Jencey's Writer's Corner

  This is the first Emily Henry book that I have wanted to share with you!  I also love that the main character is a Children’s Librarian.  A great summer read!  Many will enjoy this book.  About the Book:  Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak. Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads—Miles is exactly the ...

What is the price of Sea Salt Air?   These questions and more are answered in Barbara Delinsky’s release of Sweet Salt Air .   I highly recommend this novel as a summer read.   Who is ready to go to the beach? Synopsis:   Nicole is excited to work on her first book to be published with a major publisher.   She is creating a cook book with her friend Charlotte.   Their friendship goes all the way back to childhood.   This sounds like a wonderful summer on the island of Quinnipeague Maine.   There is a secret that might be come between both Nicole and Charlotte that involves Nicole’s husband Julian.      The work on the cookbook is supposed to be a distraction to dealing with Julian’s medical condition multiple Sclerosis.   Can she truly draw comfort from both the blog and her work on the book? How can Charlotte hold both the secret and a friendship with Nicole together through all of this? My Thoughts:   ...

Welcome to Nantucket where we get to meet the Carmichaels and the Grahams clans. They gather for the wedding of Jenna and Stuart.   Elin Hilderbrand welcomes us to the wedding of the season.   Synopsis: Jenna Carmichael is getting ready to marry the love of her life Stuart Graham.   The planning of the wedding centers around Jenna’s deceased mother Beth’s notebook.   This notebook is sacred to the planning and each and every detail has been gone over by a fine tooth comb.   Conflicts are created between Doug and his current wife Pauline will it be enough to destroy their marriage?   Margot the sister of the bride has to keep everything together with both plans and family members.   Is she up for the job?     Ann the mother of the bride has her own dilemma during the wedding seeing the woman who broke up her marriage.   Will Jenna and Stuart make it down the aisle? My Thoughts:   Another visit to Nantucket that ...

Four to the Score is the fourth installment in the Stephanie Plum series.   What could possibly happen this time?   Well stay tuned to find out! Synopsis: Stephanie’s next case is to find Maxine Nowicki.   She has been working on the case and chasing leads.   Then she runs into complication that is her cousin Joyce Barnhardt thwarting her every move.   One lead leads her to Eddie Kuntz who hires her to find Maxine as long as he can see her before Stephanie turns her in.   All she needs to do is follow the clues.   What she didn’t count on is losing her car and her apartment.   Where will she go?   How can Ranger and Morrelli help her this time? My Thoughts: I enjoyed this one from Janet Evanovich.   I was able to listen to this one as well.   This time it was narrated by CJ Critt.   I enjoyed her telling of the story.   I thought she distinctly separated all the characters so you knew who was who. Thi...

Michele Gorman recently released Bella Summer Takes a Chance through Notting Hill Press.     She explores the question.   Can one have passion in a relationship?   Would you agree that his particular ingredient is needed? Synopsis: Bella has just broken up recently with her boyfriend Mattias.   Have they really broken up?   Bella also known as B. continues to see him.   Her plan is to see other guys while enjoying her trip to Zurich for work.    Where will fate take her once the trip is canceled and the job is no more?   Her friends encourage her to get back together with Mattias.   That it is fate and just be happy. Is it really possible to have love that is full of passion?   B. evens consults her friend Marjory the elderly mentor who has had a full life but also tries to help her in her search.   Will she truly find what she is looking for? My Thoughts:   This is the second Michele Gorman...