Tell the Wolves I'm Home - November 2013

A book club for those of us without the time for meetings. Now Reading Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt.

It's 1987, and 14 year old June is understood by just one person, her uncle, Finn, a painter. But when he dies unexpectedly she meets an unexpected friend at his funeral. Someone who could help her heal, and yet question what she knows about her own family.An emotionally charged coming of age novel. 

Care & Handling of Roses with Thorns

Now Reading - The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns by Margaret Dilloway. Gal is 36 and deals with teach biology and her kidney disease. But at home with her roses is what she loves. She wants to win Queen of Show in a major competition. Then her teenage niece shows up unexpected. Neither will be the same.

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Lake of Dreams - September 2013

I book club for those of us without the time for meetings. Now reading The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards.

When Lucy returns home to New York from Japan she is haunted by her father's death a decade ago and renewed feelings for Keegan, a local glass artist.. When she finds a collection of objects locked in a window seat she starts out to discover what she can about her family history. 

When in Doubt Add Butter - August 2013

No dating, no dating, no dating. Life is busy enough for this caterer. Cooking is predictable. Life is not. Is love out there?

The Alchemist's Daughter - July 2013

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Emilie is the daughter of a student of Newton. Their experiment to breathe life into dead matter is interrupted by 2 strangers. As she listens to her heart, not her head she sets off on an amazing journey.

What Alice Forgot - June 2013

A book club for those of us without the time for meetings. When Alice wakes up on the gym floor the life she remembers is not the life she has. She no longer 29 and in love. What happened in between then and now that made her who everyone knows but her?

May - It all began in Monte Carlo

Now Reading: It all began in Monte Carlo by Elizabeth Adler

Sunny needs to get away. Monte Carlo beckons. But relaxing is not what she gets. Intrigue, robberies, new friends, old friends. Who can she trust?

April - Everything Must Go

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Now Reading: Everything Must Go by Elizabeth Flock

Henry is stuck with his dreams vs. his reality. His clothing shop becomes his world. What could he have been? A fracture in window from his shop into the work may lead to an answer.

March - The Bride's House

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Now Reading: The Bride's House by Sandra Dallas

Nell is 17 and dreaming of living in the new house being built in town with her beau. She does end up living there but under a whole new set of circumstances. Her daughter Pearl, grows up there, but its like a mausoleum. What will become of her? And how far will she go for love?

The English Major - February 2013

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"It used to be Cliff and Vivian" No longer a pair. Cliff, divorced and robbed of his farm,  heads out across Amercia with a mission to rename all of the states and state birds to overcome all the banal names men have given them. Did you know February is National Birdfeeding Month?

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Long Time no See - January 2013

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Judith has her doctorate in History and is now a widow.  She hasn't seen the great love of her life for 20 years (who was obviously not her husband). So when a the wife of a Long Island mobster is found dead under a pool that been covered all winter, she offers her help to solve the crime. Or is this just a way to encounter her former love of the Nassau County Police.

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The Perfect Christmas - December 2012

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Cassie is 33 and has a lot of trouble finding love. So a matchmaker is called upon. Who could be her perfect match and why does she have to do three tasks before she meets him?

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On Beauty - November 2012

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An Englishman married to an American girl is working at a college in New England. Their three teenage children are having problems of their own on both sides of the Atlantic. Relationships threaten how the family interacts with each other.

The Things We Cherished - October 2012

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Abitious attorneys are falling in love working on a huge case. But the case involves World War II ear crimes, including the betrayal of the defendant's brother and the Jews he tried to save. Can he be innocent? Is love worth the trial?

American Heiress - September 2012

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In 1893, Cora Cash of Newport, RI is ready to have her coming out. Treated like an American princess, but her mother actually wants her to be one, with a title. So they move to England and make an impression, but be careful what you wish for.

Bad Beahvior of Belle Cantrell - August 2012

How can you resist a book that starts out  with this sentance: "Belle Cantrell felt guilty about killing her husband and she hated that. Feeling guilty, that is. A lady shouldn't do something she's going to feel guilty about later, was a rule Belle kept firmly in mind"

Breaking or kinking the rules in 1920's Louisiana by a young widow.

Tree Grows in Brooklyn - July 2012

Our Summer reading choice.... A classic coming of age story wtih such detail you will swear you are there. If you didn't read this in high school, now is the time or if you did, re read it now and you will get so much more out of it.

Sweet By and By - June 2012

In North Carolina, three women with very different outlooks, each get to have thier say in alternating chapters. To reconcile troubled pasts and choose hope and relish the joy in life. A debut novel.

Family and other accidents- May 2012

The story of two brothers, who are 10 years apart and 200 SAT points apart on how they grow up and deal with life. Told from thier point of view as well as that of their girlfriends, grandparents, and children.

A Sight for Sore Eyes - April 2012

Three lives become entangled after Francine witnesses her mother's murder. The others are a woman searching for escape from her boring marriage, and Teddy, a good looking man who discovers that killing can be a way to get what he wants. By award winning author Ruth Rendell