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THE PARTY CRASHER BY SOPHIE KINSELLA

10/12/2021

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Sophie Kinsella is hands down one of my favorite authors in the entire world. She writes quirky characters and plots that always make me smile. I loved this book just as much as I’ve loved her others- to pieces!
Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: October 12, 2021
Genre: Chick Lit. Family Drama. 

Series: None. Complete Standalone. 
Pages: 368 pages
Format: eBook. Source: ​Publisher (thank you!). 
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Your Life comes a humorous and heartwarming novel about family, set against the backdrop of the most fabulous party you’ve ever snuck into.
 
It’s been over two years since Effie’s beloved parents got divorced, destroying the image of the happy, loving childhood she thought she had. Since then, she’s become estranged from her father and embarked on a feud with his hot (and much younger) girlfriend, Krista. And now, more earth-shattering news: Greenoaks, the rambling Victorian country house Effie called home her whole life, has been sold.
 
When Krista decides to throw a grand “house cooling” party, Effie is originally left off the guest list—and then receives a last-minute “anti-invitation” (maybe it’s because she called Krista a gold-

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NO MORE WORDS BY KERRY LONSDALE

9/11/2021

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No More Words is a novel of family secrets and lies! Just when you think you have it all figured out POOF you find out your wrong! I’m interested to see the “other side of the story” in future novels.
Rating: ★★★
​Release Date: July 6, 2021
Genre: Women's Fiction. Family Drama. Suspense. 

Series: No More series #1
Pages: 327 pages
Format: eBook. Source: ​Kindle Unlimited. 
​From the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes the first book in a trilogy about love, betrayal, and the secrets families keep.

Forced to choose between abortion or adoption, Olivia Carson’s younger sister, Lily, runs away from home. Sixteen and pregnant, she never returns. But she writes. Once a year, Lily mails a picture of her son, Josh, to Olivia until his thirteenth year. Then it’s Josh himself who arrives at Olivia’s house, alone, terrified, and in possession of a notarized declaration from Lily. It begins, “In the event I go missing…”
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Josh has difficulty talking. He can’t read or write, but he’s a prolific artist, exhibiting skill beyond his age. His drawings are as detailed as they are horrific. Olivia soon realizes Josh’s artwork tells a story. There’s more to his arrival and to Lily’s untimely disappearance than it seems. Using the drawings as a road map, Olivia traces 

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WHERE I LEFT HER BY AMBER GRAZA

8/24/2021

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The ending of this book packs a BIG punch! I’m still reeling from the darkness of it! Even though I saw the twist way before it was revealed, the author saved this book with the way she ended it!
Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: August 24, 2021
Genre: Domestic Suspense and Mystery

Series: None. Complete Standalone. 
Pages: 248 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Publisher
​From the author of When I Was You comes a spine-tingling new thriller about a mother’s worst nightmare come true, when her teenage daughter goes to a sleepover and doesn’t come back.

Whitney had some misgivings when she dropped her increasingly moody teenage daughter, Amelia, off at Lauren’s house. She’d never met the parents, and usually she’d go in, but Amelia clearly wasn’t going to let something so humiliating happen, so instead Whitney waved to her daughter before pulling away from the little house with the roses in front.

But when she goes back the next day, an elderly couple answers the door—Amelia and Lauren aren’t there, and this couple swears they never were, that she’s at the wrong house. As Whitney searches for Amelia, she uncovers a trail of lies her daughter has told her—from the Finsta account to rumors of a secret relationship. Does she really even know this girl she’s raised? And

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SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF SIMPLE BY KRISTY WOODESON HARVEY

8/22/2021

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Fans of beach reads, and southern novels are going to want to check out Kristy Woodson Harvey! She clearly has a knack for southern women’s fiction, and I enjoyed this book quite a bit more than I thought I would!
Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: April 25, 2017
Genre: Women's Fiction

Series: The Peachtree Bluff series #1
Pages: 401 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: ​Purchased.
​Caroline Murphy swore she’d never set foot back in the small Southern town of Peachtree Bluff; she was a New York girl born and bred and the worst day of her life was when, in the wake of her father’s death, her mother selfishly forced her to move—during her senior year of high school, no less—back to that hick-infested rat trap where she'd spent her childhood summers. But now that her marriage to a New York high society heir has fallen apart in a very public, very embarrassing fashion, a pregnant Caroline decides to escape the gossipmongers with her nine-year-old daughter and head home to her mother, Ansley.

