When we first meet Hannah, she is fighting traffic on her way to her grandmother's funeral. She is bringing her grandmother's embalmed canary, which, according to family legend, alerted her grandfather to toxic fumes in the coal mine her grandmother owned. Hannah is dreading the...

Reese Morgan is a psychologist in Westwood General’s psych ward, but volunteers some of her time to the patients and their families in the children’s ward. However, that ward is about to be closed down and children will be transferred to a nearby hospital that...

A middle-aged woman looks back at her time in the past: married, trapped in a loveless marriage while she compensates for her loneliness with food. Suddenly Anne finds herself attracted to a new workmate, David, who shows her the kind of affection she has not...

Wooing Lexi's Heart by Delia Latham is an emotional Christian read. Mother’s Day is approaching and Lexi Halloran is making a trip to see her mother again this year, but it will be different from previous experiences. This year, Lexi’s mom probably will not know...

Maggie's beloved dog Kona is not acting right, so Maggie takes him to the veterinarian. An operation on Kona's stomach reveals that he has eaten a pair of scanty silk panties, nothing that Maggie owns or wears. Whoops! When Maggie confronts her longtime husband, Dave,...

Kate Faraday always felt a bit of shame where her parents were concerned. It was tough growing up with an alcoholic father and a mother who suffered from mental illness. Added to the dysfunction was the fact that her parents lived in separate houses, but...

"Walking Fish" by Joanne Bodin is gritty yet touching contemporary fiction. Artist Talia, a nonconformist by any standards, has had a difficult life. Losing custody of her daughter Sophie when she was five following an unpleasant divorce, Talia has been shut out of her child's...

"Walking with Elephants" by Karen S Bell is chick lit for older women. Let’s call it hen lit. That immediately makes it more complex since Suze is not only having to cope with career and personal insecurities, but also with her family. Her life is...

Wanting to Be Jackie Kennedy a Novel by Elizabeth Kern This book reads like the life story of the protagonist. She goes back to her teen years and walks us through all the way to the present. This is a book that inspires us to have...

"Wedlocked" begins at the wedding of 36 year old Rebekkah Ross who recently returned to her NY home after following her dream to Hollywood and into the arms of casting director Evan Shayes. As the unfortunate and unforgettable events of her "wedding of the century"...