Women’s Fiction Book Reviews

Review: A Lady in Havana by Ashley Morgan

A Lady in Havana by Ashley Morgan

A torrid love affair, a pretty young wife, and a country on the brink of revolution…Peel away the facade of glitz and glamor of 1950s Cuba and you have A Lady in Havana, Ashley Morgan’s explosive work of women’s fiction.

Beautiful Dorothy “Dimple” Duncan, heads to Havana with her husband, Dallis, intending to lend support – as a good wife in the Fifties does – to his risky venture to sell school buses to President Batista, Cuba’s sitting president. Their go-between in Cuba is the very handsome and wealthy Latin attorney, Roberto Montero.

Roberto makes no secret of the […]

2019-09-19T09:52:07+02:00September 18th, 2019|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: A Nanny for Harry by Sylvia Mulholland

A Nanny for Harry by Sylvia Mulholland

Pregnancy, motherhood and the demands of a career prove to be a tough juggling act in A Nanny for Harry, a touching and often funny work of women’s fiction by Sylvia Mulholland.

Thirty-five-year-old attorney, Kali Miller, is potentially jeopardizing her already slow track to partnership by taking a three-month maternity leave to have a baby. As soon as her pregnancy had been confirmed, she and her handsome husband, Matt, a general surgery resident, purchased a pokey little house in trendy Belmont Shore that they set about fixing before the arrival of their baby boy, who they’ve already named Harry.[…]

2018-10-27T12:24:38+02:00September 18th, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |

Two Women and Too Many Men by Nancy Orchard

Two Women and Too Many Men by Nancy OrchardNancy Orchard packs a chick-lit punch in Two Women and Too Many Men, where infidelity creates a world of hurt and unconditional friendship heals all wounds.

Forty-year-old mother of two, Alix, kicks out her husband of twenty years after he reluctantly confesses to sex with a prostitute. With no skills or job to support her kids, Alix enrolls in a college finance course where she meets thirty-year-old Suzi. Happily married yet bored with her career, Suzi is hoping to learn something new. The two become fast friends – a friendship cemented on marital woes, especially after Suzi’s callous husband […]

2018-08-28T12:09:54+02:00August 27th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |

Review: Songs for Lucy by Philip Wilson

Songs for Lucy by Philip Wilson

Songs for Lucy, a poignant work of women’s fiction by Philip Wilson, conveys the heartfelt message that a death sentence doesn’t mean one should stop living.

Allison “Allie” Connelly has a bright future ahead of her: she’s Valedictorian of her graduating class at Boston Highlands University and has been accepted to Harvard Law. Best of all, she’s also been offered a summer job teaching tennis at a club in Providence, Rhode Island, allowing her to spend the summer with her widowed father.

Then the unimaginable happens. Her father is killed by a drunk driver on his way home from […]

Review: Mnemosyne’s Daughters by Brit Chism

Mnemosyne’s Daughters by Brit Chism

Mnemosyne’s Daughters is a thought-provoking collection of modern day short stories inspired by Greek mythology that author, Brit Chism, uses to highlight social issues affecting women in today’s society.

Told from a surprisingly male perspective, there are nine short stories in all – a few somewhat blandly titled after women. Then there are the rest, like “Alice Silver-Blue Hair and the Saints,” “Elysian Fields Next Exit,” “Mnemosyne’s Daughters,” “Layla and the Rage,” and “Medea Royal,” each of which express the author’s robust imagination that is evident throughout this collection.

At the heart of each story are women from all walks […]

2019-01-22T11:13:27+02:00April 18th, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |

A Firm Tree Does Not Fear the Storm by Jennifer Morris

A Firm Tree Does Not Fear the Storm by Jennifer MorrisLife is a series of chapters in A Firm Tree Does Not Fear the Storm, a poignant and entertaining work of women’s fiction by debut author, Jennifer Morris.

On the heels of her beloved Grammy’s death, Beth feels as though her life has lost its purpose, with her daughters both away at college and her husband constantly traveling for work. However, thanks to the unexpected gift of her Grammy’s house and after going to Florida to see her childhood friend, Amber, the seed for a potential new chapter to her life quickly takes root…

Evocatively titled, A Firm Tree […]

2018-04-06T10:35:23+02:00April 5th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |

The Fat Girls Club: Paris Bound by Lila Johnson

The Fat Girls Club: Paris BoundThe Fat Girls Club: Paris Bound is the sequel to Lila Johnson’s Fat Girls Club, a fun and emotional novel about a group of friends who gather together to lose weight. As the title suggests, Paris Bound finds the group traveling to Europe, and all of the temptations it provides, as well as a scenic backdrop for the women to bond more deeply.

The three ladies from Kansas City hop over the pond for their first stop in London, where Lila Johnson has taken extra care to guide the reader along with William, Sissy’s brother, while he gives an […]

2018-03-08T10:36:50+02:00March 8th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |

Hearts on Fire by T. Renee

Hearts on Fire by T. ReneeFour foster sisters, on different life trajectories, are the focus in Hearts on Fire, a powerful work of women’s fiction by T. Renee.

All four young women are alumni of a state-run group home close to their current residences in a housing project just outside of Philly. Unfit mothers, Sophia and Madison, break the monotony of their meaningless existence by occasional stints in jail. Pretty Tameka (Meka) lets herself be abused in her quest to be genuinely loved, and practical Letti, who doesn’t let personal tragedy get in the way of her goals. She’s on a fast-track to success […]

2018-03-02T11:55:47+02:00March 2nd, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |
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