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It’s Monday (May 27, 2019)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR #Books #Reading #TBRList

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week:

 

Title: The Favorite Daughter

Authors: Patti Callahan Henry

Immediate Thoughts: Heartfelt, tender, and absorbing!

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: June 4, 2019

 

 

Title: Fatal Inheritance

Authors: Rachel Rhys

Immediate Thoughts: Picturesque, mysterious, and incredibly captivating!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: June 11, 2019

 

 

Title: The the Stars and Back

Author: Camilla Isley

Immediate Thoughts: Cute, sweet, and fun!

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: April 25, 2019

 

 

Title: Slow Dancing at Sunrise

Author: Jo McNally

Immediate Thoughts: Light, winsome, and engaging!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: June 25, 2019

 

 

Title: The Baobab Beach Retreat

Author: Kate Frost

Immediate Thoughts: Atmospheric, tender, and hopeful!

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: November 14, 2017

 

 

What I’m Currently Reading:

 

“The first time they met, Mags saved Ava’s life. The second time they met, Ava saved Mags’s.”
Ava Hart is the most reluctant cast member of a reality TV show based on her big city family’s (mostly staged) efforts to run a B&B in small-town Nova Scotia. Every family has its problems, but Ava has grown up seeing her family’s every up and down broadcast on national television, after the show becomes an unexpected success for reasons that will take a heavy toll on the Harts.
Mags Kovach is the charismatic lead singer of a struggling Halifax rock band hoping to be the Next Big Thing. For years she’s managed to contain her demons and navigate the uglier aspects of being a woman in the music world, but after a devastating loss, she turns her anger on the only person she can: herself.
As their private tragedies continue to set social media and tabloid headlines on fire, their every move subjected to an endless stream of public commentary, it will be their unexpected friendship that will save them. They will push back against the roles they’ve been forced to play, and take back control of something they thought they’d lost forever — the right to their own stories.

 

What I’m Reading Next:

 

Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century! It’s 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother’s historic home in downtown Nantucket: but this year Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby, a nursing student, is caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests, a passion which takes her to Martha’s Vineyard with her best friend, Mary Jo Kopechne. Only son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. Thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother who is hiding some secrets of her own. As the summer heats up, Teddy Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, a man flies to the moon, and Jessie experiences some sinking and flying herself, as she grows into her own body and mind.

In her first “historical novel,” rich with the details of an era that shaped both a country and an island thirty miles out to sea, Elin Hilderbrand once again proves her title as queen of the summer novel.

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

It’s Monday (May 20, 2019)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR #Books #Reading #TBRList

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week:

 

Title: Edie Browne’s Cottage by the Sea

Authors: Jane Linfoot

Immediate Thoughts: Sweet, cosy, and delightfully romantic!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: May 24, 2019

 

 

Title: Concerto

Authors: Hannah Fielding

Immediate Thoughts: Passionate, mysterious, and descriptive!

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: June 6, 2019

 

 

Title: The Two-Week Arrangement (Penthouse Affair #1)

Author: Kendall Ryan

Immediate Thoughts: Sultry, seductive, and sweet!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: June 4, 2019

 

 

Title: We Can See You

Author: Simon Kernick

Immediate Thoughts: Menacing, twisty, and intricate!

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: May 30, 2019

 

 

What I’m Currently Reading:

 

“The first time they met, Mags saved Ava’s life. The second time they met, Ava saved Mags’s.”
Ava Hart is the most reluctant cast member of a reality TV show based on her big city family’s (mostly staged) efforts to run a B&B in small-town Nova Scotia. Every family has its problems, but Ava has grown up seeing her family’s every up and down broadcast on national television, after the show becomes an unexpected success for reasons that will take a heavy toll on the Harts.
Mags Kovach is the charismatic lead singer of a struggling Halifax rock band hoping to be the Next Big Thing. For years she’s managed to contain her demons and navigate the uglier aspects of being a woman in the music world, but after a devastating loss, she turns her anger on the only person she can: herself.
As their private tragedies continue to set social media and tabloid headlines on fire, their every move subjected to an endless stream of public commentary, it will be their unexpected friendship that will save them. They will push back against the roles they’ve been forced to play, and take back control of something they thought they’d lost forever — the right to their own stories.

 

What I’m Reading Next:

 

Ten years ago, Lena Donohue experienced a wedding-day betrayal so painful that she fled the small town of Watersend, South Carolina, and reinvented herself in New York City. Though now a freelance travel writer, the one place she rarely goes is home–until she learns of her dad’s failing health.

