Abscond by Abraham Verghese Fate challenges a boy to find his place in the world in a powerful short story from Abraham Verghese, the New York Times bestselling author of The Covenant of Water. It’s a New Jersey summer in 1967, and thirteen-year-old Ravi Ramanathan has the makings of a tennis prodigy. His surgeon father encourages his…
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Book Review | You Better Not Pout | Mia Sosa
You Better Not Pout by Mia Sosa A freshly broken-up couple agrees to grin and bear it for their family’s sake in a story about the healing power of the holidays from Mia Sosa, USA Today bestselling author of The Worst Best Man. Juliana and Eric called off their engagement—but Christmas with the family is just around…
Book Review | All Wrapped Up in You | Rosie Danan
All Wrapped Up in You (Home Sweet Holidays #3) by Rosie Danan Holiday magic helps two oblivious neighbors discover just how close they are in bestselling author Rosie Danan’s cheerful short story about big comedy, small tragedies, and the gifts found in between. When stand-up comedian Piper has a panic attack outside the club,…
Book Review | Merry and Bright | Ali Rosen
Merry and Bright (Home Sweet Holidays #2) What starts as a Hail Mary fake romance scheme turns into the real deal in this delightful story of holiday deception from Ali Rosen, author of Alternate Endings and Recipe for Second Chances. Miriam Brody is dreading Hanukkah with her overbearing family in Charleston. Ditto for dreamy pro football player…
Book Review | The New Year Bride | Ira M.
The New Year Bride: A Winter Second Chance Romance She came home for a quiet winter break. She didn’t expect her past to be living next door. Anya Rao thought she had left everything unfinished behind her — the long-distance heartbreak, the impulsive marriage no one knew about, the man she loved but couldn’t choose…
Book Review | Snow Place Like Home | Laura Pavlov
Snow Place Like Home After a devastating breakup, a sunny veterinarian goes home to the mountains to lick her wounds—and savor a holiday snack—in this heartfelt story from Laura Pavlov, author of the Blushing series. At her brother’s wedding, Goldie Jacobs brushes shoulders with Ace Bonetti, his childhood best friend turned Hollywood hotshot. Ace…
Book Review | Eleven Numbers | Lee Child
Eleven Numbers An American mathematician’s assignment in Russia spirals into a high-stakes maze of shifting loyalties and intrigue in a propulsive short thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child. Nathan Tyler is an unassuming professor at a middling American university with a rather obscure specialty in mathematics—in short, a nobody from nowhere. So…
Book Review | Big Dream of a Small Town | Santosh Gupta
Big Dream of a Small Town Big dream of a small town is a love story at it’s core and inspiring journey of an entrepreneur at it’s crust. Arun was a mischievous boy from a small town named kashipur situated on the bank of river ganga. In his childhood he had two passion -Ragini…
Book Review | Love Not For Sale | Anurag Garg
Love Not For Sale by Anurag Garg Love can happen anywhere, with anyone…Kabir Thapar is the spoilt son of a rich capitalist in Mumbai. His mother’s sudden death scars him for life, leaving him at loggerheads with his father who finds himself a new wife in no time. As Kabir embarks on a downward…
Book Review | Not Supposed to Happen | Lizzy Barlow
Not Supposed to Happen (Love in the PNW #1) He’s everything I never wanted… When people ask me what I love about living in the Pacific Northwest, that’s easy. Nothing. But the mountain of debt my ex saddled me with means I’m not going anywhere. So I started a food blog thinking it’d be…