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… Victoria (Torie) Nash is a seventeen-year old young girl living with her father, disabled Uncle Ogden and younger destructive brother Seth in Iola, Colorado. After her mother died when she was twelve, it was expected that she would fulfill the domestic responsibilities. It’s not a path she would have chosen but it’s the… Continue reading Go as a River by Shelley Read #ShelleyRead #CynthiaFarrell
the setup… The year is 1990 and the town is Dalton, Maine, the epitome of small town America. Trudy Haskell is the town librarian, married to Richard, the only doctor. Her best friend is Bev Theroux who’s married to Bill and they’re parents of one son, Nate. But Trudy and Bev are more than just… Continue reading The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring #ShannonBowring #PatriciaShade @TantorAudio
the setup… It’s been five years since Payden Thompson, the true heir to the Earl of Taviston title, and his best friend Robbie McClintock returned to Dunacres, Scotland to hunt down Cameron Plowman. He’s the man who falsely claimed their clan, murdered his parents and terrorized his family. Payden has returned to Philadelphia, triumphant but… Continue reading The Earl’s Match by Holly Bush @hollybushbooks
the setup… Aifric Ryan is a new barrister, fighting to get a foothold in a system that’s hard for a young woman to penetrate. She gets an opening when the chief barrister is a no show and she takes on one of his cases that requires a court appearance that day. Robert Collins is charged… Continue reading The Sisters by Dervla McTiernan @DervlaMcTiernan #AoifeMcMahon
the setup… Melody Hurst’s life is nothing close to what she’d imagined it would be when she was living in Savannah under her father’s protection. She’d dreamed of marrying fiancé Christopher Hurst but ended up with his brother Jimmy instead when he died in the Civil War. It’s now the aftermath and the South is… Continue reading Seduced by Molly O’Keefe @MollyOKwrites
the setup… Elizabeth Zott is a chemist working for the Hastings Research Institute in California. It’s the 1960s and not only was is highly unusual for a woman to be working in this field, it was unusual for her “colleagues” who soon recognized she was brilliant. They did everything to undermine her except for one… Continue reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus @BonnieGarmus #MirandaRaison #PRHAudio
the setup… It’s 1939 London and the children in the city are evacuated to the countryside to avoid the bombing of World War II. Hazel Linden, fourteen years old, is sent with her five-year old sister Flora Lea, forced to leave their beloved mother and Bloomsbury home behind. They are fortunate to be placed with… Continue reading The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry @pcalhenry @CynthiaErivo @SimonAudio @librofm
the setup… Four men battle the swollen Mississippi River to save a family trapped in their ancestral home by a flood, the likes of which have never been seen before. It’s 1927 and three of the men in the rowboat are convicts, one a trustee, loaned from the local prison for this mission. However, once… Continue reading The Levee by William Kent Krueger @WmKentKrueger @JDJacksonVO @SimonAudio @librofm
Will Parker, recently released from the penitentiary having completed his sentence, is just looking for work and a place to call home. He lands in Whitney, Georgia but a few days after securing a job at a sawmill, he’s let go when they learn of his record. Will is desperate when he sees an ad… Continue reading Morning Glory by LaVryle Spencer @esuttonsmith @TantorAudio
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