Love is for the Birds by Diane Owens Prettyman She Writes Press (October 8, 2024) Contemporary Women’s Fiction/Southern Fiction For fans of Mary Alice Monroe’s The Beach House comes a heartwarming story from women’s fiction author Diane Owens Prettyman about second chances as two people find a pathway out of their grief—directly in the aftermath of a … More BOOK REVIEW: Love is for the Birds by Diane Owens Prettyman

Christmas in Chestnut Ridge by Nancy Naigle St. Martin’s Griffin (October 8, 2024) Christmas Romance/Small Town Romance   A heartwarming love story set at Christmas time by USA Today bestselling author Nancy Naigle.In the enchanting mountain town of Chestnut Ridge, where tree farms blanket the hillsides and the promise of a white Christmas is ever-present, a heartwarming … More BOOK REVIEW: Christmas in Chestnut Ridge by Nancy Naigle

Christmas in Aspen by Anita Hughes St Martin’s Griffin (October 8, 2024) Holiday Romance/Contemporary Romance A heartwarming story of holiday magic and love scaling new heights Editor Caroline Holt is on her way to her late mother’s upstate cabin in Hudson to spend the holidays. She was supposed to be in London, having a holiday … More BOOK REVIEW: Christmas in Aspen by Anita Hughes

Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimbery McCreight Knopf (July 30, 2024) Psychological Fiction When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom’s bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible … More BOOK REVIEW: Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight

Everything My Mother Taught Me by Alice Hoffman Inheritance Collection, Book 1 Amazon Original Stories (Dec 19, 2019) Historical Fiction/Short Reads In this haunting short story of loyalty and betrayal, a young woman in early 1900s Massachusetts discovers that in navigating her treacherous coming-of-age, she must find her voice first. For fatefully observant Adeline, growing … More BOOK REVIEW: Everything My Mother Taught Me by Alice Hoffman

Thirty Days Hath September by Ronald Dwinnells River Grove Books (March 26, 2024) Medical Fiction/Historical Romance Fiction Wealthy fourth-year medical student Jack is miserable and mean. An elderly patient, seeking her long-lost lover, is about to send him on the journey that will change his life. Aimless Jack Maizel is a slovenly medical student who … More BOOK REVIEW: Thirty Days Hath September by Ronald Dwinnells

The Merry Matchmaker by Sheila Roberts MIRA (October 1, 2024) Holiday Romance/Rom Com/Friends to Lovers Inspired by Jane Austen’s Emma, this joyful Christmas romp tells the story of a woman who can’t stop trying to help everyone around her find their happily-ever-after—even when her help leads to disaster. Frankie Lane knows what’s best for just about … More BOOK REVIEW: The Merry Matchmaker by Sheila Roberts

One Big Happy Family by Susan Mallery Canary Street Press (October 1, 2024) Holiday/Christmas/Family Fiction Susan Mallery, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boardwalk Bookshop, returns with the joyful and utterly irresistible story of a mother who couldn’t love her kids more but hopes that, just this once, they please don’t come home for Christmas.  Perfect for fans … More BOOK REVIEW: One Big Happy Family by Susan Mallery