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Ghost Bride

The Ghost Bride is set in 1880s Malaysia. Li Lan, the daughter of a respectable Chinese merchant, hopes for a favorable marriage. Sadly, her father lost his fortune and is consumed by the numbing effects of opium after the loss of his wife. The wealthy Lim Family, approach Li Lan to become a ghost bride for their son, Lim Tian Ching. As a ghost bride, Li Lan would be taken care of for the rest of her life, but she would never know tangible love. Her defiance in the face of societal pressures finds her drawn every night into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, where Lim Tian Ching haunts her spirit and wants to lay claim on her soul. Li Lin, overwhelmed by sleepless nights and dismal days overdoses and accidentally separates her spirt from her body. It is in the afterlife where Li Lan finds answers to family secrets as well as the truth about the death of Lim Tian Ching. Will she be set free in body and spirit and find love?

October 27, 2021 No Comments

The Lost Apothecary

-by Sarah Penner In London, during the late 1700’s, lived

October 12, 2021 No Comments

Circe

By Madeline Miller Daughter of a Titan and a Nymph,

October 6, 2021 No Comments

American Revolution

The Women of Chateau Lafayette

At the heart of Stephanie Dray’s The Women of Chateau Lafayette lies The Château de Chavaniac. The Chateau, located in the mountains of Auvergne, is the birthplace of the Marquis de Lafayette, a man who played an integral role in both the American and the French Revolutions and whose name evokes liberty, equality, and courage. However, the Marquis is but a spirit in the tale of the three women, separated by time and circumstance, who take up the banner of Lafayette in the face of war and injustice.

September 6, 2021 No Comments

Malibu Rising

Malibu Rising is a new novel from Taylor Jenkins Reid,

August 2, 2021 No Comments

Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid follows

June 28, 2021 No Comments

The Guest List

A wedding event not to miss … unless it was

June 28, 2021 No Comments

The Rose Code

Inspired by real people and true events, author Kate Quinn weaves a tale following Beth, Mab, and Osla, three very different women thrown together by the crisis of war. Sworn to secrecy, their wartime alliance is undone by the events of 1945. Post-war life has the three women living separate lives. Weeks before the royal wedding in 1947, Beth sends a ciphered SOS from an insane asylum begging for a renewed alliance to save her and to uncover a spy still in their midst. Will love of country be enough to resurrect an old friendship and crack one last code?

June 2, 2021 No Comments

bucket

Have You Filled a Bucket Today?

March 1st is World Compliment Day. I challenge you to sincerely compliment at least three people you see today.

March 1, 2021 No Comments

5 languages of love

What Love Language Do You Speak?

Just like a spoken language, if you and your partner do not speak the same love language, your relationship will require a bit of extra effort to be sustained.

February 24, 2021 No Comments

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