Synopsis: DOUBLE TROUBLE Faith Aldridge wants answers. Bramble, Texas is the only place she can find them . . . as well as Hope, the identical twin sister she never knew she had. But the townsfolk reckon that shy city-girl Faith is really her long-lost sister Hope, back in Bramble at last. And they're fixin'... Continue Reading →
Review: Someday My Duke Will Come
Synopsis: A fake engagement becomes the real thing in the next book in the series New York Times bestselling author Grace Burrowes calls "first-rate Regency fun!"Lady Clara Ashford's world changed fifteen years ago at the hands of a rogue who took her innocence. Determined never to give into temptation again, she settles into a life as caregiver... Continue Reading →
Review: A Mother’s Promise
Synopsis: Based on the true story behind a landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decision, K.D. Alden’s debut is a rich and moving story of one woman’s courage and strength at a pivotal point in America’s history.Virginia, 1927. A chance to have a family. That’s all Ruth Ann Riley wants. But because she was unwed and pregnant,... Continue Reading →
Review: Secret Sky
Synopsis: An intrepid young woman. An incredible gift. A terrible price to pay. Emelynn Taylor's gift didn't come wrapped in pretty paper and tied with a bow, nor can it ever be returned. Now, it’s taken over her life. It strikes without warning, strips her of gravity and sends her airborne, unchecked. Haunted by terrifying... Continue Reading →
Review: The Worst Duke in the World
Synopsis: A wayward duke must choose: will he be the bad hero in a love story gone awry, or the brave and clever hero who risks everything for true love?The acclaimed Penhallow Dynasty series continues in this fresh, fun, funny tale! Life's no bowl of cherries for Anthony Farr, the Duke of Radcliffe. Duty demands... Continue Reading →
Review: Float Plan
Synopsis: Critically acclaimed author Trish Doller's unforgettable and romantic adult debut about setting sail, starting over, and finding yourself... Since the loss of her fiancé, Anna has been shipwrecked by grief—until a reminder goes off about a trip they were supposed to take together. Impulsively, Anna goes to sea in their sailboat, intending to complete... Continue Reading →
Review: Wolf Under Fire
Synopsis: For the cases no one else can solve, they send in the Special Threat Assessment TeamSupernatural creatures are no longer keeping their existence secret from humans, causing panic around the globe. To investigate, monitor, and ― when necessary ― take down dangerous supernatural offenders, an international task force was established: The Special Threat Assessment... Continue Reading →
Review: Wolf Untamed
Synopsis: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Paige Tyler brings you the latest in her sexy, pulse-pounding SWAT seriesSWAT werewolf Diego Martinez has always had a protective side, so when he meets a newly turned teenage werewolf, and the kid's intriguing mother, he readily offers to help Brandon learn what it means to... Continue Reading →
Review: The Right Kind of Fool
Synopsis: Thirteen-year-old Loyal Raines is supposed to stay close to home on a hot summer day in 1934. When he slips away for a quick swim in the river and finds a dead body, he wishes he'd obeyed his mother. The ripples caused by his discovery will impact the town of Beverly, West Virginia, in... Continue Reading →
Review: A Cowboy for Keeps
Synopsis: Greta Nilsson's trip west to save her ailing little sister, Astrid, could not have gone more wrong. First, bandits hold up her stagecoach, stealing all her money. Then, upon arriving in Fairplay, Colorado, she learns the man she was betrothed to as a mail-order bride has died. Homeless, penniless, and jobless, Greta and her... Continue Reading →
Review: Tidewater Bride
Synopsis: Selah Hopewell seems to be the only woman in the Virginia colony who has no wish to wed. True, there are too many men and far too few women in James Towne. But Selah already has her hands full assisting her father in the family's shop. And now she is in charge of an... Continue Reading →
Review: Big Wishes for Little Feat
Synopsis: When a young horse and a little girl fascinated by the stars above are brought together by a bit of fate and one shooting star, nothing can keep them apart. Cheryl Olsten tells the fanciful and delightful tale of a young horse in Belgium and a little girl living in America who are brought... Continue Reading →
Review: A Mother’s Goodbye
Synopsis: ‘My arms ache with the need to reach and hold my precious child, and then to never let go. But I can’t. I know I can’t.’Heather is devastated. There’s no way she can keep her baby. She can barely pay the bills as it is. But when she meets Grace, a wealthy, single career... Continue Reading →
