Category Archives: General Fiction

Review: The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove by Susan Gregg Gilmore

Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Crown (August 17, 2010) ISBN-10: 0307395030 Source: Publisher   In 1960’s Nashville, Bezellia Grove is the oldest daughter in a prominent family.  Her father is a doctor who would rather spend time with his patients than … Continue reading

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Review: Come Sunday by Isla Morley

Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Picador; 1 edition (August 3, 2010) ISBN-10: 0312429770 Source: Publisher Abbigail (Abbe) Deighton lives with her husband, Greg, and three-year-old daughter Cloe in Hawaii.  Greg, a minister,  is a caring, loving, husband.  Cleo is your typical … Continue reading

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Review: Labor Day by Joyce Maynard

Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (August 3, 2010) ISBN-10: 0061843415 Source: Publisher Summertime is nearing an end.  Thirteen-year-old Henry hasn’t done much but watch television.  He lives with his mother Adele who, since the divorce from his … Continue reading

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Virginia is for…Book Lovers: Veracity by Laura Bynum

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Pocket (January 5, 2010) ISBN-10: 1439123349 Source: Publisher In 2012, a viral infection sweeps the country and wipes out half the population.  A new government rises up from the ruins, called “The Confederation of the Willing.”  … Continue reading

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Review: On Folly Beach by Karen White

Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: NAL Trade; 1 edition (May 4, 2010) ISBN-10: 0451229215 Source: Publisher  Emmy Hamilton is a recent widow; her husband, a soldier, was killed in Afghanistan.  As to be expected, she’s having a difficult time getting over … Continue reading

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Review: Sounds Like Crazy by Shana Mahaffey

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: NAL Trade; Original edition (October 6, 2009) ISBN-10: 0451227913 Source: Publisher Holly Miller suffers from dissociative identity disorder.  Five other identities share her head: the faceless boy who wears red Converse sneakers; the Silent One; Sarge, … Continue reading

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Review: Pieces of Happily Ever After by Irene Zutell

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (September 1, 2009) ISBN-10: 0312540094 Source: SheKnows Alice Kirshall has a storybook life, or so it seems.  Her husband, Alex, a Hollywood entertainment lawyer signs on with a new client, actress Rose Maris. … Continue reading

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Review: A Note From An Old Acquaintance by Bill Walker

Paperback: 360 pages Publisher: iUniverse (June 11, 2009) ISBN-10: 1440133336 Source: Author It has been two years since the horrific accident that killed Brian Weller’s three-year-old son and left his wife in an irreversible  coma. He’s lost everything, including his … Continue reading

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Review & Giveaway: The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran

Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books; Original edition (February 9, 2010) ISBN-10: 034551095X Source: Publisher Henry Oades, his wife Margaret, and his children move to New Zealand temorarily after Henry obtains an esteemed accounting position there.  It’s the 19th century, … Continue reading

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Review and Giveaway: The Girl on Legare Street by Karen White

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