Will They, Won’t They? does have a will they/won’t they? relationship at its center – but it doesn’t end up being the endgame. The heroine’s voice and a few plot twists help to make this interesting, but ultimately, this book is a ‘just okay’ experience. Emmy Palmer is our Cersi – I mean the incestuous…
When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it is accidentally shipped in a cake cooler…
Let me say this right up front. I’m not fond of practical jokes. I don’t see the humor in going out of your way to annoy someone, and it’s not a style of humor that I enjoy. But if you like pranks and love watching inventiveness play out between two worthy opponents, The Cul-de-Sac War…
If you’ve seen the John Malkovich movie Making Mister Right, you will be familiar with the premise of Sarah Archer’s The Plus One. All about a woman who literally creates her ideal boyfriend from code she’s written, It’s very much a rollicking eighties romcom with a twenty-first century gloss on its lips. Parts of it…
You know that marvelous feeling you get when you connect with a novel on every level; the characters, the setting, the dialogue..? Well, that’s how I feel about Deal Maker. I enjoyed Ms. Morton’s previous books, but OMG, I loved this one. Deal Maker is a charming, funny, romantic and just plain lovely story featuring…
Remember the heyday of chick lit (still wishing they could find a better term for it) 10-15 years ago? The combination of comedy, often with a dash of romance, and deeper emotion could be hard to pull off, but when it worked, it was such fun. Breakfast Under a Cornish Sun is a romantic comedy…
Fashion blogger Marley McMann is a little shocked when her father and brother arrive on her L.A. doorstep in the family’s old camper to take her on a cross-country road trip. A family vacation traveling Route 66 had been the dream of her late mother and Marley cannot pass up this last chance to bond…