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Genres, time periods, settings… we love them all! SO, what kind of fictional experience are y’all in the mood for?! Not sure? Can’t decide? I’m here for you! Last year, swoof reads was a week-long celebration so check that out then read on for this year's condensed version of the swoof files!
Hello, reader friends! The excitement continues!!! Hope By The Book magazine hit the presses late last week (I don't know if that's proper magazine lingo or not but y'all get the idea... it is really REAL)! The winter launch issue should be in subscribers' hands by as early as this week!
Hi, reader friends! Today, we welcome back author friend Dawn Crandall to celebrate her newly released novella with a JustRead tour! In this captivating novella by Dawn Crandall, Nicholette Everstone is already a widow at the age of twenty-two: her husband was murdered on their wedding day...
Hello, reader friends!!! I'll try not to ramble like I usually do on Fridays because today's featured book is actually a collection of seven stories... yep, seven first lines AND a giveaway! Better yet, this collection is less than a dollar and only available for a limited time so buy a copy for a friend or two then enter to win a copy for yourself!
I'm so glad y'all convinced me to do this post at the beginning of the year! I've really had a great time admiring all the lovely covers and getting excited about the stories to come. Here are MY most highly anticipated new releases for April through June of 2018!
Is your to-be-read pile growing yet? I've had so much fun revisiting my favorites and hearing all about yours this week! I'll let you in on a little secret, historical fiction is my first love genre! I've adored historical fiction since I fell madly in love with reading in middle school.
Violet Hawthorne is beyond mortified when her brother Ezra turns their deceased parents' New England country inn into a brothel to accommodate the nearby lumberjacks; but when Violet's own reputation is compromised, the inn becomes the least of her worries.
Sent away for protection, hotel heiress Estella Everstone finds herself living undercover as a lady’s companion named Elle Stoneburner at one of her father’s opulent hotels in the mountains of Maine—the one she'd always loved best and always hoped to own one day, Everston.
One accidental kiss from Lawry Hampton. That was all it took to throw Meredyth Summercourt's world upside-down. Determined to marry the ever-elusive Vance Everstone, she simply doesn't have the time or the desire to fall for her best friend.
After being unjustly expelled from the Boston Conservatory of Music, Amaryllis Brigham sees her dreams of founding a music academy in her hometown of Seattle, Washington, disappearing before her very eyes. Now, the only way to achieve her goal comes with high stakes for someone set on avoiding men as much as possible...
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