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 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…

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 ….

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,…

Review & Giveaway: The Testament of Harold’s Wife ~by Lynne Hugo

Thanks to the publisher for sending me a free copy of the book.  Synopsis (from Goodreads): After losing her husband, Harold, and her beloved grandson, Cody, within the past year, Louisa has two choices. She can fade away on her Indiana family farm, where her companionship comes courtesy of her aging chickens and an argumentative…

You Fit the Pattern (Julia Gooden #4) ~by Jane Haseldine

Thanks to the author for sending me a free copy of the book. Synopsis (from Goodreads): Crime writer Julia Gooden has just completed the most important story of her life—a book about her beloved brother’s childhood abduction and how she found his killer after thirty years. But that hasn’t taken her focus off her day…

Nothing Is Forgotten ~byPeter Golden

Thanks to the author for sending me a free copy of the book. Synopsis (from Goodreads): In 1950s New Jersey, Michael Daniels launches a radio show in the storage room of his Russian-Jewish grandmother’s candy store. Not only does the show become a local hit because of his running satires of USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev, but…

Against Nature (Duck Darley 2) ~by Casey Barrett

Thanks to the author for sending me a free copy of the book.  Synopsis (from Goodreads): Perched in an airy penthouse above the corrupt streets of Manhattan, unlicensed P.I. Duck Darley has settled into an unlikely domestic routine with a wealthy divorcee and her precocious eight-year-old son. But old nightmares return when a desperate text…

Little Lovely Things ~by Maureen Joyce Connolly

I received a free copy of the book as part of my participation in this blog tour.  Synopsis (from Goodreads): Claire Rawlings, mother of two and medical resident, will not let the troubling signs of an allergic reaction prevent her from making it in for rounds. But when Claire’s symptoms overpower her while she’s driving…