Jencey's Writer's Corner

Thank you to Thomas Nelson for giving me a copy of Castle on the Rise by Kristy Cambron.   I was given this copy in exchange for an honest review.   I have always wanted to travel to the United Kingdom.   Ireland would be one of the countries on my bucket list to visit.   In Castle on the Rise , readers continue with the characters that they fell in love with in The Lost Castle .   Let’s meet the next castle located in Ireland. Facebook        Twitter            Instagram “When Laine Forrester travels overseas to attend her best friend’s vineyard wedding, she expects to find the bride on the brink of a fairy-tale life. But after a series of unforeseen setbacks, it seems the storybook lives they’d imagined are suddenly ripping apart. With hopes of resurrecting a happy ending, Laine agrees to accompany the newlyweds to the groom’s home in Ireland—never expecting she’d be the one drawn in by i...

When you spend enough time with Karen White and Beatriz Williams you learn to enjoy their sense of humor.   I very much enjoyed their discussions on what would be the next title of this novel that they worked on with Lauren Willig .   I was bummed when the Memory of Air was not chosen as the title.   The title chosen was The Glass Ocean and it tells quite the tale, of the Lusitania. “ May 2013 Her finances are in dire straits and bestselling author Sarah Blake is struggling to find a big idea for her next book. Desperate, she breaks the one promise she made to her Alzheimer’s-stricken mother and opens an old chest that belonged to her great-grandfather, who died when the RMS  Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1915. What she discovers there could change history. Sarah embarks on an ambitious journey to England to enlist the help of John Langford, a recently disgraced Member of Parliament whose family archives might contain the only key to the long-ago...

When I think of Summer I think of all the places I would like to go.   My dream trips would be to visit Europe more specifically London England, Paris France, and Venice Italy.    I of course would want to take friends with me and visit these sites.   In All SummerLong by Dorothea Benton Frank Nick and Olivia are granted this opportunity through one of Olivia’s clients.   Is this opportunity everything they would hope? Dorothea Benton Frank: Facebook  Twitter    Pinterest Synopsis:   All Summer Long follows one charming New York couple – prominent interior designer Olivia Ritchie and her husband Nicholas Seymour, an English professor and true southern gentleman.   They are seemingly polar opposites, yet magnetically drawn together and in love for more than fourteen years. As they prepare to relocate to Charleston, S.C., Olivia, the ultimate New Yorker, has reservations about the promise she made to retire in ...

It would not be summer reading if I did not include at least one book by Beatriz Williams.   A Certain Age is part of a series of novels that are set in the 1920s.   It is full of scandal, adultery, and a murder. Oh! My!   What could happen next?   Include an independently minded woman who wants to shape her own destiny.      Let the tale begin! Synopsis:   It is the trial of the century; Mr. Fortescue is on trial for the murder of his wife. Why now?   Let me tell you a story it begins with Mrs. Theresa Marshall sneaking away with her latest boy toy Octavian when her brother finds her, and declares that he is in love with Sophie Fortescue.   He needs his sister Theresa to find someone to be his messenger with the marriage proposal.    This messenger Octavian completes his task but finds there is more to Sophie Fortescue than meets the eye.   When Theresa asks him to investigate Sophie and her family what will he...

Welcome to spring! It is that time of year where the brides start walking down the aisle. Lenora Worth brings us the story of a bride who has to decide whether it is worth, it to walk down the aisle in her novella An April Bride . Have you ever had the experience of having trials surprise you? How will you react or will you change your plans? Synopsis: Stella is looking forward to marrying her fiancé Marshall, when he comes back from his deployment. Around the time that Marshall would have been sent home he and his unit encounter an IED.  Marshall survives but is injured. He wakes up with no memory of Stella and their time together. His parents initially keep Stella away because of his amnesia. When Stella discovers what her current circumstances are she begins to reconsider plans. Will she still marry Marshall? Or will he come up with the perfect plan to help her down the aisle? My Thoughts: I enjoyed Lenora’s story of the reluctant bride. She did a great job of ...

Thank you to Harper Collins for sending me a copy of The Lost Castle by Kristy Cambron.   I was given this copy in exchange for an honest review. Cue the music for Once Upon a time theme to start playing on the screen.   The scene will open to a castle with a mysterious princess inside. This tale will not lead to Emma and her family, but to Ellie, her grandmother Lady Viola (Lady Vi), and her distant relative Aveline.   Are you ready for the story to begin? Synopsis:   Aveline is preparing for her wedding to the Duke of Vivay.   Her wedding has been arranged by her father.   It will take place in the summer of 1789.   The night of the engagement party, peasants attack the castle owned by the Vivays. Then everything changes when Aveline becomes separated from her mother and the rest of their family. Peasants are looking for her and searching for the sleeping princess.   What does her future hold?   What happened to the princess ...

