BOOKLOVES

There is a particular kind of romance novel that asks you to sit inside grief before it lets you laugh. Happy Ending by Chloe Liese is that kind of book. It opens with a bookseller scrubbing a stranger’s vandalized toilet bowl and praying, only half-jokingly, for divine vengeance. By page two you already know what […]

A woman dies in a sunlit farmer’s market with a bouquet of lilacs in her hands. A child watches her aunt collapse and never quite recovers. Twelve years later, that same child — now a senior cadet at America’s most demanding combat aviation institute — is hauled out of her cockpit dreams and back to […]

In the opening pages of Last One Out by Jane Harper, a young man parks his rental car on a quiet dirt track, walks into three abandoned houses, and never walks back out. One set of bootprints in. One set out. That image is the whole book in miniature, and it sets the tone for […]

A crystal-clear snapshot of the joys, fears, and responsibilities of a small animal veterinarian  Being a vet requires a special kind of intelligence, patience, and empathy. It’s not only about caring for our (mostly) sweet and lovable pets experiencing pain and illness; it’s also about caring for us: the heartbroken pet owners who are watching […]

An emotional story of big dreams and impossible circumstances Angie is a trained figure skater with Olympic aspirations. But when a grueling injury shakes up her plans, she turns to the Peace Corps, which will take her across the world. It turns out: that decision will change the trajectory of her life forever.  She soon […]