Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

So I admit, I definitely read this book because I heard the author lived in my area and was also a librarian. I normally avoid contemporary Young Adult stories because they aren’t my thing, but I knew I needed to give this a shot. The result was a charming, wholly Texan, story about friends, boyfriends,…

A Missing Peace by Beth Fred

Arranged is a 2007 movie which focuses on the friendship between two first year teachers, one an Orthodox Jewish woman, the other Muslim. What I loved about this film is that it focused not on the politics of their situation or the religion of it, but on the fact that friendship can transcend cultures. I…

The Return by Brad Boney

Boney’s latest is the epitome of Yogi Berra’s famous quote: “It’s like deja vu, all over again.” Unlike Berra, Boney’s book dabbles in reincarnation and the parallel lives of two lovers music critic Stanton Parrish has at either end of his life. When he’s a young man, Parrish falls for a budding musician and songwriter…

Can’t Stop Believing

If some books can be judged by the numbers of tissues readers use to read them, this would be a multi-box story. There’s more poignant, bittersweet, thoughtful commentary on life and death here than in any other romance I’ve read in quite some time. <!– var browName = navigator.appName; var SiteID = 1; var ZoneID…

A Shot of Sultry by Macy Beckett

A Shot of Sultry is the second book in Macy Beckett’s Sultry Springs series. For the most part, it was a funny, not-quite-over-the-top romance, but it occasionally crossed that line for me. After being caught up in a scandal involving bad sources and hasty accusations, documentarian Bobbi Gallagher is ostracized by her peers in LA….

Texas Blue by Jodi Thomas

Finding a husband for a girl living on a remote ranch in the late 1800s was difficult when the only men she saw with any regularity were crusty ranch hands or those already married. For three sisters in their early 20s, there just weren’t enough possible beaus to go around. Thomas cleverly tackles this problem…

Rainwater by Sandra Brown

Rainwater by Sandra Brown

There is something about spring that is always warm and exciting and full of promise to me. But summer can go in any direction – it can be a warm and delightful season full of lazy heat, trips to the swimming pool, ice cream and baseball games. Or it can be ominously hot, full of…

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