Hello, reader friends! It's time to dive into day 5 of our year-end celebration! We're dedicating this final week of the year to the swoof files! Seven lists of ten(ish) books each categorized by swoof, my experience of the reads! [...]
Tag: Melissa Jagears
Melissa Jagears: author spotlight
Today's featured author was an instant favorite of mine from the first novella I read! I appreciate the way she balances heavy moods and lighthearted humor in her stories and if you haven't read on of her books... we're going to change that! [...]
May Favorites
Woowee!! Life is moving at breakneck speed right now, y'all! In honor of the kids' summer break, we're sharing some of our favorite #kidlit reads in June. Look for a new recommendation every Thursday! Here are the newest additions to my all-time favorites! [...]
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. [...]
2016 Favorites: Historical Fiction
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.
A Heart Most Certain by Melissa Jagears
Lydia King knows what it's like to be in need, so when she joins the Teaville Moral Society, she genuinely hopes to help the town's poor. But with her father's debts increasing by the day and her mother growing sicker by the week, she wonders how long it will be until she ends up in the poor house herself.
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