Category: Contemporary Fiction

the setup… Shirley Bennett is a forty-year old widow living in rural California with her two teen sons, Reid and Curtis. It’s 1970 and the Vietnam War continues, a war that claimed her husband Hal. One morning she hears her horse Phoenix, an aging Appaloosa, nicker and he’d only done that for her husband. There… Continue reading The Other Kind of Lion by Catherine Ryan Hyde @catherineryanhyde @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social @evakaminskyaudiobooks @brilliancepublishing #BookSky #TheOtherKindOfLion

the setup… Meet the Chapmans who are assembled for Christmas at Brigadoon, their family vacation home on Mackinac Island in Michigan. Charli Chapman, the matriarch, has led the festivities each year, following the same traditions for decades. But this year, her daughter-in-law Kat is presiding and is upsetting things with some radical changes, the first… Continue reading The Bluff by Wade Rouse @authorwaderouse @htpbooks @htpbooks.bsky.social @htp_hive @readmirabooks #BookSky #FullCast #TheBluff

the setup… At seventy-one years old, Evie Walters finds herself widowed and alone. No one believes she can manage her affairs on her own, including her three children. When she receives an egret orchid on the day of her husband’s funeral, she’s certain it’s connected to the man who had once given that to her… Continue reading Evie Walters Takes the Wheel by Kathleen Walker @kathleenfoxwrites @janet_metzger_actor @brilliancepublishing #BookSky #EvieWaltersTakesTheWheel

the setup… Kate Fitzgerald was diagnosed with a rare and deadly form of leukemia (APL) when she was two years old. Her four-year old brother Jessie isn’t a bone marrow match so her parents, Sara and Brian, decide to have another child to save her. Anna is the genetically designed daughter who saved Kate’s life… Continue reading My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult @jodipicoult @jodipicoult.bsky.social @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #FullCast #BookSky #MySistersKeeper

the setup… Back in high school, the Core Four were inseparable…Audrey, the lucky one; Micah, the beautiful one; Jasmine, the smart one; and Beck, the sporty one. That is until the night of their graduation, a tragic event splintered their lives and set them apart for decades. Now twenty-five years later, one of them has… Continue reading The Me I Used to Be by Kristan Higgins @kristan.higgins @kristanhiggins.bsky.social @xesands @ljaudiobooks @natalienaudus @evakaminskyaudiobooks @brilliancepublishing #BookSky #TheMeIUsedToBe

the setup… Mona is a workaholic with zero social life, a driven marketing manager for a high powered firm in Calgary. She’s close to getting the promotion to director that will allow her to move from her dismal tiny apartment. But during a client presentation, she loses it and is forced to take a few… Continue reading You’ll Love It Here by Natalie Sue @natwrotewhat @nasimpedrad @willammorrowbooks @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #YoullLoveItHere