Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan Pages : 336 Genre : YA, Contemporary Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : Sixteen-year-old Josie lives her life in translation. She speaks High School, College, Friends, Boyfriends, Break-ups, and even the language of Beautiful Girls. But none of these is her native tongue — the only people who speak that are her best friend Stu and her sister Kate. So when Kate gets engaged...

The Farm by Tom Rob Smith Pages : 352 Genre : Mystery Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : If you refuse to believe me, I will no longer consider you my son. Daniel believed that his parents were enjoying a peaceful retirement on a remote farm in Sweden. But with a single phone call, everything changes. Your mother…she’s not well, his father tells him. She’s been imagining things – terrible, terrible...

Thirty Sunsets by Christine Hurley Deriso Pages : 240 Genre : YA, Fiction Stand alone My Rating : 3.5/5 About the Book  : To Forrest Shephard, getting away to the family’s beach house with her parents and her brother, Brian, is the best part of every summer. Until this year, when her mother invites Brian’s obnoxious girlfriend, Olivia, to join them. Suddenly, Forrest’s relaxing vacation becomes a mission to verify...

The Year She Left Us by Kathryn Ma Pages : 336 Genre : Fiction Stand alone My Rating : 3.5/5 About the Book  : The Kong women are in crisis. A disastrous trip to visit her “home” orphanage in China has plunged eighteen-year-old Ari into a self-destructive spiral. Her adoptive mother, Charlie, a lawyer with a great heart, is desperate to keep her daughter safe. Meanwhile, Charlie must endure the prickly scrutiny of her...

The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani Pages : 352 Genre : Contemporary fiction Series : Valentine, book 3 My Rating : 3.5/5 About the Book  : For over a hundred years, the Angelini Shoe Company in Greenwich Village has relied on the leather produced by Vechiarelli & Son in Tuscany. This historic business partnership provides the twist of fate for Valentine Roncalli, the school teacher turned shoemaker, to fall in love...

Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott Pages : 304 Genre : YA, Contemporary fiction Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : Emma would give anything to talk to her mother one last time. Tell her about her slipping grades, her anger with her stepfather, and the boy with the bad reputation who might be the only one Emma can be herself with. But Emma can’t tell her mother anything. Because her mother is brain-dead and being kept alive...

Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani Pages : 371 Genre : Contemporary fiction Series : Valentine, book 2 My Rating : 3/5 About the Book  : As Brava, Valentine begins, snow falls like glitter over Tuscany at the wedding of her grandmother, Teodora, and longtime love, Dominic. Valentine’s dreams are dashed when Gram announces that Alfred, “the prince,” Valentine’s only brother and nemesis, has been named her...

Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani Pages : 371 Genre : Contemporary fiction Series : Valentine, book 1 My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : In this luscious, contemporary family saga, the Angelini Shoe Company, makers of exquisite wedding shoes since 1903, is one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village. The company is on the verge of financial collapse. It falls to thirty-three-year-old Valentine Roncalli, the talented...