The Undines is the second volume in Laura Albu's cruise ship adventures. Carla was transferred to another ship and torn from her love, Adnan. They promise their love can handle a year's separation, but Carla has doubts after Adnan's email responses slow down to a...

Trudy by Cynthia Ulmer is Christian fiction and the fourth book in The Cedar Cove Chronicles, preceded by book one, Todd, book two, Clyde and Wanda, and book three, Cella. This installment revolves around the titular character who with her very young son are the...

In The Reading by Barbara Monier, we meet Esme, an established writer in her early sixties. Her lover Gino has asked her to live with him but she is reluctant to disrupt her carefully constructed cocoon. She subsequently suffers from writer’s block. As she performs...

When Alice succumbed to cancer, her final request to her friends entailed spreading her ashes in the Ghost Ranch of New Mexico. To fulfill this wish, Cathy, Linda, and Betsy decide to take a road trip in an RV. Driving an RV might be a...

The Lapone Sisters is a work of fiction in the impersonal drama and nostalgia subgenres. It is best suited to the adult reading audience and was penned by Barry Wilker. In this charming and highly enjoyable drama set largely in the summer of 1976, Wilker...

The Duchess of Sydney (The Lady Amelia Saga Book 1) by Dawn Knox sees Georgiana Aylwood board the Lady Amelia bound for New South Wales. Georgiana has accepted the blame for her cousin’s petty thieving, but her innocence doesn’t reduce the penalty or the risks...

The Color of Acceptance by Carol Siyahi Hicks is the compelling narrative of a young woman’s journey toward self-knowledge. It is also a time trip through the sixties and early seventies, and I felt Gabrielle’s hopes, her dreams, her successes and failures, and her eventual...

The Moments Between Dreams: A Novel by Judith F. Brenner is an unforgettable story of a woman who rises above the confines of society to overcome abuse and find happiness. Carol’s hopes for a marriage grounded in respect and teamwork are quickly dashed soon after...

The Corey Effect by Casey Dembowski is a second-chance love story that centers around forgiveness. Andrea Scott is conflicted when she receives the news about her father’s death. She dutifully flies one hundred miles from her home to Fairford to attend his funeral, even though...

The Quiet Triumph of Rachel Farrowsworth by Alison Sweeney is a wonderfully-written, moving story about an older woman’s grueling struggle to find a job and stability in her life. For three years, Rachel has filled out hundreds of applications but her job search has been...