Nancy's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 22 Mar 2025 11:01:05 -0700 60 Nancy's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Ferris 196126055 The masterful Kate DiCamillo has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real love story about a girl, a ghost, a grandmother, and growing up.

It’s the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris’s mother’s chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. And Charisse, Ferris’s grandmother, has started seeing a ghost at the threshold of her room, which seems like an alarming omen given that she is also feeling unwell. But the ghost is not there to usher Charisse to the Great Beyond. Rather, she has other plans—wild, impractical, illuminating plans. How can Ferris satisfy a specter with Pinky terrorizing the town, Uncle Ted sending Ferris to spy on her aunt, and her father battling an invasion of raccoons?

As Charisse likes to say, “Every good story is a love story,� and Kate DiCamillo has written one for the emotionally resonant and healing, showing the two-time Newbery Medalist at her most playful, universal, and profound.]]> 240 Kate DiCamillo 153623737X Nancy 0 to-read 4.49 2024 Ferris
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]]> <![CDATA[Mutts & Magnolias (South Carolina Sunsets, #9)]]> 59117813
A new resident moves to town to take over his late grandfather's veterinary business. Will he find the love of his life or a woman who drives him nuts?

Meanwhile, Dawson and Julie find out some disturbing news about their son.

Janine and William anxiously wait for a birthmother to choose them. Will the adoption process go smoothly?

Tabatha is almost finished with her pregnancy, but she still hasn't decided whether to keep her baby or pursue adoption.

Celeste gets an amazing surprise from Ben as he tries to woo her.

As usual, this small town romantic women's fiction series won't disappoint! If you're looking for emotion, strong family bonds, friendships, and feel-good vibes, South Carolina Sunsets is the series for you!]]> 224 Rachel Hanna Nancy 0 to-read 4.40 2022 Mutts & Magnolias (South Carolina Sunsets, #9)
author: Rachel Hanna
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]]> <![CDATA[Colony One (The Elderon Chronicles, #1)]]> 39925593 From the author of The Fringe comes a riveting new adventure in space.

Maggie Barnes is at the end of her rope. She’s young and broke living in New York, and her newspaper job has been taken by robots. When she’s offered a job aboard the first civilian space colony, Maggie thinks it’s her lucky break.

For Jonah Wyatt, the Space Force is his last shot at a military career. After years of tracking down the members of a deadly cyberterrorism ring, he was discharged from the army and stuck toning the asses of LA’s elite. Now this disgraced combat specialist is headed to space.

At first glance, Elderon seems to be a futuristic utopia: Bots do the laundry, meat comes from a lab, and the latest technology expands the scope of human capability. But as Maggie digs deeper, she realizes that Elderon is not at all what it seems. When she receives a tip from an unknown source, she’ll go undercover to learn the truth and place herself in the crosshairs of an all-out war.]]> 334 Tarah Benner Nancy 0 to-read 3.93 2018 Colony One (The Elderon Chronicles, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Meant for Each Other (Tybee Island #1)]]> 37571722
After six months of nonstop traveling, Trey is happy to trade living on the road for the peace and quiet of Tybee Island. In such surroundings, he should be able to work undisturbed. These plans are interrupted by the appearance of a former student. Running into Kirsten is a disturbance of the worst kind: a reminder of an encounter he hasn’t been able to forget.

Author’s note: This is a revised and expanded version of a novella published years ago under a different title and pen name. It takes place before the events of Dream of Me.
]]> 209 Delaney Cameron Nancy 0 to-read 4.20 Meant for Each Other (Tybee Island #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Can’t Run (A Nora Price Mystery #1)]]> 201372477 FBI agent Nora Price is haunted by the childhood memory of being abducted with her sister by a notorious serial killer—and escaping while her sister was never found. When a case eerily similar to her own arises, Nora is determined to see if it’s the same killer—and if her sister is still alive�

“This is an excellent book� When you start reading, be sure you don’t have to wake up early!�
—Reader review for The Killing Game
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CAN’T RUN is book #1 in a new series by #1 bestselling mystery and suspense author Kate Bold, whose bestseller NOT ME (a free download) has received over 1,500 five star ratings and reviews.

A page-turning and harrowing crime thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured FBI agent, the NORA PRICE series is a riveting mystery, packed with non-stop action, suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you flipping pages late into the night. Fans of Rachel Caine, Teresa Driscoll, and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love.

Future books in the series are now available.

“This book moved very fast and every page was exciting. Plenty of dialogue, you absolutely love the characters, and you were rooting for the good guy throughout the whole story� I look forward to reading the next in the series.�
—Reader review for The Killing Game
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“Kate did an amazing job on this book and I was hooked from the first chapter!�
—Reader review for The Killing Game
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“I really enjoyed this book. The characters were authentic, and I see the bad guys as something we hear about daily on the news... Looking forward to book 2.�
—Reader review for The Killing Game
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“This was a really good book. The main characters were real, flawed and human. The story went along quickly and wasn't mired in too many unnecessary details. I really enjoyed it.�
—Reader review for The Killing Game
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“Alexa Chase is headstrong, impatient, but most of all brave with a capital B. She never, repeat never, backs down until the bad guys are put where they belong. Clearly five stars!�
—Reader review for The Killing Game
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“Captivating and riveting serial murder with a twist of the macabre� Very well done.�
—Reader review for The Killing Game
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“WOW what a great read! Talk about a diabolical killer! Really enjoyed this book. Looking forward to reading others by this author as well.�
—Reader review for The Killing Game
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“Page turner for sure. Great characters and relationships. I got into the middle of this story and couldn’t put it down. Looking forward to more from Kate Bold.�
—Reader review for The Killing Game
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“Hard to put down. It has an excellent plot and has the right amount of suspense. I really enjoyed this book.�
—Reader review for The Killing Game
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“Extremely well written, and well worth buying and reading.]]> 151 Kate Bold Nancy 0 to-read 4.16 Can’t Run (A Nora Price Mystery #1)
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]]> This Place of Wonder 59616468
When famed chef Augustus Beauvais dies, he leaves behind a celebrated reputation―and four women grappling with loss, anger, pain, and the question of how the world will turn without him�

Meadow, the ex-wife with whom Augustus built an empire―and a family―still holds a place for him in her heart, even as she continues to struggle with his infidelities, which ended their twenty-year marriage. More unforgiving is Maya, his estranged daughter, who’s recently out of rehab but finally ready to reclaim her life. Norah, his latest girlfriend, sidelined her own career for unexpected love and a life of luxury, both of which are now gone with Augustus. And then there’s Rory, Meadow’s daughter, the voice of calm and reason in a chorus of discontent.

As Meadow, Maya, Norah, and Rory are flung together by tragedy, grief, and secrets yet to be revealed, they must accept―or turn away from―the legacy of great intentions and bad decisions Augustus left them. And when the circumstances around his death are called into question, their conflicted feelings become even more complicated. But moving forward is the only choice they have, and to do so, they’ll need to rely on family, friendship, and inner strength.

Set on the stunning, rugged California coastline, This Place of Wonder is an emotional, lush, and empowering story of four women finding their way in a changed world―and what a wondrous journey it will be.]]> 316 Barbara O'Neal Nancy 0 to-read 4.28 2022 This Place of Wonder
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]]> <![CDATA[Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)]]> 199372842
Myron Bolitar and Windsor Horne Lockwood III� reunite to find a dead man come back to life in this gripping thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Will Find You.

Former basketball star Myron Bolitar has barely restarted his agency for sports stars and celebrities when two federal agents walk into his office, asking for answers. Assuming they want to talk about the highly publicized Callister murders—of which he and Win know nothing, other than what's been saturating the news lately—he's stunned when, instead, they demand to know where Greg Downing is.

Greg, a former NBA player-turned-beloved-coach, was an old client of Myron’s, one of his very first. The reason for Myron's surprise is simple: Greg Downing died three years ago.

But according to these federal agents, Greg is still alive—and somehow involved in the Callister case.

Before his death, Greg made some strange money moves, but nothing about his reappearance makes any sense. As Myron and Win investigate, they're also surprised to uncover a seemingly related case where someone was murdered. Then another. And another. Is Greg alive? And if he is, where is he? And ultimately, are they looking for Greg? Or are they looking for a dangerously clever serial killer?]]> 352 Harlan Coben Nancy 0 to-read 4.51 2024 Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)
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]]> Eternal 54783425 #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline offers a sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true events, the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome...in the creeping shadow of fascism.

What war destroys, only love can heal.

Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro a Jewish mathematics prodigy, kind-hearted and thoughtful, the son of a lawyer and a doctor. Their friendship blossoms to love, with both Sandro and Marco hoping to win Elisabetta's heart. But in the autumn of 1937, all of that begins to change as Mussolini asserts his power, aligning Italy's Fascists with Hitler's Nazis and altering the very laws that govern Rome. In time, everything that the three hold dear--their families, their homes, and their connection to one another--is tested in ways they never could have imagined.

As anti-Semitism takes legal root and World War II erupts, the threesome realizes that Mussolini was only the beginning. The Nazis invade Rome, and with their occupation come new atrocities against the city's Jews, culminating in a final, horrific betrayal. Against this backdrop, the intertwined fates of Elisabetta, Marco, Sandro, and their families will be decided, in a heartbreaking story of both the best and the worst that the world has to offer.

Unfolding over decades, Eternal is a tale of loyalty and loss, family and food, love and war--all set in one of the world's most beautiful cities at its darkest moment. This moving novel will be forever etched in the hearts and minds of readers.]]> 480 Lisa Scottoline 0525539778 Nancy 0 to-read 4.44 2021 Eternal
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]]> <![CDATA[Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There]]> 177058755 For fans of Thinking Fast and Slow and The Power of Habit, a groundbreaking new study of how disrupting our well-worn routines, both good and bad, can rejuvenate our days and reset our brains to allow us to live happier and more fulfilling lives.

Have you ever noticed that what is thrilling on Monday tends to become boring on Friday? Even exciting relationships, stimulating jobs, and breathtaking works of art lose their sparkle after a while. People stop noticing what is most wonderful in their own lives. They also stop noticing what is terrible. They get used to dirty air. They stay in abusive relationships. People grow to accept authoritarianism and take foolish risks. They become unconcerned by their own misconduct, blind to inequality, and are more liable to believe misinformation than ever before.

But what if we could find a way to see everything anew? What if you could regain sensitivity, not only to the great things in your life, but also to the terrible things you stopped noticing and so don’t try to change?

Now, neuroscience professor Tali Sharot and Harvard law professor (and presidential advisor) Cass R. Sunstein investigate why we stop noticing both the great and not-so-great things around us and how to “dishabituate� at the office, in the bedroom, at the store, on social media, and in the voting booth. This groundbreaking work, based on decades of research in the psychological and biological sciences, illuminates how we can reignite the sparks of joy, innovate, and recognize where improvements urgently need to be made. The key to this disruption—to seeing, feeling, and noticing again—is change. By temporarily changing your environment, changing the rules, changing the people you interact with—or even just stepping back and imagining change—you regain sensitivity, allowing you to more clearly identify the bad and more deeply appreciate the good.]]> 282 Tali Sharot 166800822X Nancy 0 to-read 3.83 2024 Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There
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]]> <![CDATA[Work Wife (The Jilted Wives Club, #3)]]> 57010612
When men let you down, nothing’s better than a bourbon straight up.

Margo has no time for games. A workaholic businesswoman in a male-dominated industry can’t afford any. After a failed attempt at marriage, she’s chosen to keep her affairs with men casual� with no strings and no expectations.

Aiden has no time for complications. Working two jobs, co-parenting an active little boy, and helping out on his family’s farm hasn’t left him much time for relationships. And with one divorce under his belt, he has little desire to try again.

Margo will never be a Work Wife again, but there’s something about Aiden that makes her want to let down some walls and see what happens.

Can Margo and Aiden find room in their lives for each other, or will Margo be left with nothing but a bourbon straight up?]]> 196 Bethany Lopez 1954655061 Nancy 0 to-read 4.18 Work Wife (The Jilted Wives Club, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[This Was Meant To Find You: When You Needed It Most]]> 124056440 204 Charlotte Freeman Nancy 0 to-read 4.43 This Was Meant To Find You: When You Needed It Most
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]]> A Summer to Remember 57693109 Erika Montgomery's A Summer to Remember is "an unforgettable tale of love, loss and finding your place that glitters as brightly as the golden age of Hollywood."--Kristy Woodson Harvey, USA Today Bestselling author of Feels Like Falling

Best Debut Novels of Spring and Summer *Library Journal * Fresh Fiction * Booktrib

For thirty-year-old Frankie Simon, selling movie memorabilia in the shop she opened with her late mother on Hollywood Boulevard is more than just her livelihood—it’s an enduring connection to the only family she has ever known. But when a mysterious package arrives containing a photograph of her mother and famous movie stars Glory Cartwright and her husband at a coastal film festival the year before Frankie’s birth, her life begins to unravel in ways unimaginable.

