Christina’s recommendations
For the Love of Summer by Susan Mallery – Susan’s women’s fiction is not the “woe is me” kind, although her heroine’s have every reason for that attitude. For the Love of Summer is a great example of a heroine caught between a rock and a hard spot, and who works her way through with humor and determination. Laugh out loud funny and truly fabulously emotional.
Murder in Highbury by Vanessa Kelly – Brimming with all the wit and charm one can expect from a visit to Jane Austen’s world, Murder in Highbury presents Austen’s beloved and interfering character Emma with a murder. When Emma puts her clever wits to use to discover the murderer who hides among them, danger and humor mingle to provide us with mystery, delight, and a clever new sleuth.
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
A Hallmark rom-com full of mythical creatures and fueled by cinnamon rolls and magic, The Spellshop will heal your heart and feed your soul.
The Windsor Conspiracy by Georgie Blalock.
Historical fiction…sort of. Concerning Wallis Simpson and Edward and their Nazi sympathies and how one woman spied on them. This is WWII fiction that matters.
You die in your worst stay-at-home clothes. You’re stuck in heaven’s waiting room expecting to be processed. You meet the man of your living dreams, who was brought up by mistake and sent back. You wrangle your way back to earth…I mean, London!… to find him… British wit, a lovely hopeful tale. 😘
Love At First Book by Jenn McKinlay
Ireland. A librarian. A bookseller. A blocked writer of an incredibly groundbreaking, deeply meaningful series (think Harry Potter) and a real sense of why we fall in love with a series, a place and a person.
Dear Dotty by Jaclyn Westlake
A lovely tale that will take you away from modern life and give you hope in humanity.
The Starlets by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne
Think all the glamor of old Hollywood, all the feuds, all the husband-stealing, all the sex and glamor…and murder. Yeah. It’s a lot of fun!
The Third Wife of Faraday House by B.R. Myers
Historical set in 1812 Canada with a curse, a brooding hero and all the things that make a great Gothic that you can never put down.
Someone in the Attic by Andrea Mara
Um…I’m not reading this one. Too scary. You decide.
Look on the Bright Side by Kristan Higgins
Women’s fiction dealing with death, humor, a strong intelligent woman who has a soft heart, Dr. Satan…Kristin Higgins is a genius with women’s fiction. A definite buy.
It Had to Be You by Eliza Jane Brazier
Lust at first sight…between contract killers. Graphic sex. 😎 Think Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Nice Work, Nora November by Julia London
Brilliant upturn of the normal story. Heroine dies, returns to life, decides to run with her reverse bucket list and remake her life. It is everyone’s best fantasy, ultimately satisfying.
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue by Julie Satow
Fascinating non-fiction about the female CEOs that made major New York City department stores a success, and how they had to still pretend the guys were in charge. 1920s-1970s+. Fascinating reading for every woman.
Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb
Bird watchers in AZ who discover there’s more to life than bird watching, but really…bird watching warms the heart and all the other parts.
Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County by Claire Swinarski
A good casserole will cure every grief.
Words to live by.
Community, hopefulness and family.
What’s in a Kiss by Lauren Kate
Think Freaky Friday: exchanged lives and you get what you think you want…but do you really?
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