By Uzma Jalaluddin. This book wormed its way into my head and I couldn’t shake it loose. It was all about the relationship, or rather non-relationship, between fun (and snarky) Nada and handsome, grumpy, shy Baz. There was a spark there. So why did they keep each other at arm’s length? We follow them as … More Much Ado About Nada
By Katherine Center. How well do we really know the people we’re crushing on? That’s the question for Samantha (Sam) Casey when she encounters Duncan Carpenter, the weirdly cool, fun-loving, lobster pants-wearing guy she knew (and secretly adored) years ago in California. Now he’s the new principal of her primary school on Galveston Island (she’s … More What You Wish For
By TJ Alexander. Falling in love has its ups and downs. Insecurity. Elation. Certainly. Letdown. Especially when you’re being paid to be in a relationship and somewhere along the line, you fall for the person adding money to your checking account. Although the trope is very familiar, this book delivers a satisfying read with characters … More Chef’s Choice
By Katherine Center. This romance swept me off my feet. I laughed. I cried. (Totally cliché, I know.) I stayed up late reading. Because I couldn’t put this book down. It has everything I look for in a story, and it stayed with me long after I read the last page. Yes, the bodyguard (trained … More The Bodyguard
By Ali Hazelwood. There’s nothing better than a well-written, engaging romance to keep me sane while hiding indoors from the heatwaves suffocating my Texas neighborhood. And this book delivered—with likable main characters, impossible situations, mixed signals, and tender moments that carried me along (like the twisty water slides at Typhoon Texas) until the all-too-soon, very … More The Love Hypothesis
By Annabel Monaghan. Reader Alert: This book is hard to put down and you may have read it non-stop (except for bathroom breaks) from beginning to end. Like I did. Nora Hamilton writes “Happily Ever After” romances for TV movies. She has the formula perfected, and the scripts pay the bills—barely. When her deadbeat husband … More Nora Goes Off Script
By Lynn Painter. This book is laugh-out-loud, page-turning perfection. High school junior Emilie Hornby is a planner. She’s scheduled the perfect Valentine’s Day because love is for planners (only suckers leave love to fate) and her boyfriend, Josh Sutton, is perfect for her (he earns a checkmark in all the boxes). But her plans go … More The Do-Over
By Beth O’Leary. We’ve all done it, taken that hours-long drive to the beach, college, or maybe Grandma’s house. Most are uneventful, with only a light traffic jam on the interstate or a long line at the rest stop bathroom causing some discomfort. This isn’t the case for sisters Addie and Deb when they drive … More The Road Trip
By Bonnie Garmus. Although we start in the Southern California town of Commons where Elizabeth Zott is the star of a local TV cooking show, Supper at Six, her story takes us through the events that bring her to this point. Her approach to cooking, as well as life, is scientific and unusual for the … More Lessons in Chemistry