Review: Our Last Goodbye
Synopsis: A heart-wrenching, poignant and totally unforgettable tale of a young woman who must finally face up to the secret she has hidden for a lifetime. A beautiful World War Two novel for fans of Wives of War, Lisa Wingate and Diney Costeloe, that will have you reaching for the Kleenex. 1943, England: On a... Continue Reading →
Review: When I Was Yours
Synopsis: We stand in the back of the hall as the children troop in. Big ones, little ones. Straggly hair, cropped hair, curls… the adults surge forward to choose and soon there is just one child left, a little girl sitting on the floor. She is thin as a string bean and her sleeve is ragged... Continue Reading →
Meet Author Marie Powell
Q: When did you publish your first book? My first book was Dragonflies Are Amazing, published in 2006 with Scholastic Education Canada. I went on to have more than 40 children’s books traditionally published, but that’s still one of my favourites. Q: What led you to the path of becoming an author? I think there’s... Continue Reading →
Review: My First 100 Space Words
Synopsis: Chris Ferrie once again brings complex ideas to babies with My First 100 Space Words. Now your little genius is ready to learn the essential first words of Space!From the #1 bestselling science author for kids comes a simple and colorful introduction to the first 100 space words every baby should know. With 100... Continue Reading →
Review: The Orphan of Cemetery Hill
Synopsis: The dead won’t bother you if you don’t give them permission.Boston, 1844. Tabby has a peculiar gift: she can communicate with the recently departed. It makes her special, but it also makes her dangerous. As an orphaned child, she fled with her sister, Alice, from their charlatan aunt Bellefonte, who wanted only to exploit... Continue Reading →
Review: Five Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed
Synopsis: A new take on the classic rhyme, Five Little Monkeys! Larry the monster is back in this perfect read-aloud from Bill Cotter, creator of the USA Today bestseller, Don't Push the Button. Larry is back! And this time he has enlisted his monster friends to cause monster mayhem! Prompts to "pet,"; "press,"; and "tickle"; the monsters make... Continue Reading →
Review: Dawn with a Duke
Synopsis: As the daughter of a duke, Lady Isabelle’s pristine reputation is paramount. Her high status is how she’ll attract the titled suitor her mother insists she wed. When Belle’s chaperone falls ill en route to a party, she must pose as an independent widow to avoid gossip. Why not have a wee innocent flirtation... Continue Reading →
Review: Ten Days with a Duke
Synopsis: Olive Harper's family has been feuding with the Westons for decades. The Westons’ stud farm is the biggest, but the Harpers’ is the most famous... and she's the sole heiress. Or was, until her father brokers a truce by offering the Weston heir the Harper farm. The only way to get it back is to... Continue Reading →
Review: Not the Duke’s Darling
Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt brings us the first book in her sexy and sensual Greycourt Series!Freya de Moray is many things: a member of the secret order of Wise Women, the daughter of disgraced nobility, and a chaperone living under an assumed name. What she is not is forgiving. So when the... Continue Reading →
Review: The Duke’s Princess Bride
Synopsis: Born to an Indian maharaja, Princess Sarani Rao has it all: beauty, riches, and a crown. But with a British mother, her mixed blood makes her a pariah and a target. And when Sara's father is murdered, her only hope of survival is to escape on the next ship out―captained by the boy she... Continue Reading →
Review: The Code for Love and Heartbreak
Synopsis: From bestselling author Jillian Cantor comes a smart, edgy update of Jane Austen's beloved classic Emma.Emma Woodhouse is a genius at math, but clueless about people. After all, people are unreliable. They let you down—just like Emma's sister, Izzy, did this year, when she moved to California for college. But numbers...those you can count on.... Continue Reading →
Review: More Than We Bargained For
Synopsis: Wanted: renter for rural Oregon mountain lodge. Single mom divorcees named Starla preferred. Starla Moore despises a mystery, and there's no bigger mystery than Sawyer Devereaux. He comes into the library on Thursdays like clockwork, but rarely talks to anyone else. Not that she despises him; after all, he's easy on the eyes, quick-witted,... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author Anna J. Stewart
