssa Kay Adams book including any of the Bromance Book Club series.  Since it is impossible for me to read a series out of order, I read the entire five-book series Read More...

The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green

" A heartwarming WWII tale of love, books and longing!"

By: Amy Lynn Green

Reviewed By: Audrey Lawrence

Posted: January 19, 2023

A war, the threat of war, and the danger and carnage of war impact everyone in many ways, both large and surprising from the cities bombed to small towns in Maine oceans away. Newly married, Avis is not a book lover and prefers to read Read More...

The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

" A memorable and moving story"

By: Nicholas Sparks

Reviewed By: Evie Harris

Posted: January 19, 2023

Ira Levinson, a ninety-one-year-old widower, is trapped in his car after an accident.  Sophia Danko, a college senior, unexpectedly meets Luke, a bull-riding cowboy and rancher.  What could these people possibly have in Read More...

A Colorful Scheme by Krista Davis

" A Wedding to Die For"

By: Krista Davis

Reviewed By: Jennifer Rummel

Posted: January 19, 2023

Florrie Fox’s boss and friend is getting married. She couldn’t be more delighted that the owner of the bookstore is remarrying Jacquie, the romance novelist. They’ve recently reconnected despite their devastating past. Read More...

Surrendering to Hunt by Jennifer Ryan

" Sweet with a fast fall from smitten to love"

By: Jennifer Ryan

Reviewed By: S. Lyn Collins

Posted: January 19, 2023

SURRENDERING TO HUNT is Jennifer Ryan's second book in the Wyoming Wildes series which is a spinoff from the Wild Rose Ranch series.  In the first book, we met recovering addict, Chase, and his baby momma, Shelby.  This book Read More...

Sweetwater and the Witch by Jayne Castle

" When a Sweetwater meets a Witch, it might be the right fit!"

By: Jayne Castle

Reviewed By: Kim Roller

Posted: January 19, 2023

Ravenna Chastain comes from a long line of psychic profilers, but when her current job almost ends her life, she’s determined to make a change. Ravenna becomes a matchmaker and is about to have her first failure. Ethan Read More...

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

" Timely, poignant, and engrossing. . ."

By: Elizabeth Strout

Reviewed By: Evie Harris

Posted: January 19, 2023

At best, Lucy Barton's relationship with her ex-husband William is complex.  When he insists on taking her away from Manhattan because of Covid-19 she is puzzled.  But, William knows things and she agrees to accompany him to a Read More...

Treasure State by C.J. Box

" Can a PI outcon the thieving crooks?"

By: C.J. Box

Reviewed By: Audrey Lawrence

Posted: January 19, 2023

Returning to her new and larger office in Bozeman, Montana from a successful surveillance, Private Investigator Cassie Dowell is perplexed as she notices the light is on, despite it being after hours. She resists calling the police, Read More...

The Mystery of Four by Sam Blake

" Restoring a grand house puts Tess in the way of a killer"

By: Sam Blake

Reviewed By: Clare O'Beara

Posted: January 19, 2023

Tess Morgan is restoring Kilfenora House and Gardens in County Wicklow, so I was entirely happy in the immersive setting of THE MYSTERY OF FOUR. Author Sam Blake, a pen name for the woman behind the writing.ie website, lives in this area, Read More...

Courting Dragons by Jeri Westerson

" A fool, a plot and a murder; life at the court of Henry VIII"

By: Jeri Westerson

Reviewed By: Clare O'Beara

Posted: January 18, 2023

The first King's Fool mystery novel, COURTING DRAGONS by Jeri Westerson features the larger-than-life monarch, Henry VIII. Here he is a young, fit, king, tired of his first wife and determined to marry his second. In order to show all Read More...

The White Hare by Jane Johnson

" Rich in legend, myths, mystique, and the power of family. "

By: Jane Johnson

Reviewed By: Evie Harris

Posted: January 18, 2023

In 1954, Mila has allowed her mother, Magda, to take over her life.  Magda has deemed they will make a fresh start In Cornwall's White Valley in the dilapidated house they have bought.  Magda has big plans to restore the house to Read More...

