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Bar Harbor, Maine 1913 WHAT IT’S ABOUT An island sheltered from modern progress. Strict lines between servants and masters. Will crossing them leave her fatally exposed? Bar Harbor, Maine. 1913. Mabel Rae is smart, reckless, and naïve. So when the ambitious seventeen-year-old joins the staff at a rocky cliffside cottage, she willingly lets the boisterous estate owner’s improper advances sweep her off her feet. And the slender young woman dismisses the vulnerability of her positionRead More →

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A Touching, Inspirational Memoir About The Book Aunt Gerald takes in anyone who asks, but the conditions are harsh. For her young niece Goldie Taylor, abandoned by her mother and coping with trauma of her own, life in Gerald’s East St. Louis comes with nothing but a threadbare blanket on the living room floor.  But amid the pain and anguish, Goldie discovers a secret. She can find kinship among writers like James Baldwin and ToniRead More →

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In: 2022, 4 Stars, Adult Books, Historical Fiction
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A Gorgeous Cover That Contains A Beautiful Family Story ABOUT THE BOOK A cherished heirloom opens up a century of secrets in a bittersweet novel about family, hard truths, and self-discovery by the author of Millicent Glenn’s Last Wish. Melanie Barnett thinks she has it all together. With an ex-fiancé and a pending promotion at a Kentucky bourbon distillery, Melanie has figured out that love and career don’t mix. Until she makes a discovery while cleaningRead More →

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In: 2021, 4 Stars, Adult Books, Biographies and Autobiographies, Memoir, Non-Fiction
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A Captivating Memoir Publisher: Harper Horizon (October 19, 2021) Hardcover: 240 pages Description Faith, family, hard work, and second chances are at the core of every great American story, and Jenny Doan’s story is just that.  In her new memoir, How to Stitch an American Dream, readers will discover the behind-the-scenes success story of the Missouri Star Quilt Company and Jenny’s remarkable journey to overcome hardship, claim the abundance of family, and ignite the power of giving—all while revitalizing a small town along the way. OverRead More →

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Publisher’s Description Get ready for a magical mountain holidayAfter a time of heartache and loss, Simone Winthrop discovers a tantalizing letter from her French great-grandmother, which seems to suggest that Simone is heir to a family treasure. Ever practical, Simone assumes the claim is baseless, but her best friend encourages her to find out for sure. Despite her deep-rooted fear of flying, she boards a jet to travel to Paris at Christmastime to uncover theRead More →

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They Are All Missing But Can Lettie Solve The Mystery? Publisher’s Description A map into the past. A long-lost young woman. And a thirty-year family mystery. The Hunter Valley, 1880—Evie Ludgrove loves to chart the landscape around her home—hardly surprising since she grew up in the shadow of her father’s obsession with the great Australian explorer Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt. So when an advertisement appears in The Bulletin magazine offering a thousand-pound reward for proof of where LeichhardtRead More →

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In: 2020, 5 Stars, Adult Books, Non-Fiction
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TLC Book Tour About I Am Beauty • Publisher: HarperOne (September 15, 2020)• Hardcover: 240 pages A groundbreaking celebration of ageless beauty, providing the ultimate skincare and makeup guide for women in their forties and beyond from celebrity makeup artist Riku Campo. The first makeup guide to celebrate and support women forty and over, I Am Beauty is Riku Campo’s labor of love. Riku has worked with some of the most beautiful and recognized faces in the world, likeRead More →