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I’m so glad I finally read A Vintage Affair – Mary P. recommended it to me years ago! The delightful story follows thirty-something Londoner Phoebe Swift. After a personal tragedy, Phoebe leaves her safe job at Sotheby’s auction house to … Continue reading
A unique love story set in a picturesque English village, Simonson has a talent for bringing it all together. The characters, the setting, societal values, religion, aging, parenting interweave into a engaging story. Major Pettigrew might at first appear to … Continue reading
I recommend the audio form of Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham to hear the Texas drawl and the expression of feeling in the readers voices. The story runs from preteen to late 30s of three orphans, two guys and the girl … Continue reading
An evil man just released from prison and obsessed with getting revenge on his ex-wife. A misguided young woman who thinks she has finally met the man of her dreams. A woman and her young son living in fear in … Continue reading
Settle in and get swept away in this lush globetrotting tale set in 1942. As British fighter pilot Dominic Benson is recovering in a hospital, he is mesmerized by talented singer Saba Tarcan. The daughter of a Turkish engineer and … Continue reading
Going on vacation? Or just need to get away for a few hours? Pick up Sophie Kinsella’s latest standalone novel — it’s the perfect escape. Poppy Wyatt is the loveable heroine who, a week before her wedding, loses her antique … Continue reading
Augustus Whittlesby writes dreadful (yet entertaining) poetry – and has done so for more than a decade to aid the British cause. As a spy stationed in Napoleon’s France, Whittlesby’s ridiculous ramblings provide an excellent cover. Widowed American Emma Delagardie, … Continue reading
Sometimes it just takes a woman to get everyone going on the right path. Each of these three light romantic stories is about a young woman who moves in, shakes things up, gets every problem straightened out, and, oh yes, … Continue reading
The Mermaid Garden by Santa Montefiore (2011) A real “chick flick” book. Love! Broken heart! Reunion! Going off into the sunset hand in hand… For more good chick lit books check out these staff recommendations.
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees (2010) For those who have enjoyed Little Women, this imagined story of Louisa May Alcott’s life is a good read. In her first novel, McNees invents a youthful love … Continue reading
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