REVIEW:

Feels Like Home by Tammy L. Grace is book 10 of her Hometown Harbor Series. I have totally fallen in love with this series. Every time I sit down with a new book, I feel like I am visiting with old friends in a familiar place. I can see the beautiful town on the island and I know the homes of all of the people that have inhabited this series. I think that is why I am drawn to the series. It feels like home.

This book in particular grabbed my interest because the main character is a popular and well known author named Sloan Bradford. She is 62 and has lost her editor and agent. She feels like it is just a matter of time before her publisher drops her. It is time to pivot. She needs to do something different. 

I enjoyed following her on her quest to find a new way to get her books into the hands of her current readers and to find new ones. We all know the publishing business is so different today for many authors. Of course, if you’ve read any of this series you know she is going to go to Friday Harbor. She used to spend childhood summers there.

If you love a series and a book that makes you feel like you know the characters and are at home catching up, then you will want to read this book. All of the books would do well as standalones but, I think you get to know the town and the people’s history if you read from the beginning. You really can jump into this series anywhere and then go back. Now is the time to get started. I just know you are going to fall for these folks as much as I have. Until next time…Happy Reading!

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SYNOPSIS:

When the tide of life brings in a chance for a fresh start, embrace it.

Sloane Bradford’s pen once dazzled the world, but at sixty-two, her star dims—her editor and agent gone, her words stalled. Trading Manhattan’s buzz for Friday Harbor’s quiet shores, where childhood summers still whisper, she bets on a fresh start. Hosting a writers’ retreat, she finds kinship with fellow scribes—until Chase, a local back from his own storm, steps into her story.

Both nursing private wounds—hers a career’s end, his a quieter ache—they lean into each other, strolling the harbor with Nash, Chase’s golden retriever, at their heels. In the glow of a tight-knit town, their courage stirs, hinting at new chapters neither dared to write. Can Sloane and Chase turn shared sorrow into a home they’ve longed for?

Feels Like Home, the tenth tale in the Hometown Harbor Series, follows a woman’s twilight quest for purpose, blending midlife grit with tender bonds and canine charm. If you love soulful escapes with characters who reclaim hope, Tammy L. Grace crafts a harbor haven worth visiting.

Read more from USA Today bestselling author Tammy L. Grace
HOMETOWN HARBOR SERIES

Hometown Harbor: The Beginning (Prequel Novella)
Finding Home
Home Blooms
Promise of Home
Pieces of Home
Finally Home
Forever Home
Follow Me Home
Long Way Home
Come Home for Christmas
Feels Like Home
COOPER HARRINGTON DETECTIVE NOVELS

Killer Music
Deadly Connection
Dead Wrong
Cold Killer
Deadly Deception
Deadly Pursuit
GLASS BEACH COTTAGE SERIES

Beach Haven
Moonlight Beach
Beach Dreams
SISTERS OF THE HEART SERIES
Greetings from Lavender Valley
Pathway to Lavender Valley
Sanctuary at Lavender Valley
Blossoms at Lavender Valley
Comfort in Lavender Valley
Reunion in Lavender Valley
CHRISTMAS BOOKS

A Season for Hope (Christmas in Silver Falls)
The Magic of the Season (Christmas in Silver Falls)
Christmas in Snow Valley (Hometown Christmas Series)
One Unforgettable Christmas (Hometown Christmas Series)
Christmas Sisters (FREE PREQUEL to Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge)
Christmas Wishes (Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge)
Christmas Surprises (Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge)
Christmas Shelter (Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge)
Christmas Hearts (Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge)
OTHER TITLES
The Wishing Tree
Wish Again
Overdue Wishes
One More Wish
Pick of the Litter
Hearts Unleashed
Welcome Aboard
Uncharted Waters
WRITING AS CASEY WILSON
A Dog’s Hope
A Dog’s Chance

REVIEW:

Have you ever gotten hooked on the reality television shows that people go to find love? If you have, you will want to pick yourself up a copy of Heartbreak Beach by Bailey Thomas. It is a novella and as soon as you finish it you will be wanting more. This is my first book by this author and I will be waiting for more from Bailey Thomas in the future. 

This book is about a reality television show that does not go as planned. We actually come into it as they are filming the finale. So much happens in this book! You will not be disappointed. Something happens that I didn’t expect at all. I was a fan of these shows until all the back-biting got to be a bit much. 

The characters were awesome and I have to say I gladly went on the ride this book took me on. I think you will too. Actually, this book does at least a double twist that I didn’t see coming at all. I have to admit I was astounded at the end of the book and didn’t want to let it go. I wanted more and I wanted it now! She better write a sequel to this book or I’m going to have to hunt her down. 