Returning to Watersend means seeing the sister she has avoided for a decade and the brother who runs the family’s Irish pub and has borne the burden of his sisters’ rift. While Alzheimer’s slowly steals their father’s memories, the siblings rush to preserve his life in stories and in photographs. As his secret past brings Lena’s own childhood into focus, it sends her on a journey to discover the true meaning of home.

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

It’s Monday (May 6, 2019)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR #Books #Reading #TBRList

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week:

 

Title: One Last Greek Summer

Authors: Mandy Baggot

Immediate Thoughts: Funny and reflective!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: June 6, 2019

 

 

Title: Your Life is Mine

Authors: Nathan Ripley

Immediate Thoughts: Slow burning, dark, and gritty!

Rating: 7/10

Publication Date: June 4, 2019

 

 

Title: The Baker’s Secret

Author: Stephen P. Kiernan

Immediate Thoughts: Heartbreaking and inspiring!

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: May 2, 2017

 

 

Title: Waiting for Tom Hanks

Author: Kerry Winfrey

Immediate Thoughts: Quick, cute, and quirky!

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: June 11, 2019

 

 

What I’m Currently Reading:

 

The Harmony Resort promises hope for struggling marriages. Run by celebrity power couple Drs. Miles and Grace Markell, the “last resort” offers a chance for partners to repair their relationships in a luxurious setting on the gorgeous Mayan Riviera.

Johanna and Ben have a marriage that looks perfect on the surface, but in reality, they don’t know each other at all. Shell and Colin fight constantly: after all, Colin is a workaholic, and Shell always comes second to his job as an executive at a powerful mining company. But what has really torn them apart is too devastating to talk about. When both couples begin Harmony’s intensive therapy program, it becomes clear that Harmony is not all it seems—and neither are Miles and Grace themselves. What are they hiding, and what price will these couples pay for finding out?

As a deadly tropical storm descends on the coast, trapping the hosts and the guests on the resort, secrets are revealed, loyalties are tested and not one single person—or their marriage—will remain unchanged by what follows.

 

What I’m Reading Next:

 

What happened to Amanda Holmes?

Twenty years ago, she washed up on shore in a rowboat with a gash to the head after an overnight at Camp Macaw. No one was ever charged with a crime.

Now, the MacAllister children are all grown up. After their parents die suddenly, they return to Camp to read the will and decide what to do with the prime real estate it’s sitting on. Ryan, the oldest, wants to sell. Margo, the family’s center, hasn’t made up her mind. Mary has her own horse farm to run, and believes in leaving well-enough alone. Kate and Liddie—the twins—have opposing views. And Sean Booth, the family groundskeeper, just hopes he still has a home when all is said and done.

But then the will is read and they learn that it’s much more complicated than a simple vote. Until they unravel the mystery of what happened to Amanda, they can’t move forward. Any one of them could have done it, and all of them are hiding key pieces of the puzzle. Will they work together to solve the mystery, or will their suspicions and secrets finally tear the family apart?

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

It’s Monday (April 29, 2019)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR #Books #Reading #TBRList

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week:

 

Title: The Daughter’s Tale

Authors: Armando Lucas Correa

Immediate Thoughts: Heartwrenching, immersive, and moving!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: May 7, 2019

 

 

Title: Unxpected (Start Up in the City #1)

Authors: Kelly Rimmer

Immediate Thoughts: Touching and sweet!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: May 28, 2019

 

 

Title: Sister of Summer’s End (Summer Resort #2)

Author: Lori Foster

Immediate Thoughts: Heartwarming, emotive, and rewarding!

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: June 11, 2019

 

 

Title: Shadows You Left

Author: Jude Sierra & Taylor Brooke

Immediate Thoughts: Dark, somber, and gritty!

Rating: 6.5/10

Publication Date: May 20, 2019

 

 

What I’m Currently Reading:

 

Beth Martin is 31, newly divorced and wondering just what life holds for her…

Best-friend, Heidi, is adamant that all the answers lie in Corfu – the island where the girls partied away their youth. So cue a trip to a sun-drenched Greek island, ouzo cocktails, a trip down memory lane… and Alex Hallas, the man Beth has never quite forgotten.

