Holmes, Marple and Poe by James Patterson is a new series based in NYC. This is the first novel in a new series. The main

The Meaning of Love by Stephanie Laurens is another one of the fun historical fiction books.  It is the fifth book of the Lady Osbaldestone

Billion Dollar Ransom by James Patterson is a fun “whodunit”. A ransom demand was given to a reclusive billionaire.  A kidnapper asking for a billion

The Story She Left Behind is a novel that melds facts and fiction.  It turns fantasy into an everyday reality.  It is a story of

Mad About Yule by Genny Carrick is a light hearted romance set during the holiday season. The troupe of moving from enemies to lovers is

Last Christmas in Paris was the book club read for December.  I had passed it over a couple of times knowing I was tired of

The 13th Gift by Joanne Huist Smith is a wonderful story that is so right this time of year. The book is not long and

Sandwich by Catherine Newman is a novel of family, hope, grief, and forgiveness.  The novel is broken down into days that the family spends in

The Little Island Bookshop by Penny Lane Parker is considered a cosy-mystery novel.  However, I felt it was more of a love story with curious

Sweet Redemption by Chris Keniston is the next installment to the Sweet family and their ranch in Texas. In each of the prior novels, each

The Wife’s Irish Secret by Suzanne O’Leary is a romance novel.  Having said that, it felt to me more of a romance novel about the

The Perfect Hosts by Heather Gudenkauf is a twisted “who dun it”.  The novel opens with Madeline and Wes Drake with their Pistols andPearls Party

The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros just left me depleted.  Absolutely totally wrecked.  It was one of the best books I have ever read.  I

The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan is a wonderful novel about finding a missing book that may save a family. Mirren Sutherland, a character

All They Need to Know by Eileen Goudge is the first book in the series called Gold Creek.  I was given an ARC of book

We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter is a thriller with police procedural sections. The novel focuses on two girls who go missing on

The Wild Card by Carolyn Brown is a romance novel that reads more like a “coming into her own” novel. The main character is Carla

You Can Scream by Rebecca Zanetti is a definite thriller. The book is the fifth in a series about Laurel, who is a profiler for

Haven’t Killed in Years by Amy K Green is a contemporary murder mystery with a complex protagonist. As the book progresses more information leaks out

A Ferry Merry Christmas by Debbie Macomber is a wonderful contemporary holiday book with romance.   Most of the novel takes place on a ferry

Sweet Tomorrows by Chris Keniston is not the last book in this series (PHEW).  There are at least two more that will answer all the

Catching Lady Theo by Ella Quinn was an historical romance novel.  It includes all the wonderful elements like balls, and dancing, and carriage rides and

The Botanist’s Assistant by Peggy Townsend has my favorite type of main character.  Margaret was not young, not pretty and socially inept.  What she was,

The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts is the third and final novel in the Lost Bride Trilogy.  The setting of the books are on a