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In A Perfect World, by Laura Kasischke
At 32, Jiselle McKnight has been a bridesmaid no less than six times, so when her co-worker, a sexy airline pilot, starts to woo her and wants to marry her, she is more than happy to overlook a few things to become the next Mrs. Mark Dorn. Doubts pla...
Review & Giveaway ~ When She Flew, by Jennie Shortridge
Ever since the untimely death of her police officer father, Jessica Villareal has known that she too would be a police officer when she grew up. Dedicated to her job and especially to protecting children from predators, Jess hasn’t always bee...
Locked In, by Marcia Muller
Sharon McCone is a highly sucessful private investigator from humble origins who has managed to cobble together a wonderful family, and several loyal and dedicated employees and colleagues who will do just about anything for her. Sharon is a vibran...
Black Mirror, by Nancy Werlin
Frances and her brother Daniel are scholarship students at the prestigious Pettengill School. Both have gladly escaped their deteriorating home life with their broken father, crotchety grandmother and memories of their absentee mother, who has left...
Hate List, by Jennifer Brown
Valerie spends the summer hiding out from her friends and anyone else who knows her after her boyfriend Nick puts an effective end to the school year with a violent and deadly rampage, killing students and teachers from their shared “hate list” a...
The Story of A Marriage, by Andrew Sean Greer
Pearlie and Holland are childhood sweethearts from Kentucky who have found each other again after being separated when Holland went off to war. Holland is a troubled man when he returns and though his elderly spinster aunts try to warn Pearlie that...
Tell Me Something True, by Leila Cobo
Gabriella Richard is twenty-one years old, a classical pianist, gorgeous, and since her mom died when she was four years old, used to getting her way. Her father, a wealthy and well-known player in the movie industry, has always wanted her to grow...
And A Dead Guy In A Pear Tree, by Leslie Kelly
“Even through his coat, he could feel her heat.” Holly Cavanaugh is living with her grandparents and helping them run the local bed and breakfast out of their home. The business isn’t much of a success and she is relying upon a w...
A Change In Altitude, by Anita Shreve
Margaret and Patrick fly to Kenya with the expectation of an exciting adventure. They have been married for a few short months and Patrick, who has been granted permission to conduct his studies in Kenya in exchange for operating free clinics across...
The Day The Falls Stood Still, by Cathy Marie Buchanan – Review & Giveaway
Bess Heath is just seventeen years old at the time her world irrevocably changes. She leaves the prestigious Loretto Academy at the end of her junior year knowing that she will never return, and in a manner in which she has not been accustomed in h...
Time of My Life, by Allison Winn Scotch
Time of My Life, by Allison Winn Scotch is Recommended. Jill Westfield should be happy with her life. She has the home of her dreams, a loving albeit distracted and insanely busy husband, and a beautiful toddler whom she adores. But lately, it̵...
Lovehampton, by Sherri Rifkin
Lovehampton, by Sherri Rifkin is Recommended. When Tori Miller’s boyfriend dumps her in the cab ride home from her best friend’s wedding she is devastated and undergoes a severe downturn. She has no life to speak of for the next two yea...
Kindred, by Octavia Butler
Kindred, by Octavia Butler is A Must Read. Dana and Kevin Franklin are a young married couple, both writers, who have finally started making enough money from their writing to support themselves. They buy a new house in a small suburb of Los Angele...
Wait For Me, by An Na
Wait For Me , by An Na is Recommended. Supposedly Mina has everything going for her. She is an honor student on the verge of attending her senior year of college after which she plans on attending to Harvard; but is she? These are the thi...
The Blue Notebook, James A. Levine
The Blue Notebook, by James A. Levine is Highly Recommended. Batuk is a fifteen-year-old girl living in a brothel on Common Street in Mumbai, India. The bright points in her life are her best friend, Puneet, a male prostitute living a few “ne...
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins is A Must Read. Just a note: If you plan on reading The Hunger Games skip this review for now. As the second book in The Hunger Games Trilogy begins, Katniss Everdeen has settled into the victory village, now neighbo...
Where The Mountain Meets The Moon, by Grace Lin
Where The Mountain Meets The Moon, by Grace Lin is Highly Recommended. Minli is a little girl living with her parents in a small hut near Fruitless Mountain. She wonder why Fruitless Mountain is so barren and desolate, and enjoys the wonderful stor...
Winter’s Bone, by Daniel Woodrell
Winter’s Bone, by Daniel Woodrell is Highly Recommended. Ree Dolly is just sixteen years old when her father leaves and doesn’t come back. The Dollys are a tough clan, living in the Ozarks for years- some take the straight life but most...
This Just In! undiscovered gyrl, by Allison Burnett
What’s This About? Only on the internet can you have so many friends and be so lonely. Beautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt is taking a year off before college to find her passion. Ambitious in her own way, Katie intends to do m...
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins is published by Scholastic Press and is Highly Recommended. Bad things have happened in the North America and the only thing left is the nation of Panem, the Capitol of 12 districts which they have subdued and now...
