Blog Tour Review: The First Emma ~by Camille Di Maio

I received a free copy of the book as part of my participation in this tour. Synopsis (from Goodreads): Inspired by true events. 1914 – Young bride Emma Koehler dreams of a happy marriage and a simple life with her husband, but her hopes are quickly dashed by Otto’s obsession with his business. Though they…

Blog Tour Review: Finding Mrs. Ford ~by Deborah Goodrich Royce

Thank you to the publisher for sending me a free copy of the book. Synopsis (from Goodreads): Mrs. Ford leads a privileged life. From her Blenheim spaniels to her cottage on the coast of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, she carefully curates her world. Hair in place, house in place, life in place, Susan Ford keeps…

Don’t Put the Boats Away ~by Ames Sheldon

Thanks to the author for sending me a free copy of the book. Synopsis (from Goodreads): In the aftermath of World War II, the members of the Sutton family are reeling from the death of their “golden boy,” Eddie. Over the next twenty-five years, they all struggle with loss, grief, and mourning. Daughter Harriet and…

Blog Tour: The Road to Delano ~by John DeSimone

Thanks to the publisher for sending me a free copy of the book. Synopsis (from Goodreads): Jack Duncan is a high school senior whose dream is to play baseball in college and beyond―as far away from Delano as possible. He longs to escape the political turmoil surrounding the labor struggles of the striking fieldworkers that…

Blog Tour Review: More Than ~by Diane Barnes

Thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy of the book. Synopsis (from Goodreads): “You are obese, Mrs. Moriarty.” Peggy Moriarty is stunned by her doctor’s words. She knows she’s let herself go a bit, but she thinks the young, skinny physician is exaggerating. Her husband’s death fourteen years ago left her…

White Knight ~by John H. Cunningham

I received a free copy of the book in exchange for my participation on this tour. Synopsis (from Goodreads):  Buck Reilly’s vacation in the Virgin Islands goes downhill fast when he witnesses a helicopter crash over the Sir Francis Drake Channel. Buck races to the rescue, but the lone survivor—a beautiful woman—has amnesia. When Buck…

Look Both Ways ~by Jason Reynolds

Thanks to Libro.fm and Simon & Schuster Audio for providing me with a free advanced listening copy. Synopsis (from Goodreads): From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a novel told in ten blocks, showing all they different directions a walk home can take. This story was going to begin like…

The Wishing Tree in Irish Falls ~by Jen Gilroy

I received a free copy of the book for participating in the blog tour. Synopsis (from Goodreads): Sometimes happily ever after is only a wish away . . . There’s a wishing tree in Irish Falls. The bits of paper tied to its gnarled branches hold the hopes and dreams of everyone in town ….

Not Our Kind ~by Kitty Zeldis

Thanks to the publisher for sending me a free copy of the book. Synopsis (from Goodreads): With echoes of The Rules of Civility and The Boston Girl, a compelling and thought-provoking novel set in postwar New York City, about two women—one Jewish, one a WASP—and the wholly unexpected consequences of their meeting One rainy morning…

The Shadow Writer ~by Eliza Maxwell

Thanks to the publisher for sending me a free copy of the book. Synopsis (from Goodreads): Aspiring author Graye Templeton will do anything to escape the horrific childhood crime that haunts her. After a life lived in shadows, she’s accepted a new job as protégé to Laura West, influential book blogger and wife of an…

Review & Giveaway: The Forgiving Kind ~ by Donna Everhart

Thanks to the publisher for sending me a free copy of the book.  Synopsis (from Goodreads): For twelve-year-old Martha “Sonny” Creech, there is no place more beautiful than her family’s cotton farm. She, her two brothers, and her parents work hard on their land—hoeing, planting, picking—but only Sonny loves the rich, dark earth the way…

Review & Giveaway: The Southern Side of Paradise (Peachtree Bluff #3) ~by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Thanks to the publisher for sending me a free copy of the book. Synopsis (from Goodreads): With the man of her dreams back in her life and all three of her daughters happy, Ansley Murphy should be content. But she can’t help but feel like it’s all a little too good to be true. Meanwhile,…