Ages 16+
Fans of Beatrix Potter and her adorable Peter Cottontail stories will love this biography! It describes what happens in the stories that she wrote and illustrated. The book chronicles Potter’s life, and tells of how she came to create the beloved tales.
Thanks to Netgalley.com for a review copy of this book.
Ages 16+
Li-yan and her family’s lives revolve around tea, and they farm certain types throughout the year. Then, Li-yan has a baby, whom she names Haley, out of wedlock and abandons her. While the two of them are separated, Haley grows up as a privileged California girl, but always wonders about her roots and Li-yan longs for the daughter she gave up so long ago. Will the two of them reunite or be separated forever?
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Ages 18+
Ages 16+
Lizzie Nichols has just booked a trip to London to visit her long time British boyfriend Andrew. She’s excited, but she knows she should have used the money to put a down payment on an apartment. She tries hard to plan for her future, but she really has no idea what she wants to do with her life. On top of that, her big mouth has gotten her in trouble again, and this time it leaves Andrew in major hot water, and her in London with no boyfriend and no place to stay. Her only saving grace is that her best friend is living in France with her boyfriend Chaz, and Lizzie is able to stay with them until she figures out her next move. But just what will that be?
Ages 18+
Psychiatrist Dr. Theodore Elias has been helping patients for years. Most recently, he has treated eight different talented people. But when Dr. Elias is diagnosed with cancer, he makes the decision that those he can’t cure, it is necessary to kill.
Ages 18+
In the 1980s, a young woman named Jennifer was declared an unfit mother and sent to jail after she was caught stealing food from a supermarket while she left 4-year-old Brooke and 6-month-old Natalie in the car they lived in together.
Now, 35 years later, Natalie is married with two children, and the desire to find her birth mother is ignited when her daughter has to create a family tree for a school assignment. Natalie’s adoptive parents never liked to talk about her life before she was adopted.
Brooke was less fortunate than her sister, and grew up in countless foster homes until she aged out of the system. She never forgot her mother or her little sister and always wondered what happened to them all those years ago.
Fans of Jodi Picoult will love this novel about two sisters torn apart and their journey as they try to reconnect once again.
Ages 18+
Natasha was living on the streets of Moscow before Vladimir Stanislas, a Russian billionaire, discovers her and takes her in. Her role is to keep him happy and blend in while he is off gallivanting and taking care of shady business.
Theo Luca’s mother Maylis was widowed when her husband Lorenzo died and left her and Theo with artwork worth a fortune that they can’t part with. Maylis transformed their home into a restaurant and decorated it with the paintings. Then Theo sees Natasha at the restaurant and can’t take his eyes off her. That same night, Vladimir discovers Lorenzo’s artwork and is immediately obsessed.
Theo can’t stop thinking about Natasha and begins to paint her from memory night after night. Vladimir becomes angry when he realizes that the paintings of her aren’t for sale, and insists that he will purchase them for any price. Theo and Natasha long to be together, but Natasha doesn’t want to risk her safety as Vladimir’s mistress.
Ages 18+
In the 1980s, when Cynthia is 14 years old, she wakes up one morning and finds that her family is gone, without a trace. It is now 25 years later, and Cynthia is happily married with a young daughter. Cynthia is finally ready to learn the truth…or is she? She encounters things like strange phone calls and an unfamiliar car in her neighborhood, and realizes that whoever took her family when she was a teen has come back to finish the job. Will it be too late by the time Cynthia discovers who terrorized her family?
Ages 18+
Beulah Land’s life hasn’t been easy: the daughter of a Baptist deacon, she was estranged from her family after her teenage pregnancy. Luckily, she was taken in by a lovely woman named Ginger. Now Beulah spends her nights playing piano at The Fountain, a local bar. When Ginger finds out she’s dying of cancer, it is her final wish that Beulah take over playing piano for the County Line Church. She doesn’t hit it off with the church’s pastor, Luke Daniels, and on top of that the choir members aren’t too keen on the non-traditional music she chooses for them to perform. Beulah begins to think things won’t ever go right when she starts to fall for Luke, and he shows her that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Ages 18+
Katie’s life seems like it’s as perfect as it’s going to get: a small London apartment, a low-paying job, and an Instagram account where she posts things about her life that aren’t entirely true. Things get even more depressing when her boss, Demeter, fires her and she feels as lost as ever. Katie sees her chance when Demeter and her family go on vacation, but should she seek revenge or try to get her job back?
Thanks to NetGalley.com for a review copy of this book.
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