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...

Please welcome Milly Johnson to Writer's Corner. Today I am featuring her latest novel The MAGNIFICENT MRS. MAYHEW.  It should also be considered for your next summer read.  I have an excerpt below of this novel.    Here are what others have said about her work.  "Milly Johnson, the Queen of Feel-Good Fiction and  The   Sunday Times  bestselling author, is back with a "glorious, heartfelt novel" (Rowan Coleman,  New York Times  bestselling author) about a woman trying to find her own place in the world, who through love, loss, and the kindness of strangers, discovers everything she needs in a village by the sea. " Purchase a copy of The MAGNIFICENT MRS. MAYHEW here.    Chapter 1 DOORSTEPGATE, 11 A.M. As Sophie stood in the middle of them all, the moment strangely crystalized for her, as if time had frozen solid and she was able to study everything at leisure, appreciate how odd it was to be surrounded by ...

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for giving me a copy of Exposed by Lisa Scottoline.   I was given this copy in exchange for an honest review. I have not read many of Lisa Scottoline novels.   H er Rosato and DiNunzio series might have a new fan.   For those of you who have not read this series.   It chronicles the relationship between Mary DiNunzio and her partner Bennie Rosato.   What happens when a new client causes a division in the firm?   Where will loyalties   lie between the neighborhood   and the firm? Facebook          Twitter              Instagram “Mary DiNunzio wants to represent her old friend Simon Pensiera, a sales rep who was wrongly fired by his company, but her partner Bennie Rosato represents the parent company. When she confronts Mary, explaining this is a conflict of interest, an epic battle of wills and legal strategy ...

What if you were born with an allergy that would not allow you to touch another human being?   And they could not touch you? How would you survive?   How could you participate within society?   In Colleen Oakley’s novel Close Enough to Touch her main character Jubilee Jenkins lives with these issues.   Can one truly understand this journey? Facebook             Twitter                   Instagram “Jubilee Jenkins has a rare condition: She's allergic to human touch. After a nearly fatal accident, she became reclusive, living in the confines of her home for nine years. But after her mother dies, Jubilee is forced to face the world - and the people in it - that she's been hiding from. Jubilee finds safe haven at her local library, where she gets a job. It's there she meets Eric Keegan, a divorced man who recently moved to town with his brilliant, troubled adopted son. Eric is struggl...

Are you ready for one juicy tale?   I promise to take you to Nantucket where there are some nice beaches.   You might also learn a little about the culture of Nantucket.   Then you might meet the people, and it only takes one to spread a rumor!   The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand shares what a big impact small secrets can have on one community. Facebook     Twitter    Instagram “Nantucket writer Madeline King has a new novel coming out, and it's got best seller potential. But Madeline is terrified, because in her desperation to revive her career she's done something reckless: reveal the truth behind an actual affair involving her best friend, Grace. And that's not the only strain on Madeline and Grace's friendship. One fateful night the two women argue, voicing jealousies and resentments that have built for 20 years. Bereft of each other, they get caught in the snares of a mysterious and destructive stranger.”(Amazon) My Thoughts: I lik...

It is that time of year again when Mary Alice Monroe sends out a new story into the world.  This year her story is The Summer Guest .  You will see some familiar characters and some new ones.  The story focuses this year on animals escaping a hurricane, or more specifically horses.   Pull up a chair and sit back with a glass of tea and escape to  North Carolina.  Late August is a beautiful time on the Southern coast—the peach trees are ripe, the ocean is warm, and the sweet tea is icy. A perfect time to enjoy the rocking chairs on the porch. But beneath the calm surface bubbles a threat: it’s also peak hurricane season. When a hurricane threatens the coasts of Florida and South Carolina, an eclectic group of evacuees flees for the farm of their friends Grace and Charles Phillips in North Carolina: the Phillips’s daughter Moira and her rescue dogs, famed equestrian Javier Angel de la Cruz, makeup artist Hannah McLain, horse breeder Gerda Klug an...

It would not be summer without including a thriller.   Last Summer’s hit by local author Kimberly Belle will leave readers turning pages for more.   This time in Three Days Missing , two boys go missing on a school field trip.   Or did they? Facebook         Twitter        Instagram “It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: the call that comes in the middle of the night. When Kat Jenkins awakens to the police on her doorstep, her greatest fear is realized. Her nine-year-old son, Ethan, is missing—vanished from the cabin where he’d been on an overnight class trip. Shocked and distraught, Kat rushes to the campground, but she’s too late; the authorities have returned from their search empty-handed after losing Ethan’s trail in the mountain forest. Another mother from the school, Stef Huntington, seems like she has it all: money, prominence in the community, a popular son and a loving husband. She hardly knows Kat, except for t...