Murder And Moonshine: A Mystery Author: Carol Miller Category: Mystery Publisher: Minotaur Books Release Date: 12-17-13 All small towns have secrets—and plenty of them—as every small town waitress knows. Daisy is no different. A young, recently-separated waitress at H&P’s Diner in sleepy southwestern Virginia, she hears more than her fair share of neighborhood gossip while […]
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Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Forever, Interrupted Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Category: Women’s Fiction Publisher: Washington Square Press Release Date: 7-9-13 Elsie Porter is an average twentysomething and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year’s Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one. She isn’t expecting to see anyone else […]
Brooklyn Girls by Gemma Burgess
Brooklyn Girls Author: Gemma Burgess Category: Fiction Publisher: St. Martin Release Date: 7-2-13 So what is a recent grad with an art history degree and an unfortunate history of Facebook topless photos to do? Start a food truck business of course! Pia takes on the surprisingly cutthroat Brooklyn world of hybrid lettuce growers, artisanal yogurt makers […]
Gameboard Of The Gods by Richelle Mead
Gameboard of the Gods Author: Richelle Mead Category: Fiction Publisher: Dutton Release Date: 6-4-13 In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen comes to bring […]
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Klein
Orphan Train Author: Christina Baker Klein Category: Fiction Format: eGalley Publisher: William Morrow Release Date: 4-2-13 Nearly eighteen, Molly Ayer knows she has one last chance. Just months from “aging out” of the child welfare system, and close to being kicked out of her foster home, a community service position helping an elderly woman clean […]
Ex Libris Audio: Heart Like Mine
Find out more information about this feature and my ratings here. Heart Like Mine Author: Amy Hatvany Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Performance: Good Available Now Thirty-six-year-old Grace McAllister never longed for children. But when she meets Victor Hansen, a handsome, charismatic divorced restaurateur who is father to Max and Ava, Grace decides that, for the right […]
A Conspiracy of Alchemists by Liesel Schwarz
A Conspiracy of Alchemists (The Chronicles of Light & Shadow #1) Author: Liesel Schwarz Category: Fiction Publisher: Del Rey Release Date: 3-5-13 It is 1903, and the world is divided between light and shadow. On the side of light is a wondrous science that has transformed everyday life by harnessing magical energies to ingenious new […]
Far From Here by Nicole Baart
Far From Here Author: Nicole Baart Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Publisher: Howard Books Release Date: 2-7-12 Danica Greene has always hated flying, so it was almost laughable that the boy of her dreams was a pilot. She married him anyway and together, she and Etsell settled into a life where love really did seem to […]
The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott
The Dressmaker Author: Kate Alcott Genre: Historical Fiction< Publisher: Doubleday Release Date: 2-21-12 Tess Collins was determined to escape a life of servitude in England and wanted something more. With her sewing skills as her ticket out, she manages to get hired as a maid for Lady Lucile Duff Gordon, a famous designer. Tess is […]
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
The Sugar Queen Author: Sarah Addison Allen Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Publisher: Bantam Release Date: 5-20-08 At the age of 27, Josy lives a life that involves caring for her mother and playing the role of the dutiful daughter of one of the town’s most well known families. When Della Lee Baker appears in her […]