What begins is a journey along a path revealing buried family secrets, betrayals between lovers, bonds between friends. And for Frankie, as the past unlocks the present, the chance to learn that memories define who we are, and that they can show us the meaning of home and the magic of true love.

Experience the salty breeze of a Cape Cod summer as it sweeps through this sparkling, romantic, and timeless debut novel tinged with a love of old Hollywood.

“The perfect read for summer. A novel with depth, real emotions, lyrical writing, and flawed characters with whom to fall in love.�--New York Times bestselling author Karen White]]> 320 Erika Montgomery 1250274095 Nancy 0 to-read 4.09 2021 A Summer to Remember
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]]> When We Were Widows 207644401 In this heartfelt story about finding love in loss, three widows are forced under the same roof, where they’ll need to overcome grief, anger, and old secrets to put their family back together.

Since her husband’s death six months ago, Yesica Diaz-Taylor seems to be taking her grief in stride. Then an angry outburst at work shatters the illusion. Her mandated support group counseling doesn’t help much. Yesica has always kept her feelings close, so even when an unlikely friendship blossoms with the group’s facilitator, she still has reasons for holding back. She’s just not ready to share.

Ana Diaz has been widowed for five years and continues to live life exactly as she did with her late husband. When her house floods, she’s forced to shake things up. Although it was never part of her plan, Ana moves in with her eldest daughter, Yesica. But the new living arrangement tests their already strained relationship.

Shadowed by unresolved tensions, Yesica, Ana, and matriarch Mama Melda must learn to share a home, their heartbreak, and, once and for all, the haunting family secrets that have kept them apart.]]> 268 Annette Chavez Macias 1662521480 Nancy 0 to-read 4.16 2024 When We Were Widows
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]]> <![CDATA[Forgetting Her: An Enemies To Lovers Romance (Love's Obsession)]]> 219293838 I'm the marketing genius he needs.
But this project just got way too personal.

One minute we're arguing over property designs.
The next, we're trapped in a rainstorm, clothes soaking wet.
His muscled body presses me against the wall.
Heat flares between us, threatening to consume everything.

But I can't let him in.
Not when he says he doesn't want to settle down.
Not when I'm carrying his child.

Now he's lost his memory, and I'm running out of time.
Can I trust him with my heart again, or will history repeat itself?]]> 302 Shayla Frost Nancy 0 to-read 4.40 Forgetting Her: An Enemies To Lovers Romance (Love's Obsession)
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]]> This Was Written for You 220842444 This book is different.

WHAT IF THERE WERE A PART OF YOU THAT YOU KNEW NOTHING ABOUT?

"This was written for you" is a story that was found among the possessions of a wealthy book collector after their death.

Its discovery captivated those who found it.

The typed manuscript had been bound into a leather journal (shown on the cover) and stored alongside first editions of some of the most famous works of literature. No other copy of this text is known to exist. *For the first time, it is now available to the public.* Don’t miss your chance to read it.

This book is an exact transcript of what was discovered in that leather journal—a wild philosophical adventure about an imaginary version of yourself who is jealous that you are real.

Determined to be real as well, they embark upon a journey that leads them to the enchanting fields of an eccentric cult and onwards into a manipulative and dangerous experiment that blurs the boundaries between body and mind. As they discover more about the limits of their existence, they learn something about themselves. Something very strange. Something that they struggle to believe, even though it’s clearly true.

This magical book delves into the profound human desire to understand who we are. Maybe, just maybe, we are far more extraordinary than we ever dared to dream.

***
"This was written for you" breaks the boundaries between fiction and reality� it is a story within a story where the lines between reader, writer, narrator, and character disappear. This is not a conventional novel. Everyone is part of the action and it is written by whoever is reading it, as they read.

Part fantasy, part magical realism, part philosophy, and part metafiction, this book explores the power of reading, the transcendent nature of imagination and the miracle of consciousness itself. At its core, it is a book about existence.

For some, it is a supernatural book. For others, it is heretical. But for most, it is a remarkable work of literature that could so easily have been lost forever.]]> 266 Anonymous Nancy 0 to-read 3.61 This Was Written for You
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment]]> 6512869 258 Eckhart Tolle Nancy 0 to-read 4.32 1997 The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
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]]> Holiday Tides (Wilks Beach) 218531145 Don’t get caught kissing Surfing Santa beneath the mistletoe.

When I moved back to my cozy little beach town, I wasn’t expecting to be next-door to Nick Watson—my former rival. Especially now that he’s an annoyingly attractive renovation foreman who surfs in a custom Santa-red wetsuit.

To be clear, I’m not falling for his charm. Nope. Not happening. I don’t care how many things he fixes in my crumbling cottage or how good he looks while using power tools. I’ve got a boyfriend, thank you very much, even if our relationship is more strained than a tree branch overloaded with ornaments.

But Nick seems determined to prove he’s not the same man who used to torment me. As the town goes full holiday mode—with tree lightings, Christmas parties, and a competitive karaoke contest—I start to see Nick’s softer side, making it impossible to ignore the sizzling tension between us.

With Christmas just days away, it’s time to make a choice—stick with the guy who’s wrong for me or take a chance on the one who’s been right next door all along.

Enjoy the playful banter, mistletoe kisses, and all the Christmas feels of this former rivals, small town, closed-door/kisses-only holiday novella by grabbing your copy TODAY!
Holiday Tides is a standalone novella that shares characters with the Wilks Beach novels.]]> 170 Laura Langa Nancy 0 to-read 4.17 Holiday Tides (Wilks Beach)
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]]> <![CDATA[More Than Pancakes (Maple Leaf #1)]]> 22379768
Rick Stannard makes maple syrup and builds barns in the peace and quiet of picturesque Vermont. Noisy New York City nearly killed him a few years back, and now he lives a calm, simple life with his coyote, Poe, and his beloved book collection. It’s the only way he’s guaranteed to wake up each morning.

When Lily marches her expensive boots onto Rick’s land and proposes turning it into a mega resort, the serenity of the woods is shattered. Lily always closes a deal. Rick never intends to sell. They’ll need to compromise, or someone else will do it for them. Someone who is not afraid of the woods or the city.

Or spilling a little blood.]]> 378 Christine DePetrillo Nancy 0 to-read 3.88 2014 More Than Pancakes (Maple Leaf #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wrong Bridesmaid (Cold Springs #1)]]> 60853137 Opposites don’t just attract—they ignite—in a flirty against-all-odds romance by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Lauren Landish.

Wyatt Ford hightailed it out of Cold Springs to get away from his influential family and the unwanted privilege that came with it. Returning for his brother’s wedding dredges up every reason he left. One unexpected bright spot: a curvy knockout who slings burgers, hustles pool…and hates the last name Ford.

Hazel Sullivan is fiercely independent and happy to be maid of honor for her best friend’s wedding, but she isn’t looking for romance. Especially not with a man whose family is dividing her town into a battleground with their development plans. Fighting the family is easy. Fighting Wyatt? Not so much. Why does the enemy have to be so drop-dead gorgeous?

The sparks that fly between Hazel and Wyatt might start out as combat, but one kiss and it’s total surrender. How is a happy ever after even possible for two people with so little in common? Except, of course, for an overwhelming attraction and that growing temptation to say “I do� themselves.]]> 296 Lauren Landish 1662507402 Nancy 0 to-read 3.91 2022 The Wrong Bridesmaid (Cold Springs #1)
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]]> This Is How It Always Is 43364981 An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here and here.

This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them.

This is how a family lives happily ever after…until happily ever after becomes complicated.

This is how children change…and then change the world.

This is Claude. He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being a princess.

When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl.

Rosie and Penn want Claude to be whoever Claude wants to be. They’re just not sure they’re ready to share that with the world. Soon the entire family is keeping Claude’s secret. Until one day it explodes.

This Is How It Always Is is a novel about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. And it’s about the ways this is how it always is: Change is always hard and miraculous and hard again, parenting is always a leap into the unknown with crossed fingers and full hearts, children grow but not always according to plan. And families with secrets don’t get to keep them forever.

"This is a novel everyone should read. It’s brilliant. It’s bold. And it’s time.�
―Elizabeth George, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Banquet of Consequences]]> 338 Laurie Frankel Nancy 0 to-read 4.36 2017 This Is How It Always Is
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]]> A Sign of Her Own 147980908
Ellen Lark is faced with a dilemma. After losing her sense of hearing as a child, she’s learned from the best deaf school teachers, including Alexander Graham Bell. She is initially enamored by his charisma for teaching and unique mind for inventing, and becomes his close confidante. But after learning about Bell’s past, she has a new story to tell—that Bell has betrayed her and the deaf community in his work on the telephone.

When a rival inventor disputes his right to the patent, Bell asks Ellen to speak up publicly in his defense as his gifted former student. Ellen knows that this is her one opportunity to tell the true story—her story—but to do so will risk her engagement, her future prospects and will defy her mother’s last wish for her.

Inspired by journals kept by Alexander Graham Bell's real deaf students, A Sign of Her Own casts new light on the inventor and the invention that would forever change how we communicate.]]> 396 Sarah Marsh Nancy 0 to-read 3.56 2024 A Sign of Her Own
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]]> <![CDATA[The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life]]> 42845199 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER � An engaging, deeply researched guide to flourishing in a world of increasing stress and negativity—the inspiration for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time “Powerful [and] charming . . . A book for just about anyone . . . The philosophies in this book are easily the best wire frames to build a happy and successful life.”—Medium Happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to change; it is the realization that we can. Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that once we succeed, we’ll be happy; that once we get that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But the science reveals this formula to be Happiness fuels success, not the other way around.Research shows that happy employees are more productive, more creative, and better problem solvers than their unhappy peers. And positive people are significantly healthier and less stressed and enjoy deeper social interaction than the less positive people around them.Drawing on original research—including one of the largest studies of happiness ever conducted—and work in boardrooms and classrooms across forty-two countries, Shawn Achor shows us how to rewire our brains for positivity and optimism to reap the happiness advantage in our lives, our careers, and even our health. His strategies � The Tetris how to retrain our brains to spot patterns of possibility so we can see and seize opportunities all around us� Social how to earn the dividends of a strong social support network� The Ripple how to spread positive change within our teams, companies, and familiesBy turns fascinating, hopeful, and timely, The Happiness Advantage reveals how small shifts in our mind-set and habits can produce big gains at work, at home, and elsewhere.]]> 258 Shawn Achor Nancy 0 to-read 4.28 2010 The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Sea Glass Summer (South Carolina Sunsets Book 11)]]> 196225872
In the midst of her grief, Tara unexpectedly reconnects with Noah, her childhood best friend. Now a successful sea glass artist, Noah's steadfast presence becomes a comforting anchor. Together, they revive their old tradition of hunting for sea glass, a simple joy that begins to heal Tara's emotional wounds.

As the summer unfolds, their bond deepens, and a profound love blossoms. The peaceful beach town, the shared silence and laughter, and the beauty of sea glass all play a part in Tara's healing process.

But as the season draws to a close, Tara is faced with a decision that threatens to unravel everything she's rebuilt. Torn between two paths, she must choose what she truly wants.]]> 200 Rachel Hanna Nancy 0 to-read 4.18 Sea Glass Summer (South Carolina Sunsets Book 11)
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]]> Ladies' Night 203243410 The New York Times bestselling author is back with another page turning beach read about a woman whose life is turned upside down when she discovers her husband cheating on her


Rising media star and lifestyle blogger Grace Stanton's own life gets torpedoed after she drives her cheating husband's pricey sports car straight into the family swimming pool in a fit of anger. Soon she's locked out of her own palatial home, checking account, and blog, forced to move in with her widowed mother who lives above, and owns, The Sandbar, a rundown beach bar. Attending court-mandated weekly "divorce recovery" therapy sessions with a group of three other women, marital misfits whose only common denominator is betrayal, Grace and the women soon ditch their therapist and move their Wednesday "Ladies' Night" sessions to The Sandbox. They begin to help each other, walking a fine line between revenge and justice, as each one finds closure in ways previously unimagined. Can Grace figure out a new way home and how strong she needs to be to get there?Told with Mary Kay Andrews’s unique blend of humor, heart, and unpredictable plot twists, Ladies' Night will have you raising a glass and cheering these characters on.]]> 465 Mary Kay Andrews Nancy 0 to-read 4.41 2013 Ladies' Night
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]]> Sisters of Fortune 164795090
April,1912: It’s the perfect finale to a Grand Tour of Europe—sailing home on the largest, most luxurious ocean liner ever built. For the Fortune sisters, the voyage offers a chance to reflect on the treasures of the past they’ve seen—magnificent castles and museums in Italy and France, the ruins of Greece and the Middle East—and contemplate the futures that await them.

For Alice, there’s foreboding mixed with her excitement. A fortune teller in Egypt gave her a dire warning about traveling at sea. And the freedom she has enjoyed on her travels contrasts with her fiancé’s plans for her return—a cossetted existence she’s no longer sure she wants.

