Title: The Lost ApothecaryAuthor: Sarah PennerPublication: March 2, 2021Publisher: Park RowGenre: Historical FictionPages: 320 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman.Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register.One cold February evening in 1791, …

Title: A Duke, the Lady, and a BabyAuthor: Vanessa RileyPublication: June 30, 2020Publisher: Zebra BooksGenre: Historical FictionPages: 297 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) When headstrong West Indian heiress Patience Jordan questioned her English husband’s mysterious suicide, she lost everything: her newborn son, Lionel, her fortune—and her freedom. Falsely imprisoned, she risks her …

Title: Blame It On ParisAuthor: Jennifer GreenePublication: October 15, 2012Publisher: HQNGenre: RomancePages: 384 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Kelly Rochard is determined to have one last adventure before settling down to married life! Still, being mugged at the Louvre is not what she had in mind for her long-awaited trip to Paris. …

Title: The Kitchen FrontAuthor: Jennifer RyanPublication: February 23, 2021Publisher: Ballantine BooksGenre: Historical FictionPages: 416 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) In a new World War II-set story from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir, four women compete for a spot hosting a wartime cookery program called The Kitchen Front – based …

Title: Midnight in AustenlandAuthor: Shannon HalePublication: September 4, 2012Publisher: BloomsburyGenre: RomancePages: 288 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Charlotte Kinder is in need of true escape when she heads from Ohio to Pembrook Park, a Jane Austen-themed retreat in the British countryside. But as it turns out, this vacation is no time to …

Title: The Forever GirlAuthor: Jill ShalvisPublication: January 12, 2021Publisher: William Morrow PaperbacksGenre: Women’s FictionPages: 400 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) When Maze returns to Wildstone for the wedding of her estranged bff and the sister of her heart, it’s also a reunion of a once ragtag team of teenagers who had only …

I had this in my to-be-read pile for months.  I picked it up at my hometown’s local used bookstore.  I am not normally a spooky/thriller reader but this looked intriguing.  I had it on my list of book to movie review and decided that this fall I was going to …

At the beginning of the year, I set my bar to read 50 books.  Then well you see what happened with the year I aimed my bar higher and read 104 books in the year 2020.  I have set my bar at 60 for this year and can raise it …

Title: The Bookish Life of Nina HillAuthor: Abbi WaxmanPublication: July 9, 2019Publisher: BerkleyGenre: Women’s FictionPages: 352 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat …

Title: The Boy in the Striped PajamasAuthor: John BoynePublication: October 23, 2007Publisher: David Fickling BooksGenre: Historical FictionPages: 215 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family …