The Scent of Gardenias by Lorraine Haas

I love novels based on true people and events. Margaret Rose is one of many children during a time when poverty and war was hitting most households across the US in the 1940’s. Being used to her fathers drunken moods and her mother continuing to put up with him and their poor lifestyle day after […]

The Secret Field by Susan Dennis

This novel was a tangled web of diverse characters that I would have never cast together, and a mess of finger pointing but it all fit together and made for a few laughs and the thriller of trying to figure out what is happening. Kari has a mess of a life she is trying to […]

A Boundless Place by Pamela Stockwell

This was a fun, light-hearted read. I especially loved little Arabella’s character, set during the backdrop of 1969 when the Vietnam war was still in the forefront and man was going to be landing on the moon. Violet is trying to get her life back on track when she moves into a trailer in this […]

Sunflowers Beneath the Snow by Teri M. Brown

With everything that is currently going on with Russia’s War on Ukraine – this was a very good read about the background of Ukraine over the last fifty years and why this war is so important for Ukraine to fight for everything they’ve worked for those last decades. This novel follows three generations of women […]

The Unveiling of Polly Forrest

Personal Review: Sarah has always had to watch out for her little sister, Polly – the Pretty Polly and once again in her life she feels that all she is doing is looking out for Polly and she has her own household to run, and church being the pastors wife. Polly it seemed was always […]

Until Next Sunday by Audry Fryer

~Personal Review~ I love reading novels that are based on true stories, people and places. Until Next Sunday is the story of two young adults learning what it means to trust and fall in love with someone when it seems the universe is working against them. Rosina has come to American for a better life, […]

The Seasons of Grace by Dave O. Dodge

Grace Metalious, novelist of the famous Peyton Place let quite an interesting and tumultuous life. She was ahead of her time with her writing and many thought it was scandalous yet thousand upon thousands of copies sold and kept selling. Grace had grown up poor but was also spoiled in that unlike most children, she […]

Mustique Island by Sarah McCoy

This is a good summer read! The island, the plants, the parties, the water, and the secrets. Willie May is trying to decide the next phase of her life when she gets invited to come to Mustique Island. She has sailed the world, her girls are grown and living their own lives and her ex-husband […]

Shadows in the Mind’s Eye by Janyre Tromp

Sam has just returned home from the war front and the life he imagined after getting home has not been as easy as he expected. Charlotte Anne – Annie to him is distant and afraid, his daughter does not know him and his best friend and brother have seemed to taken things over on the […]

The Truth of Who You Are by Sheila Myers

I learned a lot from this novel- such an interesting read! Ben Taylor and his family for generations have lived in the Taylor Valley, a part of the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee. They have learned to live off the land, have learned it secrets and respect it. The Great Depression hits and even though they […]