A Belle in a Bookshop

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult ” I fold my arms and stare down at the newborn.  Babies are such blank slates. they don’t come into this world with the assumptions their parents have made, or the promises their church will give, or the ability […]

Alice : The Wanderland Chronicles by J.M. Sullivan ” ‘Rule number one: Always protect your queen.’ “ Alice Carroll is desperate. A plague has been sweeping her city for an incalculable amount of time and although she and her sister have been able to avoid […]

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty “Pirriwee Public School . . . where we live and learn by the sea! Pirriwee Public is a BULLY-FREE ZONE! We do not bully. We do not accept being bullied. We never keep bullying a secret.  We have the […]

Kill All Happies by Rachel Cohn ” If this party was a mess, it was my mess, and I had it under control.  Mostly under control.  Partly under control.  Not really at all under control. “ Victoria Navarro has just graduated high school and is […]

Scoundrel In Disguise by Shaela Kay “ Sarah waved her hand impatiently in the air. ‘There is no such thing. None of the men I have discouraged are truly in love with me, and I am not in love with any of them.’ Amused, Rex […]

The Cellar by Natasha Preston “ Four vases sat proudly on the side table behind the dining table and chairs; one held roses, one violets, one poppies. The fourth was empty. “ Natasha Preston began her writing career on an online platform called Wattpad – […]

All The Missing Girls by Megan Miranda “I couldn’t sleep in the house, worrying that there was something I was missing — someone who’d been in my house, possibly out there right now. I came out to the back porch sometime after midnight for the […]

Dream Magic by Joshua Khan ” The six legendary princes who’d brought magic into the world and founded the great houses of magic. Her ancestors. Djinn, the master of fire. Coral, lord of the seas. Typhoon, ruler of the endless winds. Herne, the antler-headed sorcerer […]

The Music Maker Series – Inharmonic by A.K.R. Scott ” Nadja’s eyelids fell shut once more as his breath washed over her. The room spun, threatening her ability to remain standing. She slid one hand down across the hard plane of his chest. She could […]

The Heiresses by Sara Shepard ” The girls were the future of Saybrook’s Diamonds, and they had to act accordingly. They were to live their lives with the utmost decorum, smile for the cameras, speak several languages, hold many degrees, cultivate the art of conversation, […]