Q: What is considered light romantic suspense? A light romantic suspense, to me at least, means that the suspense element doesn’t have quite as large a role to play in the story as it would in a full-on romantic suspense. Because NO PLACE LIKE HOME is a novella, and significantly shorter than my usual full-length... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author Melinda Curtis
Author Interview with Melinda Curtis Q: When did you begin writing stories? I always loved to write stories in school, but I began to seriously pursue writing about twenty years ago (which makes me sound long in the tooth – gah!). Q: Which of your books was the easiest to write? My most recent Christmas... Continue Reading →
Review: The Burden of Proof
Synopsis: Three weeks after his twenty-third birthday, Ethan missed the chance to save his brother's life when he was murdered on the steps of the courthouse in Jacksonville, Florida. Ever since that fateful day, Ethan has sensed a deep disconnect between the man he should have been and the one he has become. His days... Continue Reading →
Review: Softly Blows the Bugle
Synopsis: When Elizabeth Kaufman received the news of her husband's death at the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863, she felt only relief. She determined that she would never be at the mercy of any man again, even if it meant she would never have a family of her own. Then Aaron Zook comes home with... Continue Reading →
Review: Postscript
Synopsis: Sixteen years after Cecelia Ahern's bestselling phenomenon PS, I Love You captured the hearts of millions, the long-awaited sequel follows Holly as she helps strangers leave their own messages behind for loved ones. Seven years after her husband's death -- six since she read his final letter -- Holly Kennedy has moved on with her life.... Continue Reading →
Review: Strictly Come Dating
Synopsis: Fun, feel-good and a must read for fans of Strictly Come Dancing!Saturday nights are strictly for dancing…As the glitter ball shimmers and sequins flash, forty-year-old Maggie remembers the pull of the dancefloor. But now, as a newly divorced mum of two, Maggie’s certain her dancing days are over. Or are they…?Encouraged by her friends,... Continue Reading →
Review: Her Mother’s Grave
Synopsis: When two young boys discover human bones buried beneath a tree in a trailer park, Detective Josie Quinn races to join her team at the scene. She used to play in those woods as a child, happier outside and away from her abusive mother, Belinda Rose. Josie’s past crashes into her present when a... Continue Reading →
Review: Branded as Trouble
Synopsis: Every town needs a bad boy, and Wrangler's Creek's has been gone far too longGetting his high school girlfriend pregnant was just one square in Roman Granger's checkered past, but it changed him forever. When his son's mother skipped town after the birth, Roman decided to do the same, baby Tate in tow, hoping... Continue Reading →
Review: Montana Match
Synopsis: Thanksgiving in MontanaIs about family—and love!Thanksgiving is the perfect time for Fiona Harrison to turn her life around. And she is sure finding a suitable husband will please her newfound family in Montana. When a dating app sends her every dud in town, handsome bartender Simon Clarke offers to be her matchmaker. If only Simon fit... Continue Reading →
Review: When a Rogue Meets His Match
Synopsis: The second novel in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt's Greycourt Series features an enemies-to-lovers romance with her signature blend of captivating characters and sensual romance. Ambitious, sly, and lethally intelligent, Gideon Hawthorne has spent his life clawing his way up from the gutter. For the last ten years, he's acted as the Duke... Continue Reading →
Review: Second Chance on Cypress Lane
Synopsis: In this heartwarming second-chance romance, a woman returns home and discovers that, when it comes to finding love, there's no place like home.When a romance gone wrong lands reporter Dakota Jones in the pages of the tabloids, her rising star crashes and burns. Instead of getting the weekend anchor job she'd been promised, she's... Continue Reading →
Review: The Last Story of Mina Lee
Synopsis: Margot Lee's mother, Mina, isn't returning her calls. It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot, until she visits her childhood apartment in Koreatown, LA, and finds that her mother has suspiciously died. The discovery sends Margot digging through the past, unraveling the tenuous invisible strings that held together her single mother's life as a Korean... Continue Reading →
Review: The Princess and the Rogue
Synopsis: A princess in disguise is forced to live with a rogue in order to protect her from danger in this fun, sexy regency romance. Bow Street agent Sebastien Wolff, Earl of Mowbray, doesn't believe in love―until a passionate kiss with a beautiful stranger in a brothel forces him to reconsider. When the mysterious woman... Continue Reading →
