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My Kind Of People by Lisa Duffy @atriabooks @lisaduffywriter #fiction #review

Overview From the author of The Salt House and This Is Homecomes a profound novel about the power of community and a small town’s long-buried secrets as a group of New England islanders come together for a recently orphaned girl.  On Ichabod Island, … Continue reading

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Little Tea by Claire Fullerton @suzyapbooktours @suzyapproved @cfullerton3 #review #fiction

About The Book: Southern culture … old friendships … family tragedy. One phone call from Renny to come home and “see about” the capricious Ava, and Celia Wakefield decides to overlook her distressful past in the name of friendship.  For … Continue reading

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The Summer Deal by Jill Shalvis @wmmorrowbooks @jillshalvis #review #fiction #5starread

Overview From New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis comes a friends-to-frenemies-to-lovers story… Add in a few secrets. Shake. Stir. Then read on a lazy summer day at the beach… Brynn Turner desperately wishes she had it together, but her personal life is … Continue reading

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May Escapes and Escapades #maywrapup #wrapup

Lord have mercy! My Escapades this month has been surrounded by animals. This has been a wild and crazy month. Basically because my animal family started to fall apart. This sweet baby, Peanut, had some major issues. No idea how … Continue reading

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Red Sky Over Hawaii by Sara Ackerman Book Spotlight and Excerpt @harlequinbooks @ackermanbooks

Red Sky Over Hawaii: A Novel Sara Ackerman On Sale Date: June 9, 2020 9780778309673, 0778309673 Trade Paperback $17.99 USD, $22.99 CAD Fiction / Historical / World War II  352 pages MIRA Books ABOUT THE BOOK: For fans of Chanel … Continue reading

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My Audible Reads for May #audible #audiblereads #audiblebooks

Well! I only had one audible book this month. It was just 36 hours long. But, it was sooooo good. I love Sharon Kay Penman but her books are huge! This is the main reason I listen to her. She … Continue reading

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Sister Dear by Hannah Mary McKinnon – Book Spotlight and Excerpt @harlequinbooks @hannahmmckinnon

SISTER DEAR Author: Hannah Mary McKinnon ISBN: 9780778309550 Publication Date: May 26, 2020 Publisher: MIRA Books Book Summary: In Hannah Mary McKinnon’s psychological thriller, SISTER DEAR (MIRA Trade; May 26, 2020; $17.99), the obsession of Single White Female meets the … Continue reading

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The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner @stmartinspress @natalieMJenner #historicalfiction #review

Overview Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane … Continue reading

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The First Actress by C. W. Gortner #historicalfiction #review

Overview This novel about Sarah Bernhardt, the iconic French actress, is both a riveting portrait of the artist as a passionate young woman and a luscious historical novel full of period detail.”—Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of Mistress of the Ritz and The … Continue reading

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The First Emma by Camille Di Maio @suzyapbooktours @CamilleDiMaio #historicalfiction #review

About The Book: Camille Di Maio’s fifth novel THE FIRST EMMA is the true story of Emma Koehler, whose tycoon husband Otto was killed in a crime-of-the-century murder by one of his two mistresses—both also named Emma—and her unlikely rise … Continue reading

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