-My Best Friend’s Royal Wedding

My Best Friend’s Royal Wedding

by Romy Sommer

Khara has been living in trailer her whole life. She is a waitress at a casino in Vegas who has lived her whole life in a trailer. She is a very strong and independent woman. And these are the result of her not growing up with her father. She grew up with her mother,who is a job hopper and her step farther. 

she always believed there is a better life for her in future. She is working hard to pay her college tuition.

She comes across Adam at her workplace. Adam, who is exceptionally shallow is a stereotype rich boy who has everything that he wants. And Khara get to know all about him and realizes he is not at all what she thinks.

There is another character, Phoenix who is Khara’s best friends, they have been friends for several months, yet they are very close to the point that Khara is the bridesmaid at her wedding.

There is Princess Diaries vibe here. I have to mention that the characters were very predictable. It is a quick and easy read.it can also be called a funny and heart-warming story.

Many thanks to #NetGalley and #HarperCollinsPublishers for the ARC.

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-The Women in Black

The Women in Black

by Madeleine St John

The book is set in 1950’s in Sydney and Focuses on the loneliness and boredom of three department store employees.

Magda, Patty, Fay and Lisa are all working as sales assistant in a department store named Goode’s. where all sales assistant must wear black. Each suffers from enduring sadness and misery of some sort.

Magda, (my favorite character) is in her forties. She is a glamorously stylish Slovenian immigrant who supervises the one of a kind fancy and high-priced dress department. Magda, unlike others get to wear her own black dresses. She is married to a Hungarian and she has a strong social network.

Lisa, whose real name is Lesley, a name she detests. Lisa is sixteen years old and wants to go to university. Magda helps Lisa and introduces her to a life she has never known existed. With Magdas magical taste in fashion Lisa goes through a remarkable transformation.

Patty who is unhappily married and her life seems in a bit of a rut. Her husband is inarticulate and seemingly insensitive

Fay a woman is eagerly looking for love and marriage. That ends up meeting refo Rudi who is a cultivated Hungarian.

The book starts slow but gradually becomes very interesting. The novel presents glimpses of these women’s Personal life.

This book was originally published in 1993 and the s made to a movie called “Ladies in Black “and was released on September 20 2018, receiving several awards.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Scribner for the ARC.

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-Love Her or Lose Her

Love Her or Lose Her

by Tessa Bailey

High school sweethearts and best friends Rosie and Dominic Vega are the perfect couple who once were madly in love.  Before Dom’s deployment and death of Rosie’s parents, they had a life full of laughter and love. But now their marriage has suddenly flat-lined. Their ten-year marriage is on the brink of a separation, they rarely talk and there is an extreme lack of communication. When Rosie decides to leave, they both realize that their love might have been fainted.

Rosie and Dom are a fictional version of real married couples. They really love each other but life’s ups and downs get in their way. Now they are taking extreme measure to fix their relationship.

I have to admit the graphic sexual scenes that was repeatedly happening was a bit too much. Which from my point of view were ludicrous and caused the relationship between these two look depreciated and downgraded. But at the same time, I enjoyed the humor and how hard the main characters were trying to communicate and save their long love.

Many thanks to #NetGalley and #HarperCollinsPublishers and @avonbooks for the ARC.

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-Husband Material

Husband Material

by Emily Belden

Charlotte Rosen is a Twenty-nine-year-old widow. This is her secret, and nobody knows about it. She tried to forget her past, moved to California and started working for an influencer marketing team, building and reviewing analytics.

Charlotte is a smart, beautiful young woman who is available to meet new people. She starts to make some changes in her life and starts dating. she uses the analytics of the dating app she is developing with her roommate, to find herself the right husband.

All these change with a sudden twist of fate. When five years later, she returns home from the wedding, a package is waiting on her doorstep. The mausoleum where her husband Decker's ashes belong to burned during a wildfire. There is a letter come with the urn declares that the company is no longer in business and now it is her responsibility to decide what she wants to do with them. and now the urn with his ashes are in her apartment. This is the time that she has to face her past and reveal the truth.

There are other wonderful side characters like: Char’s roommate, Casey, who is constantly forcing her to do things that is pushing her out of her comfort zone.

Brian, who has a wonderful character and is Charlotte’s sweet and kind ex-husband best friend who is a doctor.

