Lanie’s been unlucky in love all her life. Her search for someone who will just love her for who she is has alluded her, until she runs into a man who just might check all the boxes… well I should…
The Berlin Apartment with Author Bryn Turnbull
“With impeccable research and evocative writing, Bryn Turnbull has a true gift for immersing the reader in the past. The Berlin Apartment is a poignant story of love and hope in a world that has been cruelly divided, and where danger lurks…
A Certain Kind of Starlight with Author Heather Webber
Heather Webber’s latest novel, A Certain Kind of Starlight, which releases today, is everything you’d hope for in one of her novels. She really is the ‘queen of small-town charm’ and this book is full of characters you’ll love to love,…
The Year of What If with Author Phaedra Patrick
Carla Carter’s family is known for being unlucky in love. With the exception of her grandmother all of the women in the family have failed relationships, marriages, etc and when Carla prepares to walk down the aisle for the second…
A Spy Like Me with Author Kim Sherwood
I truly enjoyed this modern continuation of the James Bond series. Author Kim Sherwood makes some modern-day updates in this continuation of Ian Fleming’s classic spy series. For instance, Moneypenny takes a senior role at MI6 and Q is no…
The Trouble with You with Author Ellen Feldman
The characters in Ellen Feldman’s latest novel set in the days following WWII almost seem to emanate from the page. Set in post-WWII New York City, the novel is in fact “a love letter to midcentury New York” as author…
Starling House with Author Alix E. Harrow
Starling House, a Southern Gothic novel by bestselling author Alix E. Harrow is a book that will keep you tucked up safely under your covers, protected from all that goes ‘bump in the night’. The novel calls to mind the…
Main Character Energy with Author Jamie Varon
This debut novel is a must for summer reading. While it deals with heavier topics like self-image, body positivity, and loss, it is full of positive uplifting moments as Poppy learns not only to love herself, both opening her heart…
Run Baby Run with Author Melissa Lenhardt
This book had quite a twist. Darcy Evans hasn’t talked to her mom in three years (not by choice), but when her future in-laws invite her mother to the wedding, she finds herself agreeing to go on a road trip…
The Vanishing Hour with Author Seraphina Nova Glass
This is an intense read and could be triggering for some. That being said, Seraphina Nova Glass unfurled this tale masterfully. In a small town, Grace Holloway runs the local bed and breakfast while doing everything she can to stay…
The Perfumist of Paris with Author Alka Joshi
The Perfumist of Paris, the final book in the Jaipur trilogy by author Alka Joshi, takes us to Paris where perfumer Radha has been given the commission to create her first perfume all while dealing with the demands of her…
French Blooms with Author Sandra Sigman
In early 2020, I first shared an interview with Sandra Sigman, a floral designer and the owner of Andover-based floral and french housewares shop, Les Fleurs. In the interview, she shared about her love of Paris, floral design, and some…