I loved this book when it came out. Burnard was a great short story author who only wrote two novels. I’ve never seen it on sale before–for less than a dollar!–and I can’t wait to read it again. It’s the story of family and it makes and breaks your heart in small but real ways. 

Here’s the blurb: 

A runaway #1 bestseller in Canada, this richly layered first novel tells the story of the intricacies and rituals that shape a family’s life over three generations

A Good House begins in 1949 in Stonebrook, Ontario, home to the Chambers family. The postwar boom and hope for the future colors every facet of life: possibilities seem limitless for Bill, his wife, Sylvia, and their three children.

In the fifty years that follow, the possibilities narrow into lives, etched by character, fate, and circumstance. Sylvia’s untimely death marks her family indelibly but in ways only time will reveal. Paul’s perfect marriage yields an imperfect child. Daphne unabashedly follows an unconventional path, while Patrick discovers that his happiness requires a series of compromises. Bill confronts the onset of old age less gracefully than anticipated, and throughout, his second wife, Margaret, remains, surprisingly, the family anchor.

It’s on sale for 0.75 here.

I am thrilled Jo Goodman is slowly republishing her back list. Here’s hoping her Westerns are next! I love this book–it’s a classic Goodman, full of nuance, passion, and truly bad villains. In our B+ review we wrote:

There is never a dull moment in this book: plenty of action, two creepy villains, interesting secondary characters, a plot that twists and turns, and sex steamy enough to keep your bedchamber windows fogged for the next fortnight. A couple of monumental coincidences, which the author explains as a certain serendipity (okay, I can live with that), weren’t enough to keep me from enjoying every page of this book. And, I was glad that the real conflict is external to the characters’ relationship, for Colin and Mercedes, each having suffered heart-hardening losses, nonetheless are willing to let go of the past in order to love each other. A very satisfying read.

It’s on sale for 2.99 here.

Love old-skool Jo Beverley? Here you go!

Ruined through her vile brother’s schemes, Eleanor Chivenham is offered rescue by marriage to a rake with an infamous French mistress. Eleanor accepts, determined to treat the arranged marriage with cool dignity.

Then she meets Nicholas Delaney. Not only does he stir her senses, but the trouble and pain beneath his smooth exterior reaches her heart.

Nicholas is indeed troubled. While serving his country by seducing secrets out of a French spy, he is persuaded to marry Eleanor to protect his family’s honor. But such chivalry runs counter to his carefully wrought rogue image, and extends the life-threatening plots shadowing him to Eleanor.

To assist, Nicholas re-assembles the Company of Rogues, a schoolboy group he started years before. But not even they can dampen Eleanor’s fighting wit that is quickly unmasking their enemy and testing Nicholas’ formidable will.

It’s on sale for 1.99 here.

I’ve heard great things about this book. Here’s the blurb:

Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies.

But when her first week on the job takes her along a dusty country road to a worn-down one-room cabin, Civil is shocked to learn that her new patients, Erica and India, are children—just eleven and thirteen years old. Neither of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy, but they are poor and Black, and for those handling the family’s welfare benefits, that’s reason enough to have the girls on birth control. As Civil grapples with her role, she takes India, Erica, and their family into her heart. Until one day she arrives at their door to learn the unthinkable has happened, and nothing will ever be the same for any of them.

Decades later, with her daughter grown and a long career in her wake, Dr. Civil Townsend is ready to retire, to find her peace, and to leave the past behind. But there are people and stories that refuse to be forgotten. That must not be forgotten.

Because history repeats what we don’t remember.

Inspired by true events and brimming with hope, Take My Hand is a stirring exploration of accountability and redemption.

It’s on sale for 1.99 here.

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