Single, coupled-up or married, this laugh-out-loud summer read is the perfect anecdote for the wedding season! Rebecca has chosen the most luscious, five tiered, wedding cake. The engagement ring that she has selected is celebrity inspired. The wedding singer is on speed dial. He doesn’t usually do Michael Bolton, but as it’s for a first dance he’ll make an exception. Father Maguire is checking dates for the parish church as we speak. The deposit on the white sand honeymoon is paid for in full … [Read more...] about Bride Without a Groom by Amy Lynch
You Won’t Remember This by Kate Blackwell
The twelve stories in You Won't Remember This illuminate the lives of men and women who appear as unremarkable as your next-door-neighbor until their lives explode quietly on the page. Kate Blackwell's wry, often darkly funny voice describes the repressed underside of a range of middle-class characters living in the South. Blackwell’s focus is elemental—on marriage, birth, death, and the entanglements of love at all ages—but her gift is to shine a light on these universal situations with such … [Read more...] about You Won’t Remember This by Kate Blackwell
Loving Keera by Ambro’Zia
Everyone's patience with Keera has dissolved from the size of an ocean into that of a small rain drop. The lesbian community in the college-town of Eatonton, North Carolina is even smaller. Six years. Crashed and burned into a crisp. Ja'Keera Thomas is a romantic con-artist whose time is running short. But who has the time to own up to their mistakes when they're such a hot commodity? When Alexis Hughes realizes that she'll have to take the first step out before being swept back … [Read more...] about Loving Keera by Ambro’Zia
Getting It Right the Second Time Around by Jennifer Frank
Alison is a 28 year old living in Boston who is more-or-less happy in her somewhat boring life. She is challenged by the terms of her eccentric aunt’s will to fix a big mistake she made as a college senior - turning down law school for love. While having everything from her job to her apartment disrupted, she has to decide if she’s willing to re-do things the right way around this time, or if she’s courageous enough to find her own path. Having been burned by love before, she is hesitant in … [Read more...] about Getting It Right the Second Time Around by Jennifer Frank
The Wishing Coin by Antara Man
TV reporter Julia Preston is frustrated in life and love... ...until a street vendor sells her a magical coin that fulfills all her darkest wishes. Denied a promised promotion, TV reporter Julia Preston learns that it went instead to ambitious newcomer Bailey. Even worse, she discovers that Bailey is dating her ex. Walking home, seething with anger, Julia encounters a street vendor selling wishing coins. Skeptical, she's not interested until he offers an old tarnished coin with some … [Read more...] about The Wishing Coin by Antara Man
The Tale of Miss Susie and her Steamboat: And Other Songs from your Childhood Explained by Sonja N. Kreps
Based on the song, "Miss Susie had a Steamboat," which is just a simple song from your childhood, right? But have you ever wondered how Miss Susie got into all those messes? Or what that song was specifically referring to? Imagine that the story of Miss Susie isn't an innocent, age-appropriate song. What if she was a party girl, whose life intertwined with other campfire song characters? Forget the eight-year old thrill of almost saying a bad word while chanting this song over slapping … [Read more...] about The Tale of Miss Susie and her Steamboat: And Other Songs from your Childhood Explained by Sonja N. Kreps
The Trouble With St. John: A Samantha Stone Novel by Katie Bloomstrom
"After all that work and sleuthing and investment in my great detective notebook, I had nothing. In fact, the only successful thing I’ve done since stepping foot on this island was successfully believe all the lies everyone told me. Oh, I’ve also successfully been kidnapped, successfully almost drowned, and successfully eaten more Xanax than I’ve ever eaten before in my life. And in two days I’m supposed to just leave and pretend none of this ever happened. If I can even leave after being framed … [Read more...] about The Trouble With St. John: A Samantha Stone Novel by Katie Bloomstrom
Symmetry by Joyce Scarbrough
Jessica Cassady is a copyeditor for a small newspaper in Georgia where her husband Lee is a sportswriter. While he’s at a convention in New York, Jess calls his hotel room in the middle of the night and a woman answers the phone. Lee swears things aren't what they seem, but Jess still kicks him out. While she's deciding whether or not to believe his story and forgive him, she realizes her hair pulling is more than just a nervous habit and finds out she has a condition called trichotillomania. As … [Read more...] about Symmetry by Joyce Scarbrough
Rapeseed by Nancy Freund
‘Rapeseed’ turns 1, and you get the birthday present! Ebook price drop celebration starts Sept 1. Named a ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Finalist in General Fiction, ‘Rapeseed’ is a fun, fast read that delivers real substance. It's an unusual self-discovery story about an extraordinary woman, her bright and quirky teenage son, and their family — because families mature and come of age too. Carolann Cooper is a synesthete with blended senses. She sees her letters and numbers and turbulent … [Read more...] about Rapeseed by Nancy Freund
Mr. Love: A Romantic Comedy by Sally Mason
THE PEN NAME IS DEADLIER THAN THE SWORD Desperate for money, literary author Gordon Rushworth writes a romance novel and self-publishes it under a female alias. To his astonishment it becomes a mega-bestseller, sparking a feeding frenzy in New York publishing and hit-hungry Hollywood. Soon a gorgeous and ambitious young Manhattan agent, Jane Cooper, arrives in Gordon's Vermont village hunting the mysterious "female" novelist, forcing him to concoct a desperate plan to conceal his identity--a … [Read more...] about Mr. Love: A Romantic Comedy by Sally Mason
The White Blouse by R Leigh Turner
VOLUME 2 IN THE "HOTEL STORIES" SERIES Ms N, the fabulous hotelier introduced in "The Two Rooms", has a new assignment - to the hotel from hell. The most valued guest is the brother of the Minister of Planning; the old secret police HQ is a hole in the ground next door; the Materials Manager is providing services of an unsavoury and probably illegal sexual nature; and the whole place seems not to have been repaired, repainted or even cleaned for years. So why does it seem that Ms N is doing … [Read more...] about The White Blouse by R Leigh Turner
Smart Blondes by Sonia Koso
Austin socialite Carrie Pryce has no clue her criminally charming husband is carrying on with another woman until she returns home unexpectedly, mistakes the sounds of passion for a home-invasion robbery and accidently shoots him in the backside. Stunned, Carrie drives all night to her quirky hometown and collapses in a near-catatonic state. A crew of ladies spanning three generations realize it’s up to them to help Carrie get her life out of the ditch. Known as the “Presbyterian Mafia,” … [Read more...] about Smart Blondes by Sonia Koso
