This book was more emotional than I expected. Its main focus is grief and how people work through it differently but everyone needs a tribe to help them through it. My grief journey tribe is completely different than I thought it would be but they are perfect for me. I resonated deeply with all three girls. Sometimes grief hits you hard in the weirdest places. It will take your breath away. Other times it quietly creeps up on you. 

There are plenty of funny scenes as well. Just be prepared to laugh through your snotty crying. 

Spicy yes there are a couple of spicy scenes. 

I would love a book each in the two other sisters as they navigate through their new life. Especially Soph, her husband is a jerk. 

I highly recommend this book to anyone. 

I enjoyed this series finale. I have forgotten who I wanted Beckett to end up with but I’m happy with who she did. He brings out the best in her and she seems genuinely happy.

The mystery flowed well from beginning to end.

This was the perfect escape for me while recovering from pneumonia.

What a beautiful read. I found the story of Leah and Joe enchanting. Sometimes you just know the person who you are meant to with forever.

If you are an Amish fiction/romance and are interested in reading beyond your typical settings of Pennsylvania and Indiana then I heartily recommend Mindy Steele’s books set in my home state of Kentucky.

This is book nine in a series but is perfectly able to read as a standalone.

I received a complimentary copy from the author and was not required to write a positive review. The review above is in my own words.

No matter how many Frieda McFadden books I read or listen to I am always surprised by the twists. One I figured out right before it happened but one I never saw coming.

This book will make you want to keep your kids where you can see them at all times and tell them to be very careful of whom you trust.

A fast paced audiobook that was perfect to listen to while working.

😭😭😭

I went into this #audiobook blind. I realized it was leaving #audible on July 1st and I needed to listen to it. It was so good. I found every reason yesterday and this morning to listen. So many emotions.

Military veteran Cam returns home at the request of his father who has early onset Alzheimer’s. He returns home to a town who hates him for things in his past when he was a child. Cam returns home to the woman he has secretly loved for years, Willow.

This book takes you on every emotional journey. Definitely a top ten of 2025 for me.

My husband is happy I finally finished this audiobook. I walked around doing housework with my headphones in as one does on a hot summer day and three times I screamed loud enough to deafen said hubby when he tapped me on the shoulder. I warned him you should never do so when the wife is listening to an audiobook book about a wife murdering her husband. The look on his face was priceless.

I agree with previous reviews that this had feelings of Rear Window with Jimmy Stewart, Psycho, and other similar movies but I still found myself shocked when the twist came. Well, when both twists came.

Lucy returns home to coastal Virginia to talk with her incarcerated father and get closure. What she didn’t expect was to run into her old flame. Summer heats up in more ways than one with this second chance romantic mystery.

My library only had the audiobook and I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed listening to it. The narrator did great work on capturing the emotions of all characters.

It’s fall in Indiana but even more exciting is it is Baby time. Robbie is finally having her bundle of joy after nine months of waiting. As she is preparing her home and restaurant for when she is off on maternity leave a stranger enters her restaurant and instantly Robbie is on alert. Both her aunt and the mayor act strange about his presence. Before Robbie can tell her aunt the stranger was looking for her he is found dead in her aunt’s field. Can Robbie save her aunt or will the newest family member get to know Great Aunt Adele through prison bars?

This book has so many happy moments along with a few tense moments. The mystery flowed perfectly and moved along a great pace. The ending left a lot of change coming and I’m excited to see how those changes unfold.

Just when you think you know, you don’t.

I enjoy how FM makes you think one thing, then another, and by the end you are as confused as a rat in a maze.

Brooke survived a horrific attack eleven years ago and has been raising her son on her own for ten years. She has moved back to her hometown after the death of her parents. She moved back into their house, with her childhood best friend still living next door, and her ex-boyfriend from her teens as in inmate in the prison she is now working. All that has brought back the memories from that night. Her problem is that she isn’t sure if what she remembers and what she testified to was the actual truth. Life and love have a way of convincing you that maybe you were wrong. Was she?

This was a great read that kept me hooked until the very last sentence. I’m still in shock.

Warning: this book will have you running to the store for all things cheese.

Willa has finally opened her cheese shop in Yarrow Glen, California which is smack dab in the middle of wine country. What’s more perfect than wine and cheese? Willa holds a cheese class for several local merchants and all is going well until the food critic, who is several hours late, shows up drunk and rude. Later that night Willa finds him dead in the alley with one of her cheese knives in him. Is her shop and reputation ruined before she has a chance?

I’m already in love with this little town and am sad I know I only get six visits. I want to know the detective’s story and why Willa always says she had a brother. I want to learn more about cheese as that is a must-have staple in our house. This book had a recipe for a fake Croque Monsieur that sounds divine.

The book flowed well and the mystery had me stumped until the reveal. The addition of a pet fish refreshing instead of having a dog or cat.

I will be returning to Yarrow Glen sooner than later.