Flora is also returning to a fiancé, a well-to-do banker of whom her parents heartily approve, as befits their most dutiful daughter. Yet the closer the wedding looms, the less sure Flora feels. Another man—charming, exasperating, completely unsuitable—occupies her thoughts, daring her to follow her own desires rather than settling for the wishes of others.

Youngest sister Mabel knows her parents arranged this Grand Tour to separate her from a jazz musician. But the secret truth is that Helen has little interest in marrying at all, preferring to explore ideas of suffrage and reform—even if it forces a rift with her family.

Each sister grapples with the choices before her as the grand vessel glides through the Atlantic waters. Until, on an infamous night, fate intervenes, forever altering their lives . . .]]> 320 Anna Lee Huber 1496742702 Nancy 0 to-read 4.37 2024 Sisters of Fortune
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wishing Bridge: A Hearfelt Holiday Romance Tale of Rediscovery, Love, and Second Chances in a Magical Michigan Christmas Town]]> 85172926 With unabashed winter charm, The Wishing Bridge sparkles withthe humor and heart fans of Kristy Woodson Harvey, Nancy Thayer and Jenny Colgan love most.

Once the hottest mergers and acquisitions executive in the company, Henrietta Wegner can see the ambitious and impossibly young up-and-comers gunning for her job. When Henri’s boss makes it clear she’ll be starting the New Year unemployed unless she can close a big deal before the holidays, Henri impulsivelytells him that she can convince her aging parents to sell Wegner’s—their iconic Frankenmuth, Michigan, Christmas store—to a massive, soulless corporation. It’s the kind of deal cool, corporate Henri has built her career on.

Home for the holidays has typically meant a perfunctory twenty-four-hour visit for Henri, then back to Detroit as fast as her car will drive her. So turning up at the Wegner’s offices in early December raises some from her delighted, if puzzled, parents to her suspicious brother and curious childhood friends. But as Henri fields impatient texts from her boss while reconnecting with the magic of the store and warmth of her hometown, what sounded great in the boardroom begins to lose its luster in real life. She’s running out of time to pull the trigger on what could be the greatest success of her career…or the most awkward family holiday of her life.

Includes the bonus novella Christmas Angels]]> 396 Viola Shipman 0369732723 Nancy 0 to-read 4.19 The Wishing Bridge: A Hearfelt Holiday Romance Tale of Rediscovery, Love, and Second Chances in a Magical Michigan Christmas Town
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]]> Never 57036326
In the Sahara Desert, two elite intelligence agents are on the trail of a powerful group of drug-smuggling terrorists, risking their lives—and, when they fall desperately in love, their careers—at every turn. Nearby, a beautiful young widow fights against human traffickers while traveling illegally to Europe with the help of a mysterious man who may not be who he says he is.

In China, a senior government official with vast ambitions for himself and his country battles against the older Communist hawks in the government, who may be pushing China—and its close military ally, North Korea—to a place of no return.

And in the United States, Pauline Green, the country's first woman president, navigates terrorist attacks, illegal arms trading, and the smear campaigns of her blustering political opponent with careful and deft diplomacy. She will do everything in her power to avoid starting an unnecessary war. But when one act of aggression leads to another, the most powerful countries in the world are caught in a complex web of alliances they can't escape. And once all the sinister pieces are in place, can anyone—even those with the best of intentions and most elite skills—stop the inevitable?

Never is an extraordinary thriller, full of heroines and villains, false prophets and elite warriors, jaded politicians and opportunistic revolutionaries. It brims with cautionary wisdom for our times, and a delivers a visceral, heart-pounding read that transports readers to the brink of the unimaginable.]]> 816 Ken Follett 0593300025 Nancy 0 to-read 4.24 2021 Never
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]]> <![CDATA[This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!]]> 39789973 “Once again, Jonathan Evison dazzles . . . This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance is as sweet as it is inventive, profound as it is hilarious, unflinching as it is bighearted.� —Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette

With her husband Bernard two years in the grave, seventy-nine-year-old Harriet Chance sets sail on an ill-conceived Alaskan cruise only to discover through a series of revelations that she’s been living the past sixty years of her life under entirely false pretenses. There, amid the buffets and lounge singers, between the imagined appearance of her late husband and the very real arrival of her estranged daughter midway through the cruise, Harriet is forced to take a long look back, confronting the truth about pivotal events that changed the course of her life.

Jonathan Evison—bestselling author of West of Here, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, and All About Lulu—has crafted a bighearted novel with a supremely endearing heroine at its center. Through Harriet, he paints a bittersweet portrait of a postmodern everywoman with great warmth, humanity, and humor. Part dysfunctional love story, part poignant exploration of the mother/daughter relationship, nothing is what it seems in this tale of acceptance, reexamination, forgiveness, and, ultimately, healing.It is sure to appeal to admirers of Evison’s previous work, as well as fans of such writers as Meg Wolitzer, Junot Diaz, and Karen Joy

“Evison is a ridiculously gifted storyteller . . . [This is] an irresistible, inventive novel full of important ideas about how we live our lives as parents, children, partners, and human beings.� —Jami Attenberg, author of The Middlesteins

“Has all the wonderful snap and sizzle we’ve come to expect from Jonathan Evison’s work, and as much heart as any novel I’ve read in recent years. [He] packs an entire life—many lives—into this fine book, and does so with the empathy and insight of a writer at the top of his game.� —Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk]]> 322 Jonathan Evison Nancy 0 to-read 3.55 2015 This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!
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]]> <![CDATA[The Taken Ones (Steinbeck and Reed, #1)]]> 62726715 Two girls vanished. A woman buried alive. Between two crimes—decades of secrets yet to be unearthed.

Summer 1980: With no fear of a local superstition, three girls go into a Minnesota wood. Only one comes out. Dead silent. Memory gone. No trace of her friends. The mystery of the Taken Ones captures the nation.

Summer 2022: Cold case detective Van Reed and forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck are assigned a disturbing homicide—a woman buried alive, clutching a heart charm necklace belonging to one of the vanished girls. Van follows her gut. Harry trusts in facts. Their common ground is the need to catch a killer before he kills again. They have something else in common: each has ties to the original case in ways they’re reluctant to share.

As Van and Harry connect the crimes of the past and the present, Van struggles with memories of her own nightmarish childhood—and the fear that uncovering the truth of the Taken Ones will lead her down a path from which she, too, may never return.]]> 339 Jess Lourey 1662507607 Nancy 0 to-read 4.23 2023 The Taken Ones (Steinbeck and Reed, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries (Camper & Criminals, #1)]]> 39827834
Mae West, a far cry from the Hollywood actress, has been thrown for a loop. Her plush lifestyle in the big city of New York comes to a screeching halt after the FBI raids her mansion and arrests her husband, Paul West, for a Ponzi scheme that rips people out of millions of dollars.

Mae finds herself homeless, friendless, and penniless. All hope isn't lost. . .the only thing Mae got to keep that the government didn't seize is a tourist camp ground, Happy Trails, in Normal, Kentucky and an RV to live in. One problem, Mae's idea of camping has room service.

By the look of the brochure, Happy Trails has plush Kentucky Bluegrass, a crystal clear lake, a beach chair with her name on it and thoughts of how much money it could bring her after she sells it. Mae figures she'll take a couple weeks vacation with her toes dipped in the lake. Things aren't always as they appear. The Kentucky Bluegrass is nothing but dirt and the crystal clue lake is murky with green slime on top.

Mae quickly find out that Happy Trails and the citizens of Normal were also victims of Paul's schemes, making her lower than tha lake scum in the residents' eyes. Mae doesn't think things could get much worse, but as luck would have it, Paul West has escaped from prison and is found dead, murdered, floating in the Happy Trails mucky green lake.

Mae is the number one suspect on Detective Hank Sharp's short list. After all, Mae has the perfect motive as a kept wife who has been scorned to ashes, embarrassed to death, and seeking revenge.

Time is running out for Mae to prove that she's innocent and nothing like her husband. If only she could get someone to believe her and talk Detective Sharp into looking at other residents who've lost all their savings to Paul's Ponzie scheme before the curtain is closed on this Hollywood namesake.]]> 212 Tonya Kappes Nancy 0 to-read 3.59 2018 Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries (Camper & Criminals, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tangled Up In You (Bon Chance Boonies #1)]]> 57098000 258 A.L. Vincent Nancy 0 to-read 3.64 Tangled Up In You (Bon Chance Boonies #1)
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]]> The Breakaway 85175319
Thirty-three-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. True, she still has gig jobs instead of a career, and the apartment where she’s lived since college still looks like she’s just moved in. But she’s got good friends, her bike, and her bicycling club in Philadelphia. She’s at peace with her plus-size body—at least, most of the time—and she’s on track to marry Mark Medoff, her childhood summer sweetheart, a man she met at the weight-loss camp that her perpetually dieting mother forced her to attend. Fifteen years after her final summer at Camp Golden Hills, when Abby reconnects with a half-his-size Mark, it feels like the happy ending she’s always wanted.

Yet Abby can’t escape the feeling that some­thing isn’t right...or the memories of one thrilling night she spent with a man named Sebastian two years previously. When Abby gets a last-minute invi­tation to lead a cycling trip from NYC to Niagara Falls, she’s happy to have time away from Mark, a chance to reflect and make up her mind.

But things get complicated fast. First, Abby spots a familiar face in the group—Sebastian, the one-night stand she thought she’d never see again. Sebastian is a serial dater who lives a hundred miles away. In spite of their undeniable chemistry, Abby is determined to keep her distance. Then there’s a surprise last-minute addition to the her mother, Eileen, the woman Abby blames for a lifetime of body shaming and insecurities she’s still trying to undo.

Over two weeks and more than seven hundred miles, strangers become friends, hidden truths come to light, a teenage girl with a secret unites the riders in unexpected ways...and Abby is forced to reconsider everything she believes about herself, her mother, and the nature of love.]]> 400 Jennifer Weiner 1668033429 Nancy 0 to-read 3.65 2023 The Breakaway
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]]> <![CDATA[The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend]]> 25302705
It’s also a book about a Swedish girl called Sara, her elderly American penfriend Amy and what happens when you land a very different kind of bookshop in the middle of a town so broken it’s almost beyond repair.

Or is it?]]> 435 Katarina Bivald 1492623458 Nancy 0 to-read 3.80 2013 The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
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]]> <![CDATA[Kept: An American Househusband in Paris (Kept, #2)]]> 63912911 286 Gregory E. Buford 099930285X Nancy 0 to-read 4.51 Kept: An American Househusband in Paris (Kept, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Planning for Love (Aisle Bound, #1)]]> 60808049
Chicago wedding planner Ivy Rhodes lives and breathes romance. She won’t let anything burst the perfect bubble of happiness she creates for her clients. So she’s immediately on guard when a reality television crew appears to tape one of her weddings. Tall, blonde and sexy, the cameraman’s a relentless flirt, and Ivy follows his easygoing charm straight into the bedroom.

Ever since a scandal ended his career as a news videographer, Bennett Westcott is relegated to filming reality catfights and bridezillas. His latest assignment comes with the bonus of a gorgeous wedding planner. But Ivy ruins their one-night stand by turning too serious too quickly. Although a big fan of lust, Ben’s allergic to love. He rejects her and everything she holds dear, leaving her brokenhearted.

The network builds a reality show around Ivy, Planning for Love. She signs the contract before learning the man who shredded her heart into confetti will spend the next three months filming her. Suddenly Ben has to spend every day with the woman he knows he shouldn’t be with, but can’t resist. And Ivy’s stuck wondering, how do you plan for happily ever after when the guy you want doesn’t believe in it?]]> 286 Christi Barth Nancy 0 to-read 3.46 2012 Planning for Love (Aisle Bound, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Key to Kells: A Key Murphy Ancestral Memory Thriller]]> 62981702
Key Murphy is a freak, a prodigy. He has visions so real he’s diagnosed with PTSD. Key learns that his visions might be caused by a mutated gene which allows him to experience the memories of an ancestor.
Key also has a family link to The Book of Kells. Pages from the book were stolen in Ireland in the distant past. Those pages are believed to contain a fundamental secret of Christendom.

Padraig Collins is one of the wealthiest men in Europe. He was an undercover operative for the IRA. He amassed a fortune. He wants those pages. His soul depends on them. He will do whatever it takes to possess them.

The race is on.]]> 468 Kevin Barry O'Connor Nancy 0 to-read 4.04 The Key to Kells: A Key Murphy Ancestral Memory Thriller
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]]> <![CDATA[Her Ex-crush Bodyguard: A Christian Romantic Suspense]]> 123330562
As a news writer, Elliana Devereaux has made her share of Scam artists, drug dealers, self-proclaimed werewolves—the usual.

After an attempt on her life, Elliana's parents hire a bodyguard to protect her. And not just any bodyguard. Nope. They hire her teenage crush, Mateo Alvarado. Handsome, tall, muscular, and way too cocky, Mateo.

