Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman

There is a lot packed into this novel, but it is so good and for me it was a very fast read. Ruth Miner is an outcast and has the marks to prove it. The town-folk believing she a witch, has caused her to live truly in the wilderness and care for her grandmother until […]

Christmas in Peachtree Bluff by Kristy Woodson Harvey

This was a fun, heartfelt holiday novel. Not too Christmasy or cheesy but a good heartfelt reminder of what really matters during the holidays and that family will always be family and there for you no matter what. The Murphy women and their families all transcend to Peachtree Bluff for Thanksgiving and the festivities to […]

A Fire in the Night by Christopher Swann

Nick, a retired professor has hibernated himself in the North Carolina mountains. He has created a small sanctuary away from everyone else, no internet, no cell phone, and he is ok with that. Still reeling from the loss of his wife he is slowly coming to terms each day with his new life alone, until […]

The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis

This one really was a heartfelt read! I love the dual story time lines and the author did a great job with the two main characters. Soline has become somewhat of a recluse after a disastrous fire in her bridal boutique. She has come to terms with most things in life, and is just living […]

Her Perfect Life By Hank Phillippi Ryan

Lily Atwood is the perfect character to resonate with a lot of us these days- everything is about appearance and so much of our lives are online now, that it seems that is what matters – how things appear. But as do all of us, Lily has secrets of her own as well, and if […]

The Limits of Limelight by Margaret Porter

For those who love to read about the truth of what goes on behind the scenes, this is your novel. This was a very interesting read into the glitz, glitter and life of movie starts trying to make it big when Hollywood was still beckoning any beautiful female. Men still had the run of things, […]

The Artist Colony by Joanna FitzPatrick

Two sisters who are well known in the art world, but are estranged and continents apart from each other, have very different styles and are both on the bring of big changes in their lives. Sarah gets a cable that her sister has died and she heads to California with lots of questions. How could […]

The Girls from the Beach by Andie Newton

This is another great WWII historical fiction novel you need to add to your list! I have not read many with women from the US who were over there helping to fight in the front line. This story follows four women nurses who were on the front lines of battle, and also has a dual […]

Serious Little Catholics – A Memoir by Kathy Gereau

This was a perfect, light-hearted giggle read! This novel also brought back many memories of when I was a child in a private school. I went to a Lutheran school, a little different in strictness but still very many of the same things. I think the main difference was we did not have nuns teaching […]

Waiting to Begin by Amanda Prowse

Bessie is really questioning her life. She feels she is in a rut, and living this same cycle everyday. The kids are grown, her husband goes to work, she goes to work and nothing seems to change, and yet everyone around her seems to change. This novel is a dual storyline, Bessie in high school […]