Still Mr.and Mrs.

From  Elaine Pasquali  Still Mr.and Mrs. Author:  Mary McBride  A delightful mystery that incorporates an attempt on the life of the mother of the President of the United States and an estranged couple of married Secret Service agents.  Fast moving and funny, it’s difficult to put down and leaves you wanting more.

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Pearl in the Sand : a novel

From Ginny Pisciotta author: Afshar, Tessa Pearl in the Sand : a novel This gripping novel is faithful to the biblical account while elaborating on the story of Rahab, a Canaanite prostitute in Jericho who aided the Hebrew spies, joined the Israelites, and went on to become the mother of Boaz (the husband of Ruth) and [...]

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Distant Shores

From Hannah Columbo author: Hannah,Kristin Distant Shores Distant Shores is a wonderful, soul searching novel about two people who have lost their way after 24 years of marriage. They still love each  other, but as times change they become different people. They wonder if they love each other enough. Few writers get to the heart [...]

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Sing You Home

From Gina Cortina author: Picoult, Jodi Sing You Home Max and Zoe have been unsuccessful at having a baby. They have tried EVERYTHING! Max is tired and says he has given up. Their marriage crumbles and Zoe falls for someone else. Another great story by one of my favorite authors! This one starts out a [...]

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The Good Wife

From Elaine Pasquali author: Buchan, Elizabeth The Good Wife The title of this book caught my eye because of its similarity to the title of the popular TV program, The Good Wife.  The similarities continues with the main characters: a career politician and straying husband (Will) and a wife (Fanny) who sacrifices her own passions [...]

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The house of mirth

From Charlene Muhr author: Wharton, Edith The house of mirth [sound recording] I recently listened to the audio book The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, read by Barbara Caruso.  Caruso mesmerizes the listener with her reading of this classic novel.  Wharton’s novel was first published in 1905, and it was her first important work of [...]

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The Lonely Polygamist

From Rita Gross author: Udall, Brady The Lonely Polygamist Golden Richards has four wives, twenty eight children, three homes, a failing business and a major mid-life crisis. Just multiply the entanglements of the usual American family novel by the power of four (at least), and you will have the depths of the problems that Golden [...]

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A parrot in the pepper tree

From Jackie Cantwell author: Stewart, Chris  A parrot in the pepper tree This is book two of the Driving over lemons trilogy. Now Chris and Ana are the parents of a daughter named Chloe. Getting her to school every day is an adventure in itself as they try different forms of transportation to cross the [...]

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Tip it: the world according to Maggie

Jackie Cantwell author: Griffin, Maggie Tip it: the world according to Maggie  This is a fast read. Fans of Kathy Griffin: My life on the D-list, the Bravo channel TV show, will probably want to read Kathy’s mother, Maggie’s, life story.  Kathy even adds her comments to the text, which are in brackets and italics.  [...]

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The Inheritance

From Chris Garland The Inheritance A tense drama from Danish director Per Fly, The Inheritance is the story of a man transformed by power. Christoffer, heir to a vast industrial fortune, has given up the stressful family business for a peaceful life with his actress wife in Stockholm. When his father commits suicide, Christoffer must [...]

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