Goodreads Blurb

Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Marie Lu, this graphic novel adaptation brings to life the dark mysteries behind the gates of Arkham Asylum. Nightwalkers are terrorizing Gotham City, and 18 year-old Bruce Wayne is next on their list.

Bruce Wayne is turning 18 and inheriting his family’s fortune. But on the way home from his birthday party, he makes an impulsive choice that leads him to Arkham Asylym, the infamous mental hospital. There, he meets Madeline Wallace, a brilliant killer . . . and Bruce’s only hope. Madeline is the mystery Bruce must unravel, but is he convincing her to divulge her secrets, or is he feeding her the information she needs to bring Gotham City to its knees?

Bruce Wayne is proof that you don’t need superpowers to be a superhero, but can he survive Madeleine’s game of tense intrigue and deception?

This graphic novel adaptation from New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu and artist Christian Wildgoose is a dark, action-packed thrill ride!

My Review: Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Bruce just turned 18 and has become a billionaire. There is trouble in Gotham with a gang named Nightwalkers. They have been murdering rich people and taking their money. Bruce wants to unravel the Nightwalkers to bring Gotham peace, even if he put himself in danger. He meets Madeleine at Arkham Aslylum, she isn’t who she leads him to believe. Can Bruce survive and save his friends? Can Madeleine be trusted? I was upset Bruce didn’t have his Batman suit in the book. He was running around with a mask. The illustrations were detailed but cover was lacking the Batman feel. It was a great plot just felt something was missing that would give you a true Batman novel.

Author Biography

Stuart Moore

STUART MOORE is a writer, a book editor, and an award-winning comics editor. Among his current writing projects are THE ZODIAC LEGACY, created and cowritten by Stan Lee and published by Disney, featuring an all-new team of teenaged super heroes in a series of illustrated prose novels and graphic novels; DOMINION: LAST SACRIFICE, a comic book series for Amazon/Jet City; and THANOS: DEATH SENTENCE, an original Marvel prose novel. Recent work includes EGOs, an original comic book series from Image Comics, and GARTER’S BIG SCORE, an original ebook novella for Kindle. He also contributed two series, TEACH and OUT WITH A BANG, to the launch of the online comics app Stela. Other comics work includes WOLVERINE NOIR and NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT (Marvel); FIRESTORM (DC Comics); assorted Star Trek and Transformers projects; and the science-fiction graphic novels EARTHLIGHT, PARA, SHADRACH STONE, and MANDALA. Prose writing includes the novel version of Marvel’s CIVIL WAR, and Disney Worldwide’s JOHN CARTER: THE MOVIE NOVELIZATION. 

Marie Lu

Marie Lu is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Young Elites series, as well as the blockbuster bestselling Legend series. She graduated from the University of Southern California and jumped into the video game industry as an artist. Now a full-time writer, she spends her spare time reading, drawing, playing games, and getting stuck in traffic. She lives in Los Angeles with her illustrator-author husband, Primo Gallanosa, and their dogs.

Visit her online at Marielubooks.com or on Twitter @Marie_Lu.

I started the New Year on the right foot. I was able to finish this book today. Remember all Barnes & Noble will have a book club on January 7th at 7 pm. If you live close by to the B&N in Paramus, NJ, Lisa Jewell will be attended the book club.

Goodreads Blurb

From the New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone and Watching You comes another page-turning look inside one family’s past as buried secrets threaten to come to light.

Be careful who you let in.

Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am.

She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. Everything in Libby’s life is about to change. But what she can’t possibly know is that others have been waiting for this day as well—and she is on a collision course to meet them.

Twenty-five years ago, police were called to 16 Cheyne Walk with reports of a baby crying. When they arrived, they found a healthy ten-month-old happily cooing in her crib in the bedroom. Downstairs in the kitchen lay three dead bodies, all dressed in black, next to a hastily scrawled note. And the four other children reported to live at Cheyne Walk were gone.

In The Family Upstairs, the master of “bone-chilling suspense” (People) brings us the can’t-look-away story of three entangled families living in a house with the darkest of secrets. 

