Book Review and GIVEAWAY: Louisiana Lucky, by Julie Pennell {ends 8/4}

Guest review by: Becki Bayley “How did your coffee date with Martin go?” Callie asked Lexi, clearly trying to change the subject. Lexi leaned forward. “He’s in! He’s coming to Brady on Monday to help us plan the wedding! We have so much work to do.” “That’s amazing,” Callie...

Read More

Book Review and GIVEAWAY: The Mall, by Megan McCafferty {ends 8/3}

Guest review by: Becki Bayley I strutted all the way to Sam Goody. And I kept right on strutting up and down the aisles until I finally found him crouched in front of the magazine rack. When I gently tapped him on the shoulder, he sprang backward in a scrambled panic. “Whew!”...

Read More

Book Review and GIVEAWAY: The Lives of Edie Pritchard, by Larry Watson {ends 7/29}

Guest review by: Becki Bayley At the end of her workday, Edie walks out of the bank into a November evening so mild she gives a little gasp. She’d walked to work that morning in a fog thick enough to eliminate all distances, but by noon the fog had lifted and now the day’s...

Read More

Book Review and GIVEAWAY: In a Holidaze, by Christina Lauren {ends 7/28}

Outside, I can breathe.  Inhale, exhale. Deep inhale, slow exhale. It wasn't a dream. I traveled through time, backward six days. I've seen things like this in books and movies: Someone has an accident and comes out of it with superpowers. Flight, superstrength,...

Read More

Book Review and GIVEAWAY: Fire and Vengeance, by Robert McCaw {ends 7/25}

Guest review by: Becki Bayley Mica Osbourne’s face filled half the TV screen. Her daughter’s picture -- a darling little girl in a pink dress with a pink ribbon in her hair and a teddy bear in her arms -- appeared opposite. The grieving mother’s red eyes and haggard appearance...

Read More

Book Review: Mayhem, by Estelle Laure

Guest review by: Becki Bayley “Listen, it won’t be long now,” he says. “You should get some rest while you can. When you wake up, if I’m not right here, go back to the water and you’ll be okay. Just remember that.” I don’t know what’s going to happen to me. Part of me thinks...

Read More

Book Review and GIVEAWAY: Musical Chairs, by Amy Poeppel {ends 7/21}

Guest review by: Becki Bayley After hanging up, Bridget took advantage of the quiet and got her cello out of its case. She’d bought the honey-colored instrument on a post-Juilliard trip to visit her father’s family in London, using a good portion of the graduation check he’d...

Read More

Book Review and GIVEAWAY: In the Neighborhood of True, by Susan Kaplan Carlton {ends 7/16}

Guest review by: Becki Bayley Back in the parking lot, we dropped our pocketbooks in the Savoy and found a wooden sign carved with yellow letters for the Walk-Up Trail—one mile to the summit. We climbed single file—Nattie, then me, then Mother. The ascent was gentle to start,...

Read More

Book Review and GIVEAWAY: The Falling Woman, by Richard Farrell {ends 7/13}

Guest review by: Becki Bayley In spite of himself, he imagined a woman falling through the sky and heading toward the barn. He pictured her dropping, imagined what she felt—the cold air, the speed, the rush of wind. In all likelihood, she would’ve lost consciousness, which,...

Read More

Book Review: Jo & Laurie, by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz

Opening lines: The Offices of Roberts Brothers, Publishers and Bookbinders, Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1868"Little Women? That's the title?" The author looked concerned. Above her light brown eyes and beneath her threadbare linen cap, the chestnut curls that...

Read More

Book Review: No One Will Hear Your Screams, by Thomas O'Callaghan

Guest review by: Becki Bayley Before returning to the office, Driscoll parked the Chevy on Montague Street, where Margaret hopped out and ducked inside Avgerinos Restaurant to purchase lunch. “Nothing says New York alfresco like at Chicken Souvlaki and a Coke,” Margaret said...

Read More