Category: Reviews
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Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany

Jane Mount brings literary people, places, and things to life through her signature vibrant illustrations in this book of all things bookish.
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No Land to Light On

Hadi and Sama are a young Syrian couple living in Boston, expecting their first child, and chasing a bigger life. Suddenly, Hadi’s father dies in Jordan, and Hadi flies back for the funeral. Upon return to the U.S., Hadi discovers that the President has issued a travel ban for anyone from Syria, regardless of refugee…
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Love & Other Disasters

On the set of America’s favorite cooking show, two competitors – newly divorced Dahlia and the first nonbinary contestant London – fall for each other.
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The Mistletoe Pact

On Christmas Eve eight years ago, friends Evie & Dan made a pact to get married if they were still single when Evie turns 30. Then they wake up on Christmas Eve after a night of drunk debauchery in Las Vegas and realize they actually did it. Surely, if they just get a quickie divorce,…
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Window Shopping

After leaving prison, Stella lands a job as a window display designer and ends up falling for her manager.
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Secret Santa

Lussi is out of work and desperate to find another job in publishing. A bizarre set of circumstances leads to her hire and a firm mandate: Lussi must find the next horror superstar to compete with Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Peter Straub. It’s the ’80s, after all, and horror is the hottest genre. But…
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The Twelve Dates of Christmas

Kate is happy with her life but has not fully given up on finding love. With some nudging from her best friend, Kate signs up for a dating agency’s twelve dates of Christmas to find love before the holidays. Will Kate find love with one of her twelve dates or give up all together?
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A Flicker in the Dark

Psychologist Chloe Davis has tried to escape her dark past. Her father has been in prison since she was 12 years old for the murder of six teenage girls. Now, 20 yeas later and in a different city, teenage girls begin to go missing and her past comes crashing back.
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Always, in December

Every December, Josie sends a letter to her parents who died on Christmas Eve over ten years ago. But this year, on the way to post the letter, Josie nearly runs over a stranger. Feeling incredibly sorry about the accident, Josie invites the stranger out for a drink that ends up changing her life.
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Pretty Little Wife

Debut author Darby Kane thrills with this twisty domestic suspense novel that asks one central question: shouldn’t a dead husband stay dead?
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