As they dance under the stars, the sand beneath their toes, old feelings begin to resurface and Beth might just have a chance to take back her life. If they can learn to love the people they’ve become…

 

What I’m Reading Next:

 

Blanche Potter never expected to face her past again—but she can’t escape it.

Blanche, an up-and-coming filmmaker, has distanced herself in every way she can from her father, the notorious killer and cult leader, Chuck Varner. In 1996, when she was a small child, he went on a shooting spree before turning the gun on himself.

Now, Blanche learns that her mother has been murdered. She returns to her childhood home, where she soon discovers there’s more to the death than police are willing to reveal. The officer who’s handling the case is holding information back, and a journalist who’s nosing around the investigation is taking an unusual interest in Blanche’s family.

Blanche begins to suspect that Chuck Varner’s cult has found a new life, and that her mother’s murder was just the beginning of the cult’s next chapter.

Then another killing occurs.

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up?

It’s Monday (April 22, 2019)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR #Books #Reading #TBRList

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week:

 

Title: The Spanish Promise

Authors: Karen Swan

Immediate Thoughts: Idyllic and intriguing!

Rating: 10/10

Publication Date: May 1, 2019

 

 

Title: The Last Night Out

Authors: Catherine O’Connell

Immediate Thoughts: Unique and twisty!

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: May 2, 2019

 

 

Title: The Little Teashop on Main

Author: Jodi Thomas

Immediate Thoughts: Heartwarming and touching!

Rating: 10/10

Publication Date: May 7, 2019

 

 

Title: Probably the Best Kiss in the World

Author: Pernille Hughes

Immediate Thoughts: Sweet and inspiring!

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: April 12, 2019

 

 

What I’m Currently Reading:

 

BERLIN, 1939. The dreams that Amanda Sternberg and her husband, Julius, had for their daughters are shattered when the Nazis descend on Berlin, burning down their beloved family bookshop and sending Julius to a concentration camp. Desperate to save her children, Amanda flees toward the south of France, where the widow of an old friend of her husband’s has agreed to take her in. Along the way, a refugee ship headed for Cuba offers another chance at escape and there, at the dock, Amanda is forced to make an impossible choice that will haunt her for the rest of her life. Once in Haute-Vienne, her brief respite is inter­rupted by the arrival of Nazi forces, and Amanda finds herself in a labor camp where she must once again make a heroic sacrifice.

NEW YORK, 2015. Eighty-year-old Elise Duval receives a call from a woman bearing messages from a time and country that she forced herself to forget. A French Catholic who arrived in New York after World War II, Elise is shocked to discover that the letters were from her mother, written in German during the war. Despite Elise’s best efforts to stave off her past, seven decades of secrets begin to unravel.

Based on true events, The Daughter’s Tale chronicles one of the most harrowing atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis during the war. Heart­breaking and immersive, it is a beautifully crafted family saga of love, survival, and redemption.

 

What I’m Reading Next:

 

Co-parenting with her best friend. What could go wrong?

The next three decades of Abby Herbert’s life are as carefully planned out as the last three were. Best career ever? Check. Great friends, one of whom she lives with in a stunning Tribeca apartment? Check. Perfect man to share her dream family? Surely just a matter of time. But then she gets devastating news from her doctor—if she wants to get pregnant, she needs to get started on that by…well, yesterday. On the bright side, she has the perfect person in mind to be the father.

Tech entrepreneur Marcus Ross has been harboring decidedly not-friends feelings toward Abby. He doesn’t want to lose her and, knowing his feelings are one-sided, he’s been trying to move on. When he learns about the curveball Abby’s just been hit with, he promises to be there for her however she wants him to be, even if the idea of fatherhood is a little complicated for him right now. But it isn’t long until boundaries start to blur, and a deal struck between friends starts to turn into something perilously close to feelings that could change everything…

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up? How are your stats?

It’s Monday (April 15, 2019)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR #Books #Reading #TBRList

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week:

 

Title: The Girl in the Pink Raincoat

Authors: Arlene Hughes

Immediate Thoughts: Intriguing and twisty!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: July 12, 2018

 

 

Title: Junk Mail

Authors: Kendall Ryan

Immediate Thoughts: Swoon-worthy and unputdownable!

Rating: 10/10

Publication Date: April 23, 2019

 

 

Title: The Best of Crimes

Author: K.C. Maher

Immediate Thoughts: Unsettling and controversial!

