Inheritance by Nora Roberts

November 21, 2023

I’m not at all happy that I have to wait a year for the second book in Nora Roberts’ Lost Bride Trilogy. After reading Inheritance, I just want to find the author, and shake the next book out of her. Yes, it’s that good, especially if you’re a...

Flying solo by Linda Holmes

August 13, 2022

I never read Linda Holmes’ debut novel, Evvie Drake Starts Over. Now, after reading Flying Solo, I may have to go back and read the earlier book. The characters are so likable, and the friendships so solid in Flying Solo. I loved the quietness of the book, an...

Should I Fall by Scott Shepherd

July 06, 2022

Quite often, I comment on the cover of a book, saying how attractive it is. The artwork for Scott Shepherd’s fast-paced Should I Fall does nothing for the book. The cover of Shepherd’s first book, The Last Commandment, was much more appealing. Shepherd...

Totally Pawstruck by Sofie Ryan

January 29, 2022

I was late coming to Sofie Kelly’s Magical Cats series, and equally late coming to the series she writes under the name Sofie Ryan. Totally Pawstruck is the ninth in the Second Chance Cat mystery series. And, I know I’m to suspend disbelief in reading a...

The Detective in the Dooryard by Timothy Cotton

July 27, 2020

When asked, I say my all-time favorite book is a collection of essays by Patricia Leimbach, A Thread of Blue Denim. Leimbach knows how to appreciate moments in life,; a trip to sell eggs, running to the store for parts for a tractor, the backyard as the setting for...