The Hundred Loves of Juliet by Evelyn Skye – Audio ARC from PRH audio and Del Rey for an honest review Book Blurb: When Helene was young, she dreamed of the perfect man and filled her notebooks with stories about him and about love in its purest form. But after a messy divorce, she has let go of such naive fantasies. She has moved to a small town in Alaska, where she is ready to write her novel and build a new life without romance. Fate has other plans, though. Helene soon meets Sebastien Montague, a handsome fisherman who is her invented hero made flesh, down to the most idiosyncrat ..read more

Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne – Audio   ARC from PRH audio and Berkley for an honest review Book Blurb: Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne: Liza B.–the only DJ who gives a jam–wants to take her neighborhood back from the soulless property developer dropping unaffordable condos on every street corner in DC. But her planned protest at a corporate event takes a turn after she mistakes the smoldering-hot CEO for the waitstaff. When they go toe-to-toe, the sparks fly–but her impossible-to-ignore family thwarts her every move. Liza wants Dorsey Fitzgerald out of her hood, but she’ll settle ..read more

  Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese – 336 pages ARC from St. Martins and Netgalley for an honest review  Book Blurb: Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese: Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward. An apothecary who has fallen under the spell of opium, his pile of debts have forced them to flee Edinburgh for a fresh start in the New World. But only days after they’ve arrived in Salem, Edward abruptly joins a departing ship as a medic––leaving Isobel penniless and alone in a strange countr ..read more

  Darling Girl: A Novel of Peter Pan by Liz Michalski Audio   Audio and finished copy for review by PRH audio and Wunderkind PR for an honest review   Book Blurb: Darling Girl: A Novel of Peter Pan by Liz Michalski: Life is looking up for Holly Darling, granddaughter of Wendy–yes, that Wendy. She’s running a successful skincare company; her son, Jack, is happy and healthy; and the tragedy of her past is well behind her . . . until she gets a call that her daughter, Eden, who has been in a coma for nearly a decade, has gone missing from the estate where she’s be ..read more

Waking Romeo by Kathryn Barker – 384 pages  ARC from Flatiron for an honest review  Book Blurb: It’s the end of the world. Literally. Time travel is possible, but only forward. And only a handful of families choose to remain in the “now,” living off of the scraps left behind. Among them are eighteen-year-old Juliet and the love of her life, Romeo. But things are far from rosy for Jules. Romeo lies in a coma and Jules is estranged from her friends and family, dealing with the very real fallout of their wild romance. Then a mysterious time traveler, Ellis, impossibly arrives from t ..read more

Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor – 336 pages ARC from Harper Perennial for an honest review  Book Blurb: Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor shares what happens on a sultry August day in 1922, when Jay Gatsby is shot dead in his West Egg swimming pool. To the police, it appears to be an open-and-shut case of murder/suicide when the body of George Wilson, a local mechanic, is found in the woods nearby. Then a diamond hairpin is discovered in the bushes by the pool, and three women fall under suspicion. Each holds a key that can unlock the truth to the mysterious life and d ..read more

Beth & Amy by Virginia Kantra – 348 pages  ARC from Berkley and Netgalley for an honest review  Book Blurb: Amy March is more like her older sister Jo than she’d like to admit. An up-and-coming designer in New York’s competitive fashion industry, ambitious Amy is determined to get out of her sisters’ shadow and keep her distance from their North Carolina hometown. But when Jo’s wedding forces her home, she must face what she really wants…and confront the One Big Mistake that could upend her life and forever change her relationship with Jo. Gentle, unassuming Beth grew up as t ..read more

Meg & Jo by Virginia Kantra – 390 pages Book Blurb: The March sisters—reliable Meg, independent Jo, stylish Amy, and shy Beth—have grown up to pursue their separate dreams. When Jo followed her ambitions to New York City, she never thought her career in journalism would come crashing down, leaving her struggling to stay afloat in a gig economy as a prep cook and secret food blogger. Meg appears to have the life she always planned—the handsome husband, the adorable toddlers, the house in a charming subdivision. But sometimes getting everything you’ve ever wanted isn’t all it’s cracked u ..read more