Ansley has always put her three daughters first, especially when she found out that her late husband, despite what he had always promised, left her with next to nothing. Now the proud owner of a charming waterfront design business and finally standing on her own two feet, Ansley welcomes Caroline and her brood back with open arms. But when her second daughter Sloane, whose military

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DON'T MAKE ME TURN THIS LIFE AROUND BY CAMILLE PAGAN

8/4/2021

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While I love the message that Don’t Make Me Turn This Life Around sends, I have to say the content was really depressing. I was expecting this to be a lighthearted and funny read but find myself feeling really sad while reading it.
​Rating: ★★★
​Release Date: May 11, 2021
Genre: Women's Fiction

Series: None. Complete standalone. 
Pages: 251 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: ​Purchased.
​A witty and unexpected novel about a woman trying to keep her family vacation—and yes, her life—from going south by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Life and Other Near-Death Experiences.

It’s been thirteen years since doctors declared Libby Ross-Velasquez a goner. Yet here she is—cancer free. So why doesn’t she feel more alive?

Sure, Libby’s husband, Shiloh, has been distant. One of their daughters has a serious health condition. And her father’s death hovers over Libby like a rain cloud. Still, this eternal optimist knows she’s the winner of the existential lottery.

But when her forced cheer isn’t enough to keep her family from catching her blahs, she decides to fly them all to Vieques. The Puerto Rican island is where she and Shiloh fell in love—and where she decided to fight for her life after her cancer diagnosis. Where 

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THAT SUMMER BY JENNIFER WEINER

7/28/2021

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That Summer is a timeless novel that encompasses the #metoo movement. While I felt some of the book to be on the slower side, I think the message it sends it exquisite.
​Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: May 11, 2021
Genre: Women's Fiction

Series: None. Complete standalone. 
Pages: 429 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: ​Purchased.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Summer comes another deliciously twisty novel of intrigue, secrets, and the transformative power of female friendship.

Daisy Shoemaker can’t sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows she’s got it good. So why is she up all night?

While Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction, she’s also receiving misdirected emails meant for a woman named Diana Starling, whose email address is just one punctuation mark away from her own. While Daisy’s driving carpools, Diana is chairing meetings. While Daisy’s making dinner, Diana’s making 

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THE STEPSISTERS BY SUSAN MALLERY

7/8/2021

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Susan Mallory has reignited my love for women’s fiction novel. This is a powerful novel about family, friendship, and finding one’s way back to where they belong.
​Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: May 25, 2021
Genre: Women's Fiction

Series: None. Complete standalone. 
Pages: 344 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: ​Purchased.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery pens a love story of a different sort…a heartfelt tale of friendship between two women who used to be sisters.

Once upon a time, when her dad married Sage’s mom, Daisy was thrilled to get a bright and shiny new sister. But Sage was beautiful and popular, everything Daisy was not, and she made sure Daisy knew it.

Sage didn’t have Daisy’s smarts—she had to go back a grade to enroll in the fancy rich-kid school. So she used her popularity as a weapon, putting Daisy down to elevate herself. After the divorce, the stepsisters’ rivalry continued until the final, improbable straw: Daisy married Sage’s first love, and Sage fled California.

Eighteen years, two kids and one troubled marriage later, Daisy never expects—or wants—to see Sage again. But when the little 

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MALIBU RISING BY TAYLOR JENKINS REID

6/26/2021

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Taylor Jenkins Reid pens a unique family drama with Malibu Rising. Flipping back and forth between the past and present, readers like myself are able to fully visualize the lives of Rivas family as they learn and grow and overcome tragedy.
Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: June 1, 2021
Genre: Women's Fiction | Family Saga | Historical

Series: None. Complete Standalone. 
Pages: 365 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: ​Purchased. 
​Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, their lives will change forever.

Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over—especially as the offspring of the legendary singer Mick Riva.

The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis 

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