He broke her heart once, so she’s determined to have nothing to do with him.

Avoiding Mateo becomes impossible when he shows up at her office threatening to cuff her if she doesn’t come with him.

Yeah, her coworkers totally won’t talk about that.

How long can Elliana keep Mateo at arm’s length when everything about her protector secretly draws her in?

If you like romantic suspense novels that also make you laugh, you'll love this book! Snatch it up today!]]> 208 Janette Rallison Nancy 0 to-read 3.86 Her Ex-crush Bodyguard: A Christian Romantic Suspense
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]]> Heartless (Heartache, #2.5) 56443213 One-night stand material? Absolutely.
A womanizer? Sure.
Heartless? Debatable.

Rumor has it that Easy has never been spotted with the same woman twice. His reputation of being the fun-loving, playboy precedes him.
But an anonymous text message changes everything.

The text message Easy expected: You up?
The text message he got: I’m pregnant.]]> 100 Danielle Allen Nancy 0 to-read 3.93 2020 Heartless (Heartache, #2.5)
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]]> Good for You 62606254 All Good magazine. But six months into the job, she overhears her coworkers belittling her. Aly’s clapback? A very public, career-jeopardizing meltdown. To undo the mess, she agrees to a monthlong unpaid leave.

Reluctant but determined to turn misfortune into opportunity, Aly retreats to the Lake Michigan beach house her brother, Luke, left to her when he died nearly a year earlier. Except when Aly arrives, she discovers Luke’s slacker best friend, Wyatt, inherited the place, too.

Wyatt is unkempt, unmotivated, and totally uninterested in Aly’s desire to sell. Yet as battle lines are drawn, Aly wonders whether she and this wild card have more than Luke in common. But is she willing to swap her lifelong dreams for a shot at healing her broken heart?]]> 256 Camille Pagán 1542038022 Nancy 0 to-read 3.89 2023 Good for You
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]]> <![CDATA[Tell Me More: Stories about the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say]]> 49986592 New York Times bestselling author of Glitter and Glue, who has been hailed as "the poet laureate of the ordinary" (The Huffington Post)]]> 225 Kelly Corrigan 0399588388 Nancy 0 to-read 4.25 2018 Tell Me More: Stories about the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say
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]]> Allegedly 29640815 Orange Is the New Black meets Walter Dean Myer’s Monster in this gritty, twisty, and haunting debut by Tiffany D. Jackson about a girl convicted of murder seeking the truth while surviving life in a group home.

Mary B. Addison killed a baby.

Allegedly. She didn’t say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that a white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it?

There wasn’t a point to setting the record straight before, but now she’s got Ted—and their unborn child—to think about. When the state threatens to take her baby, Mary’s fate now lies in the hands of the one person she distrusts the her Momma. No one knows the real Momma. But does anyone know the real Mary?]]> 400 Tiffany D. Jackson 0062422669 Nancy 5 Please hurry up & read this book

I am not a violent person but there were times I wanted to throttle people in this book. There were twists and turns I never saw coming. I lost sleep over this book. I did not want it to end. Tiffany D. Jackson, you are a goddess. So can the rest of you hurry up and read this so we can talk about it? In the meantime, I'll read it again. ]]> 4.12 2017 Allegedly
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Please hurry up & read this book

I am not a violent person but there were times I wanted to throttle people in this book. There were twists and turns I never saw coming. I lost sleep over this book. I did not want it to end. Tiffany D. Jackson, you are a goddess. So can the rest of you hurry up and read this so we can talk about it? In the meantime, I'll read it again.
]]> Ageless 208703326 Eternal youth is not a blessing but a curse.

Naissa Nolan is a happy child in 1850s Philadelphia—until tragedy strikes while she and her family are on holiday. Alone and heartbroken, she is thrust into an immortal life she never bargained for or imagined. She spends the next few centuries on Earth—and beyond—hiding her condition and battling time itself. Moving from place to place before her continued youth is questioned, Naissa tries to cope with the staggering changes she lives through. She desperately wants to find out why she never ages. Things spiral out of control as she searches for a lasting family. Are there others like her? Can she change her condition? Should she?

For readers who enjoy The Age of Adeline, Life After Life by Kay Atkinson, and Once Again by Catherine Wallace-Hope.]]> 336 Renée Schaeffer 0744310024 Nancy 4 up with science fiction and young adult romance. You can’t go wing with a combo like that. ]]> 3.61 Ageless
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This book skillfully put together poetry, fearlessness, and skillful character development to give us a fulfilling and entertaining book. It an historical fiction book smash
up with science fiction and young adult romance. You can’t go wing with a combo like that.
]]> Summer Light on Nantucket 216751041 A touching novel about parenthood, first love, family bonds, and rekindled relationships from the New York Times bestselling author and beloved Nantucket storyteller Nancy Thayer.

Blythe Benedict is content. Her life didn’t end when her marriage did. In fact, she’s more than happy living in her comfortable house in Boston, working as a middle school teacher, and raising four wonderful children. With three of her kids in the throes of teenagerhood and one not too far behind them, Blythe has plenty of drama to keep her busy every single day.

But no amount of that drama could change the family’s beloved annual summer trip to Nantucket. Blythe has always treasured the months spent at her island home-away-from-home, and has fond memories of her children growing up there. But this summer’s getaway proves to be much more than she bargained for.

Yes, there are sunny days enjoyed at the beach. But Blythe must contend with teenage angst, her ex-mother-in-law’s declining health, and a troubling secret involving her ex-husband. Meanwhile, Blythe reconnects with her first love, her former high school sweetheart Aaden. But their second-time-around romance becomes complicated when another intriguing man enters the picture.

It’s all a bit out of Blythe’s comfort zone. This particular island summer may not be as relaxing as Blythe had hoped, but she’s never felt that life has given her more than she can handle—especially when she has the love and support of her family around her.]]> 288 Nancy Thayer 0593724046 Nancy 0 to-read 4.01 Summer Light on Nantucket
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]]> The Last Letter 213613851 An alternative cover edition for this ASIN B07FCF2GYW can be found here

Beckett,

If you’re reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn’t. Get off the guilt train, because I know if there was any chance you could have saved me, you would have.

I need one thing from you: get out of the army and get to Telluride.

My little sister Ella’s raising the twins alone. She’s too independent and won’t accept help easily, but she has lost our grandmother, our parents, and now me. It’s too much for anyone to endure. It’s not fair.

And here’s the kicker: there’s something else you don’t know that’s tearing her family apart. She’s going to need help.

So if I’m gone, that means I can’t be there for Ella. I can’t help them through this. But you can. So I’m begging you, as my best friend, go take care of my sister, my family.

Please don’t make her go through it alone.

Ryan]]> 434 Rebecca Yarros Nancy 4 4.61 2019 The Last Letter
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]]> Typewriter Beach 219838797 A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 2025 HOT SUMMER READ: "Irresistible.�

Set in Hollywood and Carmel-by-the-Sea, an unforgettable story of the unlikely friendship between an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock's new star � from the internationally bestselling author of The Postmistress of Paris and The Last Train to London,

1957. Isabella Giori is ten months into a standard seven-year studio contract when she auditions with Hitchcock. Just weeks later, she is sequestered by the studio’s “fixer� in a tiny Carmel cottage.

Léon Chazan, next door, is annoyed as hell when Iz interrupts his work on yet another screenplay he won’t be able to sell, because he’s been blacklisted. But soon, they’re in his roadster, speeding down the fog-shrouded Big Sur coast.

2018. Twenty-six-year-old screenwriter Gemma Chazan, in Carmel to sell her grandfather’s cottage, finds a hidden safe full of secrets—raising questions about who the screenwriter known simply as Chazan really was, and whether she can live up to his name.

In graceful prose and with an intimate understanding of human nature, Meg Waite Clayton captures the joys and frustrations of being a writer, being a woman, being a star, and being in love. Typewriter Beach is the story of two women separated by generations—a tale of ideas and ideals, passion and persistence, creativity, politics, and family.]]> 320 Meg Waite Clayton 006342214X Nancy 0 to-read 4.56 Typewriter Beach
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Me Again, Cowboy (Wyle Away Ranch, #2)]]> 57569528
Emmy Award-winning actress Malia Kalama has money, fame, confidence . . . and a gaping void in her life. To fill that void, Malia is convinced she must land a role in the next blockbuster, but a scheme to get noticed by Hollywood’s top producer ends with Malia’s name splattered all over the tabloids. She decides to escape to her family in Bisbee, Arizona, while her publicist cleans up the mess. Eight years is plenty of time to be over the hot cowboy who shattered her heart—right?

Jaxon Wyle gave up the chance for true romance in order to raise his daughter. It’s a decision he doesn’t regret, except when he watches Malia through his TV screen like some star-struck fan—and yes, he’s fully aware how pathetic that seems. When his brothers discover that Jax’s drug-addicted ex is threatening a custody battle over his daughter, they convince Jax to stop avoiding dating and search for a bride to help him win in court. When Malia shows up in Bisbee, looking amazing and putting Jaxon in his place like no other woman can, he realizes this is his last chance for happiness with the woman he never stopped loving.

Malia and Jaxon’s affection for each other becomes even stronger than when they were teens, but Malia’s Hollywood lifestyle of lies and deception battles with Jax’s desire to provide a stable life for his daughter. And Jax’s problematic trait of thinking he can handle every situation on his own threatens to end their relationship in a repeat of their first break-up.

Love Me Again, Cowboy is the second book in the Wyle Away Ranch Series of feel-good, laugh-out-loud romantic comedies about five brothers who each find their happily ever after. If you like second chance romances with hot cowboys and a witty heroines, you’ll love this swoon-worthy novel! This clean read can be read as a stand alone, but better in the series, and no cliff-hangers allowed.]]> 208 Torsha Baker Nancy 4 4.14 Love Me Again, Cowboy (Wyle Away Ranch, #2)
author: Torsha Baker
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cowboy and the Girl Next Door (Wyle Away Ranch, #1)]]> 57569532 She won't lose the ranch without a fight, even if it means fighting him.

Kate Benton has wanted nothing to do with ranchers since she was fifteen and too-hot-for-his-own-good Landon Wyle caught her kissing his little brother during a cattle drive.

Yep, that event pretty much put an end to a lot of things, like her dignity.

But when her grandfather dies, he leaves his ranch to her with one provision: she has to live on Coyote Glen and keep it profitable for a year.

Kate is used to the finer things in life, such as sleeping in past the crack of dawn and fingernails that aren’t broken.

Mucking stables, fixing fences, and avoiding being trampled by angry cows isn’t exactly how she imagined spending the next year, but her family needs the land.

She’s in over her head. However, the man who can best help—Landon—is second in line to inherit if she fails.

And he’s only gotten more handsome. Of course.

Losing the ranch is bad enough, she refuses to fall for the man who wants to take Coyote Glen from her.

Landon’s brothers depend on him to keep their ranch and their family together. To succeed, he’s thrown himself into his work—and ok, maybe he’s avoided relationships. He needs the wells on Coyote Glen to keep his own ranch running and can’t afford to let Kate’s beautiful green eyes distract him.

If he loses his heart to her, he loses everything.

The Cowboy and the Girl Next Door is the first novel of a sweet, feel-good, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy series. If you like heroines with sass and hardworking men who look great in denim, you’ll love this swoon-worthy novel!

We believe in happily ever after, so no cliffhangers are allowed on our ranch.]]> 370 Janette Rallison Nancy 4 4.03 The Cowboy and the Girl Next Door (Wyle Away Ranch, #1)
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name: Nancy
average rating: 4.03
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This was a happy book. I'll really glad I read it. It was relatively predictable, but that doesn't make it any less enjoyable. I liked it so much, I bought the next book in the series.
]]> <![CDATA[Home Sweet Christmas (Wishing Tree, #2)]]> 60651450 "The perfect holiday confection."�Booklist

From #1New York Timesbestselling author Susan Mallerycomes a witty and heartfelt story of two friends who unexpectedly find the person-and the place in which-they belong this Christmas.

With twinkling humor and heartfelt Christmas spirit, two friends find love in a town called Wishing Tree�

Until Camryn Neff can return to her “real� life in Chicago, she’s in Wishing Tree to care for her twin sisters. She’s not looking for forever love, not here. But handsome hotelier Jake Crane is a temptation she can’t resist, so she suggests they pair up for the season. No golden rings, no broken hearts. At his side, she sees her hometown through Christmas-colored eyes. The cheer is cheerier, the joy more joyful. She thought she had put her future on hold…but maybe her real life was here all along, waiting for her to come home.

