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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 MaidAuthor: Nita ProsePublication: January 4, 2022Publisher: Ballantine BooksGenre: MysteryPages: 280 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, …

Title: The Last GuestAuthor: Tess LittlePublication: October 5, 2021Publisher: Ballantine BooksGenre: Psychological ThrillerPages: 324 Purchase Links: Featured “Small Town” Bookstore – Lowry’s Books Amazon Barnes and Noble SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) When actress Elspeth Bell attends the fiftieth birthday party of her ex-husband Richard Bryant, the Hollywood director who launched her …

Title: One Day in DecemberAuthor: Josie SilverPublication: October 16, 2018Publisher: Ballantine BooksGenre: RomancePages: 394 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story. Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn’t exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, …

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: Lilac GirlsAuthor: Martha Hall KellyPublication: April 5, 2016Publisher: Ballantine BooksGenre: Historical FictionPages: 497 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline’s world is forever changed when Hitler’s army invades …

Title: The Better LiarAuthor: Tanen JonesPublication: January 14, 2020Publisher: Ballantine BooksGenre: Mystery/ThrillerPages: 307 SYNOPSIS (From Goodreads) When a woman conceals her sister’s death to claim their joint inheritance, her deception exposes a web of dangerous secrets in this addictive new thriller for fans of Megan Abbott, Gillian Flynn, and Paula …

Title: The Witchfinder’s Sister Author: Beth Underdown Publication: April 25, 2017 Publisher: Ballantine Books Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense Pages: 336