Book Review: The Roaring Days of Zora Lily by Noelle Salazar

Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing,  October 3, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 416 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): The discovery of a hidden label on a famous gown unearths the story of a talented young seamstress in this glittering novel of family, love, ambition, and self discovery by the USA Today bestselling author of The Flight Girls.2023, … Continue reading Book Review: The Roaring Days of Zora Lily by Noelle Salazar

Book Review: A Traitor in Whitehall by Julia Kelly

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada,  October 3, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 304 Rating: 3/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): From Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the first in the mysterious and immersive Parisian Orphan series, A Traitor in Whitehall.1940, England: Evelyne Redfern, known as “The Parisian Orphan” as a child, is working on … Continue reading Book Review: A Traitor in Whitehall by Julia Kelly

Book Review: Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada,  September 26, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 560 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends comes the second book in the captivating Foul Lady Fortune duology following an immortal assassin in 1930s Shanghai as she races to save her country and her love.Winter … Continue reading Book Review: Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong

Book Review: How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada,  October 3, 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by her father’s strict patriarchal views and repressive control of her childhood, to find … Continue reading Book Review: How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

Book Review: Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea

Publisher: Little Brown,  May 30, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 407 Rating: 3/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): In the tradition of The Nightingale and Transcription, an exhilarating World War II epic that chronicles an extraordinary young woman's heroic frontline service in the Red Cross"Urrea's touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through . . . He is a generous writer, not … Continue reading Book Review: Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea

Book Review: Wildfire by Hannah Grace

Publisher: Atria Books,  October 3, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 400 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): The latest in the Maple Hills series follows two summer camp counselors who reconnect after a sizzling one-night stand.Maple Hills students Russ Callaghan and Aurora Roberts cross paths at a party celebrating the end of the academic year, where a … Continue reading Book Review: Wildfire by Hannah Grace

Book Review: The Widow Queen and Her Lover by Alan Gold

Publisher: Romaunce Books,  September 1, 2023 Format: ebook Rating: 3/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): No longer one of the spoils of war, Catherine, Queen of England and France, resolves to fight for her new life – on her own terms Catherine of Valois, daughter of the defeated king of France, looks down from the battlements as … Continue reading Book Review: The Widow Queen and Her Lover by Alan Gold

Book Review: The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

Publisher: Atria Books,  August 15, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 272 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): The latest New York Times bestseller from beloved author Alice Hoffman celebrates the enduring magic of books and is a “wonderful story of love and growth” (Stephen King).One June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to … Continue reading Book Review: The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

Book Review: The Long Game by Elena Armas

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, September 5, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 4.5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children’s team in this smalltown love story in the vein of Ted Lasso and It Happened One Summer —from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spanish Love … Continue reading Book Review: The Long Game by Elena Armas