#BookReview: Watching You by Lisa Jewell

Summary: Melville Heights is one of the nicest neighborhoods in Bristol, England; home to doctors and lawyers and old-money academics. It’s not the sort of place where people are brutally murdered in their own kitchens. But it is the sort of place where everyone has a secret. And everyone is watching you. As the headmasterContinue reading “#BookReview: Watching You by Lisa Jewell”

#SPOTLIGHT & #BOOKREVIEW: “The Other Wife” by Kathleen Irene Paterka

This is a MUST-READ Novel…Check back Friday for Kathleen’s interview and Giveaway…The winner will be able to choose ONE Of her books to be sent to them 🙂 GREAT GIVEAWAY…I highly recommend this one: SUMMARY: Till death do us part… Eleanor Anderson has a beautiful home, a loving husband, a tranquil life. After thirty-eight yearsContinue reading “#SPOTLIGHT & #BOOKREVIEW: “The Other Wife” by Kathleen Irene Paterka”

#BookReview: “Little Woman in Blue” by Jeannine Atkins

Summary: May Alcott spends her days sewing blue shirts for Union soldiers, but she dreams of painting a masterpiece—which many say is impossible for a woman—and of finding love, too. When she reads her sister’s wildly popular novel, Little Women, she is stung by Louisa’s portrayal of her as “Amy,” the youngest of four sistersContinue reading “#BookReview: “Little Woman in Blue” by Jeannine Atkins”

#BookReview: “Once Lost” by Ber Carroll

I was given a copy of this book from Chick Lit Plus in exchange for an honest review. Summary: Are some things better left unfound? Best friends Louise and Emma grew up next door to each other in a grim inner-city suburb of Dublin. Now Louise, an art conservator, is thousands of miles away inContinue reading “#BookReview: “Once Lost” by Ber Carroll”

#BookReview: “Things Unsaid” by Diane Y. Paul

Summary: Jules, her sister Joanne, and her brother Andrew all grew up in the same household―but their varying views of and reactions to their experiences growing up have made them all very different people. Now, as adults with children of their own, they are all faced with the question of what to do to helpContinue reading “#BookReview: “Things Unsaid” by Diane Y. Paul”

#BookReview: “Stillwater Rising” Struck by how well Steena Holmes tells this heartwrenching story.

Review: After reading the pre-quell to this story (Before the Storm), I waited for “Stillwater Rising” to be available, like a child waiting for Santa to arrive on Christmas Eve.  Needless to say, when I had the book in my hand, I had to read it in one sitting.  I was surprised to learn thatContinue reading “#BookReview: “Stillwater Rising” Struck by how well Steena Holmes tells this heartwrenching story.”