Jencey's Corner

Thank you to Kim Boykin for sharing this holiday story with us in exchange for an honest review.   This is her short story in the Maudlin Brother series.   You can also check out other stories in this series by Kim Boykin.   What better way to share the joy of the holiday season!   Now it is time to visit Magnolia Bay! Synopsis:   Miranda Hamilton is excited to be chairing the Magnolia Bay Holiday Festival that benefits her mother’s charity.   She finally got control of it from the two ladies who previously chaired it.   So when the mayor announces that Logan Maudlin wants to also chair the Festival and that her nemesis Pammy is included as a member of the committee?   What will Miranda do?   Will she accept Pammy’s plan for a bachelor’s auction as a part of the festivities?   Will she allow Logan to be more than a colleague? My Thoughts: Kim Boykin tells a great story!   It is a romance, but it happens at the holiday season.   She creates likable characters that y

Dorothea Benton Frank shares a holiday novella with us.   This novella takes place at Christmas time in Charleston South Carolina.   You are invited for a down home low country Christmas. Did you ever wish that a special person could come and help you celebrate Christmas?   Synopsis: Theodora’s family has been for generations in one house.   The grandparents, parents and children all lived together for years.   This was how Christmas in the family was celebrated until the present.   Her children still live with her at the house, but her grandchildren are elsewhere in Charleston and Atlanta Georgia. Will they find their way home for Christmas?   The night before Christmas eve the chef who normally takes care of the family has to leave on a family emergency.   Who will take care of them over the holiday?   Enter Pearl who comes to clean up the mess that Theodora in her family, is here to the set things to right?   Can Pearl do it? My Thoughts:   I have become a r

You are invited to a Christmas Wedding by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo.   I couldn’t think of a better day to share it than on Christmas Day.   This story is different than what James Patterson usually writes.   Could it draw a reader in? Synopsis:   Gabby Summerhill is getting married this Christmas.   She also would like her family to be in Stockbridge Massachusetts together.   They haven’t been together since her husband and the father of her children passed away.   So what would happen if Gabby got married but neglected to mention who she was marrying?   There are three bachelors that are up to the task, but can her family guess which one will receive the prize of marriage?   Her oldest child Claire who has a family in Myrtle Beach is struggling in her current circumstances.   Could a trip to Stockbridge Massachusetts be the key to her family’s survival?     Can Lizzie’s husband Mike who is fighting brain cancer survive until Christmas?   Will Nick get his nove

Thank you to Library Thing, Random House, and Nancy Thayer for sending me a copy of Nantucket Christmas . This copy was sent to me in exchange for an honest review.   Merry Christmas from Nantucket! Synopsis:   Sebastian and Nicole have recently married and are preparing for the holidays in Nantucket.   They are located there because of the divorce between Sebastian and his first wife Catja.   He received the house on Nantucket.   Nicole swears this will be a Christmas to remember.   Even if it means putting up with Sebastian’s daughter Kennedy, who is slightly spoiled and very pregnant.   She would like nothing better than to see her parents back together and Nicole out of the picture.   Will she find Nicole a necessary part of the holiday?   Then there is a little dog named Snicks who needs a home, but will Nicole and Sebastian’s home be it? My Thoughts: This is my first Nancy Thayer novel. I don’t often discuss how much I have enjoyed a Christmas novel.   This i

Astonish Me !   Is the second novel by New York Times Bestselling author Maggie Shipstead.   For this novel she mostly focuses on dance; ballet to be more precise.   The Nutcracker is a famous ballet that is performed every Christmas which makes this book a perfect holiday read! Synopsis: Joan and Jacob have known one another since high school.   Each are equally driven by their careers. Joan pursues ballet and Jacob pursues education.   While they stay in touch by letters, Joan is happy to continue with her career until something drastic happens.   She meets world famous ballet dancer Arslan and has a relationship with him.   Is there a future or will she turn to her old friend Jacob? Joan becomes pregnant and produces a son   Harry.    He becomes friends with his neighbor Chloe and wants a relationship.   Will dance help   him pursue both Chloe and his future?   What happens when the truth comes out about Harry’s real father? My Thoughts:   I love dance!   It is