the setup… It’s been over ten years since Emma Dean’s husband Harry died suddenly from a heart attack. He was president of the local bank, a family tradition, and left her well cared for financially. Over the years, she’s carved her own path, creating and managing the town’s art center where she helps promote and… Continue reading All That We Are by Mariah Stewart #MariahStewart @BrilliancePub
the setup… Four years ago, Lydia (Liddy) Bryant’s beloved daughter Jessica took her own life at the age of twenty-nine. One year later, her husband Jim packed up and left without explanation, leaving Liddy to grapple with her grief alone and find a new life path. She’s turned her focus towards buying the local bookshop… Continue reading Goodbye Again by Mariah Stewart #MariahStewart @BrilliancePub
the setup… Nora Hamilton is a screenwriter for the romance channel (think Hallmark). She’s a recently divorced mother of two who decided to write something other than her usual formulaic story, this time more close to home and personal. It’s about the end of her marriage to Ben, a man who never worked during their… Continue reading Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan @annabelmonaghan @hillatious @PRHAudio
the setup… Natalie Fincher is a songwriter who isn’t composing these days. It’s been 2 1/2 years since her beloved husband Russ died following complications from a hit and run accident on his bicycle. She’s struggling with her grief, not bouncing back the way her well meaning friends feel she should and is beginning to… Continue reading The Key to My Heart by Lia Louis @LisforLia @SimonAudio @librofm
the setup… Tiffany (Tiffy) Moore, a craft book editor, desperately needs a cheap place to stay. She and her boyfriend Justin have broken things off and he’s forcing her to leave his apartment. Leon Twomey, a hospice nurse, needs some extra cash flow and places an ad for a flatshare at an attractive rate. There’s… Continue reading The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary #BethOLeary @CarrieHFletcher #KawkuFortune @MacmillanAudio
the setup… It’s Christmas Eve and Harper Thompson is desperately trying to get to the megabus that will take her to her parents home in Houston for the holidays. It’s pouring down rain in Austin and she’s smushed into a crowded Lyft van driven by Amal who is direction challenged. The man next to her,… Continue reading It Started with a Dog by Julia London @JuliaFLondon @copatter @TantorAudio
the setup… High school senior Stephanie (Stevie) Williams is a science genius but she has a lot to learn about love. She and her girlfriend Sola, her best friend since they met in the 6th grade, had planned for her to meet her Nigerian family and announce their relationship. However, Stevie not only blew it… Continue reading Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk & Nicola Yoon @brownbookworm @WriteinBK #NicStone @angiecthomas @AshWrites @NicolaYoon @HarperAudio @librofm
the setup… This story resumes where it ended in the first book where Lily Kincaid runs into Atlas Corrigan for the first time in almost two years. She’s now divorced from Ryle and both are managing their parenting plan of 11-month old daughter Emerson. Atlas is now the owner of two successful Boston restaurants and… Continue reading It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover @colleenhoover @colindonnell #OliviaSong @SimonAudio @librofm
the setup… Camryn Neff came to Wishing Tree from Chicago two years ago to care for her ailing mother and help with her much younger twin sisters, Lily and Victoria. Her mother subsequently died right before Christmas and this year Camryn wants the holidays to be special for her 15-year old sisters. Jake Crane is… Continue reading Blog Tour: Home Sweet Christmas by Susan Mallery @susanmallery @Blunder_Woman @HarlequinBooks
the setup… Marlowe Banks is hiding out in L. A. She’s a Broadway costume designer who is extremely talented and, until her last play fiasco, showed lots of promise. When reviews of the play called her costuming a disaster, she packed up and fled to California. Marlowe also broke her engagement to fiancé Kelvin, which… Continue reading Marlowe Banks, Redesigned by Jacqueline Firkins @JFkillsdarlings @smpromance
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