Jencey's Writer's Corner

Thank you to Gallery Books and Mary Alice Monroe for sending me a copy of Beach House Reunion .   I was given this copy in exchange for an honest review. The perfect way to begin the summer is to make another trip to the beach house.   It is three years after the events of the previous book Beach House for Rent which has been reviewed here .   Also I hope that everyone has seen the Beach House movie that so perfectly introduced readers to Lovie’s family and many of the characters we will see in this book. Synopsis: Cara Rutledge returns to her Southern home on the idyllic Isle of Palms. Everything is comfortingly the same, yet each detail is rife with painful memories. Only through reconnecting with family, friends, and the rhythms of the lowcountry can Cara release the hold of the past and open herself to the possibility of a new love, career, and hope for the future. Meanwhile, her niece Linnea, a recent college graduate who doesn’t know where her lif...

I know that many are excited to read and or catch up on  Big Little Lies season two. Today we will discuss the book Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty.  How many of you remember your neighborhood get togethers? Were they eventful at all? Or do you have fond memories?   Synopsis:   Sam and Clementine have a wonderful, albeit busy, life: they have two little girls, Sam has just started a new dream job, and Clementine, a cellist, is busy preparing for the audition of a lifetime. If there’s anything they can count on, it’s each other. Clementine and Erika are each other’s oldest friends. A single look between them can convey an entire conversation. But theirs is a complicated relationship, so when Erika mentions a last-minute invitation to a barbecue with her neighbors, Tiffany and Vid, Clementine and Sam don’t hesitate. Having Tiffany and Vid’s larger-than-life personalities there will be a welcome respite. Two months later, it won’t stop raining, a...

Thank you to Gallery Books and Kristy Woodson Harvey for a copy of The Secrets to Southern Charm .   I also have another copy sent by Kristy up for grabs, in a giveaway. Slightly South of Simple is the first book in the Peachtree Bluff series.   I reviewed it here .   The second book in the series is The Secrets to Southern Charm.   This book focuses on the middle sister Sloane.   Then there is also the drama between Ansley and Jack.    Are you ready for some more fun with this clan? Synopsis: Sloane is destined to be with Adam her soul mate.   Their souls are connected and each one can tell when something has happened.    She was given news at that Adam and his unit are missing in action with his unit.   Now it is months later and all she does is mourn Adam and the possibility he may never return.     The rest of the family has picked up the slack for her but will she ever accept her new future with Ad...

Thank you to Tandem Literary and St. Martin’s Press for sending me a copy of The High TideClub by Mary Kay Andrews.   I was given this copy in exchange for an honest review. The month of May 2018 is the 8 th anniversary of Writer’s Corner.   Today we celebrate with a review and giveaway of The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews.   The giveaway will run from the 24 the   to the 31 of May.   I always look forward each year to sharing the next book by Mary Kay Andrews and this year is no exception.   Are you ready for some fun? Synopsis: One night in October 1941 an engagement party took place on Talisa Island the home of the Bettendorfs.   This engagement party is for Millie a friend of Josephine Bettendorf.   At the party Millie is dancing with Josephine’s brother Gardiner when her fiancé Russell Strickland suddenly notices, and pulls her away from Gardiner roughly.     Gardiner   confronts   Russell and threatens tha...

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...

My current book In A Jam includes the characters of Andie and Gunnar. I thought it might be fun to see what music would be appropriate for Andie and Gunnar. So, sit back and crank up the tunes. Synopsis of In A Jam Andie’s Playlist Andie is a fun-loving girl from Boston, and enjoys partying every night. However, her grandmother has other ideas. She leaves her entire lottery winnings to Andie with strict conditions: 1.Move to the sleepy southern town in Georgia to run Granny’s coffee / jam shop for a month. 2. Enter a jam contest. 3. Sober up. 4. Go to church (yikes) and 4. Fit in.   The fittin’ in may be the hardest. Or, maybe not. 1.      Living on the edge , by Aerosmith Of course, since she was living in Boston at the beginning of the story, she would play homage to the hometown boys! Living on the edge You can't help yourself from falling Living on the edge You can't help yourself at all Living on the edge You can't stop yourself ...

Thank you to Litfuse for introducing me to the author Anita Higman.   Litfuse used to promote Christian authors, but have sadly shut their doors.    Today I am sharing Anita Higman’s novel Winter in Full Bloom .   What would happen if you never knew your sister?   What if you suddenly were given this information?   What would you the reader do with it? Would you try to reconnect? Synopsis: Lily Winter is on the way to visit her mother.   They live in separate parts of town.   It has never been a very warm relationship.   Her mother tells her that she has a twin sister Camille who has been living her life in Melbourne Australia.   She was adopted when the girls were little.   Lily decides to go to Melbourne despite her mother’s misgivings.   What would she find once she got there?   Would Camille consider having a relationship with her again?   Lily starts her trip by running into a complete stranger Marcus. ...