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: May 9, 2019

 

 

Title: Bridesmaids

Author: Zara Stoneley

Immediate Thoughts: Hilarious, romantic, and highly entertaining!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: April 26, 2019

 

 

What I’m Currently Reading:

 

Charlotte, a wealth counsellor who knows from personal experience the complications that a sudden inheritance can bring, helps her clients navigate the emotional side effects of sudden wealth syndrome. When she is asked by Mateo Mendoza, heir to a huge Spanish estate, to fly to Madrid to help resolve an issue in his father’s will, she’s confident it will be straightforward. The timing isn’t great as Charlotte’s due to get married the following week, but once her client signs on the dotted line, Charlotte can return to her life in London and her wedding, and live happily ever after. Marrying Stephen might not fill her with excitement, but she doesn’t want to live in the fast lane anymore – safe and predictable is good.

But Carlos Mendoza’s final bequest opens up a generation of secrets, and Charlotte finds herself compelled to unravel the mystery. As Charlotte digs deeper, she uncovers the story of a family divided by Spain’s Civil War, and of a love affair across the battle lines that ended in tragedy.

And while she is consumed in the drama of the Mendozas, Charlotte’s own tragic past catches up with her, threatening to overturn everything in her life she’s worked so hard to build.

 

What I’m Reading Next:

 

Six friends. A bride to be. One murder. Too many secrets.

After drinking too much at her bachelorette party, Maggie Trueheart wakes to find a stranger in her bed. To make matters worse, a phone call brings the devastating news that her friend Angie was murdered some time after they parted ways the night before.

Kelly Delaney, who left the party early, is the first of Maggie’s friends to face questions from Chicago homicide detective Ron O’Reilly. After taking a closer look at the other women who attended the party, O’Reilly concludes that at least some of them are lying.

As the clock ticks down to the wedding day and more shocking secrets are revealed, the murderer zeros in on another one of the girls. Can the killer be stopped before there is another victim?

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up? How are your stats?

It’s Monday (April 8, 2019)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR #Books #Reading #TBRList

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week:

 

Title: Hide and Seek (Criminal Profiler #1)

Authors: Mary Burton

Immediate Thoughts: Gripping, fast-paced, and twisty!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: April 23, 2019

 

 

Title: Hot Texas Sunrise (Coldwater Texas #2)

Authors: Delores Fossen

Immediate Thoughts: Spicy, sexy, and heartfelt!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: March 26, 2019

 

 

Title: Normal People

Author: Sally Rooney

Immediate Thoughts: Angsty, palpable, and melancholic!

Rating: 7.5/10

Publication Date: April 16, 2019

 

 

Title: One Last Summer

Author: Victoria Connelly

Immediate Thoughts: Pensive, heartwrenching, and moving!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: February 5, 2019

 

 

What I’m Currently Reading:

 

When a factory girl and a Jewish businessman fall in love it seems that the whole world is against them.

Manchester, 1939. On the eve of war Gracie Earnshaw is working in Rosenberg’s Raincoat factory – a job she hates – but her life is about to be turned upside down when she falls in love with Jacob, the boss’s charismatic nephew.

Through Jacob, with his ambitions to be a writer, Gracie glimpses another world: theatre, music and prejudice. But their forbidden romance is cut short when Jacob is arrested and tragedy unfolds.

Gracie struggles with heartbreak, danger and old family secrets, but the love of her first sweetheart comes back to her in an unexpected way giving her the chance of a new life and happiness.

 

What I’m Reading Next:

 

Co-parenting with her best friend. What could go wrong?

The next three decades of Abby Herbert’s life are as carefully planned out as the last three were. Best career ever? Check. Great friends, one of whom she lives with in a stunning Tribeca apartment? Check. Perfect man to share her dream family? Surely just a matter of time. But then she gets devastating news from her doctor—if she wants to get pregnant, she needs to get started on that by…well, yesterday. On the bright side, she has the perfect person in mind to be the father.

Tech entrepreneur Marcus Ross has been harboring decidedly not-friends feelings toward Abby. He doesn’t want to lose her and, knowing his feelings are one-sided, he’s been trying to move on. When he learns about the curveball Abby’s just been hit with, he promises to be there for her however she wants him to be, even if the idea of fatherhood is a little complicated for him right now. But it isn’t long until boundaries start to blur, and a deal struck between friends starts to turn into something perilously close to feelings that could change everything…

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up? How are your stats?

