Homecoming book review

A decades-old mystery comes to life in Kate Morton’s Homecoming. This lengthy novel alternates between 1959 and 2018, telling the story of a family tragedy and how it affected family and community members in a small Australian town. The book opens with the stunning...

The Second Chance Year review

Have you ever had a really bad year? In The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiesner, pastry chef Sadie is overwhelmed by a few bad choices that snowballed to leave her where she is on New Year’s Eve: the couch of her brother’s best friend’s apartment, working at a...

Baking it Merry review

Christmas romance novels are like holiday desserts: they come in many different recipes, baked with different flavors to suit all tastes, while completely satisfying readers with much-needed happy endings. Baking it Merry by Samantha Chase combines the enemies to...

“Holiday Hideaway” review

During the holiday season, readers who don’t have as much time to read should consider Christmas-themed short stories and novellas. Queen of Southern women’s fiction Mary Kay Andrews has crafted a story that has everything her readers have come to expect: a quirky...

The Christmas Inn review

Lovers of Hallmark Christmas movies will undoubtedly enjoy The Christmas Inn by Pamela Kelley, a cute Cape Cod story about a family-owned bed and breakfast, second-chance romances, and small-town festivities centered around Christmas and New Year’s. When Riley loses...