Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada, June 2, 2026 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): 'You will never understand how the land remembers, how deep the roots grow' A spellbinding story of separation, longing, recovery and survival as a family makes a new home in the aftermath of tragedy. On a windswept … Continue reading Book Review: Land by Maggie O’Farrell
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Book Review: Daughters of the Sun and Moon by Lisa See
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, June 9, 2026 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 4.5/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): Beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See draws on the vibrancy and turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles to tell the story of three Chinese women who managed to survive and, eventually, thrive, despite all odds. In 1870, … Continue reading Book Review: Daughters of the Sun and Moon by Lisa See
Book Review: Liberty Street by Heather Marshall
Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada, February 24, 2026 Format: ebook Pages: 400 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): From #1 bestselling Canadian author Heather Marshall (Looking for Jane) comes a riveting, page-turning and intertwining story of two women whose destinies are linked over decades.Toronto, 1961: Emily Radcliffe works as an editorial assistant at Chatelaine magazine, surrounded by … Continue reading Book Review: Liberty Street by Heather Marshall
Book Review: The Halifax Hellions by Alexandra Vasti
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, February 17, 2026 Format: ebook Pages: 320 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): From the day of their debut, when Matilda smoked a cheroot and Margo tied a cherry stem in a knot with her tongue, the Halifax twins have flouted convention at every turn. But when Matilda runs off with … Continue reading Book Review: The Halifax Hellions by Alexandra Vasti
Book Review: The Moonlight Runner by Karen Robards
Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing, March 24, 2026 Format: ebook Pages: 368 Rating: 4.5/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): In the wake of the Great War, a young woman joins the Irish rebellion and risks everything for her country in this sweeping story of love, bravery and the relentless pursuit of freedom.Ireland, 1918. In a world brutalized … Continue reading Book Review: The Moonlight Runner by Karen Robards
Book Review: Wild People Quiet by Tara Gereaux
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, March 3, 2026 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): A taut, exquisitely rendered story exploring the repercussions of a woman’s decision to hide her Métis identity while living in a small, predominantly white prairie town in the 1940s, for readers of The Berry Pickers, Tommy Orange, … Continue reading Book Review: Wild People Quiet by Tara Gereaux
Book Review: Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, February 10, 2026 Format: Paperback Pages: 464 Rating: 4.5/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): In this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve, one American woman’s vision in post WWII Germany will tie together three people in an unexpected way.Lost in the streets and smoldering rubble of … Continue reading Book Review: Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson
Book Review: Hope and Destiny by Niklas Natt Och Dag
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, December 2, 2025 Format: ebook Pages: 464 Rating: 3/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): The author of the “thrilling, unnerving, clever, and beautiful” (Fredrik Backman) Wolf and the Watchman series presents a new historical series that takes us to medieval Sweden to unravel one of the country’s most infamous murder mysteries.1434: … Continue reading Book Review: Hope and Destiny by Niklas Natt Och Dag
Book Review: Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, September 23, 2025 Format: ebook Pages: 352 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): A pair of Gothic novelists trade rivalry for love in this swoony, steamy, sapphic Regency by USA Today bestselling author Alexandra Vasti.Celebrated authoress Lady Georgiana Cleeve has achieved fame and fortune. Unfortunately, she’s also acquired an the enigmatic Lady Darling, … Continue reading Book Review: Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti
Book Review: The Sea Witch by Eva Leigh
Publisher: Canary Street Press, August 26, 2025 Format: ebook Pages: 445 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): From a world where women are forbidden to use magic and the only freedom is found on the Caribbean high seas comes a swashbuckling romantasy from USA TODAY bestselling author Eva Leigh.Condemned as a witch, sentenced to die, Alys Tanner … Continue reading Book Review: The Sea Witch by Eva Leigh