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A dark thriller that will keep you turning the page til the very end. This book truly sucked me right up into this messed up prison. These characters got me so mad. I myself wanted to attack them to set myself free. The evil is eminent. I was truly angry at Henry and Lucy’s parents. How can they allow such manipulation and turn their backs on their own kids? Lisa was looking to bring us a story that will tangle your heart, drag you through pain, anger and revenge and let me tell you she succeeded. You had a story of a family of four that allowed another family of four stay for sometime until they were able to get back on their feet. Sometimes evil comes disguised as an angel but true evil will show it’s face in due time. Birdie and David I have no words left to say. I despise these characters. How evil, manipulating, disgusting and power seeker they were. These characters truly made my time reading this book stressful and infuriating. I could never imagine living in these conditions. When everything is taken away from you, food, clothes and your freedom, nothing will seem heartless when you finally fight back. I felt so bad for Lucy. From all the characters she truly had a terrible past that continue to follow her. If you are looking for a page turner that will having you wanting to free the characters from the torment, then look no further. Be careful of who you let in your house!

Author Biography

Lisa was born in London in 1968. Her mother was a secretary and her father was a textile agent and she was brought up in the northernmost reaches of London with her two younger sisters. She was educated at a Catholic girls’ Grammar school in Finchley. After leaving school at sixteen she spent two years at Barnet College doing an arts foundation course and then two years at Epsom School of Art & Design studying Fashion Illustration and Communication.

She worked for the fashion chain Warehouse for three years as a PR assistant and then for Thomas Pink, the Jermyn Street shirt company for four years as a receptionist and PA. She started her first novel, Ralph’s Party, for a bet in 1996. She finished it in 1997 and it was published by Penguin books in May 1998. It went on to become the best-selling debut novel of that year.

She has since written a further nine novels, as is currently at work on her eleventh.

She now lives in an innermost part of north London with her husband Jascha, an IT consultant, her daughters, Amelie and Evie and her silver tabbies, Jack and Milly.

I had a fabulous 2019. I met so many wonderful authors and attended BEA and RWA for the first time. I’m happy I completed my Goodreads reading challenge of 76 books out of 75. I was able to finish one more book before the end of the year.

Here are some pictures from some of the authors I met this year.

Cheers to a new decade of health, love, dreams, friendship, books, possibilities and goals.

Goodreads Blurb

It’s Christmas Eve, 1859, and everyone who’s anyone is headed to the glorious St. Nicholas Hotel for the most talked about ball of the season. It’s the kind of Texas night where anything can happen—even love . . .

ONE NIGHT AT THE ST. NICHOLAS

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Jodi Thomas

To escape her stepmother’s plot to marry her off, Texas heiress Jacqueline Hartman spends Christmas Eve sharing a hideout with an accused bank robber. After a night in Nathanial Ward’s arms, Jacqueline is certain she has met her match after all. But will his heartfelt promise of love lead to his demise at the hands of the law?

BIRDIE’S FLIGHT * Celia Bonaduce

Seamstress Birdie Flanagan gets the surprise of her life when she receives a beautiful gown—and a sudden invitation—for the ball of the season! Birdie creates a stir from the moment she arrives, capturing the eye of the dashing Captain Douglas Newcastle. But will a secret from her past keep her from her long awaited happily-ever-after?

SPIRIT OF TEXAS * Rachael Miles

When lovely spinster Eugenie Charpentier makes a trip across the Texas frontier with former Texas Ranger Asher Graham, she dreams of an adventure, and the rough-and-tumble cowboy is happy to oblige. But both Jenny and the rugged lawman are keeping secrets. Can they find each other–and love–on the dance floor at the Christmas ball? 

My Review: Rated 4 out of 5 stars

A wonderful anthology of three stories that take place in Texas, 1859. The first story was written by Jodi Thomas “One Night at the St. Nicholas”. This story started with a little action pack. Nathaniel was arrested by Cash who thought he was the outlaw he was looking for. Jacqueline is being made to attend a ball and find a man to marry. Her stepmother will stop at nothing. Nathaniel is able to escape and finds a place to hide, but he isn’t alone. Jacqueline decides to hide from her stepmother and father. She and Nathaniel have a wonderful evening talking to each other. That one night was enough to fight to save him after he is recaptured and blamed for causing harm to Jacqueline. I loved that Jacqueline and Katie a hotel maid become friends and both find love. You fall in love with Cody Lamar the hot cowboy and veteran and Nathaniel Ward was the sexy convict. This was action pack with a team of girls that will fight for the love they found.

