Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand, believe it or not, takes place completely within a long wedding weekend. Jenna’s mother, Beth, when she realized she was going to die of ovarian cancer before seeing her youngest daughter married, wrote out a notebook full of explicit instructions...

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell is the story of a man who went to war against one of the worst men of all time. This Navy SEAL and his team risked their lives to bring down this man and to restore peace and harmony not...

The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt, is one of the best books I have ever read. I immediately liked young Theo, the main character, who lives with his mother, who is taking him to the MOMA to kill time before an important meeting at his school...

A poignant story that at times became too painful to read, The Pilot's Wife is more than a drama - it's a mystery, a love story, a hate story, and so much more. Kathryn knows what to expect when men come knocking on her door...

The Conditions of Love by author Dale M. Kushner is captivating from the start. Eunice has a tough life. Her mother is borderline nuts, a movie star addict, and a manicurist. Things finally start to settle down and have some semblance of normalcy when Sam,...

Dorothy Koomson's The Woman He Loved Before is one of those stories that you might read about in your local newspaper. Libby Rabvena and Jack Britcham didn't have that 'first love-sparks flying' in a good way upon first meeting. He was a jerk and she...

Author Francis Knight's second book in the Rojan Dizon series seems to start where the first book, Fade To Black, left off. Rojan Dizon is a pain mage and on the trail of what has become complete chaos in his part of the world. Through...

The Shining Girls: A Novel by Lauren Beukes is something for the iron gut, thrill-seeking reader. Harper Curtis is one sick dude whose actions are propelled by the call of The House. It is not just any house. This one enables him to time travel,...

It Had to Be You (Lucky Harbor) by Jill Shalvis takes place on the coast of the Pacific Northwest in a town called (you guessed it) Lucky Harbor. The community is small, close knit, and your business is everybody else's business. Ali Winters moved here...

Charles Martin's Unwritten starts with a man named Sunday, who has disappeared from the life he once knew and likes it that way. A recluse living deep in the Thousand Islands off of Florida, he fishes and lives quietly. A good life, most would say....

Charlie Huston's Skinner is a specialized tool to the CIA. His job is to guard assets..people who are valued by a worth based on their impact on "the market." He has killed many in the line of his work and there are many more who...

Always on My Mind is the eighth book in the Lucky Harbor series by Jill Shalvis. This novel features Leah Sullivan, who has just appeared on a reality baking show. She has returned to Lucky Harbor to help out her grandmother who has been taken...

Against the picturesque backdrop of Cornwall, Judy Finnigan in Eloise allows this mystery to play out, beginning with the tragically premature death of Eloise from breast cancer. Deeply affected by her best friend's death, Cathy struggles to cope with her loss in an already fragile...

This is one book that I never wanted to end; from the beginning to the end, it was great. The story is based on a romance lasting over 60 years, and another just beginning. You will wonder what they had in common, although I thoroughly...

Sandra Brown's Deadline is a realistic, fast-paced thriller, true to her writing style. Dawson Scott is a journalist who will do anything, go anywhere to get a cutting edge story. He has just returned from a lengthy stay in Afghanistan where he sees first hand...

Joanna Philbin's Rules of Summer is a story that could happen anywhere and her cast of characters might be found in your own community. Maybe. Rory McShane is given the opportunity to live with the very well-to-do Rule family in East Hampton. Her aunt has...

Childless Dr James Dobson/Kurt Bruner In Childless, Dobson and Bruner have created a futuristic world based in the 2040's, which our 2014 world is frighteningly on its way towards emulating. Life has no significance or value in the future and people fall into two distinct categories, credits...

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai is the inspirational story of the author's bravery, courage, self-worth, and perseverance while living in Swat Valley in Pakistan. This book introduces readers to the life...

The October List by bestselling author Jeffery Deaver is written in a most unique manner. Deaver has written this novel backward. It starts at the ending and ends at the beginning. Gabriela McKenzie’s daughter is being held for ransom. The six-year-old child was kidnapped by...

The Immortal Empire series by Kate Locke is such an imaginative series! Xandra Varden, half goblin queen, thought that her troubles would be over once she accepted the Goblin Throne, and suddenly had the most vicious army in the known world at her beck and...