Summary: Gabe and Pippa finally find a dream home overlooking a beautiful cliff in a coastal town. Unfortunately this cliff has become a place where people choose to jump and escape everything to end their life. Gabe has developed an ability to actually talk people off the ledge. Until one evening when Gabe actually knows …
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Summary: The Summer Place takes place during the pandemic in New England where most of Jennifer Weiner's books take place. Sarah's stepdaughter, Ruby, has gotten engaged after a relationship has unfolded during the pandemic. Ruby and her new fiancé, Gabe, plan the wedding to be held in just three short months at her grandmother's house …
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Summary: A family reunion of the Darker family the weekend of Halloween for Nana's 80th birthday couldn't end well could it? Daisy joins her family for a weekend on a small island to celebrate their Nana's 80th birthday. The Darker family is the epitome of a dysfunctional family. Flashbacks to Daisy's childhood are folded into …
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After reading over 22,000 pages, I narrowed down a list of my favorites! I had to split up two different categories. One is for thrillers and one for “chick lit”/romance books. These are in no particular order at all!
Summary: Persephone Fraser spent six summers lakefront living the best teen lake life anyone could imagine! She had two teen brothers as neighbors that she spent morning till night having fun with. These fun friendships eventually turned into a relationship with one of the brothers. Sam and Persephone were in love and never thought anything …
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Summary: Millie has recently been released from prison and has acquired a job as a maid at a wealthy home. It seems like it is too good to be true, and after spending a few days with Nina Winchester, Millie realizes this is a toxic situation. With Millie’s background, she does not have many choices …
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Summary: The morning after a fun 40th birthday party with her husband and friends, Celia vanishes. In her cards she received a note telling her she doesn’t deserve the life she has. What follows next are flashbacks to Celia’s disturbing childhood alternating with the present day search for Celia as well as Celia’s account of …
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Summary: Chess and Emily have been best friends for over 30 years, but due to some life changing events, the friendship has been strained. Emily is going through a recent breakup with her husband after a mysterious illness. Chess has quickly became a famous author. Chess invites Emily to a villa in Italy with her …
Summary: Twenty years ago Haley worked as a nanny for David and Julie in Thailand. After a tumultuous relationship with the family, baby Chloe disappears one night. Haley now is married to Lars with her own family. One day a young woman appears at Haley’s door, and Haley can’t help but notice the similarities between …
Summary: Louisa is enjoying the typical suburban mom life, and her son Joe is starting at an upper class school. She is pleased to have a made a new friend named Darcy. Darcy's son, Tyler, and Joe become friends as well. As their friendship develops, some things start to seem off about Darcy. She is …
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Hockey Sticks, Grips, and trips 