Florence’s whole world is crashing down around her – the perfect guy she’s been dating just stole her life story for next big book, her publisher gave her an impossible deadline, and her father died. Plus, now she has to travel home to the town that bullied her years ago when she helped solve a … Continue reading The Dead Romantics
If you noticed some missing posts the past week or so....I want to explain. Do you remember a few weeks ago when I mentioned we were playing the "is it allergies or did you catch something at school" game? Well....the smallest Barger caught COVID his first week of school and shared it with all of … Continue reading This Week: August 24th
Thank you NetGalley, Thomas Nelson and Zondervan Fiction Audio for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. When Gray left town a decade ago, he couldn’t imagine coming back. The town held his father’s crimes against him and made life so difficult, he couldn’t see a way forward without leaving for … Continue reading The Second Story Bookshop
So many of my friends have teens starting their senior year of high school in the next few weeks - does that include you? We have been talking about our own memories of those final days of childhood quite a bit lately, so I thought this week would be a great time to explore coming … Continue reading This Week: August 17th
Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. He seemed like a great guy. He was kind, smart, and good looking – and was paying her attention when no other guy seemed to notice. But there was something in the way he looked at her … Continue reading Ask for Andrea
Coral’s debut party is coming up and her father demands she perform the song he approved, but all she wants to do is talk about the sister she lost. Brooke just arrived at the rehab facility but all she can think about is her grandmother and how she does not want to be here. Amaya … Continue reading Coral
Happy Sunday, friends! Our house is dealing with all the expected first week of school things and preparing for the second week - homework, charging computers, washing uniforms, signing forms....and playing the "is it allergies, or did you catch something at school" game. Last week really ran us all down as we got used to … Continue reading This Week: August 10th
Thank you NetGalley and Victory Editing for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Bella’s had a pretty normal life, except that her boss at the advertising agency is a jerk and is making her life as difficult as possible. But when she keeps running into a hot guy from the … Continue reading The Pizza Man
The summer is coming to an end and our house is headed into back to school mode - are you? Our prompts this month honor the struggles that come with the busy running around that comes with this time of year. Quick books, fairytale retellings, and coming of age novels all feel right for this … Continue reading August Theme: Coral
When Rose arrived in Japan, she didn’t have any idea what to expect. When her father’s lawyer reached out after his death and said she had to come for the reading of the will, she hadn’t spoken to her father in decades. Now, here she was, on some preplanned journey her father crafted to learn … Continue reading A Single Rose
