Must Love Romance Novels by Lacy Williams - Contemporary Romance

This is a cute second-chance-at-love story involving older adults. Donna, a romance author with some success, has fashioned her heroes after Jacob, who broke her heart years ago. When circumstances keep throwing them together, she has to resist the pull to fall for him again. Clueless Jacob doesn't understand why she pushes him away until he reads her novels, but he's got his work cut out for...

Show Me Betrayal by Ellen E. Withers -- Dual Timeline Mystery

With two mysterious deaths sixty years apart to unravel, this story will keep you guessing. The setting involves an inherited mansion in Missouri, which serves almost as a secondary character, with its elegance and secrets. Well written with sufficient clues for the reading sleuth, the story moves at a steady pace. My only disappointment was that the possible romance didn't develop as I'd hoped,...

Project Scrooge by A. M. Heath

This is a fun, and yet touching, take on the popular Dickens story. Sandford hasn't spoken to Natalie in years, not since his fiancee dumped him, and he blames Natalie for it. Natalie misses her best friend and wishes she could set his world right again. So, with the help of his aunt and two young friends, she devises a plan to banish his Scrooge-like moods. Their crusade almost works until Natalie finds she can't hide the...