The second story is by Celia Bonaduce “Birdie’s Flight”. This was my favorite story. In part it’s because I love fashion and this included many beautiful gowns from this time-frame. Birdie was trying to hide away from someone that was trying to harm her. She is Irish and is in Texas looking for work and hoping she can blend in and not be found. Birdie gets captivated by Captain Newcastle, just like all the other single ladies in town. She is an excellent seamstress and found a job pretty quickly. She is asked to help Miss Charlotte Rutherford who is the pickiest girl in town. Charlotte and Birdie become friends and allies. Charlotte is suppose to hopefully merry Captain Newcastle but she has her eyes on Sheriff Holden. Birdie is smitten with Captain Newcastle. In the story everyone was getting ready for the grand ball. At the end the person Birdie was running from ended up finding her, but someone was close by to assist. Great story with fashion elements, a fancy ball, with some sexy men in uniform.

The third story was written by Rachael Miles “Spirit of Texas”. This had some fun elements. You have Eugenie Carpentier who is a spinster and she is going to Texas to pick up her mom to take her back to London. Unfortunately, she needs to travel alone with the sexy former Texas Ranger Asher Graham. Together they experience near death with a twister which steams up a little more than the dust clouds the twister left behind. She fell in love with a man who wrote a story about Texas his experiences and moments he felt. A twist in the story will leave you wondering if destiny had anything to do with their adventure.

I loved how all three stories were interwoven to each story. I love reading about men in uniform it adds a little more spice to the story. Enjoy your time in Texas, because I sure did.

Author Biography

Jodi Thomas

With millions of books in print, Jodi Thomas is both a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 50 novels and countless short story collections. Her stories travel through the past and present days of Texas and draw readers from around the world.

In July 2006, Jodi was the 11th writer to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. With five RITA’s to her credit, along with National Readers’ Choice Awards and Booksellers’ Best Awards, Thomas has proven her skill as a master storyteller.

Honored in 2002 as a Distinguished Alumni by Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, Thomas also served as Writer in Residence at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas.

When not working on a novel or inspiring students to pursue a writing career, Thomas enjoys traveling with her husband, renovating a historic home, and “checking up” on their grown sons and four grandchildren.

Celia Bonaduce

Celia Bonaduce has the coolest day job – a field producer on HGTV’s House Hunters. Her credits include other HGTV shows, including Tiny House Hunters, Where Are They Now and ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

If you’re sensing a theme – a love of houses – so did she. After her mother moved into a tiny house of her own, it seemed like a new book series revolving around what it’s like to live in a tiny house was nothing less than providential.

While Celia’s other books – the Venice Beach Romance series and the Fat Chance, Texas trilogy – are anchored in particular places, the heroines of the Tiny House Novels are off to discover life’s big mysteries while living tiny!

Rachael Miles

Rachael Miles has always loved a good romance, especially one with a bit of suspense and preferably a ghost. She was also a professor of book history and nineteenth-century literature whose students frequently found themselves reading the novels of Ann Radcliffe and other gothic tales. A native Texan, Rachael lives in upstate NY with her indulgent husband, three rescued dogs and an ancient cat.

Rachael loves to hear from her readers: find her at her website: rachaelmiles.com, on Facebook (rachaelmilesauthor) or twitter (rachael_miles1)

On January 7, 2020, all Barnes and Nobles will be having their book club at 7 pm. You still have a week to read book before event. I’m excited about this book. I’m almost done with reading it and so far it’s really good. What’s awesome is that my Barnes and Nobles in Paramus, NJ will be hosting the author at our book club. So if you don’t live far, stop by so you can meet Lisa Jewell and get your book signed. I have read other books by Lisa and she is a wonderful thriller writer.

