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Lucy lost her mother at a young age, so when she gets engaged to Ollie, she dreams of having a close, loving relationship with Diana, her mother-in-law to be. But, while Diana is well-respected in the community and established a nonprofit to help new refugees, she is very cold (albeit polite) to Lucy. She isn’t … Read More “The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth” »
This was a sweet love story, 50 years in the making. Every year for 49 years, Elizabeth Davenport has received a crocus (her favorite flower) and a written wish left on her doorstep by Tom Hale, the man she’s been in love with since she was 18, but couldn’t marry because of family pressure. This … Read More “Little Wishes by Michelle Adams” »
While there was some suspense in this book, I felt a lot of it was predictable, and I often just couldn’t figure out why the characters would actually do what they did. Hannah returns to her hometown for the funeral of her older sister April, who dies by suicide in the first chapter of the … Read More “In My Wake by Ruth Harrow” »
Paige Northwood is a freelance BSL (British Sign Language) interpreter who is brought in by the police after a 15-year-old deaf student (Leon) goes missing on an overnight school camping trip. Also missing is the head teacher, Steve, who is found a short time later, murdered. The police — along with Paige — are desperate … Read More “Silent Night by Nell Pattison” »
This was the second novel I’ve read by Barbara O’Neal, and while I liked When We Believed in Mermaids more, I still enjoyed this one. Set in a small village in Devon, England, four generations of women in one family — Lillian, Poppy, Zoe, and Isabel — try to heal from each other’s actions and … Read More “The Lost Girls of Devon by Barbara O’Neal” »