Lovin To Read Little Book Corner

Wish Me Home by Kay Bratt A hungry, stray dog is the last thing Cara Butter needs. Stranded in Georgia with only her backpack and a few dwindling dollars, she already has too much baggage.  Like her twin sister, Hana, who has broken Cara's heart one too many times. After a lifetime of family troubles, and bouncing from one foster home to another, Cara decides to leave it all behind and strike out alone-on foot. Cara sets off for Florida to see the home of her literary hero, Ernest Hemingway, accompanied only by Hemi, the stray dog who proves to be the perfect travel companion.  But the harrowing trip takes unexpected turns as strangers become friends, who make her question everything, and Cara finds that as the journey unfolds, so does her life--in ways, she could never imagine. Kay Bratt has written children's novels and eleven other novels but this is the first cross-over into contemporary women's fiction and I can say she crossed over and staked her claim.

Lori Golden's family has had more than its fair share of troubles. But through it, all Lori and her sister, Jessie, have always supported each other. Then Jessie is killed. And Lori's world is turned upside down. Devastated, Lori struggles to cope with her loss, and learn to live in a world without her bright, bubbly sister by her side. Around her, her already fractured family starts to fall apart. And as Lori and her mother try and pick up the pieces of their shattered lives, secrets long lost buried are coming painfully to light. Faced with the unthinkable, Lori is forced to ask herself how well she really knows those that are left behind... Have you ever been so excited or intrigued by a book cover that you just thought the book would far exceed your dreams?  Well, I was very drawn to the cover of this one, however, it didn't exceed my dreams.  I will say the book wasn't a total loss. It just feels a little flat or too predictable... Someone is s

Every morning and evening, Zoe Walker takes the same route to the train station, waits at a certain platform, finds her favorite spot on the platform, finds her favorite spot in the car, never suspecting that someone is watching her... It all starts with a classified ad. During her commute home one night, while glancing through her local paper, Zoe sees her own face staring back at her, a grainy photo along with a phone number and a listing for a website called findtheone.com Other women begin appearing in the same ad, a different one every day, and Zoe realizes they've become victims of increasingly violent crimes-including rape and murder. With the help of a determined cop, she uncovers the ad's twisted purpose...a discovery that turns her paranoia into full-blown panic. For now, Zoe is sure that someone close to her up as the next target. And now that man on the train--the one smiling at Zoe from across the car--could be more than just a friendly stranger. He could be

"Roanoke girls never last long around here. In the end, we either run or die." After her mother's suicide, fifteen-year-old Lane Roanoke came to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin, Allegra, on their vast estate in rural Kansas. Lane knew little of her mother's mysterious family, but she embraced life as one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. But when she discovered the dark truth at the heart of the family, she ran...fast and far away. Eleven years later, Lane is adrift in Los Angeles when her grandfather calls to tell her Allegra has gone missing. Did she run too? Or something worse? Unable to resist his pleas, Lane returns to help search, and to ease her guilt at having left Allegra behind. Her homecoming may mean a second chance with the boyfriend whose heart she broke that long ago summer. But it also means facing that devastating secret that made her flee, one that she may not be strong enough to run from again. As it weaves between Lane&

Saving Abby by Steena Holmes All children's book illustrator Claire Turner ever wanted was to be a mother.  After six years trying to conceive, she and her husband Josh, have finally accepted that she will never get pregnant with a baby of their own.  Yet, once they have given up hope, the couple gets the miracle they've been waiting for.  For the first few months of her pregnancy, Claire and Josh are living on cloud nine. But when she begins to experience debilitating headaches, blurred vision, and even fainting spells, the soon-to-be mother goes to the doctor and receives a terrifying diagnosis. Since any treatment could put the unborn baby's life at risk, the Turners must carefully weigh their limited options. And as her symptoms worsen, Claire will have to make an impossible decision; Save her own life, or save her child's?? Wow, right???!!! This is so loaded with emotion from the start that I literally was 😭😢😭. Even when I calmed myself down, I was sti