Author: Toni Shiloh Series: Love in the Spotlight #2 Publisher: Bethany House Release Date: May 7, 2024 Rating: 5 out of 5. Another endearing romance by Toni Shiloh who is making a name for herself in the Christian fiction section. Piper McKinney is a black woman trying to make a name for herself in the world of horse-racing. There aren’t many others of color in the world she is trying to break into and as she works to get her horse a winner in the Kentucky Derby, she knows she might need a little help. Tucker Hale is her best friend and trainer and works to help Piper achieve her dream whe ..read more

Author: Melody Carlson Publisher: Revell Release Date: March 19, 2024 Rating: 5 out of 5. A sweet contemporary romance that will put a smile on readers’ faces. Ginny Masters lives in Seattle and works at one of the hotel boutiques. It is a good job but hard and a boss that demands a bit much at times. Jacqueline Potter has trouble finding a job with her hospitality degree, so she works at her grandfather’s Idaho fishing lodge. The two get together and decide that for the summer they should switch things up and see if it helps their lives on every front including their love lives. Melody Car ..read more

Author: Charles Martin Publisher: Thomas Nelson Release Date: October 3, 2023 Rating: 5 out of 5. How far will you go to protect someone you love? Maybe Joe Sue is the world’s biggest movie star.  Orphaned and passed around through the foster care system, once she aged out, she headed for Los Angeles to try to make a name for herself.  All she found were a few commercials and a place to wait on all night customers.  One of those nights, a producer realized that she would be a perfect replica for the actress that he was having problems with.  After a few takes and an indi ..read more

Author: Sara Brunsvold Publisher: Revell Release Date: January 16, 2024 Rating: 5 out of 5. Sara Brunsvold came onto the scene last year with her debut novel that blew me away! Her second is a heartwarming read that will touch readers in the same way! Nikki Werner has had her world turned upside down after her father left her mother and her relationship with her boyfriend is on the rocks. On break for the summer from her teaching job, she heads to her uncle’s farm to think and figure out the direction for her life. At the farm, she finds old journals and cookbooks from her grandmother that ..read more

Author: Angela Hunt Publisher: Focus on the Family Release Date: November 1, 2023 Rating: 4 out of 5. A heavy novel tackling a topic that is uncomfortable, unsettling, and unfortunately all too real. Maddie is a sixteen-year-old girl living with her parents in Atlanta.  Her mother is a workaholic lawyer who throws herself into her cases and her father is a pharmaceutical sales rep who does well.  She is a typical teenager dealing with usual stuff, but after her dad commits suicide the day after Christmas, everything changes.  Her mother grieves by working harder and Maddie is ..read more

Another day, another group of great reads! Today’s picks are for contemporary fiction and any of these will be great additions on your shelf! Top Pick: He Should Have Told the Bees by Amanda Cox He Should Have Told the Bees is the newest by Amanda Cox, her third book, and amazingly her third 5 star read from me. Each time I pick up a book by Cox I find myself in for a treat, her writing is some of the best I have read for a newer author that doesn’t have a long catalog of books and has written for many years. Lately I have found contemporary novels to be some of the most moving for me with ch ..read more

Author: Liz Johnson Series: Prince Edward Island Shores #3 Publisher: Revell Release Date: August 1, 2023 Rating: 4 out of 5. The final book in the Prince Edward Island Shores series finally gives readers insight into the Island’s most reclusive character. Levi Ross is known to be very softspoken, but few people realize just how intelligent he is.  As the facilities director at the local high school, Levi is getting everything ready for a hurricane, but when it hits earlier than expected, he discovers that Kelsey Ahern, the drama teacher, gets trapped in her classroom.  After gett ..read more

Author: Alli Frank & Asha Youmans Publisher: Mindy’s Book Studio Release Date: July 1, 2023 Rating: 3 out of 5. A rom com that wasn’t what I expected and am still thinking about it long after turning the last page. Nina Morgan Clarke has had several difficult years and now that her ex-husband is across the country and daughter at a boarding school, she is getting ready to become the first Black female head of Royal-Hawkins school. Before starting the new job, Nina and her best friend take a girl’s trip to celebrate. It isn’t long into the school year that Nina is hit with hardships as J ..read more

Author: Amy Lea Publisher: Mindy’s Book Studio Release Date: October 1, 2023 Rating: 4 out of 5. This is a feel-good story that was just what I needed and can’t wait for others to enjoy reading it as well. Charlotte Wu is getting ready for high school prom, a bucket list event for most high schoolers. She has been trying to plan the perfect prom and all is going well until she falls off a ladder and lands on J.T. Renner, her worst enemy. To make matters worse, when she wakes up next, she finds herself at 30 years old and in bed next to Renner. Neither of them knows how they got into their t ..read more

Author: Holly Varni Publisher: Revell Release Date: September 26, 2023 Rating: 5 out of 5. A fantastic debut from Holly Varni that will stick with readers long after the last page! Cora Matthews looks at her life and wonders what happened. After a failed engagement and the death of her mother, she isn’t sure what her new normal will look like. Her mother left her a rundown lodge on Moonberry Lake and as she goes to see about the place, she finds a group of interesting neighbors all ready to help her in some form or fashion. This wasn’t what she came looking for and as she works to put her l ..read more