Goodreads Blurb

From the New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone and Watching You comes another page-turning look inside one family’s past as buried secrets threaten to come to light.

Be careful who you let in.

Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am.

She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. Everything in Libby’s life is about to change. But what she can’t possibly know is that others have been waiting for this day as well—and she is on a collision course to meet them.

Twenty-five years ago, police were called to 16 Cheyne Walk with reports of a baby crying. When they arrived, they found a healthy ten-month-old happily cooing in her crib in the bedroom. Downstairs in the kitchen lay three dead bodies, all dressed in black, next to a hastily scrawled note. And the four other children reported to live at Cheyne Walk were gone.

In The Family Upstairs, the master of “bone-chilling suspense” (People) brings us the can’t-look-away story of three entangled families living in a house with the darkest of secrets.

Goodreads Blurb

In her highly anticipated new novel, Judy Blume, the New York Times # 1 best-selling author of Summer Sisters and of young adult classics such as Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, creates a richly textured and moving story of three generations of families, friends and strangers, whose lives are profoundly changed by unexpected events.

In 1987, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life.

Thirty-five years earlier, when Miri was fifteen, and in love for the first time, a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving a community reeling. Against this backdrop of actual events that Blume experienced in the early 1950s, when airline travel was new and exciting and everyone dreamed of going somewhere, Judy Blume imagines and weaves together a haunting story of three generations of families, friends, and strangers, whose lives are profoundly changed by these disasters. She paints a vivid portrait of a particular time and place — Nat King Cole singing “Unforgettable,” Elizabeth Taylor haircuts, young (and not-so-young) love, explosive friendships, A-bomb hysteria, rumors of Communist threat. And a young journalist who makes his name reporting tragedy. Through it all, one generation reminds another that life goes on.

In the Unlikely Event is a gripping novel with all the hallmarks of Judy Blume’s unparalleled storytelling. 

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Truly an exceptional master piece that brings history and tragedy back to the present. I couldn’t put this book down. I had moments of happiness, sadness, despair, hopelessness and love. The 50’s was a time when the USA was nervous that the Communist were going to take over. Life was so much simpler and families were united. Judy writes each character with love and tells you about each character’s life. By doing so I feel like I’m part of them, but then tragedy comes and takes them away from me. My heart was in my hands all three times the birds fell from the sky. If I was living in Elizabeth NJ, it would have been traumatic for me. Innocent people dying right in front of you and you’re not able to help them. I was so angry at the tough times Miri had to go through with her family, friend and boyfriend. It was like the three previous events weren’t bad enough to hurt such an innocent soul who loved, respected and enjoyed life at its fullest. Family values were very important, but it hurts when someone you trusted lied and does thing that are not what you were raised up with. This book taught me that life is too short to be worrying about things that are small and irrelevant. Friends and boyfriends come and go. Trust needs to be earned and you need to be honest with everyone. I’m so glad I read this book, because I had no idea these event ever occurred. Highly recommend this fascinating read.

In 2015, I was able to meet the fabulous Judy Blume at her book tour. Below are some pictures from event.

Author Biography

Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. She has spent her adult years in many places doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Adults as well as children will recognize such Blume titles as: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Blubber; Just as Long as We’re Together; and the five book series about the irrepressible Fudge. She has also written three novels for adults, Summer Sisters; Smart Women; and Wifey, all of them New York Times bestsellers. More than 80 million copies of her books have been sold, and her work has been translated into thirty-one languages. She receives thousands of letters a year from readers of all ages who share their feelings and concerns with her.
Judy received a B.S. in education from New York University in 1961, which named her a Distinguished Alumna in 1996, the same year the American Library Association honored her with the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement. Other recognitions include the Library of Congress Living Legends Award and the 2004 National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
She is the founder and trustee of The Kids Fund, a charitable and educational foundation. She serves on the boards of the Author’s Guild; the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators; the Key West Literary Seminar; and the National Coalition Against Censorship.
Judy is a longtime advocate of intellectual freedom. Finding herself at the center of an organized book banning campaign in the 1980’s she began to reach out to other writers, as well as teachers and librarians, who were under fire. Since then, she has worked tirelessly with the National Coalition Against Censorship to protect the freedom to read. She is the editor of Places I Never Meant To Be, Original Stories by Censored Writers.
Judy has completed a series of four chapter books — The Pain & the Great One — illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist James Stevenson. She has co-written and produced a film adaptation of her book Tiger Eyes, and is currently writing a new novel.
Judy and her husband George Cooper live on islands up and down the east coast. They have three grown children and one grandchild. 

