Warning: once you let books into your life, the most unexpected things can happen… This is a book about books. All sorts of books, from Little Women and Harry Potter to Jodi Picoult and Jane Austen, from to Stieg Larsson to Joyce Carol Oates to Proust. It’s about the joy and pleasure of books, aboutContinue reading “The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald”
Category Archives: Adult Fiction
Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs
For every case Temperence Brennan has solved, there remain innumerable unidentified bodies in her lab. Information on some of these is available online, where amateur sleuths sometimes take a stab at solving cases. One day, Tempe gets a call from Hazel “Lucky” Strike, a web sleuth who believes she’s successfully connected a body in Tempe’sContinue reading “Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs”
Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
Sometimes all you can do is fly away home . . .
When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politician’s wife-her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced by tailored knit suits. At fifty-seven, she ruefully acknowledges that her job is staying twenty pounds thinner than she was in her twenties and tending to her husband, the senator.
Lizzie, the Woodruffs’ younger daughter, is at twenty-four a recovering addict, whose mantra HALT (Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired?) helps her keep her life under control. Still, trouble always seems to find her. Her older sister, Diana, an emergency room physician, has everything Lizzie failed to achieve-a husband, a young son, the perfect home-and yet she’s trapped in a loveless marriage. With temptation waiting in one of the ER’s exam rooms, she finds herself craving more.
After We Fall by Emma Kavanagh
A moody, intense debut psychological thriller by a former police psychologist, this debut novel explores four lives that fall apart in the tense aftermath of a plane crash, perfect for fans of Tana French, S. J. Watson, and Alice LaPlante. Unraveling what holds these four together is a tense, taut tale about good people whoContinue reading “After We Fall by Emma Kavanagh”
The Royal We by Heather Cocks
“I might be Cinderella today, but I dread who they’ll think I am tomorrow. I guess it depends on what I do next.” American Rebecca Porter was never one for fairy tales. Her twin sister, Lacey, has always been the romantic who fantasized about glamour and royalty, fame and fortune. Yet it’s Bex who seeksContinue reading “The Royal We by Heather Cocks”
Blog Tour: Ivory Ghosts: A Catherine Sohon Elephant Mystery by Caitlin O’Connell
In a blockbuster debut thriller brimming with majestic wildlife, village politics, and international intrigue, a chilling quadruple homicide raises the stakes in the battle to save Africa’s elephants. Still grieving over the tragic death of her fiancé, American wildlife biologist Catherine Sohon leaves South Africa and drives to a remote outpost in northeast Namibia, whereContinue reading “Blog Tour: Ivory Ghosts: A Catherine Sohon Elephant Mystery by Caitlin O’Connell”
Assassin’s Gambit by Amy Raby
Vitala Salonius, champion of the warlike game of Caturanga, is as deadly as she is beautiful. She’s a trained assassin for the resistance, and her true play is for ultimate power. Using her charm and wit, she plans to seduce her way into the emperor’s bed and deal him one final, fatal blow, sparking aContinue reading “Assassin’s Gambit by Amy Raby”
Master of Crows by Grace Draven
What would you do to win your freedom? This is the question that sets bondwoman, Martise of Asher, on a dangerous path. In exchange for her freedom, she bargains with her masters, the mage-priests of Conclave, to spy on the renegade sorcerer, Silhara of Neith. The priests want Martise to expose the sorcerer’s treachery andContinue reading “Master of Crows by Grace Draven”
Radiance by Grace Draven
An arranged marriage between Ildiko, niece to the King of Gauri, and Brishen, a prince from Kai, seals a treaty for power, wealth and protection from the Belawat. – Goodreads You know what’s unfortunate? Judging a book by its cover. Thank goodness for fabulous Amazon and Goodreads reviewers or I never would have dropped theContinue reading “Radiance by Grace Draven”
The Shattered Court by MJ Scott
The royal witches of Anglion have bowed to tradition for centuries. If a woman of royal blood manifests powers, she is immediately bound by rites of marriage. She will serve her lord by practicing the tamer magics of the earth—ensuring good harvests and predicting the weather. Any magic more dangerous is forbidden. Lady Sophia Kendall,Continue reading “The Shattered Court by MJ Scott”
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