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The Collected Regrets of Clover: A Novel
by Mikki Brammer
Elizabeth @Silver's Reviews - LOVED IT - DON'T MISS IT (5/11/2023)
A notebook of regrets?

Were these regrets a way to live your life so you don't have any?

Clover was a death doula who was familiar with seeing people die.

Clover would write down the last words or regrets of the person she comforted in their last hours.

She would try to honormore
The Last Word: A Novel
by Taylor Adams
Elizabeth @Silver's Reviews - Gruesome but good (5/3/2023)
A book's nightmare coming true all because of a negative review?

The book Emma reviewed was terrible in her opinion, gave it a rating of ONE, and then the author wouldn't let up as he told her take down the review.

Emma refused, but then the author found her and terrorizedmore
Where Coyotes Howl
by Sandra Dallas
Elizabeth @Silver's Reviews - A good one (4/19/2023)
A new teacher in town.

Will she stay since none of the other teachers last a year?

They don't last in Wallace because it's so small, and the winters and summers are brutally cold and brutally hot.

Ellen wasn't sure how things would work, but she was willing to give this smallmore
Only the Beautiful
by Susan Meissner
Elizabeth @Silver's ReviewsFantastic...don't miss this one!! (4/19/2023)
WOW - another beautiful read by Susan Meissner!!

After Rosanne's parents were killed in an accident, she moved into the house of the vineyard owners where her parents worked.

Celine and Truman Calvert were always good to Rosanne and her family, but Celine said Roseanne couldn’more
Hang the Moon: A Novel
by Jeannette Walls
Elizabeth @Silver's Reviews - A good one (4/8/2023)
Duke Kincaid was someone you didn't want to cross. He always had to have his way.

Well...his second wife had him not getting his way and having him send away his daughter, Sallie, because his wife said she caused her son to have a terrible accident.

Sallie went to live withmore
The Little Italian Hotel: A Novel
by Phaedra Patrick
Heartwarming (4/5/2023)
Who would pass up a trip to Italy?

Ginny, a radio show host who specializes in helping relationships, booked a trip for her thirtieth wedding anniversary, but when she told her husband about it, he answered with: I want a divorce.

Heartbroken and embarrassed because she fixesmore
Once We Were Home
by Jennifer Rosner
Elizabeth @Silver's ReviewsFantastic...don't miss this one!! (3/26/2023)
Beautifully told in her mesmerizing style, Jennifer Rosner introduces us to four characters who suffered through the war and beyond.

We meet Ana and Oskar whose mother had to give her children to a Polish family who would raise them as their own to keep them safe.

Themore
The Lost English Girl
by Julia Kelly
Elizabeth @Silver's ReviewsFantastic...don't miss this one!! (3/9/2023)
It is 1935, and Viv is living the perfect life except for her strict home life.

When Viv was able to work and get out of the house, she relished the freedom.

She met Joshua, a handsome Jewish man, whose passion was to become a musician instead of having to work for his fathermore
A Mother Would Know: A Novel
by Amber Garza
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - A bit disappointed in the read (12/21/2022)
How will your adult son coming home to live with you at your request work out?

Valerie’s husband passed away a few years ago, and she is now suffering with memory loss.

She hopes having her son with her will give her some peace of mind, but the opposite happens.

Her son Hudsonmore
The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights: A Novel
by Kitty Zeldis
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - Seamstresses and historical fiction fans will love it (12/10/2022)
Bea, Alice, and Catherine. What is their connection? What are their stories?

Bea had come from Russia, moved to New Orleans, and had met Alice there. Bea found something out from her past that was in New York so she and Alice moved there.

Bea and Alice opened a dress shop andmore
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
by Lisa Unger
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - Very long, creepy, not a favorite (11/16/2022)
A storm is brewing outside and inside of the luxurious weekend cabin.

Is everyone who they say they are?

Is everyone telling the truth?

We meet three couples away for the weekend.

You will ask yourself if everything appears as it is presenting itself.

You will wonder what is upmore
The Last Party: DC Morgan Mysteries #1
by Clare Mackintosh
Elizabeth@Silver'sReviews - Disappointed (11/11/2022)
It definitely was the last party for Rhys Lloyd.

Was it an accident or did someone kill him?

There were quite a few people who didn't like him so there are many suspects for the police to interview.

We meet Ffion and Leo in the opening pages as they crawl out of bed after amore
Once We Were Home
by Jennifer Rosner
Elizabeth - Silver's Reviews - Exquisite writing - beautiful, heartbreaking story line (11/9/2022)
Beautifully told in her mesmerizing style, Jennifer Rosner introduces us to four characters who suffered through the war and beyond.

We meet Ana and Oskar whose mother had to give her children to a Polish family who would raise them as their own to keep them safe.

Themore
The Lost for Words Bookshop
by Stephanie Butland
Elizabeth @Silver's Reviews - A Lovely, Bookish Read (10/28/2022)
Loveday Cardew works in a bookshop owned by Archie.

Working in a bookshop is perfect for Loveday because she is a shy almost introverted person through no fault of her own.

THE LOST FOR WORDS BOOKSHOP is a lovely read and will make you jealous of Loveday’s job, but not of themore
Cradles of the Reich: A Novel
by Jennifer Coburn
Elizabeth @Silver's Reviews - Excellent Research (10/15/2022)
Is anyone safe in Germany…especially the perfect female examples of the German race.

Gundi is one of the perfect, gorgeous German women chosen by the Reich to bear perfect children to create the master race. She does have a secret, though. Actually she has two secrets.

Wemore
Hester: A Novel
by Laurie Lico Albanese
Elizabeth @Silver's Reviews - Beautifully written (10/5/2022)
Isobel lives in Scotland - a descendant of her namesake living in 1662 and who was labeled a witch.

Isobel is an excellent seamstress and stitches beautiful scenes on clothing.  She marries an apothecary, but he gets into trouble, and they sail to America.

She arrives inmore
All Is Not Forgotten
by Wendy Walker
Elizabeth @Silver's Reviews - Tense, stay-with-you thriller (10/5/2022)
A small town, a perfect town, a town with secrets, and a town with the not so perfect residents they think they are.

The night Jenny Kramer is attacked is the night that the town gets turned upside down along with her family. Jenny's father is obsessed with finding hermore
The Lost Ticket
by Freya Sampson
Elizabeth @Silver's Reviews - LOVED IT - A sweet, uplifting read (8/31/2022)
How sweet is this...Frank met a girl on Bus 88 60 years ago, and he is still looking for her.

They met and chatted, and Frank promised to call her, but he lost the ticket she wrote her phone number on.

He never forgot her and rides Bus 88 every day in hopes of finding hismore
The Ways We Hide: A Novel
by Kristina McMorris
Elizabeth@Silver'sReviews - excellent writing and marvelous research, but dragged for me (8/3/2022)
We meet Fenna Vos as a child in Copper Country living with her father after her mother died in childbirth.

Her father worked in the copper mines, and they were on strike so life was hard.

Fenna meets Arie during a Christmas Party that turned deadly...a true event.

A littlemore
The War Librarian
by Addison Armstrong
Elizabeth@Silver'sReviews - excellent writing, but dragged for me (7/31/2022)
We meet two strong women who are determined to make their way in a man's world.

We meet Emmaline Balakin in 1918 who after working in the dead letter office for five years volunteers to be the librarian in France during the war. Delivering books to the injured soldiers helpsmore

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