The Party Is Over by Lisa Renee Jones

" You never know what to expect in a Lilah Love book!"

By: Lisa Renee Jones

Reviewed By: Annetta Sweetko

Posted: January 18, 2023

Lilah Love-Mendez's life is never dull. Being an F.B.I. profiler isn't exciting enough she had to go and marry the love of her life, Kane Mendez who, of course, everyone believes is a drug lord. He's not--well, no more than Lilah is a Read More...

The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis

" THE BACKUP PLAN by Jill Shalvis explores old relationships and dark secrets of the heart."

By: Jill Shalvis

Reviewed By: Annie Tegelan

Posted: January 18, 2023

Second in the Sunrise Cove series, THE BACKUP PLAN by Jill Shalvis explores old relationships and dark secrets of the heart. When Alice inherits a B&B from her childhood, she is stunned to learn that she must help run it with two Read More...

Killer Cupid by Laurien Berenson

" The frozen Connecticut countryside holds romance and danger"

By: Laurien Berenson

Reviewed By: Clare O'Beara

Posted: January 18, 2023

Here’s another cozy mystery outing for Melanie Travis in the twenty-ninth book of her series. Just right for a Valentine’s Day story, KILLER CUPID is not much more than a novella and concentrates on Melanie and her handsome Read More...

Hunter Avenged by N.J. Walters

" The Viking catches his angel and so much more!"

By: N.J. Walters

Reviewed By: Annetta Sweetko

Posted: January 17, 2023

Sven Knutson is a Viking hunter who has never lost his prey. But the angel Rivka has led him on one merry hunt and the frustration is building. He is seeking to have his HUNTER AVENGED for her endangering a fellow Forgotten Brotherhood Read More...

The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis

" Three erstwhile friends come together to honor a grumpy old lady."

By: Jill Shalvis

Reviewed By: Sandra Wurman

Posted: January 17, 2023

You know you are in revered company the moment you open anything written by Jill Shalvis. She is truly in a class of her own and her fans kvell over books filled to the rim with incomparable characters and dialog. Case in point, THE BACKUP Read More...

Dragon Lover by Donna Grant

" A paranormal novella that is action-packed and steamy!"

By: Donna Grant

Reviewed By: Annetta Sweetko

Posted: January 17, 2023

Kendrick is a Dragon King visiting the missing dragons who are in Zora. There might be some likeness of Earth but is not home. Only the Pink dragons and the missing King is keeping Kendrick from going back to where he belongs. There is too Read More...

The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis

" Another Excellent Jill Shalvis Book"

By: Jill Shalvis

Reviewed By: S. Lyn Collins

Posted: January 17, 2023

THE BACKUP PLAN is book three in the Sunrise Cove series by Jill Shalvis. Different than some other series, you literally don't see characters from the other books at all.  The only common factor is the fictional town set near Lake Read More...

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

" Just when you thought your family had issues…here comes one that takes the award!"

By: Benjamin Stevenson

Reviewed By: Teresa Cross

Posted: January 17, 2023

EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE by Benjamin Stevenson is a mystery like no other I have read in my lifetime! It is one of those that has you guessing to the end as well as being so entertaining. The humor that author Benjamin Read More...

The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis

" Will inheriting an old inn turn their lives around?"

By: Jill Shalvis

Reviewed By: Kim Roller

Posted: January 17, 2023

Alice Monroe returns to her hometown where she doesn’t have to face her past. When she is left a third of grandmother figure’s inn she wants to leave as soon as possible without getting attached. Knox Rawlings wants to keep his Read More...

A Murderous Persuasion by Katie Oliver

" Murder Makes an Entrance at a Jane Austen Inspired Murder Mystery Weekend"

By: Katie Oliver

Reviewed By: Sandra Martin

Posted: January 17, 2023

When a murder mystery weekend at the Laurel Springs Inn takes an unexpected turn, Professor Phaedra Brighton finds herself in the middle of a real-life murder investigation in a house full of quarreling suspects. Can Phaedra uncover the Read More...

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