Miss Woodhouse and Miss Fairfax by Maisie Jardelle is an absolutely delightful Regency romance, but with a fascinating twist. Jane Fairfax was a beautiful young woman whose family had fallen upon difficult financial times. Her nemesis, Emma Woodhouse, is by Regency standards, a rising young...

In Kristen A. Peters's The Shape of His World, Holding Them Both, a mother fights for her boys because the world will not listen to them. Iris is a mother raising two autistic sons, Dylan and Jesse, in a home arranged around routine, sensory needs,...

Hazel Sallington is the daughter of a baron. Sadly for her, her mother passed away when she was very young, and her father remarried. When he also passed, her stepmother, the new Lady Sallington, showed her true colors, banishing Hazel to a life of servitude...

Locking Down Love by Luis Ammerman takes place in a small Vermont town during the pandemic lockdown. Readers are introduced to Bill Cox, a quiet English professor living alone, and his neighbor, Amy Hoover, a hardworking diner employee. His carefully structured, solitary life begins to...

Breathe Easy by Tammy Donahue is a touching story about Ann Montgomery, who was brought up in the countryside of Southern West Virginia. She married her childhood sweetheart, Bobby, and just as they were celebrating that they were soon going to be parents, tragedy struck....

Gershwin’s Bess by Lisa K. Winkler follows the ascent of Anne Wiggins Brown, a gifted soprano moving from Baltimore to the intense, competitive music world of New York. Starting with her childhood performances for WWI soldiers, the narrative tracks her through the 1920s as she...

Black Widow White Horse by Carmine B. Littleworth follows the story of two women from very different backgrounds who form an unexpected bond. It's been a year since Mari lost her husband, Cedric, to Boston PD's brutality. Jean Stinson Lloyd, an elderly White woman, had...

A Faithful Companion by Kasey Stockton is a delightful example of one of my favorite genres. Emma Darling was deeply in love with her neighbor’s nephew, Owen Buckley. When he visited his aunt and uncle in Derbyshire, he and Emma experienced an idyllic summer filled...

Leah fears she has ruined her career after a meltdown on her positive affirmation podcast, the only thing helping her cope since her husband’s death nine months ago. In Eat the Cake by Annie Cathryn, Leah takes a ninety-day leave to regroup, starting with cleaning...

Step by Step is the second book in the Desperate Hearts series by Twila Mason. The story follows Chrissy as she is ready to take control of her life and fight for the future she always wanted. Landing the opportunity to paint a mural for...