When the Tides Held the Moon has been described as The Shape of Water meets The Greatest Showman. It is by far one of the most beautiful romances I’ve read in awhile. The prose is gorgeous and the characters come…
A secret list of books found at a public library connects two very different people in this debut novel by Sara Nisha Adams. The Reading List is a beautiful story about how books can help heal, inspire and bring a…
This cozy fantasy novel series has everything I love: action, magic, silly flirting, and a solid relationship between characters. I want to walk into the pages of this book and never leave. Perfect reading with yummy snacks and a cup…
After the recent loss of her husband and the disappearance of her son thirty years prior, Tova Sullivan gets a job at the Sowell Bay Aquarium to keep herself occupied. She makes an unlikely friend in Marcellus, the aquarium's intelligent…
Jennifer Thorne's beautifully paced page turner of a horror novel will have you at the edge of your seat from start to finish! Diavola is the story of a woman named Anna on a trip to rural Tuscany with her…
Leigh Bardugo crafted a spell-binding dark academia that explores the secret societies of Yale university through the imperfect protagonist Galaxy Stern. Alex's narrative snakes between the present and her past, which hounds her incessantly. I finished the book on a…
How much of the movie The Sound of Music is actually fact? As it turns out, some of it is a fictionalized "biography" of Maria von Trapp. Maria really was on the way to becoming a nun when she was…
The Secret Elephant is inspired by the true story of a woman known as the Elephant Angel. Denise Weston Austin was a zookeeper at the Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland during World War II. Among the animals at the zoo…
The Women is the latest novel by New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah. Set during the 1960s, the story centers on Frances “Frankie” McGrath a young nursing student who joins the Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War. It…
This novel is based on the true story of Ann Lowe, a black woman and seamstress, who overcame personal struggles and racial prejudices and later became one of America’s most significant designers. Lowe is most famously known for designing the…