The central character in Laurie Levy’s The Stendhal Summer, Alison Miller, carries a lot of baggage on her trip to Europe. She struggles to wrangle her luggage on and off trains, in and out of taxis and hotels, up and down stairs. Alison, 54, is...

In The Perils of Autumn by Rusty Blackwood, we meet Autumn and her mother, Abigail, learn of their early struggles through flashbacks, and then join them in their 1970 present life. Abigail owns a dress shop and Autumn has graduated and earned her nursing cap....

The Secretive Wife: More Than a Wife Series Book 2 by Jennifer Peel is a romance novel set in the present time. Delaine, a beautiful online magazine writer, is happily married to an attractive landscaper, Peter, a would-be priest who turned his back on his...

In The Yiddish Gangster's Daughter, author Joan Lipinsky Cochran introduces us to Becky Ruchinsky, a forty-something mother of two who finds her life moving in some totally unexpected directions. Her two sons have headed off to college, leaving her at home with her husband, Daniel,...

Turn the Paige by Roseanne Beck is an interesting first entry in the Love Hurts Series, a very engaging read filled with drama and hilarity. Meet Paige, a workaholic who spends the whole day in the office and, by the time she's done seeing her...

There’s a certain political figurehead, who shall remain nameless, but who never fails to make the evening news reports. When he begins bragging, I either put my hands over my ears or grab the remote to press “mute”. I can’t stand the sound of this...

The Winner's Circle by PJ Colando tells the story of three friends. Friends who want out of their mundane lives. Bonnie wins millions on the Boffo Lotto and both Bonnie and Jackie tell her she needs to get a lawyer, invest her money and hide...

The Fading of Kimberly is an historical women’s fiction novel written by Kit Crumpton. Warren Willard Weatherspoon, a wealthy railroad magnate, had lost his beloved wife, Lucinda, when she gave birth to their daughter, Kimberly. His first, unspoken thought when checking his baby’s gender for...

The Victoria Lie is a work of literary fiction by author Sarah Marie Graye which asks the question: When is a lie a lifeline? The second book in The Butterfly Effect saga, this story focuses on new characters and can be read as a standalone...

The Divorcee is a hot romance novel exclusively for adults by author Treena Wynes. Filled with sizzle, sass and sex, this is the story of main character Allie, who starts out as a severely disgruntled wife with a boring, moody man who wants to control...