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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