Looking Forward to 2024 Books

by Donna Huber

Have you started building your 2024 to-be-read list? I have! I have advance review copies lined up for the first 5 months of 2024. Here is the list of my most anticipated read for January - May.

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2 Christmas Books You Don't Want to Miss

by Donna Huber

On Christmas Day, I posted about the 3 Christmas books in my TBR pile that I hoped to get to before the clock struck midnight on December 31. I've been able to read 2 of them. I still have 3 days, so hopefully I will get the 3rd one read too. If you haven't had your fill of Christmas novels yet, be sure to pick up these two.

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All the Days of Summer by Nancy Thayer ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

Heather Willette has a good life in Concord, Massachusetts--complete with a husband who runs his own business and a son to take up his mantle one day. But now that her marriage has fizzled out and Ross, her only child, is graduating from college and getting serious with his girlfriend, Heather wonders if that life is the one she really wants. Ready to seek out her own happiness and discover herself again, Heather decides to leave her husband and rent a cottage on Nantucket. And her plan is going perfectly--until Ross announces he's moving to Nantucket to work at his girlfriend's family's construction business instead of going back home to work with his own father, like he'd promised. Worst of all for Heather, this means having to get along with her.

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Coconut Drop Dead by Olivia Matthews ~ a Review

by Donna Huber

Brooklyn’s annual Caribbean American Heritage Festival is finally here, and Spice Isle Bakery is thrilled to be one of the event’s food vendors. After all, the Murrays have been attending the festival for years. Co-owner Lyndsay Murray hopes their West Indian pastries and finger foods draw people back to the bakery in Little Caribbean. She’s looking forward to having fun, connecting with customers, and celebrating with her family. The day's festivities are cut short when Camille, lead singer of an up-and-coming reggae band, dies. The police think it may be a tragic accident. But Lyndsay’s cousin Manny was close to Camille, and he believes someone cut her life short. Now Manny needs Lyndsay’s help to make sure a killer faces the music.

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Second Duke's the Charm by Kate Bateman ~ a Review

by MK French

Tess Townsend is the Dowager Duchess of Wansford after her much older husband died on their wedding night. She and her two best friends investigate London’s most scandalous crimes, and Tess loves the independence her widowhood brings her. Justin Thornton never expected to inherit a dukedom, or to kiss the Dowager Duchess at a party. A marriage of convenience would suit them both, though there's unexpected passion between them. Tess has secrets she can't tell Justin, making him question everything about her.

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3 Christmas Books I Still Hope to Read this Holiday

by Donna Huber

Merry Christmas! It's Day 25 of our 25 Days of Christmas Reading. I hope you found something good to read. I'm still hoping to squeeze in 3 more holiday reads before the bell strikes midnight on New Year's Eve. I've been busy with holiday prep and reading the last few new releases of 2023. I'm ready to binge read Chrsitmas books. In case, you are in the same boat, here are the 3 Christmas books I'm still hoping to read this holiday.

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Winning Lady Jane by Isabella Thorne

Happy Christmas Eve! Does your family have a tradition of reading on Christmas Eve? If not, why not start tonight? Here's a free Christmas Regency romance, but we've featured plenty of Christmas reads in the past 24 days that are in different genres (even a horror short story!). If you need more recommendations, check out all of our 25 Days of Christmas Reading. 

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An Inconvenient Earl by Julia London ~ a Review

by MK French

Emma Clark's husband left on an expedition over a year ago, and people are starting to assume that the Earl of Dearborn is dead. This doesn't suit her at all, as his family will swoop in and kick her out if he's declared dead. The Earl of Marlaine has traveled to England from Egypt to give the countess her dead husband's watch, and feels there's more to her than her party girl exterior. He is then drawn into her ruse.

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