As a fan of fairy tale retellings, it is always refreshing when a new one comes along that is different from any I have ever read before. The Reflections of Queen Snow White, by David Meredith, is the story I didn't know that I was...

In Serendipity (Inevitable) by Janet Nissenson, Fate brings together Julia McKinnon and Nathan Atwood. Both Nathan and Julia were in love earlier and circumstances forced them apart when Nathan decided to leave Julia. It was heartbreaking for the both of them and the memories of...

As Between Boyfriends starts we find out why Jan is between boyfriends, because hers, Mike, dumps her. If you think that’s the worst thing to befall Jan, you would be wrong. After getting dumped over the phone, she vows never to date again and starts...

After a brief conversation with her mother, Rose’s entire life begins to unravel. What she thought was just missing money morphed into the end of her marriage and a new chapter in her life. Looking around her soon-to-be-former home, Rose realizes just how blind she...

Surviving 26th Street by Carol June Stover is a story that will transport you to life in the 1950s. Winton Justice moves his family from Memphis, Tennessee, looking for the American Dream. He opens his own advertising agency in New York City, leaving his wife,...

Maggie makes assumptions based on a glimpse of an interaction and changes the course of her life as well as her views on love and relationships. She abruptly leaves her first love, Thomas, behind and for the most part, gives up on love altogether. That...

Christmas stories and novellas are some of my favorite things from the Christmas season. They are right up there with gingerbread cookies and Christmas trees and, for me, date back to a time when my mom would read fun stories about Santa and reindeer all...

Mia has the tragic, although self-inflicted, story of a woman who thinks that the guy she loves will leave his wife for her. Like most dirty mistresses, she is left high and dry when the man chooses his wife over his mistress, and Mia is...

Unfinished Business is the first book in a new chick-lit series by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson, and it has a paranormal twist to it. Angela's mom has just passed away. You would think that means she's gone for good, but it turns out that Mom just...

Anyone picking up Ulrica Hume's latest book, House of Miracles, is in for a treat. The author chooses to focus on three major characters and interweave them through the lives of others, as well as the limitations of time and place. We meet Janet, an...