New in town, River Best is charmed by Wishing Tree’s homespun traditions and warmhearted people. When she’s crowned Snow Queen, she’s honored but wary. Dylan Tucker, her king, seems like the stuff of sugarplum dreams, but she can’t shake the feeling that he’s hiding something big. As they perform their “royal� duties—tasting cookies, lighting trees—Dylan’s good humor and melty kisses draw her to the brink of love. But she can’t let herself fall until she uncovers his secret, even if her lack of faith means losing him forever.
]]> 336 Susan Mallery 0369703766 Nancy 4 4.26 2022 Home Sweet Christmas (Wishing Tree, #2)
author: Susan Mallery
name: Nancy
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Archer's Voice (Where Love Meets Destiny, #1)]]> 42098358
Archer's Voice is the story of a woman chained to the memory of one horrifying night and the man whose love is the key to her freedom. It is the story of a silent man who lives with an excruciating wound and the woman who helps him find his voice. It is the story of suffering, fate, and the transformative power of love.]]> 338 Mia Sheridan Nancy 4 A Moving Romance

This is not your usual boy-meets-girl romance novel. It’s so much better. Adult bullying, family issues, and cultural stereotypes come into play in keeping these two who are destined to be together apart. This book is a great afternoon read. ]]> 4.27 2014 Archer's Voice (Where Love Meets Destiny, #1)
author: Mia Sheridan
name: Nancy
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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A Moving Romance

This is not your usual boy-meets-girl romance novel. It’s so much better. Adult bullying, family issues, and cultural stereotypes come into play in keeping these two who are destined to be together apart. This book is a great afternoon read.
]]> <![CDATA[Holiday with You (Winter Valley, #1)]]> 55126807
On her way, she crashes into the truck of sexy, unavailable, single Dad Colin Bradford. The repairs won’t be done until Christmas Eve, so she’s stuck in Winter Valley until her car is fixed.

There’s something magical about being in a small town at Christmas. Life is slower than her hectic job in the city. She finds herself falling for Winter Valley . . . and for Colin.

Though acquiring that bed and breakfast is much harder than she planned . . .

Amidst all the hot chocolate, snowflakes, and silent nights, Audrey has a choice to make. Could Colin end up being her Christmas miracle?]]> 231 Claudia Y. Burgoa Nancy 4
If you want to read something a little spicy, fun, and happily- where- after, pick this up. ]]> 4.38 2020 Holiday with You (Winter Valley, #1)
author: Claudia Y. Burgoa
name: Nancy
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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What a fun book! I was in the mood for some holiday cheer and this for the bill. One of the characters read a little far-fetched. I don't think anyone would act like her in real life. But she wasn't a main character and didn't detract from the story.

If you want to read something a little spicy, fun, and happily- where- after, pick this up.
]]> The Side Project 218561154
Ten years ago, Carson's Harvard plans were dashed by his girlfriend’s unexpected pregnancy. So he stayed in Bemidji. Now he’s a single dad/high school teacher. He loves his son–yet, he wants more.

Rylee is shocked when Carson enrolls in her graduate fiction course. Despite their unresolved past, they become writing partners and take on a secret side project - a passionate-no-strings fling that must end with the class. Otherwise, hearts will be broken and secrets revealed. Yet, as their feelings grow, Rylee and Carson are faced with a difficult decision:

Should they risk everything for a chance at happily-ever-after?

"Sparks will fly and hearts will break, but you're guaranteed a good time with The Side Project." -- Indies Today]]> 267 Laurel Osterkamp 1509257756 Nancy 5
I received an ARC of this book for free, the opinions are my own.]]> 4.27 The Side Project
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This was a perfectly wonderful book. Lighthearted and fun, it kept my interest and made me laugh. I enjoyed this book. I couldn’t help fall in love with everyone a little bit myself. You might get frustrated a bit here and there, but that’s life. If you want a book that will make you smile, this is the one for you!

I received an ARC of this book for free, the opinions are my own.
]]> How to Save a Life 27408218 Groundhog Day meets Grey’s Anatomy in this heartfelt novella with a hint of magic from the internationally bestselling author of The Sweetness of Forgetting and The Life Intended, in which a woman with only a short time to live discovers she can repeat the same day over and over until her life feels complete.When a pediatric oncology nurse receives a devastating prognosis—she has just weeks left to live—she finds unexpected comfort from a patient. Her young friend shares a life- and death-changing it is possible to live the same day over and over again until she’s experienced a truly full life. Thus begins a heartbreaking and joyful journey of love, friendship, and self-discovery, as the brave nurse only truly learns how to live in the face of death. Kristin Harmel, whose work has been called “immersive and evocative� (Publishers Weekly), “absorbing…well-paced and warmhearted� (Kirkus Reviews), and “absolutely enthralling� (Fresh Fiction), infuses her poignant, uplifting novella with a dash of magic and a hefty dose of heart.]]> 199 Kristin Harmel 1501122746 Nancy 4 3.95 2016 How to Save a Life
author: Kristin Harmel
name: Nancy
average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[Being Unapologetic: Empowering You to Become an Influential Speaker and Visionary Leader]]> 41434735
When you speak, do people listen? Can you inspire others into action with your words and presentation style? Do you speak your truth and empower with your vision?

If you want to be a powerful speaker, a sought-after influencer, and confident leader, this book will give you the confidence and know-how to do so!

I know you hide who you are and you often bury what you truly believe.

I also know you're ready to be your true self and shine for all the world to see. You are ready to unleash that hidden X factor that will propel you to be an influential speaker and leader who positively impacts others.

Davide Di Giorgio knows what it’s like to hide your true identity. He spent years repressing the truth that he was gay. But one day he found the courage not only to own his truth, but also to build a life for himself with a wonderful husband.

Davide also knows what it’s like to have second thoughts and doubts. He’s overcome those doubts, embraced his talents, and become one of the world’s foremost speaking and leadership experts. For more than a quarter of a century, he has been helping high achievers like you to become visionary leaders, speakers, and influencers.

Now, in Being Unapologetic, Davide shares a lifetime of experiences and the tools he offers his clients so they can embrace their identities, develop their gifts, and become the leaders the world needs. Joined by eighteen influencers who share their own stories of living unapologetically, Davide presents a goldmine of wisdom, hope, courage, and confidence for his readers.

And best of all, once you learn to be unapologetic, you’ll never look back!

In this book, through powerful stories, lessons, and experiential exercises you will learn how
* Discover your purpose
* Develop your influential confidence, leadership, and speaking skills
* Reverse engineer ideas to craft powerful talks and presentations
* Communicate in a way that moves your audiences and followers into inspired action
* Speak your truth to empower others
* Deliver vision instead of value, and why that is far more powerful
...and so much more



"In Being Unapologetic, Davide Di Giorgio charts a path others can follow to find their voices and deliver their messages in an authentic and impactful way. Davide asks only that you unabashedly and unapologetically communicate to those who need your message the most. This book will inspire you to engage the world with your story for positive change. This is the perfect read for anyone on the sidelines needing an inspirational push to be heard.�

Brian Tracy
International Motivational Speaker and Author of Seventy-Plus Self-Development Books

“Being Unapologetic is funny, heartfelt, and hopeful. But most of all it’s helpful. In a very relatable way, Davide encourages you to ask the right questions, not the popular ones in order to identify your natural gifts, nail down your why, and find your confidence throughout the process. You will be empowered and enlightened by this book and loaded with tools to take your life to the next level.�

Katy Temple
Founder & CEO, Katy Temple Media Coaching, Emmy Award Winning Sportscaster

If you're ready to positively transform your life, then read and absorb the strategies in this brilliant book by my friend Davide Di Giorgio! Davide is an amazing speaker and coach who truly cares about helping others and his ideas will make a p ]]> 260 Davide Di Giorgio 1947937553 Nancy 5 4.79 Being Unapologetic: Empowering You to Become an Influential Speaker and Visionary Leader
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]]> <![CDATA[A Life Without Water (A Life Without #1)]]> 51358755
Carol Denman divorced her husband over twenty years ago and has never looked back. But on the day before their daughter’s thirtieth birthday, John barges back into Carol’s life with a request that threatens the fragile stability she has built.

John Bowman is sick. Very sick. While he still can, he has some amends to make and some promises to fulfill. But to do that, he not only needs his ex-wife’s agreement…he needs her.

With the past hovering between them like a ghost, Carol and John embark on a decades-overdue road trip. Together they plunge back into a life without water…but which may ultimately set them free.]]> 264 Marci Bolden 1950348210 Nancy 5
I loved this book. The characters were so well-developed that I got frustrated at how they behaved. I disagreed at their choices, and I wanted to shake them. I wanted them to make different choices. The more I read, the more I understood the decisions made.

I don't want to be a spoiler, but I will remind you of my warnings. It's a great book that I enjoyed. I hope you will too.

Merged review:

I often wish that the book came with a trigger alert warning. This book needed one. Maybe just a five tissue rating on the cover. Be prepared. If you start this book: 1. You won't be able to put it down until you finish. 2. It will break your heart. 3, It will put your heart back together again, but you will never be the same.

I loved this book. The characters were so well-developed that I got frustrated at how they behaved. I disagreed at their choices, and I wanted to shake them. I wanted them to make different choices. The more I read, the more I understood the decisions made.

I don't want to be a spoiler, but I will remind you of my warnings. It's a great book that I enjoyed. I hope you will too.]]> 3.95 2019 A Life Without Water (A Life Without #1)
author: Marci Bolden
name: Nancy
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I often wish that the book came with a trigger alert warning. This book needed one. Maybe just a five tissue rating on the cover. Be prepared. If you start this book: 1. You won't be able to put it down until you finish. 2. It will break your heart. 3, It will put your heart back together again, but you will never be the same.

I loved this book. The characters were so well-developed that I got frustrated at how they behaved. I disagreed at their choices, and I wanted to shake them. I wanted them to make different choices. The more I read, the more I understood the decisions made.

I don't want to be a spoiler, but I will remind you of my warnings. It's a great book that I enjoyed. I hope you will too.

Merged review:

I often wish that the book came with a trigger alert warning. This book needed one. Maybe just a five tissue rating on the cover. Be prepared. If you start this book: 1. You won't be able to put it down until you finish. 2. It will break your heart. 3, It will put your heart back together again, but you will never be the same.

I loved this book. The characters were so well-developed that I got frustrated at how they behaved. I disagreed at their choices, and I wanted to shake them. I wanted them to make different choices. The more I read, the more I understood the decisions made.

I don't want to be a spoiler, but I will remind you of my warnings. It's a great book that I enjoyed. I hope you will too.
]]> The Frindle Files 205747542 One last gift to teachers and readers from Andrew A sequel to his most beloved, landmark book, Frindle. While the originalis a love letter to writing and the power of words, TheFrindle Files shows us that using those words carefully—that speaking up—can make all the difference.

Josh Willet is a techie, a serious gamer. Nothing’s better than writing code or downloading a new release. Which is why Mr. N’s ELA class is such a slog; it’s a strict no-tech zone. It feels like being stuck inside a broken time machine. Mr. N makes the kids write everything out on paper, he won’t use a Smart Board, and he’s obsessed with some hundred-year-old grammar book.

Then one night, while s-l-o-w-l-y finishing an assignment by hand, Josh discovers a secret. Turns out Mr. N’s been keeping a lot more than technology from his students! Josh and his best friend, Vanessa, are determined to solve the mystery and rally the other kids around their cause. And maybe—just maybe—get some screen time back, too.

More than 25 years after the publication of Frindle, and set one whole generation later, The Frindle Files is a gift left by the beloved Andrew Clements before he passed away.It’s a story that’s both timeless and timely—about the importance of language, of digging deep to find answers, and of challenging what you think you know to imagine what is possible. Filled with humor and Clements' potent, no-nonsense prose, The Frindle Files is an inspiring, thoughtful, remarkable novel that will grace children's and classroom shelves for another 25 years.

]]> 221 Andrew Clements 0399557652 Nancy 5 The Most Wonderful Sequel

I’ll admit it. I am a sucker for Nick Allen. So when I heard there was a sequel to Frindle, i wanted to be the first to read it. Simple put, this book did not disappoint. Andrew Clements exceeded my very high expectations. Take Frindle, add a tech twist and 20ish years and you’ll have The Frindle Files. Trust me, you’ll be delighted by this book. ]]> 4.66 2024 The Frindle Files
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average rating: 4.66
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The Most Wonderful Sequel

I’ll admit it. I am a sucker for Nick Allen. So when I heard there was a sequel to Frindle, i wanted to be the first to read it. Simple put, this book did not disappoint. Andrew Clements exceeded my very high expectations. Take Frindle, add a tech twist and 20ish years and you’ll have The Frindle Files. Trust me, you’ll be delighted by this book.
]]> <![CDATA[Tessa and Weston: The Best Christmas Ever]]> 59126125 It’s Tessa and Weston’s first Christmas together, and Tessa is determined to make it the best holiday ever. But when her estranged mother shows up with a suitcase and plans to stay for two weeks, Tessa’s hopes are shattered.

Bitter from the past and still holding a grudge, Tessa is in no mood to give her mother a second chance. The holiday season may be a time of reconciliation with family, but Tessa believes her mother will never change. Why get close when she’s just going to leave again? Tessa realizes there is only one way to save this avoid her mother as much as possible.

