by michelle | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
The night before Evelyn Justice is supposed to graduate from high school, her world turns upside down. Instead of celebrating her achievement with family and friends, she and her sister Margaret end up fleeing their home in the prosperous Greenwood District of Tulsa,...
by michelle | May 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
In 1927, under mysterious circumstances, a young mother flees her home, leaving behind a manuscript, a husband, and a now motherless little girl. The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry weaves together the tale of Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham (the mom, who was...
by michelle | May 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sometimes it seems nothing is going your way and “fake it ‘til you make it” becomes more of a lifestyle than an encouragement to keep you going. In the upcoming novel Everything’s Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh, Rosie Waterman has hit an all-time low as a...
by michelle | Apr 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction and even more interesting. Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS by Lisa Rogak gives history-loving readers the inside look into the lives of four incredible women who sought adventure and a life with purpose...
by michelle | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you are looking for a story to get lost in this spring, pick up a copy of the newly released The Page Turner. When Emma Page returns home following college, she’s expected to take her place in the family publishing business. The only problem? She doesn’t quite fit...
by michelle | Apr 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sometimes you just want to laugh. Books written by comedians are typically an extension of their stand-up shows. Jerry Seinfeld even has one full of bits from his decades in showbiz. Jim Gaffgan often writes on a theme, such as being fat or loving food (two of his...
by michelle | Mar 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you were in a dating slump, would you consider going out with someone else’s ex? That is the beginning premise of An Ex-citing Proposition by Kelly Ohlert and Linda Floyd. Moxie is not looking for love. She’s at her usual bar after work looking for a hook-up when a...
by michelle | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Author T.I. Lowe combines a story of loss with a home improvement setting as the characters in Lowcountry Lost work to resurrect both a ghost town and a broken marriage. Told from the viewpoint of Avalee Elvis, a renovation expert whose company — which shares the same...
by michelle | Mar 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
What would you do if your nosy neighbor nemesis across the street suddenly showed up on your doorstep, assuming she could stay with you while her home is being repaired? If you’re Finlay Donovan, you give into the guilt and grudgingly accept your bossy new housemate....
by michelle | Mar 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Queen Elizabeth II reigned large my entire life, but I rarely considered what it must have been like for her in the early years following her coronation. In the historical fiction novel Christmas with the Queen by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, readers get an...
