Jencey's Writer's Corner

Do you know all the secrets in your family? Or are you like me eavesdropping on my mother’s conversation so I can find out the details that she does not tell me.  I confess that I am the Lucy Camden of my family. All families have secrets! Family Pictures is a back list title by Jane Green . It is still worth a look especially for the summer! Synopsis:  Sylvie has lost the love of her life early in her marriage. She has moved on over the years and met someone else. Mark is the best husband around. Her relationship with him is not like it was with her first husband, and he travels often. They are bringing up her daughter Eve. Mark has secrets and wants his life to be private.  His excuse is identity theft. One day Eve meets a new friend Grace. They have a great time with one another only to realize that they have more in common than they realize. Grace’s mother Maggie is also married to Mark. What will happen to both families when they realize their connection? Or ...

Happy New Year!  My apologies for being a little behind this month!  I thought that I would share the top novels at Writer’s Corner in 2016. Once again these novels may or may not have been published in the previous year. Drum roll please…The novels are:  The first novel is Juliet by Anne Fortier Julie and Janice Jacobs are going home to deal with the death of their Aunt Rose. The will is read and Janice gets the house and everything in it. Julie gets a key with a plane ticket to go to Italy. Her mission is to find out what her mother wanted her to know about the past and a possible treasure. Julie Jacobs becomes Giulietta Tolemeis which is her given name. Part of her search is to search for Romeo and all the people that are connected to the story. Julie picks up a box that includes a story about the real Romeo and Juliet. What was there story? How can the current Romeo and Juliet break the curse placed on the houses of Tolemeis and Salimbeni? Will there be a ha...

Jane Green is one of my favorite authors.  I have sat at her feet and learned a great deal about writing.  Her latest novel Falling has some truth from her real life.  She shared the story with us as I attended her tour stop at Fox Tale Book Shoppe.  Synopsis:  Emma is ready to start over.  She has given up her career as a banker to move to Westport Connecticut.  Her good friend Sophie lives there with her family.  So she starts to look for housing and finds a nice cottage on the beach.  Her landlord is her next door neighbor  Dominic. He is also handy to a certain extent.  Emma finds her next calling as an interior designer.  So as Dominic and Emma’s relationship grows will there be a future? My Thoughts:  I very much enjoyed this story.  I will agree with what others have said that this is “classic Jane Green” at her best.  All fiction has some basis in reality.  I feel that her agent was right...

Merry Christmas and seasons greetings from Writer's Corner.  I am sharing a great giveaway for Tempting Fate by Jane Green—a New York Times bestseller in hardcover this past year. It was released in paperback last month. Here is a  taste of Tempting Fate :   Gabby has the perfect family she absolutely loves her husband Elliot and her two daughters Olivia and Alaina.   One night while her family is out Gabby decides to go out with her married friends.   They think what harm could happen when going to a bar and flirting with some guys there.   They would never take it any further or would they?   Or more specifically would Gabby?   She meets Matt that night and they start a friendship.   Gabby tells herself that it won’t go any further than friendship.   Will she change her mind?   What consequences occur from that one choice?   Will they be able to forgive?  The winner will receive: ...

Jane has a very special gift for my readers to celebrate the launch of my sixteenth novel, SAVING GRACE, on December 30th in the US. If you pre-order SAVING GRACE, you’ll get a Jane Green book for free, and not just any old book…             Most of you know that I not only love to cook, I had some chef training at the French Culinary Institute in New York a few years ago. I have finally penned my very own cookbook. HAPPY FOOD is filled with recipes I have created, collected, and cooked for years. This truly is the food that makes my family and friends happy. I’m sharing these recipes with you, my loyal friends, straight from my heart. There are desserts and entrees, appetizers and sides. Each recipe is accompanied by a story from me about what that particular dish means to me, or how it features in my life, including some of the mishaps. A beautifully designed e-book, HAPPY FOOD is filled with gorgeous never-before-seen ph...

In Another Piece of My Heart by Jane Green takes us into the blended family.   How would the relationships in the family affect the people involved? Synopsis: Andi could not be happier to finally find the man of her dreams Ethan.   There is one small catch to this relationship.   He has two daughters Sophia and Emily.   His ex-wife is an alcoholic can barely take of herself much less her daughters.   So Andi has them the most of the time.   While Andi gets along great with Sophia; her patience is tested with the other daughter Emily.   What can she do to win her favor?   Emily on the other hand wants Andi gone and out of her life.   Will she succeed?   Will Andi be able to have everything she wanted? My Thoughts:   I absolutely loved this novel!   I did not think I would say this because of the subject matter of the blended family and divorce.   I didn’t think that I would find it relatable since I am...