Jencey's Writer's Corner

Thank you to Source Books for a copy of GIRL IN DISGUISE by Greer Macallister . This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review. I received no financial compensation for this review. It is also a Library Read’s pick for March 2017. What do you know about the Pinkerton Detective Agency? I had heard of this agency through various books that I have read over the years. I did not know about it’s very first female detective Kate Warne. Many of the events we read about in history are often remain in the past. As I read this book I learned that the Pinkerton detective agency still exists today. You can also visit their site to learn more about the history of this agency. Synopsis: Kate is widowed with no children of her own, but she must find a job. Kate has tried out various positions but nothing seems to be the right fit. Then she responds to an ad in the Chicago paper for an agency looking for detectives. This agency is the Pinkerton Agency. Kate responds to the a...

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is the first novel by Katarina Bivald in the United States. The author is from Sweden. This novel came highly recommended to me. I also had the opportunity to meet Katarina last April when she visited on tour at FoxTale Book Shoppe. Synopsis: Sarah is going to visit her friend Amy who lives in Broken Wheel Iowa in the United States. Sarah is from Sweden. She has very much looked forward to the trip. Sarah arrives in Broken Wheel to learn that Amy has passed away. So the town decides that she should stay at Amy’s house. The town has been so gracious that Sarah wants to do something for them so she opens a book shop with the town blessing. Will the town really enjoy her gift? Will they be ready for her to go home when she finishes her stay? We learn about Sarah and Amy's relationship through letter exchanges. These letters appear at the beginning of each chapter. The letters start at the beginning of their relationship and lead up ...

Jane Porter is known for writing many different genres of novels. Today we are featuring her recent novel It’s You   which is Women's Fiction. This novel asks   how to move forward after a traumatic event? Can new people in your life make a difference? Alison (Ali) McAdams is introduced to a different kind of community.   Could they become family?   Synopsis:  Ali is still working in the dental practice that she shared with her fiancé. Life has changed since he committed suicide. How can she move forward? Or begin to have a relationship with her father? When at work Ali receives news that her father had an accident. She leaves on vacation to spend time with him, but can’t understand why he won’t leave his nursing home. While visiting she meets Edie her dad’s bridge partner. Edie takes an interest in Ali when she goes out with Craig her nephew. Will She find answers in the past that might lead to a brighter future? My Thoughts:  I enjoyed ...

I am excited to write this review. I have wanted to read a novel by @PamJenoff for a while. I finally got my opportunity with The Kommandant’s Girl . This novel is historical in nature and focusing on World War II era. For readers who have read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah; will have a nice segue way into this story. Synopsis: Emma has just celebrated her Jewish wedding and honeymoon with her beloved Jacob. Then the Nazis invaded Poland. Jacob tells her to return to her family and burn their marriage certificate. Emma cannot bring herself to destroy this precious certificate. She does go to her family, but finds herself in the ghetto. The resistance helps her to escape and live with Jacob’s cousin. While living with Peter’s aunt Emma assumes a new identity of Anna. Anna works in the Nazi office in Krakow and soon becomes involved with the Kommandant. As her relationship with the commandant grows will she be able to help the resistance? Or will he find out who she really...

Do covers persuade you to choose certain novels? I loved the cover for All the SummerGirls by Meg Donohue . I had also heard some great things about this novel. It includes three women in swimsuits at the beach on the cover. The novel is short in length. It takes place over one summer weekend. Synopsis: Kate is getting ready for her big day. Her morning is going normally except her finance has changed his schedule. He wants to discuss their relationship. He breask the engagement and says that she needs help.  Kate has two very best Friends since Kindergarten Vanessa and Dani. Vanessa is facing a different delimma. She gave up her career to be a stay at home mom. How happy is she really when she worries about her gorgeous husband having affairs? Then there is Dani the third friend she as well has spent a great deal of time with Kate and her family. Dani’s parents are divorced. She only has a relationship with her father.  Dani has been living out in San Francisco tryi...

Thank you to    Mira and Kimberly Belle for a copy of THE MARRIAGE LIE .  This copy was given to me in exchange for an honest review.  Kimberly has recently released her next novel THE MARRIAGE LIE .  If you liked The Last Breath and The Ones WeTrust then you will love this one.  This story is engrossing , and will have your full attention to the very end. Synopsis:  Iris has the perfect marriage.  Her husband Will  has a great job!  They just bought their first house in  a wealthy neighborhood in Atlanta.  Iris works at a private school in the area.  This morning Will gives her a diamond   bracelet.  He will leave  on    a business trip to Orlando Florida to speak at a conference.  Iris proceeds to her job as a guidance counselor at a private school.  A plane crashed in Missouri, and the story is all over the news.  This   plane was headed for Seattl...

Thank you to Ballantine Books  for a copy of this novel Nightingale Way by Emily March.  This novel was given to me in exchange for an honest review.  I received no financial compensation for this review. It is time to return to Eternity Springs.  In this novel we meet Jack and Cat.  Their story is not like some of the other couples you have met in Eternity springs.  The main difference is that they are divorced.   I enjoyed the last Eternity springs novel and could not wait to share this one. Synopsis: Cat lives in Washington D.C.  She also volunteers with some local charities.   Cat published a story recently about a dog fighting ring through a blog she publishes. One day a bomb goes off in her dining room.  She is then spirited away to Eternity Springs by her ex-husband Jack.  He was following orders of Cat’s mother Melinda.  She and Jack both work for the government.  Cat does not want to stay a...