Category Archives: Reviews

Speakeasy by Alisa Smith

Overview A former undetected outlaw who ran with Bill Bagley’s notorious gang during the Depression, Lena Stillman is now an elite codebreaker in a position to know the nation’s strategic secrets. Good under pressure, good at keeping her mouth shut, … Continue reading

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Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser

Overview When a group of neighborhood women gathers, wine in hand, around a fire pit where their backyards meet one Saturday night, most of them are just ecstatic to have discovered that their baby monitors reach that far. It’s a … Continue reading

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The Secret to Southern Charm by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Book photos are by Smith Hardy Photography! @smith_hardy_photo Overview Leaving fans “practically [begging] for a sequel” (Bookpage), critically acclaimed author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with the second novel in her beloved Peachtree Bluff series, featuring a trio of sisters and … Continue reading

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In60learning-Sitting Bull, Charlemagne, Kublai Khan and Illinois Native Americans

Ok! I have become a little obsessed with these short reads. These are the 4 I have read this month. They do not take 60 minutes. But….what a wealth of knowledge packed into this period of time. These reads are … Continue reading

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All the Beautiful Girls by Elizabeth J. Church

Overview A powerful novel about a gutsy showgirl who tries to conquer her past amongst the glamour of 1960s Las Vegas–and finds unexpected fortune, friendship, and love. It was unimaginable. When she was eight years old, Lily Decker somehow survived … Continue reading

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The Liar’s Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard

Overview Will Hurley was an attractive, charming, and impressive student at Dublin’s elite St. John’s College-and Ireland’s most prolific serial killer. Having stalked his four young victims, he drowned them in the muddy waters of the Grand Canal. Sentenced to … Continue reading

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The First Kiss of Spring by Emily March

Overview Spring has come to Eternity Springs in the newest installment in this New York Times bestselling series by Emily March. When Josh Tarkington gets stuck on a gondola with the lovely Caitlin Timberlake, he thinks his consistently bad luck … Continue reading

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The Hush By John Hart

Overview The only writer in history to win consecutive Edgar Awards for Best Novel, New York Times bestselling author John Hart returns to the world of his most beloved novel, The Last Child Building on the world first seen in … Continue reading

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The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

Overview The Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews who survived Auschwitz and eventually made their home in Australia. In that terrible place, Lale was given the job of tattooing … Continue reading

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The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Overview Alaska, 1974. Untamed. Unpredictable. A story of a family in crisis struggling to survive at the edge of the world, it is also a story of young and enduring love. Cora Allbright and her husband Ernt, a recently-returned Vietnam … Continue reading

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