It’s Monday (March 11, 2019)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR #Books #Reading #TBRList

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week:

 

Title: Midnight at the Wandering Vineyard

Authors: Jamie Raintree

Immediate Thoughts: Evocative, affecting, and heartfelt!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: March 26, 2019

 

 

Title: It’s My Birthday

Authors: Hannah Pearl

Immediate Thoughts: Warm, encouraging, and poignant!

Rating: 7/10

Publication Date: March 19, 2019

 

 

Title: The Hookup Handbook

Author: Kendall Ryan

Immediate Thoughts: So good and super sexy!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: March 19, 2019

 

 

Title: The Glovemaker

Author: Ann Weisgarber

Immediate Thoughts: Unnerving, atmospheric, and insightful!

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: April 9, 2019

 

 

Title: My Sister is Missing

Author: Julia Barrett

Immediate Thoughts: Suspenseful, complicated, and twisty!

Rating: 6.5/10

Publication Date: March 14, 2019

 

 

What I’m Currently Reading:

 

Finding Hope at Hillside Farm is a heartwarming tale of loss, love and new beginnings by Rachael Lucas.

Hillside Farm, nestled in the rolling hills of the Welsh countryside, is a safe haven for Ella. Working with her aunt Bron, she runs her own business, sharing her love of horses to help those in emotional need. Living on the remote farm, and with just the horses and her aunt for company, Ella thinks she has finally found a place where she can forget her own past and find peace.

But the arrival of a small girl called Hope and her father Harry changes everything. As Ella helps the pair come to terms with their loss, she realizes she too deserves happiness. But is it too late to find it?

 

What I’m Reading Next:

 

They have the whole summer ahead of them. Is it enough to rekindle the friendship they once shared?

Harriet Greenleaf dreams of spending the summer in a beautiful ancient priory on the Somerset coast with her two best friends—but her dream is bittersweet. On the one hand, it’s a chance to reconnect three lives that have drifted apart; on the other, she has a devastating secret to share that will change everything between them forever.

First to arrive is Audrey—the workaholic who’s heading for a heart attack unless she slows down and makes time for herself. Then Lisa, the happy-go-lucky flirt who’s always struggled to commit to anyone—or anything. Ever the optimist, can Harriet remind them of the joy in their lives and the importance of celebrating good friendship before it’s gone?

Through the highs and lows of a long, glorious summer, these three women will rediscover what it means to be there for each other—before they face the hardest of goodbyes.

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up? How are your stats?

It’s Monday (March 4, 2019)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR #Books #Reading #TBRList

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week:

 

Title: Drawing Home

Authors: Jamie Brenner

Immediate Thoughts: Heart-tugging, tender, and sincere!

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: May 7, 2019

 

 

Title: The Island of Sea Women

Authors: Lisa See

Immediate Thoughts: Poignant, absorbing, and impactful!

Rating: 10/10

Publication Date: March 5, 2019

 

 

Title: Nothing But Trouble (Credence, Colorado #1)

Author: Amy Andrews

Immediate Thoughts: Charming, engaging, and fun!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: April 30, 2019

 

 

Title: The Disgraceful Lord Gray (The King’s Elite #3)

Author: Virginia Heath

Immediate Thoughts: Romantic, rousing, and entertaining!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: March 21, 2019

 

 

Title: Cemetery Road

Author: Greg Iles

Immediate Thoughts: Ominous, pacey, and tragic!

Rating: 8/10

Publication Date: March 5, 2019

 

 

What I’m Currently Reading:

 

The follow-up to Raintree’s sparkling debut Perfectly Undone, MIDNIGHT AT THE WANDERING VINEYARD brilliantly meshes the provocative relationship fiction of Jennifer Weiner with the nuanced family dynamics of Karen White in this story of a young woman who reconnects with her estranged best friend to complete their teenage bucket list, but the man who came between them years ago reappears to challenge their bond once again.

A young woman at a crossroads in her life returns home to her family’s vineyard in California when tragedy strikes and reconnects with her estranged childhood best friend. They decide to complete the bucket list they created the summer they were 18, the summer that saw their friendship torn apart. But when the man who came between them all those years ago reappears, it challenges their fragile new bond and pushes each woman to confront past hurts and buried truths.

 

What I’m Reading Next:

 

i’ll cry if I want to.

