Book review ~ The Witch’s Tree, Elena Collins

The Witch's TreeAuthor : Elena CollinsPages : 401Genre : Contemporary⭐⭐⭐⭐ Present day As a love affair comes to an end, and with it her dreams for her future, artist Selena needs a retreat. The picture-postcard Sloe Cottage in the Somerset village of Ashcombe promises to be the perfect place to forget her problems, and Selena…

The World of Pondside, Mary Helen Stefaniak

The World of PondsideAuthor : Mary Helen StefaniakGenre : MsyteryPages : 368Publisher : Blackstone Publishing⭐⭐⭐⭐ With help from Pondside Manor’s quirky, twentysomething kitchen worker Foster Kresowik, wheelchair-bound resident Robert Kallman creates The World of Pondside, a video game that delights the nursing home’s residents by allowing them to virtually relive blissful moments from days long…

Book review ~ Castle in their Bones, Laura Sebastian

Castle in their BonesAuthor : Laura SebastianGenre : FantasyPages : 514⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Empress Margaraux has had plans for her daughters since the day they were born. Princesses Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz will be queens. And now, age sixteen, they each must leave their homeland and marry their princes. Beautiful, smart, and demure, the triplets appear to…

Book review ~ The lives of Diamond Bessie, Jody Hadlock

The Lives of Diamond BessieAuthor : Jody HadlockGenre : Historical fictionPages : 328Publisher : Spark Press Pregnant out of wedlock, sixteen-year-old Annie Moore is sent to live at a convent for fallen women. When the nuns take her baby, Annie escapes, determined to find a way to be reunited with her daughter. But few rights…

Book review ~ The Binding, Bridget Collins

The BindingAuthor : Bridget CollinsPages : 437Genre : Fantasy/Romance⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ After having suffered some sort of mental collapse and no longer able to keep up with his farm chores, Emmett Farmer is sent to the workshop of one such binder to live and work as her apprentice. Leaving behind home and family, Emmett slowly regains his…