reading and relaxing in Seattle
Dolores dela Cruz, lover of all things true crime, is convinced the new office temp, Jacob Ripper, is a serial killer. Which is actually a good thing, considering she needs help disposing of a body. This book was dark, funny, and completely unexpected. I wasn’t prepared for the morbid humor or Read the Post
When Eva and Jonathan meet and hook up on a night train from Florence to Paris, they don’t think they’ll see each other ever again. But six months later, they cross paths again in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Coincidence? Not really. Eva is a contract killer hired to assassinate Jonathan, and Read the Post
After losing her job and turning down her boyfriend’s proposal, Rhea Wolfe learns that the grandmother she never knew has died and left her an inheritance. That inheritance turns out to be a rundown video store in the small town of Arcadia Falls, as well as the revelation that Rhea herself has Read the Post
Fred Hallow-Hart is less than thrilled to be back home in Pine Bluff, the Scottish town she grew up in, after a bad breakup, an eviction, and losing her job. She’s never quite felt like she belonged there. But when she reconnects with her childhood friend Ryan and starts helping her mother with the Read the Post
The Balfour family is gathering for Christmas, and everyone is hiding a secret. Becky gets stranded at the airport, where she runs into her brother’s best friend, Will, who suggests they drive to Scotland together. Will has always been just a friend, but when they’re forced to spend the night Read the Post
Rosie is stuck in a dead-end job and feeling like her life is going absolutely nowhere, until she receives an unexpected inheritance from her great-aunt: a charming bookshop in a tiny Scottish town. The catch? She has to run it for an entire year to claim it. Once she arrives, the locals welcome her Read the Post
When Melanie’s ex-boyfriend Finn shows up unexpectedly at her door asking for a favor, she is furious. After all, this is the same man who publicly dumped her at his sister’s engagement party. Now, just six months later, Finn wants her to pretend they’re back together for a week-long Christmas trip Read the Post
When Lark Thompson accepted a short-term job in Ireland, she had no idea she would end up living next door to a funeral home. And the mortician at the funeral home, Callum Flannery, is nothing like she expected. Callum is painfully shy and quietly carrying the weight of a clause in his grandfather’s Read the Post
Kiela, a librarian in a magical empire, flees a political uprising that leaves her city and library under siege. She seeks refuge on the remote island where she grew up and where her childhood home still stands. Accompanying her are Caz, a talking spider plant, and crates of magical books that Kiela Read the Post
Thorn Scarhart is a 39-year-old witch looking for love in the 17th century. When one of her spells backfires, she is pulled into the present day. Her cottage is now a museum, and the forest is now a park. Although Thorn finds many things about the present to be unnerving, she is intrigued by the Read the Post
