The Survivor’s Guide to Family Happiness by Maddie Dawson

October 25, 2016

If you like flawed characters who struggle with day-to-day life, quirky, engaging characters, you’ll want to meet Nina Popkin in Maddie Dawson’s The Survivor’s Guide to Family Happiness. Nina won my heart. I don’t know that I’d want...

The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller

August 29, 2016

Is there anything better than a debut novel that’s even better than you expected? Louise Miller’s The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living, looked interesting. But, Miller managed to bring her characters, Vermont, and music to life in this...

A Girl’s Guide to Moving On by Debbie Macomber

March 27, 2016

Sometimes, a Debbie Macomber book has just the right amount of tears, along with the happy ending. Her latest, A Girl’s Guide to Moving On, is one of those novels. With dual narrators, Macomber allows her characters to tell the story of turning points in...

The Secret to Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHale

March 19, 2016

I’ll admit for a while I wasn’t fond of the narrator in Celeste Fletcher McHale’s debut novel, The Secret to Hummingbird Cake. But, stick with it. This is not your typical chick lit book, and Carrigan Whitfield learns a few hard lessons in the course...

The Wedding Tree by Robin Wells

November 25, 2015

It’s probably the best recommendation I can give women’s fiction; recommended to my mother. I think she’ll appreciate Robin Wells’ epic novel, The Wedding Tree. At 91, Adelaide McCauley is ready to die when she finds herself looking down...