Rowena’s review of The Boyfriend of the Month Club by Maria Geraci.This sexy, funny new novel asks: Can a woman find a modern-day Mr. Darcy in Daytona Beach? At thirty, Grace O’Bryan has dated every loser in Daytona Beach. After the ultimate date-from-hell, Grace decides to turn her dwindling book club into a Boyfriend of […]
Judith‘s review of The Diva of Peddler’s Creek by Ava Bleu Romance novelist Taylor Beir will stop at nothing to get her mother off her back, including relocating to Peddler’s Creek to teach a little boy she doesn’t know how to read. But Christopher Doubleday doesn’t want to learn. His older brother, Boyd, has an […]
Rowena’s review of The Book of Peach by Penelope Stokes. Twenty-three years ago, beauty queen Peach Rondell left Mississippi and vowed never to return. Now she’s back, divorced and heartbroken, trying to figure out how her life went so terribly wrong. To escape her mama’s scrutinizing gaze, she spends her days in a little storefront […]
I picked this up because the blurb caught my eye, but the blurb is kind of misleading. This is really Rose’s tale, not Toni’s. The story of Rose, from a young woman just married to an old grandmother, was totally fascinating. Cardillo really pulls the reader in. This novel was totally engaging – I felt […]
Rowena’s review of At Home on Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball. Grade: 4 out of 5 A year after taking the chance of a lifetime, Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget are still trying to make a home for themselves on the newly-renovated Ladybug Farm. Life in the Shenandoah Valley is picturesque, but filled with unexpected trials- […]