Title: Christmas Eve Love Story
Author: Ginny Baird
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Year: 2024
Genre(s): romance
Part of a Series: No
Why I read it: Advent Calendar read
Summary: After a terrible Christmas Eve, Annie Jones wakes up to find it’s Christmas Eve all over again. She gets twelve tries to get Christmas Eve right and in the process, finds community and the chance at love with the security guard at work, Braden.
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Title: Murder at Gulls Nest
Author: Jess Kidd
Publisher: Atria Books
Year: 2025
Genre(s): mystery, historical fiction
Part of a Series: Yes, Book 1.
Why I read it: Once Upon a Book Club pick
Summary: When letters from her friend Freya suddenly stop, Nora Breen leaves her convent to go search for her. She travels to the small English seaside town where Freya last was known to be and settles at Gulls Nest. When two residents of Gulls Nest die under mysterious circumstances, Nora realizes Freya’s disappearance is just the tip of iceberg.
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Title: A Betting Woman: A Novel of Madame Moustache
Author: Jenni L. Walsh
Publisher: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
Year: 2021
Genre(s): historical fiction
Part of a Series: No
Why I read it: Once Upon a Book Club pick
Summary: After suffering an unimaginable loss, Simone Jules flees New Orleans and heads to California along with others looking for gold. She finds her fortune at gambling tables, introducing the game Vingt-et-Un to the prospectors. Over the years, Simone reinvents herself as Eleanor Dumont and follows the gold with her games and her business sense, building a life for herself that she never could’ve imagined in New Orleans.
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Title: Here Comes the Drama
Author: Christa Innis
Publisher: Eleanora Press
Year: 2025
Genre(s): romance
Part of a Series: Possibly book 1.
Why I read it: I’ve seen Christa’s sketches and wanted to read her book.
Summary: Ferris proposes to his girlfriend Sloane but not everyone is happy for them. His mother, Kate, proves to be the biggest obstacle to them getting down the aisle. Will they find a way to get around her…or will she get her way in the end?
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Happy New Year, everyone!
I know I pretty much disappeared toward the end of last year and I apologize for that. Real life got a little hectic just as the time seemed to speed up. My writing schedule was disrupted but I’m hoping the holidays have allowed me to get it back on track.
Maybe?
Anyway, as I usually do, it’s time to wrap up the year that was before we look forward to the year that will be.
Here we go!
