Black Dog Bay, Delaware, just made headlines when it was featured in a travel magazine as the place to go if you need to move on from a breakup. And that’s just what Summer Benson needs – to move on from her breakup and her life. Her boyfriend just left her after planning to propose … Continue reading Cure for the Common Breakup
For over 200 years, rumors of swirled around Thomas Jefferson’s name about torrid love affairs first with a married artist in Paris, and later with his slave Sally Hemings. Sally, who happened to be his wife’s half-sister, has been the center of much controversy, especially after her descendants began to publicize their potential connection to … Continue reading Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings: An American controversy
Thank you to the author for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Herbert is your average janitor. He cleans up after people in the offices and labs he’s assigned to, carts the waste out to the dump, and does it all again the next day. He and his wife have … Continue reading The Secret Order of the Scepter & Gavel
Demetrius Clarke just arrived in town. He grew up here, but hasn’t been back in decades. Tolland, Connecticut, has changed: more houses and businesses replaced. Most shockingly, there’s been a murder. That never would have happened when he was a kid! This close-knit community isn’t helping the investigation along and some would even say they … Continue reading Murder in Tolland
Modern day Americans would quickly answer Hershey’s or Mars, maybe even Nestle, if asked to name the biggest chocolate manufacturers in the world. Most wouldn’t be able to tell you where the world’s chocolate originates, or even the difference between milk chocolate and semi-sweet, let alone who started the chocolate revolution of the early 1900’s. … Continue reading Chocolate Wars
For several decades, there’s been an increasing trend of personality and skills tests used either in the hiring process or in team building workshops for many corporations. In my 20-year career, I’ve been asked to participate in several different tests – most of which showed the same type of data like my communication style, my … Continue reading Strengthsfinder 2.0
Denver, Colorado, is a different world depending on where you came from. For the white immigrants, it’s a new chance at life. But for the Indigenous tribes, it is a world of trouble and strife as they attempt to hold on to their heritage in an ever changing and increasingly prejudicial world. Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s Woman … Continue reading Woman of Light
Jacob and William have become fast friends. They are standing in the middle of camp, talking music and preparing for their performance that night for the Union officers. Music and a belief that all men should be free brought them together, but it’s the women they left behind that would connect their lives forever. These … Continue reading The Thread Collectors
Thank you NetGalley and Harper Audio for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. In 1904, the United States signed a treaty with Panama for access to build and maintain a canal across the isthmus. For the next decade, American civil engineers designed and managed the construction of a massive system … Continue reading The Great Divide
Four women living in California dealing with the challenges common in marriage, career, and family. They are four first generation Chinese Americans living with their mother’s constant “advice” that doesn’t seem relevant. They don’t see that their mothers were once daughters, pushing back on the advice of their own mothers while making their own way … Continue reading The Joy Luck Club
