“Mrs. Saint and the Defectives” by Julie Lawson Timmer

Title: “Mrs. Saint and the Defectives”
Author: Julie Lawson Timmer
Publisher:  Lake Union Publishing
Year: 2017
Genre(s): contemporary fiction
Part of a Series: No

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Why I read it: Amazon first read option

Summary: After her life falls apart, Markie just wants to be left alone with her teenage son. But her neighbor, Mrs. Saint, refuses to oblige and keeps intruding into Markie’s life. Markie becomes familiar with the other people Mrs. Saint looks after like their own fairy godmother, her so-called “Defectives.” Markie resists becoming one but soon wonders if maybe it’s happened whether she wanted it to or not.

“The Last Letter From Juliet” by Melanie Hudson

Title: The Last Letter From Juliet
Author: Melanie Hudson
Publisher:  HarperCollins
Year: 2019
Genre(s): historical fiction, romance
Part of a Series: No

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Summary: When Katherine is summoned by her uncle to a small English town for Christmas, she settles into a small cottage and finds the memoirs of its previous owner, Juliet Ralston. A trained pilot, Juliet finds adventure and love during England’s darkest days as she and her love fight the Nazis and to be together. Will Juliet’s story help Katherine find her own love for life again? And will she be able to grant Juliet’s final wish?