Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s what Helen and Holly are doing to celebrate this special day. Helen says: Top of the muffin to you! Do you remember that episode of Seinfeld? I like to greet people with that phrase in the morning. My favorite Irish recipe is Alton Brown’s Shepherd’s Pie. It is a crowd […]
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The Caretaker
by: Ron Rash Goodreads description: Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, The Caretaker by award-winning author Ron Rash (“One of the great American authors at work today” —The New York Times) is a breathtaking love story and a searing examination of the acts we seek […]
First Lie Wins
by: Ashley Elston Goodreads description: Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by […]
The Fury
by: Alex Michaelides Goodreads description: A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder ― from the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of The Silent Patient. This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that’s not quite true. At its […]
The Women
by: Kristin Hannah Goodreads description: From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah’s The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided. Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised […]
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All the Sinners Bleed
By: S.A. Crosby Goodreads description: Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, Charon has had only two murders. After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus knows better than anyone that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, […]
The Housemaid’s Secret
by: Freida McFadden Goodreads description: It’s hard to find an employer who doesn’t ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here […]
Mercury
by: Amy jo Burns Goodreads description: A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart of their blue-collar town―from Amy Jo Burns, author of the critically acclaimed novel Shiner It’s 1990 and seventeen-year-old Marley West is blazing into the river valley town of Mercury, Pennsylvania. A perpetual […]
The Mystery Guest
by: Nita Prose Goodreads description: When an acclaimed author dies at the Regency Grand Hotel, it’s up to a fastidious maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty—in a standalone novel featuring Molly Gray, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid, a Good Morning America Book Club Pick. Molly Gray is not like anyone else. […]
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