Rating Title: Dating Dr. DilAuthor: Nisha SharmaPublication: March 15, 2022Publisher: AvonGenre: RomancePages: 373 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Kareena Mann dreams of having a love story like her parents, but she prefers restoring her classic car to swiping right on dating apps. When her father …

Rating Title: The Wedding Dress Sewing CircleAuthor: Jennifer RyanPublication: May 31, 2022Publisher: Ballantine BooksGenre: Historical FictionPages: 411 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) After renowned fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both her home and her design house in the London Blitz, she has nowhere to go but the …

Rating Title: The Thread CollectorsAuthor: Shaunna J. Edwards and Alyson RichmanPublication: August 30, 2022Publisher: Graydon HouseGenre: Historical FictionPages: 382 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) 1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroiders intricate maps on repurposed cloth to …

Rating Title: The Bachelor and the BrideAuthor: Sarah M. EdenPublication: September 6, 2022Publisher: Shadow MountainGenre: Historical Fiction, RomancePages: 368 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) London, 1866 Dr. Barnabus Milligan has always felt called to help people, whether that means setting a broken bone or rescuing …

Rating Title: FireworksAuthor: Alice LinPublication: June 7, 2022Publisher: UnderlinedGenre: Teen, YA FictionPages: 320 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Seventeen-year-old Lulu Li has her last summer before college all planned out. But her plans go awry when she learns that Kite Xu, her old next-door neighbor and childhood …

Title: The Codebreaker’s SecretAuthor: Sara AckermanPublication: August 2, 2022Publisher: MIRAGenre: Historical FictionPages: 384 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) 1943. As war in the Pacific rages on, Isabel Cooper and her codebreaker colleagues huddle in “the dungeon” at Station HYPO in Pearl Harbor, deciphering secrets plucked from …

Rating Title: The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human HappinessAuthor: Paula PoundstonePublication: May 8, 2018Publisher: Algonquin BooksGenre: Non-Fiction, HumorPages: 320 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) “Is there a secret to happiness?” asks comedian Paula Poundstone. “I don’t know how or why anyone would …

Rating Title: Hearts of BriarwallAuthor: Krista JensenPublication: August 2, 2022Publisher: Shadow MountainGenre: Historical FictionPages: 288 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Lydia Wooding is fascinated by the latest inventions the new century brings, including motorcars. She longs for the independence they represent and believes that women should have …

Rating Title: Mr. Perfect on PaperAuthor: Jean MeltzerPublication: August 9, 2022Publisher: MIRAGenre: RomancePages: 416 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) The perfect Jewish husband should be:* A doctor or lawyer (preferably a doctor)* Baggage-free (no previous marriages, no children)* And of course—he must be Jewish As the creator …

Title: The Book of Lost NamesAuthor: Kristin HarmelPublication: May 25, 2021Publisher: Gallery BooksGenre: Historical FictionPages: 416 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) The accompanying article discusses the looting of libraries by the Nazis across Europe during World War II—an experience Eva remembers well—and the search to …