Fifteen years ago, Silas Matherson left his aunt and uncle's lodge in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and never looked back. Something tragic happened back then, Jessica (an ex-girlfriend) went missing on a hike he was on with his friends Danny and Meg, and he just left....
Book Review: ‘A Very Inconvenient Scandal: A Novel’ By Jacquelyn Mitchard
Frankie Attleboro's mother died a year ago, and she left Cape Cod, where her father and brother still live. Now a year later, she returns for the first time, pregnant and engaged to Gil. When she goes into the family home, she finds her father in bed with her best...
Book Review: ‘Again And Again: A Novel’ By Jonathan Evison
Eugene Miles, aka Geno, lives in a nursing home, is 105 years old, but in reality he's over 1000 years old. Every time he dies he comes back to live as another person, or in one case a cat. He remembers most of his previous lives, and hopes that one day he will meet...
Book Review: ‘Good Taste: A Novel’ By Caroline Scott
The year is 1932, and in London Stella Douglas has written her first book, which didn't sell very well. She's still getting over the loss of her mother a year ago, and looking after her father. Her published tells her to write her next book about the history of...
Book Review: ‘A Dish Best Served Hot: A Novel’ By Natalie Caña
In high school, Saint Vega and Lola left his girlfriend at 18 to join the service, and then she vanished without a trace, having to go into witness protection because of her family. He never knew what happened to her. Now twelve years later, they are both back in...
Book Review: ‘Calamity: A Novel’ By Constance Fay
Temperance Reed was once part of a powerful family and was kicked out when she refused to be a bad person like her brother, who was running the family. There are 5 powerful families, and 10 sub-powerful families, and you don't want to cross them. She's working on the...
Book Review: ‘Mom Com: A Novel’ By Adriana Mather
Maddie left Haverberry Cove, MA. ten years ago, to have her son and start a new life, and has barely been back since. She's on her way there now for Christmas, and to get new details of the will of her late father, who passed away a year ago. It also might mean...
Book Review: ‘The Porcelain Maker: A Novel’ By Sarah Freethy
In 1993 Clara is looking for answers about her father, and her family during WWII. Her mother Bettina died three years ago, and would never talk about that part of her life. The only clues she has to go on are porcelain figurines and a painting of the Viking. In 1929...
Book Review: ‘Dirty Thirty: A Stephanie Plum Novel’ By Janet Evanovich
It's another typical week in the life of Stephanie Plum, she works for her cousin Vinny, who's a bail bondsman, and along with Lula, they track down people who have missed their court dates, and get them rescheduled, and it's not an easy job. On top of that, she gets...
Book Review: ‘The Twelve Dogs Of Christmas: A Novel’ By Susan Wiggs
Brenda Malloy has not liked Christmas very much, ever since she was a young girl. And last year didn't help when she and her husband were giving a Christmas party, and their dog Tim got sick and rushed to the emergency vet. He had eaten a thong, one that did not...

