Wrong Alibi by Christina Dodd

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

The Bordeaux Book Club by Gillian Harvey

Strangers in Time by David Baldacci

The People We Keep by Allison Larkin

The Water Keeper by Charles MartinThis is a poignant story demonstrating heroism in today’s slave industry.Murphy Shepard exists on an island tending the grounds of a church. Recently plagued with the loss of his mentor, he is one a mission to put him to rest.Murph pulls Summer out of the Intercoastal Waterway and joins her journey to find her missing daughter.A dangerous mission takes the two head first into the modern-day industry of trafficking and slavery.Charles Martin has a gift with his story telling. The beautiful descriptions of Florida took me back to a place I love. I was right there in the story!Gunner, a white Labrador, is easily the hero in this tale and I love a good book that celebrates a canine hero!

The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart

You Never Know: A Memoir by Tom Seleck

The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds by Jennifer Moorman

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County by Claire SwinarskiThis was a great story about a community coming together to help one of their own, and a wonderful love story mixed in.Esther Larson of Northwoods, Wisconsin fell victim to an internet scam and lost a lot of money. She was reluctant to tell anyone and her granddaughter, Iris, without scolding her, stepped in to find a solution. Iris feels left behind as everyone seems to be moving to bigger and better things and she wants to find what she needs where she is. Cooper comes to town with his own issues, a step sister that needs him, a celebrity father, and some dark remnants of a past he wants to find a way back to.With the talents of the community and their cooking charms an idea to solve the big problem for Esther comes into play. Sometimes food can solve problems.I really enjoyed the community aspect of this story and the characters. 4/5 ⭐

The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa WingateThis is a beautiful story, enriched and layered between two timelines. A beautiful quote that I loved: “ We die once when the last breath leaves our bodies. We die a second time when the last person speaks our name.”In 1875, you have three courageous women traveling amidst the post war destruction of the Civil War. They are searching for roots, for family, some connection to their origin. Everyone has a need to belong to someone or something, an anchor to this world.Later in 1987, you have a new young teacher who finds the women’s stories as part of an attempt to lure her students to connect to reading and their community. She is bold and courageous and so inspiring! Freed slaves were desperate to find a connection to the families they were often torn from, so they advertised in Southern newspapers to reach out. These “Lost Friends” advertisements or notices were the inspiration for this book.What an amazing story! I was so moved and humbled by this book! I absolutely loved it! 5/5⭐