Zareen, is her soft typical boss and Monica, the co-worker/bestie. Both ladies are determined and focused, but also care about Charlotte.

This was the first book I read by Emily Belden and I enjoyed it very much. There is a little bit of suspense and twist behind this novel.  It is a story of joy, love, friendship and forgiveness.

Many thanks to NetGalley and HARLEQUIN - Graydon House Books (U.S. & Canada) for the ARC.

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-No, We Can't Be Friends

No, We Can't Be Friends

by Sophie Ranald

Sloane is the main character of the story and she has quite interesting character. She is married to Myles and have moved to another country because of him. Sloane and Myles have been married for five years. They are renovating their dream home and Sloane is running a coffee shop and their life is finally settled. They are ready to have a baby. But Sloane suddenly realizes that her wonderful husband is truly not as wonderful as she thinks he is. She found out that he is cheating on her.

At this moment Sloane tries to keep her marriage, she tries talking to Myles when things get desperate. and to her greatest shock, Myles reactions confirms that their marriage is over. It is very difficult for Sloan to accept this; how can she make more decision in her life and make sure that those decisions are right if she made such big mistake about the man she married.

Sloan has a wonderful character, A very strong and caring character. I really liked the way she dealt with problems as well as her relationship with her clients and business partner.

This is the first book I read by Sophie Ranald and I enjoyed both the story and characters. The story is funny and sad. Sad, because Sloan had a miscarriage and her husband cheated on her. Fun, because of her wonderful character and her amazing communication skill.

This book is mostly about personal growth and how to be strong as a woman. It is a woman fiction so if you are looking for a romcom this is not a book for you. I would recommend this book.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC.

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-Gabriel's Promise

Gabriel's Promise

by Sylvain Reynard

This is book four of Gabriel’s Inferno Series by Sylvain Reynerd. I’ve missed Gabriel and Julia’s story since I last read the third book in 2013. The story of their love is breathtaking and beautiful, now that they are married, we get to know more about them, they now have a baby girl named Clare.

 The book starts with Gabriel and Julia (his wife) looking at their newborn daughter Clare. Then as their story continues Julia is struggling to balance finishing her studies with challenges of being mother of a newborn. Meanwhile she finds out that there are people who are coming in between her and her husband for revenge and this becomes so serious that the danger forces them to abandon their home. Julia is a strong brilliant woman and she won’t allow anything separate her from her beloved husband.

 Even in book four as a married couple their love is evident, there is a lot that Gabriel has to take care of and like always he continues to be in control. This book validates the fact that no matter how hard people, life, and series of even are against this two people to separate them, Gabriel does not let anyone harm his loved ones.

More into the story we get to see all the rise and falls in their life that is not helping them to have an easy life and all these brings back the previous concerns from their past.

In book four we see a stronger and well-established character for Julia, whom in previous books had a very delicate personality. Now she is the one who does everything she can to protect her family.

The story is a bit of a suspense, I felt like there was always something happening that I could not guess.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the ARC.

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-Grace is gone

Grace Is Gone

by Emily Elgar

this book is inspired by a stunning true story. As a young girl, Grace who is seventeen years old has several health issues and is completely dependent of her mother Megan and her wheelchair. These two women are adored by people of their community. 

Megan has long suffered abuse by her husband and has lost her first child. One day Meg took Grace with her to start a new life and with this history they are protected and strongly supported by their neighbors and members of their community.

This due has a bitter and heartbreaking truth behind it that is being discovered a journalist called Jon. These investigations and discoveries all happen when Cara, Meg’s next-door neighbor walks into their house and finds Megs battered to death and Grace’s wheelchair empty in the house with Grace nowhere to find. 

And now Cara is focused on discovering the truth about this murder and is doing all she can to find Grace.

Grace has a diary left behind that is a great help to both Jon and Cara to dig deeper into this murder. this is a very sad and heartbreaking story and knowing that this is based on a true story made me more emotional reading this book. 

There is an altering narration between chapters that I really enjoyed. Since I was highly aware of Gypsy Rose Blanchard case, I found the story very predictable and the book didn’t hold any surprises thus there was no twist and turns.

If you enjoy reading books based on a true story you will for sure enjoy this read.

Many thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins Publishers for the ARC.

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