Friday Free Read: Beach House Confessions by Kara Gorski

I'm not a big fan of the beach, so my favorite times would be when it rained because I did love the ocean. I would sit on the hotel balcony and watch the ocean waves without all the sticky sand and hot sun. It's a stormy day here, which makes me want to read a "beach book". Whether you've been binge-reading beach reads all summer or want to escape this weekend to the beach, here is a free ebook.

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Most Ardently Yours by Freya Sampson Review: The Book Magic Trend Continues

by Donna Huber

Zoe Knight, a struggling romance writer, has sworn off men for good. At least…the ones in real life. Once a believer in a happily ever after, she now curbs her loneliness with the help of the best book boyfriends in literature – and there is no better man than Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy. So when she stumbles into a classic London bookshop and argues with the annoyingly attractive store owner, Nick, who refuses to sell romance novels, she decides to liberate him of a dusty copy of Pride & Prejudice abandoned on a top shelf.

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Friday Free Read: The Bicycle Book Club by Jessie Newton

Do you love multigenerational stories about the bonds of friendship? Then check out today's free read!

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Bunk Beds & Bookish Vibes: The Ultimate Summer Camp Reading List

by Donna Huber

When I was a child, my favorite summer activity was summer camp. It was a week away from home where we sang songs, learned new skills, made crafts, and just got to be carefree kids. A few years ago, I found an adult summer camp in the Smoky Mountains, and it recreated all the great things about the summer camp of my youth. It seems to be an idea that is catching on, as I've seen advertisements for Pages & Pines, a summer camp for book nerds. I've heard of a few others. 

Are you nostalgic for your summer camp days, or wished you had gone to camp as a kid? Relive, or experience for the first time, the carefree days of summer camp with this list of books.

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Lost in the Summer of '69 by Eliza Knight ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

 

An epic story in which a soon-to-be empty-nester’s mother goes missing, leading her on a road trip with her daughter to track grandma down at a series of music festivals that popped up across the country in the summer of '69. 

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Road Trip by Mary Kay Andrews ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

With tensions simmering, two sisters hit the road and find themselves on twisty lanes, in colorful villages, at local pubs, and with handsome men whose gift of the gab is surpassed only by their charm. Can Maeve and Therese find the real painting, remove a family curse, solve a cold case, and actually survive without killing each other?

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Mini Reviews ~ May Libby Library Borrows

by Donna Huber

I mostly read advance reader copies (ARCs) that I get through Netgalley or directly from the publisher/author, but I also get books from my library. Sometimes that means my brick-and-mortar library, but most of the time it means my digital library through Libby. It is usually my 2 book club reads for the month, but I also listen to a lot of audiobooks - more than I get through Netgalley. It is a way for me to catch up on older titles and sometimes to catch up on the ARCs that I didn't get to before they were published. I don't usually review the older titles or book club reads, but I realized I'm missing out on telling you about the great reads that are probably available at your library with little to no wait. Let me know if you enjoy this feature and I'll keep doing it monthly.

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Friday Freebie: Lakehouse Promises by Jodi Allen Brice

It's Friday in the summertime. If you have weekend plans at the pool, beach, lake, or even your front porch, then you are going to need a good book to read. And a free book is even better.

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Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

A traditional American woman, a beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers, suddenly awakens cold, filthy, and terrified in the brutal reality of 1855—where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister in the Good Morning America Book Club's April pick.

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The Last Page Café by Kate Storey ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

Sometimes the last page is just the beginning…

I didn’t discover Kate Storey until late last year but I enjoyed her first two books so much that I couldn’t wait to read her new book and she didn’t disappoint me. (Read my reviews of her first two books The Memory Library and The Forgotten Book Club.)  I really enjoy reading books about books and books that take place in bookstores and I like books about book clubs that bond together to help out members of the club so this book was a real winner for me.

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A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity by Rachel Linden ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

Paris trained chocolatier and single mother Emmie Wynne gave up her own dreams six years ago when she returned to her Pacific Northwest coastal tourist town to run her family's struggling candy store. Now on her thirty-fourth birthday, Emmie has only one wish, to be granted the vision that every Wynne woman is given once in her lifetime—a shimmering glimpse of her true destiny. This year, when she blows out her candles, it finally comes true.

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Beach House Hotel series Books 6 - 12 by Judith Keim ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

This is a fun series with two feisty women who own the Beach House hotel.

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The Library of Flowers by L.C. Chu ~ a Review

by MK French

The Hua women create magical perfumes, and every fifth generation, an eldest daughter can summon true love. Lucy is a fifth-generation daughter, but when her magic failed, she fled Vancouver. Years later, she runs a tiny perfume shop tucked away in Toronto's Kensington Market, keeping her past behind her. A death in the family brings her home again, and she inherits the centuries-old Hua family register, brimming with secrets, formulas, and forgotten truths. As she begins working her way through stories about past generations, she begins to wonder if her magic was truly gone, or simply waiting for her to decide for herself what it means to be a daughter of the House of Hua.

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Five Star Summer by Sarah Morgan ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

Running a five-star Cornish hotel should have been Evie Hamilton’s dream job. But restoring it to its former glory is going to take a miracle. All Evie has is grit, and a hoard of unruly staff who love to speculate about her love life. She needs back-up, and fast.

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Her Daughter by Fran Hawthorne ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

"I'm only telling you in case the police contact you. Esme was arrested, but I'm handling everything, and she doesn't want to hear from you."

 

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Honey in the Wound by Jiyoung Han ~ a Review

by MK French

Young-Ja had always been able to infuse food with her emotions. When her family is destroyed in the Japanese attacks on Korea in 1931, everything she makes is increasingly bitter with grief. Young-Ja is eventually found by a Korean rebel fighter who brings her to Manchuria to join the teahouse spies. There, Young-Ja finds a new sense of belonging and starts using her abilities for the resistance. Decades later, Young-Ja is alone in Seoul, withdrawn from the world until her Tokyo-born granddaughter Rinako bursts into her life with the ability to see into dreams. In cultivating a tentative bond, they confront the long-buried past together.

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Peg, Unhinged by Teri M Brown ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

Peg is good at a lot of things. Selling beachfront homes. Raising two kids. Holding her life together with duct tape and dark humor. What she is not good at is menopause, divorce, or watching her soon-to-be ex flirt with women half her age, especially when one of them works in her office.

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How Simi Got Her Groom Back by Sonali Dev ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

Two sisters face the real consequences of a fake marriage scheme in an emotional yet hilarious novel about immigration, healing, and family 

Two sisters. One fake marriage. Zero chance of keeping the truth hidden.

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Recipe for Joy by Monica Comas ~ an Audiobook Review

by Donna Huber

A grieving woman finds healing and purpose through her late grandmother’s cherished recipes.

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Six Little Words by Sally Page ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

Can one small note give her the courage to find a new path? One Note. One Act of kindness. Her new beginning is closer than she thinks.

Kate gave up her dreams of being a painter years ago. But six little words pinned to the notice board of her local café could change her path forever.

‘To be, or not to be…’ – printed on orange card with no explanation – appears one morning.

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