★★★★★ Second breakfast is the perfect time for adventuring. If you are anything like me, you are wholly and completely in love with the Shire. The happy hobbits, the comfortable lives and the general feeling of well-being radiating from Hobbiton will always bring back my childhood. I loved the little details that Tolkien included about… Continue reading An Unexpected Cookbook – Chris-Rachael Oseland
Silent Shadows – Natalie Walters
★★★★ Their future was defined by their roles. Pecca Gallegos has finally found her new home - her son is safe from his father and she has a fulfilling career as a rehab nurse. But her latest patient? He's a piece of work. Colton Crawford is an army veteran and has a (probable) psychosomatic disorder. All he wants… Continue reading Silent Shadows – Natalie Walters
Kenny & the Dragon – Tony DiTerlizzi
★★★ A full stomach allows the brain to be hungry for common sense. Kenny is a rabbit and just loves learning. And when there's someone new who settles nearby, he's ecstatic (at first)...but it turns out that the new person is actually a DRAGON. Oh no. And the local community decides that the dragon has to go.… Continue reading Kenny & the Dragon – Tony DiTerlizzi
Crazy Stupid Bromance – Lyssa Kay Adams
★★★★ Alexis Carlisle, owner of the cat café, ToeBeans, and longtime friend, Noah, have been circling each other for...pretty much forever. Alexis shot to fame last year when she added her #metoo voice against a celebrity chef - and since then business has been booming. Women from all over are coming in to share their stories, join… Continue reading Crazy Stupid Bromance – Lyssa Kay Adams
Wildwood – Colin Meloy
★★★★★ Prue felt like someone had bored a hole in her stomach the size of a basketball. Prue has always lived in Portland, on the edges of a great and wondrous forest. She never gave it much thought...that is until her one-year-old brother (Mac) was carried off by a flock of crows to the heart of the forest.… Continue reading Wildwood – Colin Meloy
Ignite the Sun – Hanna Howard
★★★ Siria Nightingale has spent her entire life in darkness. And no, she wasn't locked up in a cold cellar. Her entire world is literally shrouded in darkness. Queen Iyzabel always told her people that the light is dangerous and has hidden her kingdom for protection...and while Siria can't quite put her finger on it...something felt off. Very off. On… Continue reading Ignite the Sun – Hanna Howard
The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux – Samantha Verant
★★★★★ Sophie has carried a dream with her ever since she was first learning to cook with her French Grandma - to become a Michelin-starred chef. She has worked tirelessly for this dream - first by learning to cook during her summers in France with her grandmother, then attending the Culinary Institute of America and finally working in… Continue reading The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux – Samantha Verant
The Magnolia Story – Chip & Joanna Gaines
★★★★ Don’t quit, and don’t give up. The reward is just around the corner. There's something just so satisfying about watching Fixer Upper - the selection of the houses, the making of the plans and then seeing the end result. Ahh. Perfection. But what we see on TV isn't nearly the whole story. There was a… Continue reading The Magnolia Story – Chip & Joanna Gaines
Balance – M.J. Woods
★★★★ ½ I run not to escape, but to chase down demons, using darkness to see myself. Alexis Greene is stunning - brilliant lawyer, firm morals and sassy to a fault. She's spent every waking hour clawing herself to the top of her career and she just spent a year negotiating with her client to close… Continue reading Balance – M.J. Woods
Capital Gaines – Chip Gaines
★★★ ½ If there’s something stirring in you now, and you know what it is, do that. There’s no need to overthink it. Before the fame and fortune, there was Chip Gaines seeking out one thrilling entrepreneurial adventure after another. Whether it be a neighborhood laundromat or starting a landscaping business, he was ready for everything.… Continue reading Capital Gaines – Chip Gaines
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