The Last Assignment

From bestselling author Erika Robuck comes the perilous and awe-inspiring true story of award-winning photojournalist Dickey Chapelle as she risks everything to show the American people the price of war through the lens of her camera. Manhattan, 1954. Since her arrest for disobeying orders and going ashore at Iwo Jima almost a decade earlier, combat... Continue Reading →

The House of My Mother

From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlogโ€”now the subject of a new Hulu docuseriesโ€”and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how, in the face of unimaginable pain, she found freedom and healing.Shari Frankeโ€™s childhood was a constant battle for survival. Her mother,... Continue Reading →

The Housemaid

Every day I clean the Winchestersโ€™ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean... Continue Reading →

The Tell: A Memoir

โ€œThe Tell encourages us to recognize that sometimes you must understand your own pain to fully experience lifeโ€™s greatest joysโ€”and Amyโ€™s courage, vulnerability, and insight are a gift to us all.โ€โ€”Reese Witherspoon, TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2025โ€œA beautiful account of the journey of courage it takes to face the truth of oneโ€™s past.โ€โ€”Bessel van der Kolk,... Continue Reading →

12 Days of Book-Club-Mas

Experience the 2025 12 Days of Book-Club-Mas Advent Calendar from Once Upon a Book Club! Our Advent Calendar recipients will receive an anthology of about 400 pages featuring 12 short stories (each ~20 pages long) featuring one of the 12 gifts. Each story is written by a different author who wrote these tales specifically to... Continue Reading →

The Sweetness of Water

In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landryโ€”freed by the Emancipation Proclamationโ€”seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their... Continue Reading →

Asylum Hotel

When a mysterious figure shows up in the photograph an architect takes of the derelict Seabrink Hotel, ghostly encounters and murder are unleashed.Aubrey Spencer loves photographing classic old buildings and abandoned places that hold old secrets. The Hotel Seabrink, perched overlooking the sea, is one such place. Currently abandoned but scheduled for a major renovation,... Continue Reading →

Virgin River

Wanted: Midwife/nurse practitioner in Virgin River, population six hundred. Make a difference against a backdrop of towering California redwoods and crystal clear rivers. Rent-free cabin included. When the recently widowed Melinda Monroe sees this ad, she quickly decides that the remote mountain town of Virgin River might be the perfect place to escape her heartache and... Continue Reading →

The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau

Colette Marceau has been stealing jewels for nearly as long as she can remember, following the centuries-old code of honor instilled in her by her mother, Annabel: take only from the cruel and unkind, and give to those in need. Never was their family tradition more important than seven decades earlier, during the Second World... Continue Reading →

Nos4A2

NOS4A2ย is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, theย New York Timesย bestselling author ofย Heart-Shaped Boxย andย Horns. Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike, she makes her way to a rickety covered bridge that, within... Continue Reading →

Blog at WordPress.com.

Up ↑