When Indigo lands a role in Ballet Russia’s touring production of The Nutcracker, it’s a dream come true…. Or is it? Her arch nemesis is also part of the production. So is dashing Russian viral video superstar Dimitri Volkov, who’s playing some kind of game she doesn’t quite understand. As Indigo dances alongside the rising… Continue reading Step One (Indigo Ballet Series) by Grier Cooper
Tag: contemporary fiction
Take Me Home by Beth Moran
Sophie Potter’s job is helping people deal with the worst, because Sophie Potter knows what the worst feels like. An expert at keeping moving, with her trusty motorhome and faithful dog Muffin, Sophie has built her life around keeping her loves and loyalties to a minimum. Fabulous fifty-something Hattie Langford has kept her heart and… Continue reading Take Me Home by Beth Moran
The Way to the Sea by Victoria Connelly
When Cate Rivers leaves her husband in the middle of the night with their young daughter, Eliza, she has no idea what the future holds. Taking a live-in position at Hollow House on the Dorset coast, she determines to make a new life for her and Eliza. But Cate’s new boss, fossil hunter Charles Thorner,… Continue reading The Way to the Sea by Victoria Connelly
Ten Thousand I Love Yous by Lisa Slabach
At sixteen, Kimberly Kirby thought the only thing she needed to be perfectly happy was to spend the rest of her life with Jay Braxton. Twenty years later, she still believes it. As they proudly watch their daughter, Haley, graduate from high school, she imagines her life is as perfect as anyone could reasonably expect.… Continue reading Ten Thousand I Love Yous by Lisa Slabach
Blue by L.E. DeLano
When Blue Mancini’s mother picked her name, it ended up being a self-fulfilling prophecy.A year ago, Blue’s brother, Jack, was involved in a car accident that killed the father of her classmate, Maya Rodriguez. Luckily for Jack, he got out of a manslaughter charge and into a plea bargain thanks to the top-notch lawyer hired by Blue’s… Continue reading Blue by L.E. DeLano
Red Velvet (Blackwood Cellars #2) by Carla Luna
Faking it has never been so much fun… In her ultra-competitive family, April Beckett is used to taking last place. For years, she’s put up with jabs about her modest job and her pathetic love life. Especially after she tried to impress her older sisters with a fake boyfriend in college and failed miserably. But… Continue reading Red Velvet (Blackwood Cellars #2) by Carla Luna
The Weight of the Sky by Caroline Schley
For every important decision in her life, fifteen-year-old Chris Miller relies on silence rather than courage. In her rough Bridgeport neighborhood, Chris bites her tongue when her best friend gets sent to juvenile detention for a crime she didn’t commit. As a scholarship kid at St. Catherine’s Prep, Chris acquiesces to ‘drinkstagram’ at tony sleepover parties. At… Continue reading The Weight of the Sky by Caroline Schley
The Half-Orphan’s Handbook by Joan F. Smith
It’s been three months since Lila lost her father to suicide. Since then, she’s learned to protect herself from pain by following two unbreakable rules:1. The only people who can truly hurt you are the ones you love. Therefore, love no one.2. Stay away from liars. Liars are the worst.But when Lila’s mother sends her to… Continue reading The Half-Orphan’s Handbook by Joan F. Smith
It’s Raining Men by Rich Amooi
On a dare, Faith Daniels tosses a coin into the infamous “Fountain of Love” and wishes for the perfect man, laughing it off as the dumbest thing she’s ever done. Like magic, her quiet life turns upside-down when men begin to appear out of nowhere. There’s a doctor, a lawyer, a firefighter, and a swimwear… Continue reading It’s Raining Men by Rich Amooi
The Last Resort by Emily Gallo
An old sixties musician and his trim mama run a pot farm in the Emerald Triangle of northern California and welcome an exonerated ex-con, a Las Vegas prostitute, a union organizer from the Bronx, an escapee of a sex slave cult, a retired carney with Parkinson’s Disease, and an old Mississippi blues guitarist down on… Continue reading The Last Resort by Emily Gallo