the setup… New Nigeria is representative of an all-American town. The women are successful with stay-at-home husbands and children who are doing well in school. The affluent Black community is unsettled by a new white family moving into the neighborhood. When business and community leader Carén Walker sees a white (or the politically correct European… Continue reading New Nigeria County by Clare Brown #ClareBrown @SimonAudio #NewNigeriaCounty
the setup… Keaton Smith is a highly successful marketing guru for an infamous lifestyle writer and personality. She loves her job and New York but when things suddenly hit the ditch, she’s given a lifeline by her mother Virginia. She wants Keaton to prepare her childhood home in Beaufort, North Carolina to be put on… Continue reading A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey @kristywharvey @campbell_cass @DevonSorvari #FredSanders @SimonAudio
the setup… Rumaki (Ru) Evans is thirteen years old and ready to start college. Her mother labeled her long ago as “freakishly smart” and it’s now an identity she reluctantly owns. Ru also has an eidetic memory that doesn’t help others from forming similar opinions. Rather than live in a dormitory, Ru stays at a… Continue reading Life, Loss and Puffins by Catherine Ryan Hyde #CatherineRyanHyde #JessNahikian @BrilliancePub
the setup… When Amelia and Michael Ross move to Connelly Court, a cul-de-sac located in an affluent Michigan suburb, they believed it was their final dream home. They soon were invited into the close knit relationship of the other families in the secluded neighborhood led by power couple Janice and Allen Cooper. Their acceptance soon… Continue reading Cul-de-Sac by Liz Crowe @LizCroweAuthor
the setup… Joe-Nathan Clarke is a 23-year old neurodivergent young man who lives with his mother and has worked at The Compass Store for five years. He also has OCD and has found a way to manage his work and home life into routines that serve his needs. Joe-Nathan has also developed supportive relationships at… Continue reading Joe Nuthin’s Guide to Life by Helen Fisher @HFisherAuthor @alexwingfield1 @SimonAudio
the setup… Larkby (Lark) Smith is a 33-year old resident in Oncology at Hyannis Hospital, her long-time dream. But she’s just blown it, her tendency to get too emotionally connected to her patients erupting for the umpteenth time and now she’s being moved to Emergency. Then she gets a summons from Dr. Lorenzo Santini (aka… Continue reading Look on the Bright Side by Kristan Higgins @Kristan_Higgins @SiriouslySusan #ChristinaMoore @recordedbooks
the setup… John and Cora Fox take their two children, twelve-year old Thea and ten-year old Rem, to visit their maternal grandmother Lucy in the Appalachian hills of Kentucky every June. This year is extra special as the kids will spend two weeks this time in the place they love with the woman they adore.… Continue reading Mind Games by Nora Roberts #NoraRoberts @justjanuary @MacmillanAudio @norarobertsauthor @januarylavoy @macmillan.audio
the setup… Lauren is a single woman living in London. One night after returning home from a late night out with her girlfriends, her husband Michael greets her at the door. Trouble is, she’s not married and doesn’t know this Michael. But when she gets her bearings, everything in her phone and apartment says otherwise.… Continue reading The Husbands by Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio #MirandaRaison @PRHAudio @librofm
the setup… Ellen Truesdale is a well driller, a very much male-dominated field but she’s got eyes for only one competitor, Fetterman Well Services…owned by her father. She’s returned to Coyote Canyon after having left at age ten with her mother when Scott Fetterman divorced both her and her mother, beginning a new family. His… Continue reading The Talk of Coyote Canyon by Brenda Novak @Brenda_Novak @amymcnarrator @HarlequinBooks
the setup Kate and Cam Whitacre are having the best times of their lives. They have a wonderful relationship, including their young son Charlie. Cam’s a university English literature professor and Kate’s ready to return to work. On the day she interviews for the job, it becomes apparent she’s met her prospective boss, Hugh Lancaster,… Continue reading The Last Love Note by Emma Grey #EmmaGrey @WalsmanLeeanna
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