Category: Contemporary Women’s Fiction

Downton Abbey — is Civility the Real Draw?

Ahhh – Downton Abbey is back and my weeks crescendo from Sunday night to Sunday night. Don’t we all love their world? Doesn’t it seem so much simpler than our own daily rounds? But to them, I’

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I Love Lipstick!

The weather in Phoenix is starting to get warm (Phoenix definition – under 105 – hot doesn’t happen until 106). Remembering an unhappy incident with a lipstick left in my car’s console a bit t

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Fictional Manor House Rosemont Inspires Little Free Library

We’ve done it! Or, I should say, my husband’s done it! Built an incredible Little Free Library inspired by Rosemont. I casually mentioned the idea to him one night when we were getting ready for b

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The Great Tapestry of Scotland Elevates Embroidery to Art

I so admire Alexander McCall Smith, author of the beloved No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. I admire his gently-drawn characters and his love affair with Botswana, which he so expertly conveys to

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Meet the Fabulous Five!

MEET THE FABULOUS FIVE! INTRODUCING five of the Bestsellers BookBub singled out as Women’s Fiction that works! Here is the story of the Gold family, an institution in the small Connecticut town of O

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