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Middle child Aaron Gimmelman watches as his family goes from a mild-mannered reform Jewish clan to having over a million dollars of stolen money stuffed in their RV’s cabinets while being pursued by the FBI and loan sharks. But it wasn’t always like that. His father Barry made a killing as a stockbroker, his mother… Continue reading The Great Gimmelmans by Lee Matthew Goldberg
Not everyone in Sweetbriar Ridge is as sweet as the town name would suggest. But single mom Jade Mackenzie is up to the challenge of winning over the town if that's what it takes to make her new shop a success. After all, this is just the latest in a long string of battles she's… Continue reading Loving You (The Donovans Sweetbriar Ridge #1) by Samantha Chase
Two old flames. One small stage. Trouble is just waiting in the wings … Mimi and her sisters are still struggling to keep their beloved Halfpenny Lane Theatre afloat. So when Hollywood heartthrob Rocco Agnew wants a part in their upcoming production of Private Lives it promises to be a lifesaver. Rocco sets hearts racing and ticket… Continue reading Stage Kisses on Halfpenny Lane (Halfpenny Lane #2) by Clodagh Murphy
Poppy is a therapist. You’d think her parents would be proud. But Poppy is the type of therapist that makes her mother cringe - she helps people with their, ahem, bedroom problems… Normally Poppy deals with her difficult family - two parents, one brother, a couple sisters and an assortment of nieces and nephews -… Continue reading An (Un) Romantic Comedy by Phoebe MacLeod
After her beloved grandmother Rozenn’s death, Morane is heartbroken to learn that her sister is the sole inheritor of the family home in Cornwall—while she herself has been written out of the will. With both her business and her relationship with her sister on the rocks, Morane becomes consumed by one question: what made Rozenn… Continue reading You Let Me Go by Eliza Graham
Welcome to Ballycove, the home of Corrigan Mills... Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Irish countryside the famed mills have created the finest wool in all of Ireland. Run by the seemingly perfect Corrigan family, but every family has its secrets, and how the mills came to be the Corrigan's is one of them...… Continue reading A Place We Call Home by Faith Hogan
She doesn't have time for a relationship, but maybe she could swing a one-night stand. After all, he's just a stripper, so no need to worry about the future... or a broken heart.Kendall has it all: a soaring law career, a bank account filled with cash, and an apartment overlooking the Chicago River. Her life… Continue reading The Lonely Spinsters Club: Kendall (The Lonely Spinsters Club #1) by Daphne Hargrow
Dr. Robert Hart, Sag Harbor’s just-named Man of the Year, is the envy of his friends and neighbors. His medical practice is thriving. He has a beautiful old house and a beautiful new wife and a beautiful boat docked in the village marina. Even his wayward son, Jonah, is back on track, doing well at… Continue reading Man of the Year by Caroline Louise Walker
As long as Ellis Sayre could remember, he wanted to know his real parents. He was Native American and had the brown skin to prove it. Which exact tribe was a mystery; he didn’t have the luxury of that information. It was hard for him to gauge why he was the way he was. Awkward.… Continue reading Right Handed Lefty by Ryan Coughlin
A shocking account of the government’s attempt to conceal the effects of the toxic waste released by a secret nuclear weapons plant in Colorado and a community’s vain search for justice—soon to be a feature documentaryKristen Iversen grew up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated "the most… Continue reading Full Body Burden by Kristen Iversen
AUTHOR INTERVIEW Welcome to my blog! I'm excited to present Lauren Clark, author of Dancing Naked in Dixie. What is Dancing Naked in Dixie about? It's really a story about a career girl finding happiness, love, and her place in the world where she least expects it. Here's the summary: Travel writer Julia Sullivan lives… Continue reading Dancing Naked in Dixie by Lauren Clark
This book is an epistolary novel which means it is written in letters. The interesting part is that the letters are written by one person only. You would think this would make it difficult to follow how the other characters are feeling, but Ms. Robinson does an excellent job of letting the reader know. The… Continue reading The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson
This is an emotional story about a daughter that cannot do enough to please her neurotic mother. It's a story about two sisters from two different worlds. It's a story about a dysfunctional family. I have read many stories about dysfunctional families, but I found this one to be lacking character development and a slow… Continue reading Momentary Mother by Lisa De Niscia
Frances Baldwin is resigned to die. She has been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure and her quality of life is diminishing, but convincing her family to let her go is an uphill battle. Her husband Bill is angry and in denial, her youngest son Randy doesn't want any part… Continue reading Finding Frances by Janice M. Van Dyck
Hell was three generations of women living under the same roof. Joanie “Roxanne” Pilcher is a divorcee who has found out that her ex is going to be a daddy with the young woman he is living with and her new boss, Zoe, thinks she is a charity case. From Joanie: “What was worst of… Continue reading Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough by Ruth Pennebaker
Alyse Myers’s memoir is very personal, brave and honest. This memoir was mainly about Alyse Myers’ rocky relationship with her mother. The eldest of three girls, Alyse adored her father, but hated her mother. Alyse was her father’s favorite, but her mother’s jealousy and anger at the attention he paid to Alyse was something that… Continue reading Who Do You Think You Are? by Alyse Myers