The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson β 336 pages Book Blurb: Itβs 2008, and the inauguration of President Barack Obama ushers in a new kind of hope. In Chicago, Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated Black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. Heβs eager to...
Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Bayard β 381 pages Book Blurb: When Mary Todd meets Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in the winter of 1840, he is on no one’s shortlist to be president. Rough and reticent, heβs a country lawyer lacking money and manners, living above...
Crossing Lines by Melanie Weiss – 162 pagesΒ ARC provided by author for an honest review Book Blurb: Midwestern high school seniors and swim teammates Alli and Brandon are the perfect couple, enjoying their final months of high school and making big plans for...
Universe of Two by Stephen P. Kiernan β 448 pages ARC from William Morrow and Netgalley for an honest review. Book Blurb: Graduating from Harvard at the height of World War II, brilliant mathematician Charlie Fish is assigned to the Manhattan Project. Working with...
Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West β 352 pages Book Blurb: When Ruby Kingβs mother is found murdered in their home in Chicagoβs South Side, the police dismiss it as another act of violence in a black neighborhood. But for Ruby, itβs a devastating loss that leaves...
Every day I clean the Winchestersβ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a... read more