Tilt

In Tilt, Annie is having a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. First, she is nine months pregnant and feeling it. Second, she is in IKEA, a giant store, looking for a crib with her feet and back killing her. Third, a major earthquake hits forcing her to walkContinue Reading

Killer Potential

I loved the idea of Killer Potential. A brilliant young woman that hasn’t reached her full potential is on the run with a stranger across the United States. Yes, please! But don’t give me more than 150 pages of it. Introspection moves the story along at a glacial pace forContinue Reading

Expiration Dates

Expiration Dates begins with an unusual premise. Since her youth, Daphne has received a note stating her next boyfriend’s name and how long they will be together. All have been true. One day in her thirties, Daphne receives a note with a name but no date. Is this Jake herContinue Reading

Clover Hendry's Day Off

Do you try to help everyone around you leaving little time for your own needs and wants? Have you ever just had enough? If so, you will love Clover Hendry’s Day Off, a humorous look at one middle aged woman’s first day of putting herself first. Clover is a BritishContinue Reading

Womb City

Womb City is set in a future African city. Women are treated atrociously. Really badly. The book includes the following trigger warning on its copyright page: “Content notice: Womb City contains depictions of blood, body horror, car accident, child death, death, death of a parent, domestic abuse, drug use, emotionalContinue Reading

The Villa

Can a place be evil? Two thirty-something friends are about to find out in The Villa, an Italian mansion haunted by memories of sex, drugs, rock & roll, and murder… The plot is split between two timelines. In the present, two childhood friends try to deal with their issues asContinue Reading

Magpie

In Magpie, Marisa and Jake meet and quickly move in together. They try immediately to have a child. When Marisa becomes pregnant, the couple rent a room to Kate to make ends meet. Marisa feels that Kate is overly familiar with Jake. Is it just the pregnancy hormones making MarisaContinue Reading

The Ballerinas

Delphine, Lindsay and Margaux are The Ballerinas. In flashbacks, we see their complicated friendship from the age of twelve set in the world of Paris ballet. Now, Delphine has returned in her thirties to choreograph a new ballet with her old company, the Paris Opera Ballet, after a long stintContinue Reading