Goodreads Blurb

It’s school picture day and Juno Valentine is having a fashion emergency! Her mom wants her to wear fabulous florals, her dad wants her to wear rainbow ruffles, but Juno’s not sure what to choose. And just when Juno thinks her conundrum couldn’t get any more complicated, her little brother, Finn, disappears into the magical hall of shoes!

In an epic chase through time, Juno gets some help from female icons like Simone Biles, Audrey Hepburn, Annie Oakley, and Michelle Obama. Along the way, she discovers the self-confidence she needs to express herself in her own magical way.

My Review: Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I love adventures in the closet. My closet with all the fun clothes and shoes really empowers me. Juno needed an outfit for her class picture. Her brother ran to her closet, where it took then both to a world of adventure no one would ever expect. As Juno went through her adventure, she meet iconic women from different centuries. They all ended up giving her something to add to her outfit. Each item would encourage strength and empowerment for her to catch her brother. Her fashion adventure concluded with an outfit that was perfect for Juno, because she was able to be herself. I loved this book. It teaches children to have adventures, to be iconic, bold and unique. I love fashion and being different. The world is so much brighter when you can dress how you want.

Author Biography and Illustrator

Eva Chen is a first-generation Chinese-American who grew up in New York City. She blames her deviation from pre-med at Johns Hopkins University on a love of fashion and beauty instilled in her by her mother, whose perfect bob and lipstick made a permanent imprint on her impressionable young mind. Previously the editor in chief of Lucky, Eva has also written for ELLE, Vogue, Teen Vogue,Vogue China, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. She is currently the head of fashion partnerships at Instagram, where she is guilty of the occasional duck-face selfie. Eva lives in New York City with her husband and two children. She is the author of Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes, A Is for Awesome, and Juno Valentine and the Fantastic Fashion Adventure.

Derek Desierto is a Vancouver-based illustrator, designer, and overall nice guy from a nice family. His animation work has been recognized by the Ottawa International Animation Festival, the National Cartoonist Society, and 9 Story Media Group. Currently, he is living the dream as a freelance artist for animated TV shows and picture books. His ultimate goal in life is to meet Oprah and become one of her Favorite Things.

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Goodreads Blurb

Harry Mills is a guardian angel on a mission: help twenty-four-year-old Addie Folsom get her life back on track—and, if the right moment strikes, help her find love. Posing as a teacher at a local college in Tacoma, Washington, Harry is up to the task, but not even he can predict the surprises that lay in store.

After trying to make it on her own, Addie has returned home to Tacoma for the holidays, but this time she plans to stay for good, enrolling in the local community college to earn her degree. What she doesn’t plan to do is run into Erich Simmons.

Addie and her next-door neighbor, Erich, are like night and day. Growing up, he was popular and outgoing while she was rebellious and headstrong, and he never missed an opportunity to tease her. Now she intends to avoid him entirely, yet when they’re suddenly forced to spend Christmas together, Addie braces for trouble.

Perhaps it’s the spirit of the season or the magic of mistletoe, but Addie and Erich soon find they have more in common than they thought—and that two people who seem so wrong for each other may actually be just right. With a little prompting from a certain angelic teacher, the two are in for a holiday miracle they’ll never forget.

