REVIEW: Aqua Follies by Liv Rancourt
The 1950s. Postwar exuberance. Conformity. Rock and roll. Homophobia. Russell tells himself he’ll marry Susie because it’s the right thing to do. His summer job coaching her water ballet team will...
View ArticleREVIEW: Sweet Jazz by Ursula Renee
The Big House’s “Coloreds Only” policy makes the club popular with Harlem residents. The same policy makes it harder for the owners to find and retain musicians. After four weeks of listening to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Hold Her Again by Shannon Stacey
A country-music star returns home to win back the woman he loves in this charming holiday novella from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Stacey Ava Wright isn’t happy to see her high school...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Love Song of Sawyer Bell (Tour Dates #1) by Avon Gale
A Tour Dates Novel Victoria “Vix” Vincent has only two weeks to find a replacement fiddle player for her band’s summer tour. When classically trained violinist Sawyer Bell shows up for an audition,...
View ArticleREVIEW: A Song Unheard (Shadows Over England Book #2) by Roseanna M. White
Willa Forsythe is both a violin prodigy and top-notch thief, which makes her the perfect choice for a crucial task at the outset of World War I–to steal a cypher from a famous violinist currently in...
View ArticleREVIEW: How You Ruined My Life by Jeff Strand
A new hilarious novel from the author of The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever and Stranger Things Have Happened. Rod’s life doesn’t suck. If you ask him, it’s pretty awesome. He may not be popular, but he...
View ArticleREVIEW: All Seated on the Ground by Connie Willis
The aliens have landed! The aliens have landed! But instead of shooting death rays, taking over the planet and carrying off Earthwomen, they’ve just been standing there for months on end, glaring like...
View ArticleREVIEW: Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles
In March 1865, the long and bitter War between the States is winding down. Till now, twenty-three-year-old Simon Boudlin has evaded military duty thanks to his slight stature, youthful appearance, and...
View ArticleREVIEW: Fearless by Shira Glassman
A newly out-of-the-closet band mom falls for an orchestra teacher while snowed in at All-State. Lana Novak hasn’t played violin in over twenty years, her musical life these days confined to being a...
View ArticleREVIEW: Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman
Billy Perkins is happy. And why wouldn’t he be? He loves his job as an independent music teacher and his apartment in Baltimore above a record shop called Charm City Rocks. Most of all, he loves his...
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