Category Archives: Reviews

The Invited by Jennifer McMahon #review #suspense #ghoststory

Posted on May 4, 2019 by

Overview A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don’t simply move into a haunted house–they build one . … Continue reading →

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My April Reads Wrap-Up #reviews #5starreads #aprilreads

Posted on May 3, 2019 by

Well! This is my favorite time of the year! The honeysuckle is blooming and it is my all time favorite smell! I love to sit outside in the morning and drink my coffee and just inhale! Now on to my … Continue reading →

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The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms #review #tallpoppywriter #tallpoppy

Posted on May 1, 2019 by

Overview An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. “A laugh-out-loud funny, pitch-perfect novel that will have readers rooting for this unlikely, relatable, and totally lovable heroine, The Overdue Life of Amy Byler is the ultimate escape—and will leave moms everywhere questioning whether it isn’t … Continue reading →

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The Mother-in-law by Sally Hepworth

Posted on April 25, 2019 by

Overview A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman’s complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in death…  From the moment Lucy met her husband’s mother, she knew she wasn’t the wife Diana had envisioned for her perfect son. Exquisitely … Continue reading →

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City of Flickering Light by Juliette Fay #review #historicalfiction #oldhollywood

Posted on April 18, 2019 by

Overview Juliette Fay—“one of the best authors of women’s fiction” (Library Journal)—transports us back to the Golden Age of Hollywood and the raucous Roaring Twenties, as three friends struggle to earn their places among the stars of the silent screen—perfect … Continue reading →

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When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton #review #fiction #historicalfiction

Posted on April 14, 2019 by

  Book Summary:   In 1960s Florida, a young Cuban exile will risk her life–and heart–to take back her country in this exhilarating historical novel from the author of Next Year in Havana, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Beautiful. Daring. … Continue reading →

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Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly #review #historicalfiction

Posted on April 10, 2019 by

Overview The million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. Now Lost Roses, set a generation earlier and also inspired by true events, features Caroline’s mother, Eliza, and follows three equally indomitable women from St. Petersburg to Paris … Continue reading →

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