On Your marks! Get set! Go!  This is the only way to describe If I Run by Terri Blackstock.  She is a new author for me.  Terri Blackstock is the author of many Christian suspense novels.  This is the first that I have been able to share here.  Are you ready? Synopsis: Casey leaves the house where her best friend Chris has been murdered.  She is covered in his blood and has the murder weapon.  Would anyone believe that she didn’t do it?  Since they were looking into her father’s murder and Casey thinks she knows who murdered her father who was a police detective.  Dylan is a former army investigator who is hired by Chris’s family to find Casey who is wanted for questioning in their son’s murder.  As Dylan proceeds in the investigation he starts to doubt Casey’s guilt.  Then he comes across another death with Casey miles away. Will he be able to save her?  Who killed her father? My Thoughts:  I really enj...

Are you ready for the holidays?  Jill Shalvis is stopping by Writer’s Corner to share her latest book  Holiday Wishes.   We are glad to have her and hope she will come again in the future. Jill Shalvis is sharing an excerpt from Holiday Wishes.    “At the empathetic tone in Sean’s voice, Lotti’s heart and stomach and head all clenched in unison. “What do you mean you can’t give me what I want?” she asked. “All you have to do is walk away.” “Tried that already,” he said. “And it was the biggest mistake of my life.” He brought her hand up to his mouth and met her gaze over their entwined hands. He was looking at her like . . . well, she wasn’t sure what was going on in his head, but her thoughts were racing along with her pulse. “You’re incredible, Lotti. I hope you know that.” Very slowly, clearly giving her time to object, he pulled her into him. Her breath caught at the connection and his eyes heated in response as he slid a hand...

Thank you to Harper Collins for a copy of Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams in exchange for an honest review.    Virginia Fitzwilliams receives a cryptic letter from her husband’s lawyer in Cocoa Beach saying that her husband is dead.  She decides to take their daughter on a journey, to find out what happened.  What will she encounter on this journey?  Can this possibly impact her future?  Is her husband really dead? Synopsis: The other story line in this novel is where Virginia and Simon meet during the Great War.  Virginia is an ambulance driver and Simon a doctor.  Will they become more than friends? Virginia travels to Cocoa Beach she wants to know what her husband has been up to. Virginia knows that the house burned down that he had especially built for the family, and he owned a shipping business.  The business is currently in the hands of her brother in law her husband’s twin Samuel.  She meets back up with Simon’s...

Thank you to Harper Collins for giving me a copy of Secret Sisters in exchange for an honest review. I had the opportunity to share Joy Callaway’s debut novel The Fifth AvenueArtists Society . I am thrilled to have the opportunity to share Secret Sisters. Joy writes historical fiction and once again she takes from a part of her own history. Secret Sisters tells the story of how female fraternities began in the United States.  Many of us now would know the female group as sororities. Synopsis: Whitsitt College is one of the few colleges in the Midwest that include women as students. These women are allowed to pick their majors, but not without persecution from the male students and faculty. Most of the women at the college choose the divinity major. These women also have their own social gatherings and are not inclusive of the other women. What happens when a woman chooses a major outside of divinity? This question was asked by a group of women led by Elizabeth Carring...

Today we will visit The Fifth Avenue Artist Society by Joy Callaway.  It is her debut novel.  I had the honor of meeting Joy back in October.  Her novel reminded me of such novels like The Paris Wife by Paula McLain and Z by Therese Anne Fowler.   So I loved the premise for this novel.  Synopsis:  Virginia Loftin is anticipating a proposal from her friend Charlie.  e.  So what happens when he doesn’t propose to her?  She shuts herself in her room and starts to write.  Her family has concern for her well being. Her brother Franklin tells her to stop mopping and come to this meeting of artists at a friend’s house.  These artists also include writers, musicians, and others.  Virginia soon finds two other writers to work with.  Will her writing flourish under their tutelage?  Will this other John Hopper persue a relationship?  One night at the society a death occurs. What happens when it   implicat...

Today we are taking a trip to Sullivan’s Island. Dorothea Benton Frank will present her story.  But where did it begin? Let’s meet the family who resides in the Island Gamble.  She is also a big breast cancer awareness supporter. Synopsis: Susan is late for a meeting when she realizes that she has left a chart at the house for her presentation.  She quickly drives back to pick it up only to make a discovery.  Susan hears noises coming from the master bedroom.  She opens the door to find her husband in bed with another woman.  Susan and her husband Tom separate and she tries to put her life back together with their daughter Beth.  There is one aspect of life where questions still creep up.  What happened the night her daddy was murdered?   Will she be able to put the pieces together and find peace?  What other surprises could possibly be in store for Susan and her family? My Thoughts: I loved this novel!  ...

One of my favorite places to escape is a bookstore.  So to go to the Corner Bookshop would be even  be better.  Jenny Colgan is a writer that I have wanted to read for a long time.  Readers can also check out many of Jenny's back list.  Here is an excerpt from   The Bookshop on the Corner . "The problem with good things that happen is that very often they disguise themselves as awful things. It would be lovely, wouldn’t it, whenever you’re going through something difficult, if someone could just tap you on the shoulder and say, “Don’t worry, it’s completely worth it. It seems like absolutely horrible crap now, but I promise it will all come good in the end,” and you could say, “Thank you, Fairy Godmother.” You might also say, “Will I also lose that seven pounds?” and they would say, “But of course, my child!”             That would be useful, but it isn’t how it is, which is why we sometimes plow o...