The Doctor of Aleppo by Dan Mayland
Categories: Bianca B, Books, Fiction, Historical FictionAuthor: Dan MaylandGenres: Fiction, Historical FictionPublisher: Blackstone PublishingPublished: 8/11/2020"Heroic and Heartbreaking." —Booklist In the ancient Silk Road city of Aleppo, a young American woman is sucked into the Syrian civil war engulfing the city. Relentlessly pursued by a Javert-like secret police officer, her only refuge is the rebel hospital run by a renowned surgeon. In The Doctor of Aleppo, Dan Mayland, author of the bestselling Mark Sava spy novel series, pairs a thriller writer's sensibilities with a gripping account of good people trapped…The Doctor of Aleppo by Dan Mayland American aid worker, Hannah works in Aleppo doing community development. But when the Syrian civil…
Etiquette For Runaways by Liza Nash Taylor
Categories: Books, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Melissa AnnAuthor: Liza Nash TaylorGenres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's FictionPublisher: Blackstone PublishingPublished: 8/18/20201924. May Marshall is determined to spend the dog days of summer in self-imposed exile at her father’s farm in Keswick, Virginia. Following a naive dalliance that led to heartbreak and her expulsion from Mary Baldwin College, May returns home with a shameful secret only to find her father’s orchard is now the site of a lucrative moonshining enterprise. Despite warnings from the one man she trusts—her childhood friend Byrd—she joins her father’s illegal business.…Etiquette For Runaways by Liza Nash Taylor Special thanks to Suzy Approved Book Tours for providing our copy of…
Sunshine on Silver Lake by Annie Rains
Categories: Books, Fiction, Romance, Sarah SlusherAuthor: Annie RainsGenres: Fiction, RomanceSeries: Sweetwater SpringsPublisher: ForeverPublished: 7/21/2020Welcome back to Sweetwater Springs, North Carolina for a heartwarming second-chance romance between a quirky café owner and a handsome park ranger. With summer just around the corner, Emma St. James is eagerly planning a 5K run at Sweetwater Springs National Park. But first she needs the help of one charming, rugged, and handsome park ranger. Her brief high school romance with Jack Hershey may have ended in heartbreak, but Emma can't deny that he…Sunshine on Silver Lake by Annie Rains Special thanks to Annie Rains & Read Forever for providing our copy of Sunshine on Silver…
The Lost Girls of Devon by Barbara O’Neal
Categories: Bianca B, Cozy Reads, Fiction, Mysteries & ThrillersAuthor: Barbara O'NealGenres: Fiction, Women's FictionPublisher: Lake Union PublishingPublished: 7/14/2020One of Travel + Leisure’s most anticipated books of summer 2020. From the Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids comes a story of four generations of women grappling with family betrayals and long-buried secrets. It’s been years since Zoe Fairchild has been to the small Devon village of her birth, but the wounds she suffered there still ache. When she learns that her old friend and grandmother’s caretaker…The Lost Girls of Devon by Barbara O’Neal Zoe is a graphic designer and British expat living in Santa…
Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese
Categories: Books, Romance, Sarah SlusherAuthor: Chloe LieseGenres: Fiction, RomanceSeries: Bergman BrothersPublished: 4/1/2020Prepare for an emotional rollercoaster brimming with laughter, tears, and slow-burn sexiness in this new adult romance that tackles the vulnerability of love with humor and heart. Ryder Ever since she sat next to me in class and gave me death eyes, Willa Sutter’s been on my shit list. Why she hates me, I don't know. What I do know is that Willa is the kind of chaos I don’t need in my tidy life.…Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese Oh, I just love Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese so much! Lovable characters who communicate, deal…
The Ingredients of You and Me by Nina Bocci
Categories: Books, Fiction, Laura Yamin, Women's FictionAuthor: Nina BocciGenre: Women's FictionSeries: Hopeless RomanticsPublisher: Gallery BooksPublished: NaN/NaN/NaNFrom the USA TODAY bestselling author of the “heartwarming and refreshingly sweet” (Lauren Layne, New York Times bestselling author) On the Corner of Love and Hate comes a sizzling and sweet small-town love story that follows a bakery store owner who decides to take her chances on a truly hopeless romantic. After selling her successful bakery back in New York, Parker Powell decides to visit her best friend Charlotte in Hope Lake, Pennsylvania to figure…Special thanks to TLC Book Tours & Gallery for providing our copy of The Ingredients of You and Me by Nina…
Family for Beginners by Sarah Morgan
Categories: Books, Fiction, Sarah Slusher, Women's FictionAuthor: Sarah MorganGenres: Fiction, Women's FictionPublisher: HarlequinPublished: May 5, 2020New York florist Flora Donovan is living the dream, but her bubbly optimism hides a secret. She’s lonely. Orphaned as a child, she’s never felt like she’s belonged anywhere…until she meets Jack Parker. He’s the first man to ever really see her, and it’s life changing. Teenager Izzy Parker is holding it together by her fingertips. Since her mother passed away a year ago, looking after her dad and little sister is the only thing…Family for Beginners by Sarah Morgan Special thanks to Harlequin for providing our copy in exchange for an honest & fair…
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Categories: Books, Fiction, Sarah Slusher, YAAuthor: Gabby RiveraGenres: Fiction, YAPublisher: Dial BooksPublished: 9/17/2019A gutsy, queer coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Nina LaCour, Rainbow Rowell, and Elizabeth Acevedo. Juliet Milagros Palante is a self-proclaimed closeted Puerto Rican baby dyke from the Bronx. Only, she's not so closeted anymore. Not after coming out to her family the night before flying to Portland, Oregon, to intern with her favorite feminist writer--what's sure to be a life-changing experience. And when Juliet's coming out crashes and burns, she's not sure her…Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera Can my review just say that Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera is amazing & you…
The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon
Categories: Books, Fiction, Romance, Sarah SlusherAuthor: Farrah RochonGenres: Fiction, RomanceSeries: The Boyfriend ProjectPublisher: ForeverPublished: 06/09/2020USA Today bestselling author Farrah Rochon launches a new series about three young women who become friends when the live Tweeting of a disastrous date leads them to discover they've all been duped by the same man. Samiah Brooks never thought she would be "that" girl. But a live tweet of a horrific date just revealed the painful truth: she's been catfished by a three-timing jerk of a boyfriend. Suddenly Samiah-along with his two other…The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon Special thanks to Forever for providing our copy of The boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon in…
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Categories: Books, Fiction, Sarah SlusherAuthor: Brit BennettGenre: FictionPublisher: RiverheadPublished: 06/02/2020From the New York Times -bestselling author of The Mothers , a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults,…The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Book Review Special thanks to Riverhead Books for providing our copy of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett in exchange for…
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