With the best intentions in mind, Tessa chooses to not tell her mother about Weston’s disability. But when they meet face-to-face, Tessa is mortified and ashamed by her mother’s insensitive remarks. Weston begins to think he is the real cause of Tessa’s shame. His old demons resurrect to haunt him with What if, one day, Tessa stops loving him because of his disability?

Determined to prove his love for her, Weston makes it his mission to be the best boyfriend ever and works to reunite Tessa with her mother. Meanwhile, Tessa plots elaborate ways to avoid “mother-daughter time� at all costs. One scheme leads to another, until Tessa finds herself tangled in a web of deceit � and, worst of all, lying to Weston.

When the secrets between them force Tessa and Weston to face their greatest fears, they must confront the inescapable Is true love worth the risk of heartbreak? Is it ever too late to forgive and start over?

The Best Christmas Ever is a heartwarming holiday follow-up to 100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons. You’ll love this touching story of forgiveness, family, and first love.____________________This book is rated PG for mild language and thematic elements. No strong language. Recommended for ages 13+.]]> 208 Abbie Emmons 1733973359 Nancy 4 4.02 2021 Tessa and Weston: The Best Christmas Ever
author: Abbie Emmons
name: Nancy
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> Alcohol Explained 25374689
"This is an excellent book written by an inquisitive and educated author who during a period of his life suffered from alcoholism. The book explains in an easily understood language the various effects that alcohol has on our body. In my opinion the text would serve as a great handbook not only for those struggling with alcohol but also medical students as part of their education. I am sure some of my own patients troubled with alcoholism in recent years could have benefitted from reading William’s book and I will be recommending it going forward."

Håvard Molvik MD, MRCS, MSc, MRCGP.]]> 273 William Porter Nancy 5 Helpful & Informative

This book helped me more clearly understand what alcohol does to your brain. If you only have a little time, read the first 5 chapters. This is not only for alcoholic! It’s incredibly informative for everyone!]]> 4.35 2015 Alcohol Explained
author: William Porter
name: Nancy
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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Helpful & Informative

This book helped me more clearly understand what alcohol does to your brain. If you only have a little time, read the first 5 chapters. This is not only for alcoholic! It’s incredibly informative for everyone!
]]> What It's Like in Words 203578775 Eliza Moss's intoxicating debut novel is a dark, intense, and compelling account of what happens when a young woman falls in love with the wrong kind of man.

Enola is approaching 30 and everything feels like a lot. The boxes aren’t ticked and she feels adrift in a way she thought she would have beaten by now. She wants to be a writer but can't finish a first draft; she romanticizes her childhood but won’t speak to her mother; she has never been in a serious relationship but yearns to be one half of a couple that DIYs together at the weekends.

Enter: enigmatic writer. Enola falls in love and starts to dream about their perfect future: the wedding, the publishing deals, the house in Stoke Newington. But the reality is far from perfect. He’s distant. But she’s a Cool Girl, she doesn’t need to hear from him every day. He hangs out with his ex. But she's a Cool Girl, she’s not insecure. Is she? He has dark moods. But he’s a creative, that’s part of his ‘process�. Her best friend begs her to end it, but Enola can’t. She's a Cool Girl.

She might feel like she’s going crazy at times, but she wants him. She needs him. She would die without him...That's what love is, isn’t it? Over the next twenty-four hours (and two years), everything that Enola thinks she knows is about to unravel, and she has to think again about how she sees love, family, and friendship and—most importantly—herself.

With notes of Fleabag & I May Destroy You but with the sparseness and emotional accuracy of writers like Ali Smith and Lily King, What It's Like In Words is a close examination of what it means to experience the intense emotional uncertainty of first love.]]> 320 Eliza Moss 1250355052 Nancy 0 to-read 3.65 2024 What It's Like in Words
author: Eliza Moss
name: Nancy
average rating: 3.65
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]]> Joy 202249200 239 Danielle Steel 0593498623 Nancy 0 to-read 4.13 2024 Joy
author: Danielle Steel
name: Nancy
average rating: 4.13
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]]> <![CDATA[The Plot (The Book Series, #1)]]> 56048747 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The Tonight Show Summer Reads Winner
A New York Times Notable Book of 2021
"Insanely readable." —Stephen King
Hailed as "breathtakingly suspenseful," Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it.

Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what’s left of his self-respect; he hasn’t written—let alone published—anything decent in years. When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student, announces he doesn’t need Jake’s help because the plot of his book in progress is a sure thing, Jake is prepared to dismiss the boast as typical amateur narcissism. But then . . . he hears the plot.

Jake returns to the downward trajectory of his own career and braces himself for the supernova publication of Evan Parker’s first but it never comes. When he discovers that his former student has died, presumably without ever completing his book, Jake does what any self-respecting writer would do with a story like that—a story that absolutely needs to be told.

In a few short years, all of Evan Parker’s predictions have come true, but Jake is the author enjoying the wave. He is wealthy, famous, praised and read all over the world. But at the height of his glorious new life, an e-mail arrives, the first salvo in a terrifying, anonymous campaign: You are a thief, it says.

As Jake struggles to understand his antagonist and hide the truth from his readers and his publishers, he begins to learn more about his late student, and what he discovers both amazes and terrifies him. Who was Evan Parker, and how did he get the idea for his “sure thing� of a novel? What is the real story behind the plot, and who stole it from whom?]]> 317 Jean Hanff Korelitz Nancy 4 4.06 2021 The Plot (The Book Series, #1)
author: Jean Hanff Korelitz
name: Nancy
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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This book was a little slow to start but once I got into it, I couldn’t start. There were a couple of twists I saw coming but the big ones blew me out of the water. Entertaining, fun, and thought-provoking all rolled into one. This was a really good book. I can’t wait to read the sequel!
]]> In the Likely Event 127152907
Then she spots her seatmate, who is anything but ordinary. Nate Phelan sports dark hair, blue eyes, and a deliciously rugged charm that Izzy can’t resist. Their connection is undeniable. Izzy never believed in destiny before, but she does now.

Just ninety seconds after takeoff, their plane goes down in the Missouri River.

Their lives change. They change. Nate goes on to a career in the military while Izzy finds her way into politics. Despite a few chance encounters over the years, the timing never feels right.

Then comes a high-stakes reunion in Afghanistan, where Nate is tasked with protecting Izzy’s life.

He’ll do anything to keep her safe. And everything to win her heart.]]> 348 Rebecca Yarros 1662511566 Nancy 4 4.22 2023 In the Likely Event
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Nancy
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> Divorce Towers 202451074 Welcome to Divorce Towers, the Beverly Hills condo where there’s more money than sense…more drama than money…and more heat than one high-rise can hold.

Addison Torres has nothing left to lose in New no job, no fiancé, no parents to lean on. So when Uncle Arnie offers her a concierge gig in sunny California, she hops on a plane without looking back.

Before it all came crashing down, Addison had a matchmaking career and handsome partner—then she got a little too cozy with a client. Digging her way out of the wreckage, she’s taken a strict vow of celibacy.

Unfortunately, Addison’s new home is where such promises go to die. As concierge at the luxurious Beekman Towers—nicknamed “Divorce Towers� due to the constant influx of the newly single—she’s in constant demand by Beverly Hills� most eligible and entitled bachelors. Like Dante, a cocksure talent agent. And Zach, an adorable tech wizard.

Addison Torres thinks she’s ready for anything except love. But in Divorce Towers, the world’s toughest concierge may have finally met her match.]]> 346 Ellen Meister 1662520905 Nancy 0 currently-reading 3.58 2024 Divorce Towers
author: Ellen Meister
name: Nancy
average rating: 3.58
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]]> Kiss an Angel 6651368
Alex Markov, as humorless as he is deadly handsome, has no intention of playing the loving bridegroom to a spoiled little feather-head with champagne tastes. He drags Daisy from her uptown life to a broken down traveling circus and sets out to tame her to his ways.

But this man without a soul has met his match in a woman who's nothing but heart. Before long, passion will send them flying sky high without a safety net... risking it all in search of a love that will last forever.]]> 384 Susan Elizabeth Phillips 0061794791 Nancy 4 4.19 1996 Kiss an Angel
author: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
name: Nancy
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> Found 48828939 When 11 year old Evan vanishes without trace, his parents are plunged into their worst nightmare.

Especially as the police, under massive pressure, have no answers. But months later Evan is unexpectedly found, frightened and refusing to speak. His loving family realise life will never be the same again.

DI Naylor knows that unless those who took Evan are caught, other children are in danger. And with Evan silent, she must race against time to find those responsible...

A gripping, heart-wrenching thriller with the emotional power of series like BROADCHURCH and THE MISSING, this is the perfect read for fans of Cara Hunter, Heidi Perks, Claire Douglas, Fiona Barton, Susie Steiner and Nuala Ellwood.]]> 324 Erin Kinsley 1472260767 Nancy 4 4.23 2019 Found
author: Erin Kinsley
name: Nancy
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> Such Charming Liars 201055456 The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist gets deadly and dangerously personal.

For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since.

Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job—at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn’t know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father—a serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter.

Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can’t trust anyone—except each other.

Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best.]]> 320 Karen M. McManus 0241676983 Nancy 0 to-read 3.72 2024 Such Charming Liars
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]]> Expiration Dates 177124765
Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper you could win it all.

Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan for her. Every time she meets a new man, she receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it—the exact amount of time they will be together. The papers told her she’d spend three days with Martin in Paris; five weeks with Noah in San Francisco; and three months with Hugo, her ex-boyfriend turned best friend. Daphne has been receiving the numbered papers for over twenty years, always wondering when there might be one without an expiration. Finally, the night of a blind date at her favorite Los Angeles restaurant, there’s only a name: Jake.

But as Jake and Daphne’s story unfolds, Daphne finds herself doubting the paper’s prediction, and wrestling with what it means to be both committed and truthful. Because Daphne knows things Jake doesn’t, information that—if he found out—would break his heart.

Told with her signature warmth and insight into matters of the heart, Rebecca Serle has finally set her sights on romantic love. The result is a gripping, emotional, passionate, and (yes) heartbreaking novel about what it means to be single, what it means to find love, and ultimately how we define each of them for ourselves. Expiration Dates is the one fans have been waiting for.]]> 268 Rebecca Serle Nancy 4 3.79 2024 Expiration Dates
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]]> The Little Liar 128578768
Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi’s invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to “new homes� where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the passengers that the journey is safe. But when the final train is at the station, Nico sees his family being loaded into a large boxcar crowded with other neighbors. Only after it is too late does Nico discover that he helped send the people he loved—and all the others—to their doom at Auschwitz.

Nico never tells the truth again.

In The Little Liar, his first novel set during the Holocaust, Mitch Albom interweaves the stories of Nico, his brother Sebastian, and their schoolmate Fanni, who miraculously survive the death camps and spend years searching for Nico, who has become a pathological liar, and the Nazi officer who radically changed their lives. As the decades pass, Albom reveals the consequences of what they said, did, and endured.

A moving parable that explores honesty, survival, revenge and devotion, The Little Liar is Mitch Albom at his very best. Narrated by the voice of Truth itself, it is a timeless story about the harm we inflict with our deceits, and the power of love to ultimately redeem us.]]> 350 Mitch Albom 0062406671 Nancy 4 4.70 2023 The Little Liar
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]]> In a Not So Perfect World 181378064
Sloane Cooper is up for her dream job as a designer for a top video game company. During the interview, though, she somehow promises the all-male panel that she’ll remain single and fully dedicated to the work. It’s actually fine—after her last boyfriend cheated on her, she vowed to focus on her career anyway.

Enter Charlie, aka Hot Neighbor Guy, a near-stranger who shocks her with the offer of an all-inclusive trip to a Turks and Caicos resort. The catch? Charlie originally planned the trip with his ex, and asks Sloane to pose as his new girlfriend to make his old flame come running back. Against her better judgment, Sloane says yes; she can use the time away to develop a game design that will dazzle the Catapult team and get her a job offer.

Despite sparks flying in paradise, the trip can’t lead to more. As their connection deepens, Sloane is reminded that she can’t fall for Charlie and get knocked off her professional path. Besides, he’s trying to win back his true love.

Can Sloane figure out a way to move past heartbreak, land the job of her dreams, and avoid catching feelings? The zombie apocalypse would be easier to solve—at least she’s prepared for that.]]> 351 Neely Tubati Alexander Nancy 3 3.72 2024 In a Not So Perfect World
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]]> The Memory Box 56964140 A heartbreakingly beautiful novel, The Memory Box unlocks an unforgettable epic story of love and war, from the million-copy-selling author of The Letter, Kathryn Hughes.

Some love stories can't be forgotten...

Jenny Tanner opens the box she has cherished for decades. Contained within are her most precious mementoes, amongst them a pebble, a carving and a newspaper cutting she can hardly bear to read. But Jenny knows the time is finally here. After the war, in a mountainside village in Italy, she left behind a piece of her heart. However painful, she must return to Cinque Alberi. And lay the past to rest.

