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Monday, March 30, 2026

Sylvia's Second Act

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Let’s start with this: I finished this book this morning, and I am still smiling! This is that kind of book, and Sylvia is that kind of char...

Once and Again

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Lauren grew up in Malibu. She surfed with her dad, lived on the beach, and was in love with Stone for over a decade. Now she is in her thirt...

Down with the Ship

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Growing up, Stella and her sister Jules only had each other. There is nothing in the world Stella wouldn’t do for her. But now Jules is enga...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Good People

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The Sharaf family live in a small Afghan community in northern Virginia. When they fled their home during the Russian invasion and came to A...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

In the Great Quiet

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Minnie Hoopes and her trusty horse, Cricket are among the homesteaders racing from Kansas toward Oklahoma in the 1893 land rush. After losin...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

A Good Animal

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In a small town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Everett Lindt works on his father’s sheep farm. A senior in high school, Everett is unlike mo...
Monday, March 9, 2026

Enormous Wings

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It was just a little fender bender. Father Frank had no need to destroy Pepper’s driver’s license, and no one forced her daughter to move he...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

A Founding Mother

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In October 1764 Abigail Smith married country lawyer John Adams. Both born and bred in Massachusetts, John was a little older, but Abigail d...
Friday, February 27, 2026

The Mountains We Call Home

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Cussy and Jackson Lovett have violated the miscegenation laws in 1953 Kentucky. Jackson is white and Cussy is a Blue Fugate, commonly known ...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way

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When Claire O’Connor’s mother dies, she finally returns to Ireland. In London Claire was a writer and university professor. She had a boyfri...

Anatomy of An Alibi

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Benjamin Bayliss is very handsome. He is a successful and well connected attorney in their small Louisiana town. His wife is beautiful and f...

One & Only

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One & Only Matchmaking has been run by the Park women for generations. Not only are they an honest hardworking company — these women can...

Nesting

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One afternoon Ciara Fay grabs some things, holds the small hands of her young daughters and leaves her Dublin home. Her husband Ryan will be...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

A Far-Flung Life

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In 1958 WA (Western Australia) the MacBride family runs a substantial sheep station. Over a million acres in a very remote location, the Mac...
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Saoirse

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When Sarah Roy was a teenager, she knew she had to escape. Years of abuse by her addict mother’s boyfriend and protecting her younger sister...
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