Anita was an artist married to an artist. husband was jealous of her art and as a result was always putting it down. He eventually kills her. Racqual is an art student doing her thesis on Anita's husband until her professor tells her about how Anita died. this changes the way she does her thesis. Raqual manages to get Anita's work displayed even though her husband doesn't want it

Great Book! Slow read at first but then got very interesting.

Lucy has taken a job at a retirement home to restore all of its original gardens. The flowers that have been planted, along with Lucy's "gift" change the lives of the home's residents and the home itself.

A nice, light but complex, easy summer read! Revolving stories about an author who, after a surprise divorce request from her NBA star husband, finds out that she has a half-sister in Italy who needs her help. She and her friends travel to the Amalfi coast to meet and take care of her sister... The description of Italy is relaxingly pretty as a number of intermingled stories unravel in her life...

THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM by Laura Dave is a sequel to her earlier book THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME. Fear not - you need not have read the first book to enjoy this later one. Dave brings up the original story of a loving father and husband forced to flee from bad guys to keep the family safe often enough to keep you fixed to the story. The story, moving from California, Florida, France, Italy, Hawaii and Australia has plenty of action and a cast of characters that keep you on your toes. I found the plot to be somewhat unrealistic, but an enjoyable read non-the-less.

A delightful, very entertaining novel set in 1965 when Helen Gurley Brown took over as editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine and made it wildly successful. We learn about Helen's background and also the stories about the "girls" she hires as her editors.

Interesting mystery not able to put down. Unexpected ending.

This was a quick novella at the end of one of the author's books that I just finished reading. It was a great story and makes me look forward to reading the next book in this series.

One of the best books I’ve read this year with an incredible ending. The plot twist was built up throughout the novel and when finally revealed, everything made sense. The moral of the story about the dangers of technology was artfully weaved into the plot that incorporated assassins and the literal secrets of how life originated and where it’s going. Winston is one of the best characters and he was essentially an AI chatbot, the puppeteer pulling the strings behind the scenes of all the humans.

This was a great book about 2 families in a small town in Ohio. Cal and Becky are one couple. He couldn't serve in WWI because of a leg deformity and she talks to the dead. Felix and Margaret are the other couple. They moved to the town because of a job. Then he served overseas and she is alone in the town. There's interaction between the couples, and later, their children. And of course, a big secret.