Review: Freedom Dues
Synopsis: 1729: Blair Eakins is a fifteen-year-old Ulster-Scot living in Ireland under the crushing weight of famine, poverty, and prejudice against his people. In search of a better future for himself and his beloved, he pays for passage to the American colonies the only way he can: he commits himself as an indentured servant for... Continue Reading →
Review: The First to Lie
Synopsis: USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author and investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan delivers another twisty, thrilling cat and mouse novel of suspense that will have you guessing, and second-guessing, and then gasping with surprise. We all have our reasons for being who we are―but what if being someone else could get you what you want?... Continue Reading →
Review: Broken
Synopsis: Dangerous: Former Navy SEAL Clarence Wolfe's unit was taken out with a land mine. Injured and devastated, he hasn't been quite right since. Worse, the tragedy was no accident. All Wolfe wants now is to take down the man responsible. In the meantime, he's good with being the muscle for the Deep Ops team--and leading... Continue Reading →
Review: Ten Things I Hate About the Duke
Synopsis: USA Today bestselling author Loretta Chase continues her Difficult Dukes series with this delightful spin on Shakespeare's classic, The Taming of the Shrew.This time, who’s taming whom…Cassandra Pomfret holds strong opinions she isn’t shy about voicing. But her extremely plain speaking has caused an uproar, and her exasperated father, hoping a husband will rein her in,... Continue Reading →
Review: Can’t Ride Around It
Synopsis: Some things you just can't ride around ... Jack “Rabbit” Fields knew a good thing when he saw it, whether it was a sound horse, a sure bet, or a pretty sage hen. When it came to locking horns with any curly wolves he ran into along the trail, he tended to shoot first—a... Continue Reading →
Review: Kill Chain
Synopsis: TWENTY YEARS OFF THE GRID AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS SAFE Pascual Rose is back—and this time the lives of his wife and son hang in the balance.Years ago, Rose put his life as a terrorist behind him. He sold out his colleagues for a new identity and low profile in Barcelona. All was... Continue Reading →
Review: Lying, Crying, Dying
Synopsis: Pascual: His name was legend. A courier for a network of radical groups committed to terrorist activity throughout Europe, he had defected to the enemy and in the hands of Mossad and the CIA had become the single most effective weapon in their counterterrorist operations. Then he disappeared. Cadging meals and sleeping in flophouses,... Continue Reading →
Review: A Feigned Madness
Synopsis: The insane asylum on Blackwell’s Island is a human rat trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out. —Nellie BlyElizabeth Cochrane has a secret.She isn’t the madwoman with amnesia the doctors and inmates at Blackwell’s Asylum think she is.In truth, she’s working undercover for the New... Continue Reading →
Review: No Reading Allowed
Synopsis: From the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors of P IS FOR PTERODACTYL comes another hilarious, fresh look at the English language! The hero had super vision.The hero had supervision. Man, a tea sounds great.Manatee sounds great! Sir Francis BaconSir, France is bakin'! What is going on here?!You can't believe everything you hear! A... Continue Reading →
Review: The Amish Midwife’s Hope
Synopsis: A midwife gets a second chance at having a family in this first installment of the new Amish romance series -- Hearts of Lancaster County -- from award-winning author Barbara Cameron.Rebecca Zook has always dreamed of being a midwife. It's a bittersweet occupation for an Amish widow who didn't have children before she lost her true... Continue Reading →
Review: Cookies for Elmo
Synopsis: When Cookie Monster tries to bake cookies to share with Elmo, he finds they're too hard to resist! How can he share when he just wants them all to himself? In Cookies for Elmo, Cookie Monster proves that sometimes, it can be hard to share, even when you know you should. But sharing can make... Continue Reading →
Review: The Truth about Dukes
Synopsis: A new duke and a woman with a secret in her past get a second chance at love in this delightful and charming Regency romance from the New York Times bestselling author of the Windham series. Robert Rothmere is hiding a past no duke should have endured, but he's not hiding it well enough. Sooner or... Continue Reading →