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Giveaway: The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag
Distraught that her academic career has stalled, Alba is walking through her hometown of Cambridge, England, when she finds herself in front of a house she’s never seen before, 11 Hope Street. A beautiful older woman named Peggy greets her and invites her to stay, on the house’s usual conditions: she has ninety-nine nights to turn her life around. With nothing left to lose, Alba takes a chance and moves in. She soon discovers that this is no ordinary house. Past residents have included George Eliot and Beatrix Potter, who, after receiving the assistance they needed, hung around to help newcomers—literally, in talking portraits on the wall. As she escapes…
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Special Feature: Release Day Return to Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia
If you have been a follower of my blog for any length of time, you will recognize this author as one of frequent reads! I was first introduced to Debra Anastasia with her novel Poughkeepsie which I read a couple of years ago and fell in love with. Since reading Poughkeepsie, I have also enjoyed reading Anastasia’s other books, Crush Seraphim and Bittersweet Seraphim. This week, Anastasia will be releasing yet another book that I will be reading for review shortly, Return to Poughkeepsie. This novel is available for purchase on 12/30! Be sure to check it out and spread the word on this thrilling new installment! Here is a sneak…
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Special Feature: Upcoming Holiday Reading Michele Gorman’s Christmas Carol
I always try and post about new upcoming cover reveals, author chats, and other literary related events and I know a lot of you are out there looking for new for your holiday reading lists! So I thought this sounded like a cheeky book to add to your holiday reading! Michele Gorman’s Christmas Carol is coming down the chimney on October 24th! Gorman is also the author of the hilarious chick lit series, Single in the City. This latest novella is a wickedly funny re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Here is a summary of the novella: One winter wedding, two happy couples, three ex-boyfriends… And a very uncomfortable weekend. Carol hates Christmas. Being…
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Review: The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
1916 occupied France, a young artist named Edouard LeFevre, leaves his wife, Sophie, to fight in the Great War. Before he left, he painted her portrait and titled it ‘The Girl You Left Behind’. This painting has become her most prized possession. When her husband and is imprisoned, Sophie clings to the painting. Unfortunately the painting is admired by many in the small village…particularly the local Kommandant. He not only falls in love with the painting but with the real life subject as well and essentially holds Sophie captive. Sophie is soon faced with some tough decisions. She loves her husband desperately but she is stuck in an awkward situation with the Kommandant’s attention.…
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Review: Covet by Tracey Garvis-Graves
What if the life you wanted, and the woman you fell in love with, belonged to someone else? Claire Canton is your typical suburban housewife. Her and her husband Chris live in a nice house in a nice suburb with their two kids. Claire is a freelance graphic designer and holds down the household while Chris is out bringing home the big pay check. Until he loses his job. A year passes and before they know it, Claire and Chris’s marriage is in serious trouble. Chris continues to pull away from Claire while Claire becomes increasingly lonely. One afternoon Claire gets pulled over by Officer Daniel Rush….who happens to be…
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Review: Astor Place Vintage by Stephanie Lehmann
New York City has always been known for its diversity and innovation. It’s a city in a perpetual state of movement and change. In a little shop in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, vintage clothing store owner, Amanda, finds her life in utter chaos. She is about to turn thirty nine, no children and no husband….in fact she is actually having a long standing affair with a married man. Not to mention she is on the brink of financial ruin. But rather than do anything about her sorry state, she is more or less ignoring it all together. Amanda gets a call from an older woman who is dying of cancer…
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Giveaway: The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice
If you are looking for a sweeping novel to carry you away this summer, than this is the novel for you! Not 100% sure about the novel yet? Simply check out an except from the novel in the guest post! If that doesn’t entice you then check out my review! This novel is a refreshing tale or love, loss, self discovery, and the power of compassion and friendship! Thanks to the publisher, I am thrilled to be able to offer a copy of The Lemon Orchard and a tote bag for your enjoyment! Giveaway runs 7/1/13 to 7/8/13 Winners will be announced 7/9/13. (how to enter) On this blog you…
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Review: The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice
Sometimes people come into your life and show you exactly what you have been missing. These people may only be in your life for a short time or they might stay forever but they are meant to shape you, change you and guide you in directions that you might never have done without them. These special people are meant to help you through difficult times, and often bring joy where there was once only sadness. Julia Hughes has lived through an unimaginable tragedy, the death of her only child and husband. For five years she has been reliving the event over and over again, she has becoming listless and depressed.
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Guest Post: The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice
After reading and reviewing this stunning new novel just in time for summer, the author Luanne Rice was able to provide us with a sneak peak from The Lemon Orchard! If you haven’t read this book yet, it’s a great one to read on those balmy summer nights on your patio with a glass of soothing lemon aide! Be sure to enter the giveaway for a chance to win a copy of The Lemon Orchard! Here is an excerpt from The Lemon Orchard…
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Review: And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily #1) by Tasha Alexander
Lady Emily Ashford is not in love with her new husband, the Viscount Philip Ashford. In fact she hardly knows him. So when she receives word that her husband died on safari in Africa, she can hardly morn a man she barely knows. Emily married Philip to escape the constraints of her family and hoped that marriage would provide that. Now that she is a widow, she finds she has even more freedom than she did as a wife. All of London society can’t stop singing the praises of Lord Ashford to Emily which makes her uncomfortable, but in an effort to at least try and morn the stranger she…