If you love reality shows, wonderful characters and a story that will keep you going and begging for more at the end, then Heartbreak Beach by Bailey Thomas is for you. If you put it on your nightstand, you better head to bed early because you won’t want to put it down. Until next time…Happy Reading! 

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SYNOPSIS:

Reality shows are real, right?

Wrong. When Elise Rosenberg signs up to be a participant in the new hit reality television show, Heartbreak Beach, she quickly realizes how involved the producer, Brent Knox, actually is. She regrets not reading the long contract she was given before agreeing to be on the show, but it’s too late, as she is put in an uncomfortable position during the season finale.

Twenty women began the series, all fighting for the attention of Jared Bradley, the hot bachelor. Each week, he sent women home, until Elise was the only one left. The last episode is supposed to consist of her agreeing to leave Heartbreak Beach as a couple with Jared, but Brent Knox has another idea in mind. He wants Elise to reject Jared’s offer, forcing him to leave the show in the same way he started—single. She is legally obligated to follow the producer’s wishes, but over the course of the show, Elise has fallen in love with Jared, and does not want to hurt him.

Instead of complying with her contractual duty, Elise decides to leave the beach with Jared anyway, and also reveals to him how the show was forcing her to break his heart. Jared and Elise decide to fight against the production company, sharing the truth about how messy reality television truly is.

Producers have ruined enough relationships, and Jared and Elise refuse to be another failed reality TV couple.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Bailey Thomas is a new self-published author, writing romance novels based on modern dating. She draws inspiration from her own personal love life, and aims to share these stories in order to bring smiles to readers’ face. All her books are written from the heart.

Although her background is in accounting, she uses her creative mind to produce romantic stories. Her true joy comes from watching people enjoy the words she has crafted, and she hopes that her novels will inspire others to dream big and accomplish their wildest fantasies.

REVIEW:

Losing the Moon by Kellie Coates Gilbert is book five in the Teton Mountain Series. I have read all of the books so far and can I tell you how much I have looked forward to each of the books in this series? Book one, Where We Belong, roped me in from the first chapter and I’m still hooked!

This series is about four girlfriends that have been together since high-school and still are there for each other through thick and thin. This series has told us about each of the girls. They are Charlie Grace, Reva, Lila and Capri. They meet on Friday evenings to catch up with each other and share their week. It is as sacred as going to church.

I have enjoyed getting to know these ladies, their families. Oh and by the way, they still live in the mountain town they grew up in. Just like anyone they have all had some good times and some rough ones. In this book it is a little bit about each of them but Capri suffers a serious accident.

As you probably know by now, I love books about friendship and small towns. Kellie writes about places she has visited so you feel like you are there in her descriptions. You get to travel a little bit when you read one of her books. She has done an exceptional job in developing her characters. They all are different and you get to know more about each of them as the stories unfold. 

This is a wonderful series and I would highly recommend it. There is one more book coming this year and then the Christmas book. So, if you haven’t read any of these books yet, you have time to binge read them before book six comes out. 

Until next time…Happy Reading!

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SYNOPSIS:

A dynamic story that will restore faith in the power of women’s friendships.

When Capri Jacobs sets out to win a competitive snowmobile race in the snowy wilderness, she doesn’t expect to face a life-or-death struggle. When an avalanche leaves her clinging to life, she’ll have to summon every ounce of courage to make it home and discover that sometimes the bravest journey is letting others in.

At Teton Trails Guest Ranch, Charlie Grace Rivers is blindsided when a visiting TV crew uncovers a priceless treasure on the property. What should be a windfall turns her small mountain town upside down, as friends and neighbors begin treating her like a lottery winner instead of the woman they’ve always known.

Amid the chaos, Lila Bellamy is quietly wrestling with a life-changing revelation within her own family—a shift that reminds her of the unshakable bond between mothers and daughters, and the unexpected joys of embracing a new chapter.

Full of heart, friendship, and the beauty of second chances, Losing the Moon will sweep you away to a small town in the scenic Teton Mountains, where life’s challenges bring women closer together and love always lights the way home.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

⭐️ USA TODAY BESTSELLER ⭐️

Kellie Coates Gilbert has won readers’ hearts with her compelling and highly emotional stories about women and the relationships that define their lives. A former legal investigator, she is especially known for keeping readers turning pages and creating nuanced characters who seem real.

In addition to garnering hundreds of five-star reader reviews, Kellie has been described by RT Book Reviews as a “deft, crisp storyteller.” Her books were featured as Barnes & Noble Top Shelf Picks and were included on Library Journal’s Best Book List of 2014.

Born and raised near Sun Valley, Idaho, Kellie now lives with her husband of over thirty-five years in Dallas, where she spends most days by her pool drinking sweet tea and writing the stories of her heart.