REVIEW: Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
Womens Fiction published by Pamela Dorman Books 07 Feb 23
Sam’s life is falling apart on all fronts when she accidentally steps into Nisha’s six-inch-high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes. What an exciting trope, but alas….
Sandy M’s review of REVIEW: Caraval Series by Stephanie Garber
Young Adult Fantasy published by Flatiron Books 2017-2019
This series was a wild ride. It started off as this fun little carnival game and then morphed into this crazy world that was all over the place. I loved all the craziness and magic though.
REVIEW: The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams by M.J. Rose
Romantic Suspense published by Blue Box Press 07 Feb 23
During the Nazi occupation of France, many French people joined the resistance. This is a story of two intrepid women who hid in plain sight and helped hundreds of Jewish families escape the persecution and death that awaited them at Nazi hands. Skillfully blending the past and the present, Ms. Rose takes readers on a spine-tingling journey of murder and revenge. Superb story telling.
REVIEW: Jasper Vale by Devney Perry
Contemporary Romance published by Devney Perry 31 Jan 23
It’s always sad for a romance reader when a favorite series nears its end. This is the fourth book in the Eden family series, with one more book after that to go. Saying goodbye to this family is going to be difficult. The only silver lining is Devney Perry’s fans know whatever flows from her pen next will be worth a bit of sadness now while waiting for excitement later on.
REVIEW: Six of Crows Duology by Leigh Bardugo
Fantasy published by Square Fish 15 Oct 18
Complete 180 from Shadow and Bone! The plot had me hooked from the beginning and I absolutely adored this duology.
REVIEW: Recovery Road by Christine Feehan
Contemporary Romance published by Berkley 24 Jan 23
This series holds an unwilling fascination for me. Every book I read I tell myself is the last, but then I come back for more because, despite the darkness, I’m now vested in the characters. Given the back story of group, darkness is a given, and yet this book is perhaps one of the best in the series as far as the story line: the gutsy heroine who will challenge all comers and a man who claws himself out of his darkness to embrace the light and love to the bottom of his heart.
REVIEW: The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges
Stevie‘s review of The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges
Contemporary Magical Realism published by Berkley 24 Jan 23
I have a long-standing love for dollhouses and miniature dioramas, so this book looked very much like something I would enjoy reading. Myra Malone inherited a dollhouse and furnishings (but no dolls) from her grandfather’s second wife, who died in a car crash when Myra was five. Badly injured in the same accident, Myra has hardly left the cabin in which she lives with her mother since leaving the hospital six months later, almost thirty years ago. There are magical aspects to the dollhouse: accessories, items of furniture, and even whole rooms appear and disappear without warning; music plays from the house, especially at night. Myra feels as if the house is telling her what it wants. When Myra’s mother confesses that their cabin is about to be repossessed due to her overspending on the high-end fashion items she hoards, Myra’s saved income from freelance writing isn’t going to be enough to save them. However, Myra’s best friend, Gwen, suggests they hold a series of competitions for followers of Myra’s blog, with the main prize a chance for the winner to see the house for themselves. Enter Alex…
REVIEW: Dreamland Billionaires Series by Lauren Asher
Contemporary Romance published by Lauren Asher 8 Jul 21
This series is if Walt Disney had three grumpy great grandsons and each one has to fall in love in order to get his inheritance. Those aren’t the exact rules, but you get the gist.
REVIEW: The Reluctant Countess by Eloisa James
Historical Romance published by Avon 29 Nov 22
The last thing the very proper Earl of Lilford needs in his life is to be associated with the so-very-unproper Lady Yasmin, and yet he gives in to temptation night after night by dancing the first waltz of the evening with her. It’s definitely against his and his family’s best interests to take that relationship any further, but the heart wants what the heart wants.