Oh boy, another birthday …

Karen could be excused for crying on her birthday, especially as it’s the first one since her husband got on a plane to the States and never came back. Then there’s the fact that her workmates were practically bribed to attend her birthday meal. But when a restaurant double booking leads to her sharing a table with single dad Elliot and his daughter, things start looking up.

As Karen gets to know Elliot she experiences feelings she thought she’d never have again. But is it enough? Or will the thing that destroyed Karen’s previous relationship also ruin things with Elliot?

 

Have you read any of my upcoming reads? What do you have coming up? How are your stats?

It’s Monday (February 25, 2019)! What Are You Reading! #IMWAYR #Books #Reading #TBRList

 

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.

 

So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:

 

What I Read Last Week:

 

Title: The Lieutenant’s Nurse

Authors: Sara Ackerman

Immediate Thoughts: Poignant, romantic, and incredibly absorbing!

Rating: 10/10

Publication Date: March 5, 2019

 

 

Title: Force of Nature (Aaron Falk #2)

Authors: Jane Harper

Immediate Thoughts: Solid, compelling, and menacing! 

Rating: 8.5/10

Publication Date: February 6, 2018

 

 

Title: Then Came You (Laws of Attraction #3)

Author: Kate Meader

Immediate Thoughts: Sincere, steamy, and emotional!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: May 7, 2019

 

 

Title: Boyfriend for Hire

Author: Kendall Ryan

Immediate Thoughts: Sweet, seductive, and sexy!

Rating: 9/10

Publication Date: February 19, 2019

 

 

What I’m Currently Reading:

 

An unexpected inheritance, a promise broken, and four lives changed forever: the newest page-turner from USA Today bestselling author Jamie Brenner.
 

Summer has started in idyllic Sag Harbor, and for Emma Mapson that means greeting guests at the front desk of The American Hotel. But when one of the town’s most famous residents, artist Henry Wyatt, dies suddenly, Emma learns he has mysteriously left his waterfront home – a self-designed masterpiece filled with his work – to her teenage daughter, Penny.

Back in Manhattan, legendary art patron Bea Winstead’s grief at her lifelong friend and former business partner Henry’s passing turns to outrage at the news of his shocking bequest. How did these unknown locals get their hands on the estate? Bea, with her devoted assistant Kyle in tow, descends on Sag Harbor determined to reclaim the house and preserve Henry’s legacy.

While Emma fights to defend her daughter’s inheritance, Bea discovers that Henry left a treasure trove of sketches scattered around town. With Penny’s reluctant help, Bea pieces them together to find a story hidden in plain sight: an illustration of their shared history with an unexpected twist that will change all of their lives.

Drawn together in their battle for the house, Emma and Bea are forced to confront the past while facing a future that challenges everything they believe about love, fate, and family.

 

What I’m Reading Next:

 

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy returns with an electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a small Mississippi town.

When Marshall McEwan left his hometown at age eighteen, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away ultimately spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington D.C. But just as the political chaos in the nation’s capital lifts him to new heights, Marshall is forced to return home in spite of his boyhood vow.

His father is dying, his mother is struggling to keep the family newspaper from failing, and the town is in the midst of an economic rebirth that might be built upon crimes that reach into the state capitol—and perhaps even to Washington. More disturbing still, Marshall’s high school sweetheart, Jet, has married into the family of Max Matheson, patriarch of one of the families that rule Bienville through a shadow organization called the Bienville Poker Club.

When archeologist Buck McKibben is murdered at a construction site, Bienville is thrown into chaos. The ensuing homicide investigation is soon derailed by a second crime that rocks the community to its core. Power broker Max Matheson’s wife has been shot dead in her own bed, and the only other person in it at the time was her husband, Max. Stranger still, Max demands that his daughter-on-law, Jet, defend him in court.

As a journalist, Marshall knows all too well how the corrosive power of money and politics can sabotage investigations. Without telling a soul, he joins forces with Jet, who has lived for fifteen years at the heart of Max Matheson’s family, and begins digging into both murders. With Jet walking the dangerous road of an inside informer, they soon uncover a web of criminal schemes that undergird the town’s recent success. But these crimes pale in comparison to the secret at the heart of the Matheson family. When those who have remained silent for years dare to speak to Marshall, pressure begins to build like water against a crumbling dam.

Marshall loses friends, family members, and finally even Jet, for no one in Bienville seems willing to endure the reckoning that the Poker Club has long deserved. And by the time Marshall grasps the long-buried truth, he would give almost anything not to have to face it.

 

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