Now out: The Time of Your Life by Sandra Kitt

Romance fans who choose stories with a bit of substance will want to take a look at this title. The characters’ back stories, interactions and interconnections make for a good read.

A lawyer dies. The contents of his will alter the lives of two people. They are Eden Marsh and Beck Dennison. Everett Nichols influences their futures.

Prior to his death, Everett Nichols was an inspirational figure to Eden while Beck was estranged from him. Nichols leaves a significant legacy to each. What happens when these two and their inheritances come together?

The story of the two main characters is well told. There are also others in this book whom readers get to know. There is, for example, Eden’s troubled sister.

This book offered a romance between two characters who felt real. They had doubts and feelings on their way to the future.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for this title. All opinions are my own.

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You never know who you’ll meet: Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

Katherine Center has become one of my favorite authors. She writes good stories with character about whom I care. Hello Stranger is one of my top two read by her, the other being How to Walk Away. That was the book that made me know that I would always want to read Center’s titles.

This novel has a heroine whose voice I loved. Sadie Montgomery can be funny and sassy. She is a portrait artist who has some complicated family relationships. Her mom, also a portrait artist, died young while Sadie’s father was very disappointed that she walked away from being a doctor (his profession). There are also a stepmother and stepsister who challenge Sadie.

Sadie has many other relationships too. There was a boyfriend and there are her dog, a vet, a good Samaritan whom she does not seem to like, a therapist, a best friend, coffee shop baristas, a neighbor whom she finds creepy, and others. It is fun to watch all of these relationships over the course of the story.

Center also looks at a serious and real issue in this story. Looks is just the right word as Sadie suddenly has a medical crisis that leaves her unable, literally, to see faces. She knows that they are there but nonetheless can’t make sense of them. This is a real condition and one that the author researched for the novel. It is especially challenging for Sadie as she is an artist and her work has always been face centered.

Readers will want the best for Sadie. Read this very enjoyable novel and wait to see how her life evolves. I highly recommend it.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this title. All opinions are my own.

Pub date: 11 July 2023

Watch out, it’s: Green for Danger by Christianna Brand

I first read Green for Danger many years ago, though well after it was first published. I very much enjoyed it then, was delighted to see that the book has been reissued and, enjoyed it all over again.

Brand sets her story in a military hospital during WWII. Since the novel was first published in the 1940s, there is a genuine sense of history as it was unfolding in the background. This adds to the experience of reading it.

Green for Danger is the kind of story beloved by many readers of the genre. There is a locked room kind of feeling and a number of suspects, along, of course, with the victim. One thing that I enjoyed was getting to know the characters/suspects as individuals and watching their interrelationships.

Who would want to murder a postman? Why? And, why a second murder? There is a capable detective who will help readers to sort it all out.

Anyone who enjoys historical fiction/mysteries should absolutely take a look at this title. Be sure to read the material at the front of the book including an introduction by Martin Edwards, and notes from both the current publisher and author.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for this title. All opinions are my own.

Pub date: 04 April 2023