Book Review: Strangers We Know, Elle Marr, Thomas & Mercer – Ivy Hon knows she was adopted. Her birth mother gave her up at only a few days old, but aside from the fact she’s of Chinese-American extraction, Ivy knows little else.
Book Review: Strangers We Know, Elle Marr, Thomas & Mercer – Ivy Hon knows she was adopted. Her birth mother gave her up at only a few days old, but aside from the fact she’s of Chinese-American extraction, Ivy knows little else.
Karitas Untitled, Kristin Baldursdottir, Amazon Crossing – Karitas Jónsdóttir is the youngest daughter of Steinunn Ólafsdóttir, a hardworking widow with two other daughters and three sons. Life on their western Icelandic farm is hard.
My Fine Fellow, Jennieke Cohen, Harper Teen – What do you get when you mix an alternate historical timeline into a YA romance with the scenario of My Fair Lady then add in elements of the Food Network?
Review: To Marry and To Meddle, Martha Waters, Atria Books – A marriage of convenience becomes inconvenient when love enters into the mix in Martha Waters’ To Marry And To Meddle.
Review: Wingwalkers, Taylor Brown, St,. Martins Press – Della Mackintosh inherited a sawmill after her father killed himself during the Great Depression. She finds her life unendurable.
Review: The Missing Piece, John Lescroart, Atria Books – Eleven years ago habitual criminal Paul Riley was convicted of the rape and murder of Dana Rush. Then-DA Wes Farrell led the prosecution and secured justice—or so he thought.
Review: Doctors and Friends, Kimmery Martin, Berkeley Books – Doctors Compton Winfield, Kira Marchand, and Hannah Geier met at med school and became friends for life.
Review: Luckenbooth, Jenni Fagan, Pegasus Books – Scotland, 1910. Islander Jennie MacRae is the Devil’s daughter.
Review: Femlandia, Christina Dalcher, Berkley Books – In the near future the American economy crashes, leading to massive unrest and the breakdown of society.
The Book of Magic, Alice Hoffman, Simon & Schuster – The Owens family have magic in their blood. They also bear an ancient curse.