Fiction Friday | The Second Story Bookshop by Denise Hunter

Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Denise Hunter’s new contemporary romance, The Second Story Bookshop, set in North Carolina. Here’s the Book Description: She inherits the bookshop of her dreams . . . But she has to run it with the ex she vowed never to speak with again. Shelby Thatcher …

Fiction Friday | Missing at Christmas by Deena Alexander

Today I am reviewing Missing at Christmas by Deena Alexander. Book Description: A dangerous family legacy.A race to save a baby in jeopardy. When journalist Lexi McKenna receives a desperate call for help, she rushes to her sister’s home, only to find her sister dead and one of her twin nieces missing. With her past …

Fiction Friday | Last Chance Joey by Meredith Resce

Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Meredith Resce’s Young Adult fiction new release, Last Chance Joey, set in South Australia. Here’s the Book Description: No phone, no wi-fi, no friends and no options. Expelled from three schools, Joey is sent to the country to live with his aunt. She asks him …

Fiction Friday | Down In The Dumpster

Today I am reviewing Down in the Dumpster by Page M. Davis & Susan Page Davis. Book Description: You never know what you’ll find in a Dumpster. If Cassie had known the misadventures she’d get into on her stopgap job, she would have kept checking the help wanted ads. With her crabby dispatcher hounding her, …

Fiction Friday | A Winter of Sweet Secrets by Heidi McCahan

Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for A Winter of Sweet Secrets by Heidi McCahan that’s releasing on September 30, 2025. Here’s the Book Description: What will it take to save her family’s candy company…and end a decades-long feud?For generations, the Evergreen Candy Company has been a beloved small-town Alaskan tradition run …

Fiction Friday | Girl Lost by Kate Angelo

Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Girl Lost, the first book in Kate Angelo’s The King Legacy series that’s releasing next week. Here’s the Book Description: A LOST BABY  Luna Rosati found acceptance and comfort with her childhood foster family, but when she became pregnant at sixteen, she gave the baby …

Fiction Friday | Canyon of Deceit by DiAnn Mills

Narelle here. I’m delighted to welcome DiAnn Mills to our blog today and share an interview plus my recommendation for her new book, Canyon of Deceit, that’s releasing on September 9, 2025. What inspired this story? I love adventure. The idea of a woman who specialized in wilderness survival techniques appealed to my curiosity and imagination. What …

Fiction Friday | Holly and Nick Hate Christmas by Betsy St. Amant

Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Holly and Nick Hate Christmas, a new romcom from Betsy St. Amant that’s releasing next month. Here’s the Book Description: When a Christmas-hating woman’s brother sets her up with a fellow Grinch and it backfires, she decides to out-Christmas her date by kicking off a …

Fiction Friday | Gelato at the Villa by Robin Jones Gunn

Today I am reviewing Gelato at the Villa by Robin Jones Gunn Book Description: Chi trova un amico trova un tesoro.”Whoever finds a friend finds a treasure .”Italian sayingGrace and Claire have formed a close friendship over their love of reading. After many years and many books that provided armchair adventures, the time has come for …

Fiction Friday | The Bandit’s Redemption by KyLee Woodley

Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for The Bandit’s Redemption, the first book in KyLee Woodley’s Outlaw Hearts historical romance series. Here’s the Book Description: A holdup gone wrong, a reluctant outlaw, and the captive she’s sworn to guard.Life in the American West hasn’t been easy for French refugee Lorraine Durand. She …