After a troubled upbringing, Candice Barnes dreams of a future with the love of her life - but is he the man she believes him to be? When Candice is given the opportunity to travel to Italy with Jenny, she is unaware the trip will open her eyes to the truth she's been too afraid to face. Could a place of goodbyes help her make a brave new beginning?]]> 430 Kathryn Hughes 1472265963 Nancy 4 4.48 2021 The Memory Box
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average rating: 4.48
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]]> <![CDATA[Corrupted (Rosato & DiNunzio, #3)]]> 46065419 433 Lisa Scottoline Nancy 5 4.47 2015 Corrupted (Rosato & DiNunzio, #3)
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average rating: 4.47
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]]> <![CDATA[Things I Wish I Told My Mother]]> 61618095 Liz and Laurie are mother and daughter, but they couldn't be more different.

Laurie is a free spirit whose creative career is about to reach new heights. Her mother Liz is a world-renowned doctor, and everything in her life has always been just so.

But when Laurie gets an unexpected call, she decides to take her mother away on a trip to Paris and Norway.

As they explore Europe together, Laurie finally starts opening up to her mother. Will unburdening themselves of the secrets that have kept them apart bring them closer together?

Things I Wish I Told My Mother is the emotional, irresistible and uplifting story of a mother and daughter separated by secrets and brought together by love.
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Praise for James Patterson

'The master storyteller of our times' Hillary Rodham Clinton
'Simply nobody does it better' Jeffrey Deaver
'No one gets this big without natural storytelling talent' Lee Child
'The gold standard by which all others are judged.' Steve Berry

Things I Wish I'd Told My Mother was a no. 9 New York Times bestseller April 30 2023]]> 312 Susan Patterson 1529160375 Nancy 5 I highly recommend this book.
Thanks, #netgalley and #LittleBrownAndCompany, for the ARC of #ThingsIWishIToldMyMother. The opinions are my own.]]> 3.97 Things I Wish I Told My Mother
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This is a stunningly wonderful book about a woman and her mother. Laurie surprises her mom with a vacation in an attempt to heal their frequently rocky relationship. We get to go along with them. It hit a little too close to home for me, making it difficult to read. Still, I loved it. I’ve read it twice since my first reading, and I am sure I will read it many more times. Yes, it is that good.
I highly recommend this book.
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]]> Darling Girls 127280429 SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all.

For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. As young girls they were rescued from family tragedies and raised by a loving foster mother, Miss Fairchild, on an idyllic farming estate and given an elusive second chance at a happy family life.

But their childhood wasn’t the fairy tale everyone thinks it was. Miss Fairchild had rules. Miss Fairchild could be unpredictable. And Miss Fairchild was never, ever to be crossed. In a moment of desperation, the three broke away from Miss Fairchild and thought they were free. Even though they never saw her again, she was always somewhere in the shadows of their minds. When a body is discovered under the home they grew up in, the foster sisters find themselves thrust into the spotlight as key witnesses. Or are they prime suspects?

A thrilling page-turner of sisterhood, secrets, love, and murder by New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth.]]> 359 Sally Hepworth 125028452X Nancy 0 to-read 3.98 2024 Darling Girls
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]]> A Good Enough Mother 202324247
But then she says something that pulls me from my reverie. She says that the queen doesn’t treat the princess well. She punishes her and doesn’t let her eat anything�

Helen, my neighbour, has been so good to me. And more importantly, she’s so good with the children. Surely this is just another story of Mia’s, just make believe.

Because if it’s not, maybe my dad was right all I was never good enough to be a mother, and I’ve let my precious children down in the worst way possible.

A heartbreaking and uplifting story about the choices a mother makes for the sake of her children, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Emma Robinson and Kate Hewitt.]]> 276 Sheila Norton 1785136550 Nancy 4
I highly recommend this book. But it is not a light heart beach read.

Thank you, Net Galley and Boldwood Books for the ARC. The opinions are my own.]]> 4.05 A Good Enough Mother
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This book was very well-written and emotional. Between having an abusive ex- and trying to be a successful single parent, this book was relatable to so many people. Sheila Norton does an outstanding job making the characters come to life. We cheer for some and come to despise others.

I highly recommend this book. But it is not a light heart beach read.

Thank you, Net Galley and Boldwood Books for the ARC. The opinions are my own.
]]> Summers at the Saint 195790574 Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and scandals run even deeper. . . .

Everyone refers to the St. Cecelia as “the Saint.� If you grew up coming here, you were “a Saint.� If you came from the wrong side of the river, you were “an Ain’t.� Traci Eddings was one of those outsiders whose family wasn’t rich enough or connected enough to vacation here. But she could work here. One fateful summer she did, and married the boss’s son. Now, she’s the widowed owner of the hotel, determined to see it return to its glory days, even as staff shortages and financial troubles threaten to ruin it. Plus, her greedy and unscrupulous brother-in-law wants to make sure she fails. Enlisting a motley crew of recently hired summer help—including the daughter of her estranged best friend—Traci has one summer season to turn it around. But new information about a long-ago drowning at the hotel threatens to come to light, and the tragic death of one of their own brings Traci to the brink of despair.

Traci Eddings has her back against the pink-painted wall of this beloved institution. And it will take all the wits and guts she has to see wrongs put to right, to see guilty parties put in their place, and maybe even to find a new romance along the way. Told with Mary Kay Andrew’s warmth, humor, knack for twists, and eye for delicious detail about human nature, Summers at the Saint is a beach read with depth and heart.]]> 448 Mary Kay Andrews 1250278384 Nancy 5
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This was a great book. Although it is more than 400 pages, it was a quick read, mostly because I couldn’t put it down. In typical Mary Kay Andrews style, it’s a whodunit that I never would have guessed. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin Press for the ARC. The opinions are my own.
]]> <![CDATA[The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)]]> 110391 Librarian note: See alternate cover editions here and here.

The Duke and I is a romance set in the Regency era.

In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince—while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable� but not too amiable.

Daphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter. The fourth of eight siblings in her close-knit family, she has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in London. Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. But no one truly desires her. She is simply too deuced honest for that, too unwilling to play the romantic games that captivate gentlemen.

Amiability is not a characteristic shared by Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings. Recently returned to England from abroad, he intends to shun both marriage and society—just as his callous father shunned Simon throughout his painful childhood. Yet an encounter with his best friend’s sister offers another option. If Daphne agrees to a fake courtship, Simon can deter the mamas who parade their daughters before him. Daphne, meanwhile, will see her prospects and her reputation soar.

The plan works like a charm—at first. But amid the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London’s elite, there is only one certainty: love ignores every rule...]]> 384 Julia Quinn 0380800829 Nancy 0 3.80 2000 The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)
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]]> Swan Song (Nantucket, #4) 200484931 In the grand finale of "queen of the beach read" Elin Hilderbrand's beloved Nantucket novels, there's a new couple in town... and they instantly shake things up. Amid the extravagant parties on land and sea, there's trouble on the island, forcing Chief of Police Ed Kapanesh to postpone his retirement and changing the fabric of life on the picturesque island forever...

After thirty-five years serving as the Chief of Police on the island of Nantucket, Ed Kapenash's heart can no longer take the stress. But his plans to retire are thwarted when, with only three days left to serve, he receives a phone call. A 22-million-dollar summer home, recently purchased by the flashy new couple in town, the Richardsons, has burned to the ground. The Richardsons are far from hurt—in fact, they're out on the water, throwing a lavish party on their yacht—but when news of the fire reaches them, they discover that their personal assistant has vanished. The Chief is well-acquainted with the Richardsons, and his daughter is best friends with the now-missing girl, leaving him no choice but to postpone his retirement and take on the double case.

On a small island like Nantucket, the Richardsons shook things up from the second they stepped on to the scene, throwing luxurious parties and doing whatever they could to gain admittance to the coveted lunches at the Field & Oar Club (with increasing desperation). They instantly captured the attention of local real estate agent Fast Eddie, and the town gossip Blond Sharon, both dealing with their own personal dramas. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce, and in order to avoid becoming a cliché, she's enrolled in a creative writing class, putting her natural affinity for scandal towards a more noble purpose. To solve the case of the fire and track down his daughter's best friend, the Chief will have to string together the pieces of the lives of all of these characters and more, rallying his strength for his final act of service to the tight-knit community he knows and loves.

The last of Elin Hilderbrand's bestselling Nantucket novels, Swan Song is a propulsive medley of glittering gatherings, sun-soaked drama, wisdom and heart, featuring the return of some of her most beloved characters, including, most importantly, the beautiful and timeless island of Nantucket itself.]]> 384 Elin Hilderbrand 0316258873 Nancy 0 3.98 2024 Swan Song (Nantucket, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Summer Affair (Nantucket, #1)]]> 2285777
Hearts break and emotions stretch to the point of snapping in this in-depth look at one woman's attempt to deal with loves past and present, raise a family, run a business, and pull of a charity event unlike any the island of Nantucket has ever seen. Claire discovers that doing good and being bad are not mutually exclusive—and that nothing is ever as simple as it seems.]]> 416 Elin Hilderbrand 0316018600 Nancy 0 3.52 2008 A Summer Affair (Nantucket, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Perfect Couple (Nantucket, #3)]]> 34840184
But it's going to be memorable for all the wrong reasons after tragedy strikes: a body is discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony-and everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect. As Chief of Police Ed Kapenash interviews the bride, the groom, the groom's famous mystery-novelist mother, and even a member of his own family, he discovers that every wedding is a minefield-and no couple is perfect. Featuring beloved characters from The Castaways, Beautiful Day, and A Summer Affair, The Perfect Couple proves once again that Elin Hilderbrand is the queen of the summer beach read.]]> 480 Elin Hilderbrand 0316375241 Nancy 0 3.93 2018 The Perfect Couple (Nantucket, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Winter in Paradise (Paradise, #1)]]> 31933069
Join New York Times Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand on the stunning beaches of St. John for the beginning of her thrilling new winter series-The Paradise. Welcome to Paradise, the first book in the Paradise series, has everything that readers have come to know and love about an Elin Hilderbrand novel, plus a healthy dose of intrigue. Irene Steele’s idyllic life-house, husband, family-is shattered when she is woken up by a late-night phone call. Her beloved husband has been found dead, but before Irene can process this tragic news, she must confront the perplexing details of her husband’s death. He was found on St. John island, a tropical paradise far removed from their suburban life. Leaving the cold winter behind, Irene flies down to the beautiful Caribbean beaches of St. John only to make another shocking discovery: her husband had a secret second family. As Irene investigates the mysterious circumstances of her husband’s death, she is plunged into a web of intrigue and deceit belied by the pristine white sand beaches of St. John’s. This exciting first book in the Paradise series will transport readers to a new beach locale-another world that Elin knows as well as her beloved Nantucket-and have them longing for winter]]> 310 Elin Hilderbrand Nancy 0 4.03 2018 Winter in Paradise (Paradise, #1)
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]]> Summer of '69 42283286

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 like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha's Vineyard. Only-son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. And thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother and her worried mother, while each of them hides a troubling secret.


As the summer heats up, Ted Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, man flies to the moon, and Jessie and her family experience their own dramatic upheavals along with the rest of the country. In her first historical novel, rich with the details of an era that shaped both a nation and an island thirty miles out to sea, Elin Hilderbrand once again earns her title as queen of the summer novel.]]> 432 Elin Hilderbrand 0316420018 Nancy 0 3.92 2019 Summer of '69
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]]> <![CDATA[The Five-Star Weekend (Sommer in Nantucket, #1)]]> 62873996
Hollis Shaw’s life seems picture-perfect. She’s the creator of the popular food blog Hungry with Hollis and is married to Matthew, a dreamy heart surgeon. But after she and Matthew get into a heated argument one snowy morning, he leaves for the airport and is killed in a car accident. The cracks in Hollis’s perfect life—her strained marriage and her complicated relationship with her daughter, Caroline—grow deeper.

So when Hollis hears about something called a “Five-Star Weekend”—one woman organizes a trip for her best friend from each phase of her life: her teenage years, her twenties, her thirties, and midlife—she decides to host her own Five-Star Weekend on Nantucket. But the weekend doesn’t turn out to be a joyful Hallmark movie.

The husband of Hollis’s childhood friend Tatum arranges for Hollis’s first love, Jack Finigan, to spend time with them, stirring up old feelings. Meanwhile, Tatum is forced to play nice with abrasive and elitist Dru-Ann, Hollis’s best friend from UNC Chapel Hill. Dru-Ann’s career as a prominent Chicago sports agent is on the line after her comments about a client’s mental health issues are misconstrued online. Brooke, Hollis’s friend from their thirties, has just discovered that her husband is having an inappropriate relationship with a woman at work. Again! And then there’s Gigi, a stranger to everyone (including Hollis) who reached out to Hollis through her blog. Gigi embodies an unusual grace and, as it hap- pens, has many secrets.

