“She Wouldn’t Change a Thing” by Sarah Adlakha

Title: She Wouldn’t Change a Thing
Author: Sarah Adlakha
Publisher:  Forge
Year: 2021    
Genre(s):  literary fiction, science fiction
Part of a Series: No

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Why I read it: 12 Days of Bookmas gift

Summary: Maria Forsmann is a successful psychiatrist, wife and mother of two with one on the way. But an appointment with one patient sets things in motion that ultimately change Maria’s life forever. After a traumatic event, she wakes up in her seventeen year body and realizes she has been sent in time to prevent another tragedy. But doing so would prevent her from returning to her family forever. What will she choose?

“A Thousand Roads Home” by Carmel Harrington

Title: A Thousand Roads Home

Author: Carmel Harrington
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2018
Genre(s): contemporary fiction
Part of a Series: No.
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Why I read it: Once Upon a Book Club pick

Summary: When Ruth Wilde and her son DJ lose their home and have to move into a hotel provided by the council, she feels like an absolute failure. Dr. Tom O’Grady has chosen to live outside, finding it allows him to escape into his happy memories and ignore the painful ones in his life. Their worlds collided once and when they collide again, Ruth and Tom find out that changing the world can start with one person.

The End of Temperance Dare by Wendy Webb

Title: The End of Temperance Dare
Author: Wendy Webb
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Year: 2017
Genre(s):historical fiction, suspense, mystery, some romance
Part of a Series: No
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Why I read it: Once Upon a Book Club selection

Summary: After suffering a setback in her career as a journalist, Eleanor Harper agrees to become the new director at Cliffside Manor, a renowned retreat for artists. Its previous director, Penelope Dare, greets Eleanor and prepares her for the incoming artists chosen to spend a couple weeks at Cliffside Manor. Eleanor looks forward to what she expects to be a stress-free job…until Penelope Dare commits suicide hours after Norrie’s arrival, leaving behind an ominous note.

Though shaken, Norrie pushes ahead and welcomes the next group of artists, including dashing British photographer Richard Banks. Weird things begin to happen around Cliffside and Norrie soon realizes that everyone gathered at Cliffside has a connection to it. Its past as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients has dark secrets and Norrie needs to solve the mystery of Temperance Dare if she and the artists want to survive their time together.

“The Lost for Words Bookshop” by Stephanie Butland

Title: The Lost for Words Bookshop
Author: Stephanie Butland
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press
Year: 2018
Genre(s): contemporary fiction, drama, romance
Part of a Series: No
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Why I read it: A book club selection

Summary: Lovejoy’s whole life revolves around the bookstore where she works. She doesn’t have family except for Archie, the shop’s eccentric owner, and prefers books to people. Poet Nathan brings a change to her life in more ways than one—besides bringing the possibility of romance, Lovejoy’s past starts to come back to haunt her. Will she finally be able to make peace with it in order to move forward or will it be too much for her to face, forcing her further into isolation?

“A Strange Companion” by Lisa Manterfield

Title: A Strange Companion
Author: Lisa Manterfield
Publisher: Steel Rose Press
Year:  2017
Genre(s):  contemporary, drama, spiritual
Part of a Series: No
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"All the Good Parts" by Loretta Nyhan

Title: All The Good Parts
Author: Loretta Nyhan
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Year: 2016
Genre(s): fiction, women’s literature, some romance
Part of a Series: No
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"Anonymous" by Kristina Woods

Title:  Anonymous
Author: Kristina Woods
Publisher: Self-published
Year: 2016
Genre(s):  Romance, modern fiction
Part of a Series: No
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