the setup… Pharmacist Augusta Stern is about to turn eighty and is forced to retire (she’d fudged her age by ten years). She’s lived in Brooklyn her entire life and has no plan for what’s next so her beloved niece Jackie convinces her to relocate to a vibrant senior community in Rallentando Springs, Florida. On… Continue reading The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman @lloigman @gabracadabranyc @gabracadabra.bsky.social @macmillan.audio #TheLoveElixirOfAugustaStern
the setup… Zoe Ann Weiss is an expatriate from London living in Los Angeles. She won a writing competition that brought her worldwide attention, an agent and a two-book deal. Her debut novel failed to catch on and now she’s struggling with the second. Zoe’s dreams of being a writer seem to be fizzling as… Continue reading The Close-Up by Pip Drysdale @pipdrysdale @billiefb_voiceover @billiefulfordbrown.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheCloseUp
the setup… Margaret (Maggie) Blount is a 41-year old physician, divorced and the mother of two teens, Willa and Gemma (sixteen and fourteen, respectively). She and her romantic partner Alex are also part of Doctors on Wheels, an organization he founded and fundraises for, that responds to natural disasters. Her thriving practice allows her to… Continue reading Rolling Toward Clear Skies by Catherine Ryan Hyde @catherineryanhyde @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social @kate_rudd_reads @katerudd.bsky.social @brilliancepublishing #RollingTowardClearSkies
the setup… Kyle McCray is back in town. He left Potsdam over two years ago and has returned because his father just had a stroke and needs help. Kyle is reluctant to run into the people he left behind, in particular his ex-wife Casey. They were married for sixteen years and he still loves her.… Continue reading What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange @tracey_lange @snemethparker @demeritt @macmillan.audio #WhatHappenedToTheMcCrarys
the setup… Grady Green is an author whose first book was an astonishing success. He hasn’t achieved that same level with his following books but he finally got the call that his latest is now a New York Times bestseller. When he calls his wife Abby to share the news, he hears her car come… Continue reading Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney @alicewriterland @alicefeeney.com @richardcarmitage @whiteboarfilms.com @twopencemiddleton @macmillan.audio #BeautifulUgly
the setup… Evelyn (Evie) Hudson awakens in a hospital, thinking she’s emerged from a drunken night of partying. She soon learns that she’s survived a terrible car crash but her “husband” Oliver did not. Evie has no idea what the nurses are talking about because in her mind she’s sixteen years old and has no… Continue reading Pictures of You by Emma Grey @emmagreyauthor @kristyknowsbest @_nic_english_ @zibbypublishing @librofm #PicturesOfYou
the setup… Meet the Doughertys. Richmond is a wealthy, well respected pediatric surgeon with a thriving practice. He’s recently divorced wife Kathryn, mother of his two children Wyatt and Portia, to marry a much younger woman, Addison who is now the town pariah. As a teen, Richmond became a national hero arising from a tragedy… Continue reading What the Wife Knew by Darby Kane @hkdimon @hlaserwolf @andreweiden @harperaudio #WhatTheWifeKnew
the setup… Evie Cruz is a comic book illustrator and she’s on serious deadline despite it being almost Christmas. When she’s under the gun, everything else goes by the wayside, including decorating her NYC Upper East Side walk up. But someone in her new apartment building is leaving beautiful handmade tree ornaments hanging on her… Continue reading Only Santas in the Building by Alexis Daria #UnderTheMistletoe
the setup… On March 9, 1953, Mabel Monohan, a 64-year old widow, opened the door of her Burbank home to a woman claiming car trouble and needing to use the phone to call for service. She allowed the woman in and details vary about what happened next. Four men eventually ransacked her house looking for… Continue reading Trial by Ambush by Marcia Clark @thatmarciaclark @brilliancepublishing #TrialByAmbush
the setup… Imogen Thorne is a client representative for an event management company in London. It’s her life, literally, and she excels. But to her work colleagues, she presents a false picture of her world outside of the office…a golden retriever named Midas, a family complete with uncles and cousins, holidays with lots of traditions.… Continue reading The Holiday Cottage by Sarah Morgan @sarahmorganwrites @thatbritishactress @harlequin_audio #TheHolidayCottage
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