My Review Rated 5 out of 5 Stars

Truly an amazing story. I loved that the Angel Harry had to figure out human feelings all by himself. It must be so hard for him to realize that he was feeling an emotion he never felt before. That meant getting into trouble because of the pretty French teacher. This book was just as splendid as Mrs. Miracle and it became a Hallmark movie. I know that we all have a guardian angel protecting us and guiding us. I was so happy to see that Addie and Erich were able to settle their differences and start looking at how they really felt about each other. They were both stubborn characters, but they would stick to what they felt was right. I felt so bad for Erich having to be taken care of, since both his wrist were broken. It must have been tough for him to have someone else help him with his everyday needs, especially since he is a man and his pride would be taken down a few notches. I was in such a panic when Addie was trying to help him from the floor. He was totally embarrassed and didn’t want anyone else to get involved. They added A Christmas Carol as the book to be read in the classroom. There were a number of students in the class that left with the true meaning of life. That you should have your heart open and not be greedy towards others. Erich himself learned from this book. Addie was the ghost of Christmas past who had to bring him back to the present. I truly loved this holiday romance book, it made my heart melt. You don’t want to miss out on another amazing book by Debbie.

Author Biography

Debbie Macomber is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of today’s most popular writers with more than 200 million copies of her books in print worldwide. In her novels, Macomber brings to life compelling relationships that embrace family and enduring friendships, uplifting her readers with stories of connection and hope. Macomber’s novels have spent over 1,000 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Thirteen of these novels hit the number one spot.

In 2019, Macomber’s all-new hardcover publications include Window on the Bay (July) and A Mrs. Miracle Christmas (October). Macomber is also releasing a new journal titled Be a Blessing: A Journal for Cultivating Kindness, Joy, and Inspiration (April). In addition to fiction, Macomber has also published three bestselling cookbooks, most recently Debbie Macomber’s Table in 2018, an adult coloring book, numerous inspirational and nonfiction works, and two acclaimed children’s books.

Celebrated as “the official storyteller of Christmas”, Macomber’s annual Christmas books are beloved and five have been crafted into original Hallmark Channel movies. Macomber is also the author of the bestselling Cedar Cove Series which the Hallmark Channel chose as the basis for its first dramatic scripted television series. Debuting in 2013, Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove was a ratings favorite for three seasons.

She serves on the Guideposts National Advisory Cabinet, is a YFC National Ambassador, and is World Vision’s international spokesperson for their Knit for Kids charity initiative. A devoted grandmother, Debbie and Wayne live in Port Orchard, Washington, the town which inspired the Cedar Cove series.

Goodreads Blurb

It’s always been you…

Actress Chloe O’Connor has become America’s sweetheart, but back in little Christmas, Colorado, she’s still remembered as a shy, awkward schoolgirl. And there’s no one she dreads (and secretly wants) to see more than her high school crush, Easton McBride. Just one look from the former star quarterback and it’s like she’s instantly transformed from daytime drama queen to tongue-tied teenager. She’s kissed Hollywood actors and famous cover models, so she can certainly play it cool while turning up the heat, right?

After an injury ended his military career, Easton McBride built a good life in the rugged countryside of his hometown. And the last thing he needs is his quiet solitude shattered by a high-maintenance temptress who isn’t anything like the sweet Chloe he misses. While he enjoys the flirtation with this new bold and beautiful woman, he can’t help but wonder whether a kiss could have the power to bring back the small-town girl he’s grown to love.

My Review: Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This was such a fun book. I loved Chloe, she was so much fun and she was a total diva!!! She wrecked chaos where ever she went. She and her sister were in constant disagreement and Chloe was always seen as the bad one. I really enjoyed the plot of this book. As I heard the audio book, I felt like I was watching a real soup opera. This book started strong with a scene that will forever mess up Chloe’s acting career. She reminds me of me. I love to wear dresses and high heals and make sure my hair, makeup and nails are all perfect. I loved that as much as she was perfect she was in love with a man that wasn’t perfect. I laughed all the way through this book. The things that Chloe did was so unexpected just for attention. This is a must read! 

Author Biography

Debbie Mason is the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of the Christmas, Colorado series and the Harmony Harbor series. The first book in her Christmas, Colorado series, “The Trouble with Christmas,” was the inspiration for Hallmark’s “Welcome to Christmas.” Her books have been praised by RT Book Reviews for their “likable characters, clever dialogue, and juicy plots.” When Debbie isn’t writing, she enjoys spending time with her family in Ottawa, Canada.