Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, June 1 2021 Format: Hardcover Pages: 336 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Seven days to fall in love, fifteen years to forget and seven days to get it all back again... From the author of The Perfect Find, this is a witty, romantic, and sexy-as-hell new novel of two writers and … Continue reading Book Review: Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Publisher: Little Brown, June 15 2021 Format: Ebook Pages: 368 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, a profound debut about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever.In the waning days of the … Continue reading Book Review: The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

Publisher: Pegasus Books, June 1 2021 Format: Hardcover  Pages: 256 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Bringing Sherlock Holmes from the Victorian Era into the dark days of World War II, this imaginative new thriller confronts the world’s greatest detective with a killer emulating the murders of Jack the Ripper.London, 1942.A killer going by the … Continue reading Book Review: A Study in Crimson by Robert J. Harris

Publisher: Thomas Nelson, July 6th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 400 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Amid the violent last days of the glittering Russian monarchy, a princess on the run finds her heart where she least expects it.1917, Petrograd. Fleeing the murderous flames of the Russian Revolution, Princess Svetlana Dalsky hopes to find safety in Paris … Continue reading Book Review: The Ice Swan by J’nell Ciesielski

Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, July 6th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 464 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Shiori, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. At first, her mistake seems like a … Continue reading Book Review: Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, July 6th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): The New York Times bestselling author of the The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the wilderness to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis—until a … Continue reading Book Review: The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel

Publisher: Harlequin Books, June 22nd 2021 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): It’s the spring of 1969, and Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in Shimla. Malik has finished his private school education. At twenty, he has just met a young woman named Nimmi when he … Continue reading Book Review: The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi

Publisher: Little Brown and Company, June 15th 2021 Format: ebook Pages: unknown Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): The fascinating novel based on Cape Town's infamous Dr. James Barry, born Margaret Anne Bulkley, an Irish girl and who changed her name, lived as a man, and revolutionized medicine in the Western world."She died, so I … Continue reading Book Review: The Cape Doctor by E.J. Levy