Jencey's Corner

Summer brings out the list of my favorite writers and one of them is Patti Callahan Henry.   This is my first time to share one of her novels.   Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for a copy of The Idea of Love.   I am also giving away a one copy of this novel.   So sit back and be ready to be enticed for a great story! Synopsis: Blake Hunter is looking for his next story.   He writes screenplays which come to the big screen in Hollywood.   There is only one problem he hasn’t had a hit in a long time.    So he travels to Watersend South Carolina to see what he can find under and assumed identity of Hunter Adderman.   What happens when he comes across a local woman Ella Flynn?    Is she telling him the truth?    Will he ultimately find his story and maybe a little romance of his own? My Thoughts: This is my first time to share one of Patti’s novels.   I am honored for the opportunity to share The ...

Beautiful Girl pushes beneath the physically attractive exteriors of its characters to the messy but still attractive interiors hidden from the view of the reader. Thank you to Fleur Philips and Spark Press for sharing a copy of the novel in exchange for an honest review. Another great novel to include at the beach! Synopsis: Melanie is seventeen and beautiful. Of that there is no question. She models and auditions and spends all of her time preparing for the next round of auditions and casting calls, which makes her mother Joanne happy.   She gave up her own career to raise Melanie. It feels to her that she has no choice about the life she’s living. No one truly understands how much she hates this life! She just wants to be a normal teenager, dating, gossiping, and getting ready to go off to college.   Melanie crashes her car and develops scars on her face, and is forbidden to leave the house unless going to the doctor. Although she is able to rest at home will ...