The Summer Country by Lauren Willig – 480 pages Book Blurb: Emily Dawson has always been the poor cousin in a prosperous merchant clanโmerely a vicarโs daughter, and a reform-minded vicarโs daughter, at that. Everyone knows that the familyโs lucrative shipping...
A Hundred Suns by Karin Tanabe โ 400 pages ARC courtesy St. Martinโs in exchange for an honest review Book Blurb: On a humid afternoon in 1933, American Jessie Lesage steps off a boat from Paris and onto the shores of Vietnam. Accompanying her French husband Victor,...
The German House by Annette Hessโ 336 ARC provided by Harper Via for an honest review. Book Blurb: For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. At the warโs end, Frankfurt was a smoldering ruin, severely damaged by the Allied...
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert โ Audio Book Blurb: In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who...
Summer of โ69 by Elin Hildebrand โ 432 pages Book Blurb: Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century! It’s 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at...
Stars of Alabama by Sean Dietrich – 352 pages Book Blurb: When fifteen-year-old Marigold becomes pregnant amid the Great Depression, she is rejected by her family and forced to fend for herself. And when she loses her baby in the forest, her whole world turns...
Review:Drive Me Crazy by Carly Robyn blew me away with its humor, heart, and heat. Iโm newer to rom-com (Romantic Comedy) and after reading quite a few of them, I totally think that this one shines above.Full disclosure, I know the author quite well. Sheโs my daughter; but itโs the honest truth when I say I loved the heck out of this book. I was literally laughing out loud at some points and fell hard in love with Blake, the broody Brit, and Ella, the relatable journalist who could be my BFF.The pacing of the story was spot on as I fell into the fast-paced life of an F1 driver, and the toll racing takes on both their minds and bodies. I appreciated the slow burn to the ultimately spicy and steamy romance. It made the wait and tension totally worth the wait! For me, smart conversation and good banter can make or break a book. This one had so much wit and humor that Iโd be happy with that alone.The settings in this book take the reader all around Europe which makes for great escapes. Ella, who hails from Chicago before moving to New York, offers many local references which I loved.On top of the heart, humor and heat, there are also some serious issues woven through the book such a loss of a parent, mental illness, and sexual abuse. These issues are presented with sensitivity and care.Bottom line, if youโre looking for a book to make you laugh with a good dollop of spice, pick this one up. Readers are all saying they canโt wait for the second in the series.@carlyrobynauthor ๐Have you ever watched an Formula One race? OR Favorite trope in rom-coms? ... See MoreSee Less