The Page Turner review

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...

Big Dumb Eyes review

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...

An Ex-citing Proposition review

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...

Lowcountry Lost review

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...

Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave review

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....

Christmas with the Queen Review

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...