The Five-Star Weekend is a surprising and captivating story about friendship, love, and self-discovery set on Nantucket. It will be a weekend like no other.]]> 384 Elin Hilderbrand 0316258776 Nancy 0 3.95 2023 The Five-Star Weekend (Sommer in Nantucket, #1)
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]]> The Hotel Nantucket 59227941
Filled with the emotional tension and multiple points of view that characterize Elin's books (The Blue Bistro, Golden Girl) as well as an added touch of historical reality, Hotel Nantucket offers something for everyone in this summer drama for the ages.]]> 416 Elin Hilderbrand 0316258679 Nancy 0 4.01 2022 The Hotel Nantucket
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]]> <![CDATA[It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)]]> 27362503
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up � she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating� rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan � her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.]]> 386 Colleen Hoover 1668021048 Nancy 0 4.11 2016 It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)]]> 60393672 Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching� (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us.

Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date.

But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.

Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, It Starts with Us picks up right where the epilogue for the “gripping, pulse-pounding� (Sarah Pekkanen, author of Perfect Neighbors) bestselling phenomenon It Ends with Us left off. Revealing more about Atlas’s past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, it proves that “no one delivers an emotional read like Colleen Hoover� (Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author).]]> 323 Colleen Hoover 1668001225 Nancy 0 3.80 2022 It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)
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]]> Too Late 127555313
Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does so, every single day. Caught up with the alluring Asa Jackson, a notorious drug trafficker, Sloan has finally found a lifeline to cling to, even if it’s meant compromising her morals. She was in dire straits trying to pay for her brother’s care until she met Asa. But as Sloan became emotionally and economically reliant on him, he in turn developed a disturbing obsession with her—one that becomes increasingly dangerous every day.

When undercover DEA agent Carter enters the picture, Sloan’s surprised to feel an immediate attraction between them, despite knowing that if Asa finds out, he will kill him. And Asa has always been a step ahead of everyone in his life, including Sloan. No one has ever gotten in his way.

No one except Carter.

Together, Sloan and Carter must find a way out before it’s too late…]]> 370 Colleen Hoover 1538756617 Nancy 0 4.06 2016 Too Late
author: Colleen Hoover
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]]> <![CDATA[Lighthouse Cove (South Carolina Sunsets, #7)]]> 55939391
Meanwhile, catch up with your other favorite characters like Dawson & Julie, Janine & William, Meg and Christian, Dixie & Harry and others!]]> 236 Rachel Hanna Nancy 0 4.34 2021 Lighthouse Cove (South Carolina Sunsets, #7)
author: Rachel Hanna
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wedding At Seagrove (South Carolina Sunsets, #5)]]> 53519260
In this 5th book of the South Carolina Sunsets series, there's a wedding happening! Which of our couples is walking down the aisle, and will everything go off as planned?

Or, is there always just a little bit of drama threatening to throw everyone for a loop?]]> 140 Rachel Hanna Nancy 0 4.39 The Wedding At Seagrove (South Carolina Sunsets, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Fireflies & Family Ties (South Carolina Sunsets, #3)]]> 58647830 When Meg shows up at her mother's door, she has no idea how to break the news to her.

She's come home from France, pregnant. At just nineteen years old, this wasn't where she saw her life going.

Now, trying to hide her growing belly and figure out her next decision, she moves in with her mother, sister and aunt on Seabreeze Island. But, how long can she keep her pregnancy a secret, and what happens if another surprising person shows up at the front door of Julie's house?

In this 3rd installment of the South Carolina Sunsets series, you'll get to read Meg's story and also see more of Dawson and Julie's story unfold. Of course, Janine, William, Colleen and Dixie will be there too!

But, what will happen when a woman from Dawson's past shows up and might just throw a kink in his relationship with Julie?]]> 260 Rachel Hanna Nancy 0 4.28 Fireflies & Family Ties (South Carolina Sunsets, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Beach House (South Carolina Sunsets, #1)]]> 49896791
Faced with a new reality, she decides to rebuild her life on an island off the coast of South Carolina and learn to make it on her own.

The only thing she isn't expecting is to be thrown together with her estranged sister, the flower child wanna-be, yoga teaching bane of her existence. She also doesn't expect to meet a handsome stranger who will help her transform the money pit she accidentally bought into the home of her dreams.

As she starts to create a life she loves, her husband causes a wrench in her plans once again. Will she be forced to help the man who broke her heart? Or will she finally break away and live life on her terms?

You're going to love The Beach House and its quirky cast of characters, including Dixie, the epitome of Southern charm and wit, who runs the local bookstore called Down Yonder!]]> 176 Rachel Hanna Nancy 4 4.05 2019 The Beach House (South Carolina Sunsets, #1)
author: Rachel Hanna
name: Nancy
average rating: 4.05
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]]> Upside Down 125108981
Ardith became a single mother when Morgan was seven, after her unfaithful husband died in a helicopter accident. In recent years, she has found amiable companionship with fellow actor Bill West. But Ardith’s comfortable world is turned upside down when she hires a temporary personal assistant, Josh Gray, while Bill is away filming in London. Josh’s rough-around-the-edges persona is the opposite of what Ardith is used to, but an unexpected tragedy brings them closer,stirring up conflicting feelings in her for this younger man.

In New York, Morgan is swept off her feet by world-renowned TV anchorman Ben Ryan. Though more than two decades her senior, Ben is handsome, charismatic, and just as smitten as Morgan. But when a blackmail scheme puts his career—and their relationship—on the line, Morgan doesn’t know where to turn. Perhaps . . . to her mother? As each woman navigatesan unconventional romance, they cautiously approach each other on newterms and attempt to put aside their past for a new future.

In Upside Down, Danielle Steel tells an unforgettable story of bold choices, second chances, and the hope of reconciliation.]]> 313 Danielle Steel 0593498380 Nancy 5 4.00 Upside Down
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boyfriend Candidate (Fool Me Once, #2)]]> 62197594
Enter Logan, the gorgeous, foul-mouthed stranger she meets at a hotel bar. Audacious and filterless, Logan is Alexis's opposite-and boy, do opposites attract! Just as she's about to fulfill her hookup wish, the hotel catches fire in a freak lightning storm. In their rush to escape, Logan is discovered carrying her into the street, where people are waiting with cameras. Cameras Logan promptly-and shockingly-flees.

Alexis is bewildered until suddenly pictures of her and Logan escaping the fire are all over the internet. Turns out Logan is none other than Logan Arthur, the hotshot candidate challenging the Texas governor's seat. The salacious scandal is poised to sink his career-and jeopardize Alexis's job-until a solution is he and Alexis could pretend to be in a relationship until election day…in two months. What could possibly go wrong?]]> 384 Ashley Winstead 1525804960 Nancy 4 3.76 2023 The Boyfriend Candidate (Fool Me Once, #2)
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name: Nancy
average rating: 3.76
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]]> The House We Grew Up In 42853195
Then one Easter weekend, tragedy comes to call. The event is so devastating that, almost imperceptibly, it begins to tear the family apart. Years pass as the children become adults, find new relationships, and develop their own separate lives. Soon it seems as though they've never been a family at all. But then something happens that calls them back to the house they grew up in -- and to what really happened that Easter weekend so many years ago.

Told in gorgeous, insightful prose that delves deeply into the hearts and minds of its characters, The House We Grew Up In is the captivating story of one family's desire to restore long-forgotten peace and to unearth the many secrets hidden within the nooks and crannies of home.]]> 401 Lisa Jewell Nancy 4 I'll Be Thinking about This

I'll think about this book and these characters for a long time. Lisa Jewell hits a home run in this book about how one family deals with death and hoarding. Those are not two things I would think of putting together but she does masterfully.

If profanity offends you, this is not the book for you ]]> 3.97 2013 The House We Grew Up In
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name: Nancy
average rating: 3.97
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I'll Be Thinking about This

I'll think about this book and these characters for a long time. Lisa Jewell hits a home run in this book about how one family deals with death and hoarding. Those are not two things I would think of putting together but she does masterfully.

If profanity offends you, this is not the book for you
]]> <![CDATA[A Seagrove Christmas (South Carolina Sunsets, #6)]]> 54864582
Are you ready to catch up with your favorite characters on the tiny lowcountry island of Seagrove, SC?

When we last left off, there was a big wedding and an addition to the family. But, what happens when a new resident moves to town and shakes things up?

And what will everyone do when a familiar face shows up and creates chaos during the holidays?]]> 158 Rachel Hanna Nancy 4 4.27 2020 A Seagrove Christmas (South Carolina Sunsets, #6)
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]]> The Summer of Songbirds 61310938 Four women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves in the process in this heartwarming new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Veil.

Nearly thirty years ago, in the wake of a personal tragedy, June Moore bought Camp Holly Springs and turned it into a thriving summer haven for girls. But now, June is in danger of losing the place she has sacrificed everything for—and begins to realize how much she has used the camp to avoid facing difficulties in her life.

June’s niece, Daphne, met her two best friends, Lanier Bradley and Mary Stuart Harris, during a fateful summer at camp, and the three are inseparable even in their thirties. But when attorney Daphne discovers that Lanier’s fiancé—who just so happens to be her client—has done something highly illegal, she must choose between her job and her friendship.

Meanwhile, Lanier is hiding secrets both new and old that might make Daphne see the situation in an entirely different light. When one of those secrets unexpectedly rises to the surface, it threatens to change the very fabric of their friendship.

But when the women learn that their childhood oasis is in danger of closing, they put aside their own problems and band together with June to save it, sending them on a journey that promises to open the next chapters in their lives.

From an author whose “writing coats your soul with heart� (E! Online), The Summer of Songbirds is a lyrical and unforgettable celebration of female friendship, and a love letter to the places and people that make us who we are.]]> 416 Kristy Woodson Harvey Nancy 4 4.18 2023 The Summer of Songbirds
author: Kristy Woodson Harvey
name: Nancy
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Inn At Seagrove (South Carolina Sunsets #4)]]> 51608145 There's always something happening on Seagrove Island! In this fourth installment of the popular series...

Dixie has a boyfriend, and she's hiding him from everybody.

William gets a job offer and has a big decision to make.

Dawson has a huge announcement.

Colleen gets the shock of her life.

Julie adjusts to being a grandmother.

Meg and Christian start building a life together.

Someone unexpected comes to town and decides not to leave.

As always, Seagrove is full of drama, surprises and heartwarming moments!]]> 134 Rachel Hanna Nancy 4 4.39 The Inn At Seagrove (South Carolina Sunsets #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sunsets & Second Chances (South Carolina Sunsets #2)]]> 48586767 He’s standing in front of her�

� after ten long years.

No one knows why Dixie’s son is standing there, on Christmas Day, no less. And he doesn’t look happy.

Dixie is keeping a big secret that will shake up everyone around her.

Julie’s daughter, Colleen, is coming home for a visit, but she’s not alone.

Janine makes a new friend, but nobody is thrilled about it.

Julie and Dawson question their budding relationship. Will they move forward or decide that being friends is the best way to go?

There’s so much happening on this little island, including the return of Julie’s ex husband and a shocking surprise at the end.

This women’s divorce fiction book will give you all the feels. Grab your tissues and go on a journey with this quirky cast of characters. Get it now.




* This is book 2 in the South Carolina Sunsets series, so be sure to read THE BEACH HOUSE (book 1) before starting this one! *]]> 190 Rachel Hanna Nancy 0 4.35 Sunsets & Second Chances (South Carolina Sunsets #2)
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]]> The Women 126918788 From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie� McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets—and becomes one of—the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost.

But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.

The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on all women who put themselves in harm’s way and whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has too often been forgotten. A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.]]> 472 Kristin Hannah Nancy 5 4.71 2024 The Women
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name: Nancy
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]]> After You (Me Before You, #2) 34600405 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.

“You’re going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. But I hope you feel a bit exhilarated too. Live boldly. Push yourself. Don’t settle. Just live well. Just live. Love, Will.�

How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living?

Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can’t help but feel she’s right back where she started.

Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started back to life. Which is how she ends up in a church basement with the members of the Moving On support group, who share insights, laughter, frustrations, and terrible cookies. They will also lead her to the strong, capable Sam Fielding—the paramedic, whose business is life and death, and the one man who might be able to understand her. Then a figure from Will’s past appears and hijacks all her plans, propelling her into a very different future. . . .

For Lou Clark, life after Will Traynor means learning to fall in love again, with all the risks that brings. But here Jojo Moyes gives us two families, as real as our own, whose joys and sorrows will touch you deeply, and where both changes and surprises await.]]> 353 Jojo Moyes Nancy 4 4.09 2015 After You (Me Before You, #2)
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> <![CDATA[Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)]]> 17557750 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.

They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.

Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.

A Love Story for this generation and perfect for fans of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?]]> 385 Jojo Moyes Nancy 5 4.39 2012 Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
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name: Nancy
average rating: 4.39
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rating: 5
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]]> Non Verbal 139376435 216 Molly Zenk Nancy 4 4.46 Non Verbal
author: Molly Zenk
name: Nancy
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