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On Tour: The Holdout by Laurel Osterkamp

Laurel will be on tour January 6-24 with her novel The Holdout Robin wanted to win The Holdout, a cutthroat reality TV show, so she gave…

Book Giveaway: Sweet Expectations by Mary Ellen Taylor

Daisy McCrae knows that change can be sudden—and devastating. And while it doesn’t have to be a bad thing, change has the power to turn…

CLP Blog Tours Novel Spotlight: The Hunting by Kerry Peresta

Kerry Peresta is on tour now with CLP Blog Tours and The Hunting Isabelle Lewis, top advertising salesperson at the Chatbrook Springs Sentinel newspaper, has a…

Book Review: Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner

I received a copy of Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
An unexpected love story.

Jules Strauss is a Princeton senior with a full scholarship, acquaintances instead of friends, and a family she’s ashamed to invite to Parents’ Weekend. With the income she’ll receive from donating her “pedigree” eggs, she believes she can save her father from addiction.

Annie Barrow married her high school sweetheart and became the mother to two boys. After years of staying at home and struggling to support four people on her husband’s salary, she thinks she’s found a way to recover a sense of purpose and bring in some extra cash.

India Bishop, thirty-eight (really forty-three), has changed everything about herself: her name, her face, her past. In New York City, she falls for a wealthy older man, Marcus Croft, and decides a baby will ensure a happy ending. When her attempts at pregnancy fail, she turns to technology, and Annie and Jules, to help make her dreams come true.

But each of their plans is thrown into disarray when Marcus’ daughter Bettina, intent on protecting her father, becomes convinced that his new wife is not what she seems…

With startling tenderness and laugh-out-loud humor, Jennifer Weiner once again takes readers into the heart of women’s lives in an unforgettable, timely tale that interweaves themes of class and entitlement, surrogacy and donorship, the rights of a parent and the measure of motherhood.
Review:
Jennifer Weiner is a big favorite of mine (though that shouldn’t be a huge shock to anyone) and I always look forward to reading her books. I was especially interested in reading Then Came You, because I enjoy reading about books that deal with issues of surrogacy and parenting as of lately. This is a long book but touches on many different characters, each weaving a path that intersect with one another to create quite a compelling story. India’s character didn’t thrill me through most of the book, and I think Jules was my favorite, probably because she was the most relatable to me. This isn’t my favorite book by Weiner, but a good one that I would recommend.
4 stars

On Tour: The Hole in the Middle by Kate Hilton

Kate will be on tour January 6-27 with her novel The Hole in the Middle Sophie Whelan is the epitome of the modern superwoman. When she…

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Blog Tour Sign Up: The Golden Apple by Faerl Marie

Poppy Parker has lost her husband and her perfect life, now she must find a way to live and love without him. Torn between three men, Poppy must find herself before she can understand what it really means to be in-love. Will Poppy be able to leave her previous marriage in the past and make room in her life for another man or will her marriage vows haunt her forever? Set in beautiful New York City, The Golden Apple is a 58,506 word chick lit novel about loss, love and moving on without betraying your self, your past or those you love.
In an effort to move on and find her new normal she leaves her beautiful home in Georgia and moves to New York City to start fresh with her best friend. As Poppy tries to leave her past behind she struggles with her feelings of fidelity towards her deceased husband and her desire to love another. If she can ever be happy again, Poppy must choose love over her loss before the one she wants gives up on her.

Marching Ink Two-Day Sale!

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Author Profile: Margo Karasek

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