A Love So True by Melissa Jagears
Historical Fiction, Review

A Love So True by Melissa Jagears

Evelyn Wisely has a heart for the orphans of Teaville and works at a local mansion that rescues children out of the town's red-light district and gives them a place to live. But her desire to help isn't limited to orphans. The owner of the mansion, Nicholas Lowe, is willing to help her try to get the women working in prostitution out of the district as well--if she can gain the cooperation and support of local businessmen to go against the rest of the community. [...]

Looking Glass Lies by Varina Denman
Contemporary Fiction, Review

Looking Glass Lies by Varina Denman

A poignant and relatable novel, Looking Glass Lies captures the war women wage against themselves, and the struggle to see beauty reflected in a mirror not distorted by societyโ€™s unrelenting expectations. For most of her adult life, Cecily Ross has compared herself to other womenโ€”and come up short. After a painful divorce from her emotionally abusive husband, Cecily returns to her hometown of Canyon, Texas, looking to heal. [...]

With No Reservations by Laurie Tomlinson
Contemporary Fiction, Review

With No Reservations by Laurie Tomlinson

What could well-known and wealthy Graham Cooper Jr. have in common with a blogger like Sloane Bradley, a woman with secrets she's kept firmly out of the public eye? That is, besides a love of food. Sloane still can't believe Cooper's the chef at the restaurant she's been assigned to promote. But she's boiling to prove to him that her "little blog" can put his place on the map. [...]

Behind the Scenes by Jen Turano
Historical Fiction, Review

Behind the Scenes by Jen Turano + q&a

Miss Permilia Griswold may have been given the opportunity of a debut into New York high society, but no one warned her she wasnโ€™t guaranteed to โ€œtake.โ€ After spending the last six years banished to the wallflower section of the ballroom, sheโ€™s finally putting her status on the fringes of society to good use by penning anonymous society gossip columns[...]