The Lost Husband by Katherine Center Pages : 304 Genre : Fiction Stand alone My Rating : 4,5/5 What it’s about : When her husband died unexpectedly three years ago, Libby found herself stuck living with her kids at her mom’s place, unable to move forward. Then an invitation lands on Libby’s doorsteps, an offer she surprises herself to accept : to move in with an eccentric aunt she has barely met, and help her with the...

The Cottage at Glass Beach by Heather Barbieri Pages : 288 Genre : Fiction Stand alone My Rating : 3/5 From the book’s jacket : Married to the youngest attorney general in Massachusetts state history, Nora Cunningham is a picture-perfect political wife and a doting mother. But her carefully constructed life falls to pieces when she, along with the rest of the world, learns of the infidelity of her husband, Malcolm. Humiliated and...

The Smart One by Jennifer Close Pages : 340 Genre : Fiction Stand alone My Rating : 3/5 What it’s about : Weezy’s children aren’t doing too good, it seems; her oldest daughter quit her nursing career for a managing job at J.crew, while her other daughter came back home heavy with debts after breaking off her engagement. Her son, the youngest of the kids, is still in college and acting very secretive. Even though they...

Unbreak my Heart by Melissa Walker Pages : 232 Genre : Contemporary Fiction Stand alone My Rating : 4,5/5 What it’s about : Despite her best efforts, Clementine spent the last year falling for her best friend’s boyfriend. When their special connection was discovered, Clementine was immediately cut off from her group of friends, breaking her heart with guilt. Fortunately – or unfortunately – summer was just around...

The Raft by S.A. Bodeen Pages : 231 Genre : Contemporary Fiction, Survival Stand alone My Rating : 2,5/5 From the back of the book : Robie is an experienced traveler. She’s taken the flight from Honolulu to the Midway Atoll, a group of Pacific islands where her parents live, many times. When she has to get to Midway in a hurry after a visit with her aunt in Hawaii, she gets on the next cargo flight at the last minute. She knows the...

If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch Pages : 256 Genre : Contemporary Fiction Stand alone My Rating : 4,5/5 What it’s about : Carey and her young sister Nessa live in an old camper in the woods with their mom. It’s the only home Nessa has ever known, and the only one Carey can now imagine living in. One day, after an unusually long absence from their mother, two strangers come to bring the girls back to civilization : one of them...

The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers Pages : 336 Genre : Contemporary Fiction Stand Alone My Rating : 3/5 From the back of the book : Three women, three different lives filled with lies. Years ago, Tia, Caroline and Juliette all had to take some difficult decisions, choices that, unknown to them, would forever link them together. Now five years have passed, and they have to face what their lives have become : loss, treason, broken...

A Taste of Heaven by Meg Tilly Pages : 264 Genre : Fiction, Middle Grade Stand Alone My Rating : 3,5/5 From the back of the book : Madison Stokes leads a pretty average life: average mom and dad, average looks, average grades—well, maybe her little sister is MUCH brattier than average—but nothing out of the ordinary. All that changes when quiet, secretive Alyssa Hawkins moves to town. When Madison takes Alyssa under her wing, the...