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 […]

A Letter in the Wall by Eileen Brill

This novel follows Joan through the decades of her life, born in 1915 she saw a lot of changes in the United States. War, Spanish Flu, prohibition, Great Depression, WWII, the changes of women in the workforce, and yet another war in Vietnam. Women, families and the workforce had many changes because of these historical […]

Secrets of Rosenli Manor by Heidi Eljarbo

This was a quick, fun read and I am excited to see what happens next in Lilly’s life with Rosenli Manor. The Great-Aunt Agatha has died and everyone in the family thinks they are getting their hands on her riches and they can live like the elite and wealthy with plans in place for upgrades […]