by: Kathryn Stockett Goodreads Synopsis: In 1933 Oxford, Mississippi, Prohibition is on the wane, and the Great Depression is tightening its grip. Poor and rich folks alike have fallen on hard times, even as the old social order remains. For women on the margins, the options are few and the price of dignity and self-determination […]
Land
by: Maggie O’Farrell Goodreads Synopsis: ‘You will never understand how the land remembers, how deep the roots grow’ A spellbinding story of separation, longing, recovery and survival as a family makes a new home in the aftermath of tragedy. On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are […]
The Tobacco Wives
by: Adele Myers Goodreads Synopsis: Maddie Sykes is a burgeoning seamstress who’s just arrived in Bright Leaf, North Carolina—the tobacco capital of the South—where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. After years of war rations and shortages, Bright Leaf is a prosperous wonderland in full technicolor bloom, and Maddie is dazzled by the bustle […]
Weyward
by: Emilia Hart Goodreads Synopsis: I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to […]
Tidbit July 2026
Helen’s cousin, Howard Scott, has written a sequel to his hit book Rascal on the Run. If you are a fan of John Grisham and legal thrillers, this series will be right up your alley! Howard’s writing is witty, articulate and most importantly entertaining. Howard can a regale a tale! To read more about cousin […]
Upcoming Books for August 2026
So many great books have been released this Summer! It’s hard to choose just four. We have a curated list so be patient with us and we will slowly get through them. Read along with us in August. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
Conform
by: Ariel Sullivan Goodreads synopsis: In the far future, one young woman finds herself torn between two loves—and two sides of a rebellion boiling under the surface—in the first novel of a sweeping dystopian romance trilogy. Centuries after a catastrophic world war nearly decimated the human population, a city arose from the ashes, ruled by […]
Into the Blue
by: Emma Brodie Goodreads synopsis: From the award-winning author of Songs in Ursa Major comes an epic, decade-spanning love story that blazes through the worlds of acting and comedy, and charts a connection so powerful it might just break space and time itself. In the summer of 2000, AJ Graves dreams of writing for SNL; […]
Lady Tremaine
by: Rachel Hochhauser Goodreads synopsis: A breathtaking reimagining of Cinderella, as told through the eyes of its iconic “evil” stepmother, revealing a propulsive love story about the lengths a mother will go to for her children A widow twice-over, Etheldreda is now saddled with the care of her two children, a priggish stepdaughter, and a razor-taloned peregrine […]
This Story Might Save Your Life
by: Tiffany Crum Goodreads synopsis: Benny Abbott and Joy Moore host one of the most beloved podcasts in the world. Each week, they delight listeners with a different “against all odds” survival story, gleefully finding the weird, life-affirming humor in near-death experiences. Since their first episode on Joy’s experience with severe narcolepsy, they’ve been the […]
Helen and Holly Hit the Books 