The storms are beginning in Texas and what could be better than curling up with an awesome book when it’s storming outside?? Honestly, I can’t think of many things better than that. 😉 And as a complete aside, if I’m truly honest, I’m not a fan of hearing that our Spring storm season is kicking off early. But maybe that just means that I need to add a few more good books to my reading list. I’ve rounded up some must read books for the spring season. A few of them I’ve just finished reading and highly recommend as a reading selection for your list!
These books are by some of my favorite authors and some our new-to-me authors! I would LOVE to know what books are on your reading list right now and what you are excited to pick up next (or maybe you’re excited about your current read!!)
FIRST BOOK TO READ
Royal Date by Sariah Wilson
Goodreads.com Synopsis:
This Cinderella didn’t plan on a prince…
Kat MacTaggart is a girl who has a plan for everything—including her holiday ski trip to Monterra with her best friend. Everything is going according to plan until she finds herself careening out of control down a mountainside and being rescued by a guy who looks like Superman’s hotter Italian cousin.
HRH Prince Nico is intrigued by the woman he saved on the slopes and her refusal to date him. He offers Kat a deal—let him show her his country and he’ll pay her to write articles that will help Monterra’s tourism industry. Kat agrees, but given her past and lingering distrust of men, she has one condition—absolutely no kissing.
Thanks to the claims of a jealous British noblewoman and the schemes of a meddling paparazzo, Kat’s rule doesn’t seem to be a problem at first. But the more Kat gets to know Nico and the people around him, the harder it is to remember her keep-your-distance plan. Should she stick to it or risk everything for a chance at happily ever after?
Note from me: I recently poured through this book and then the 2nd book in the series. And would you believe me if I said I devoured them both in about 2 days?? It was one of those rainy weekends. 😉
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SECOND BOOK TO READ
Surprise Me by Sophia Kinsella
Goodreads.com Synopsis:
After being together for ten years, Sylvie and Dan have all the trimmings of a happy life and marriage; they have a comfortable home, fulfilling jobs, beautiful twin girls, and communicate so seamlessly, they finish each other’s sentences. However, a trip to the doctor projects they will live another 68 years together and panic sets in. They never expected “until death do us part” to mean seven decades.
In the name of marriage survival, they quickly concoct a plan to keep their relationship fresh and exciting: they will create little surprises for each other so that their (extended) years together will never become boring. But in their pursuit to execute Project Surprise Me, mishaps arise and secrets are uncovered that start to threaten the very foundation of their unshakable bond. When a scandal from the past is revealed that question some important untold truths, they begin to wonder if they ever really knew each other after all.
Note from me: I’m sad to say that I haven’t read a Sophia Kinsella book in awhile. I definitely want to change that ASAP!! She’s been a long time favorite!
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THIRD BOOK TO READ
A Country Escape by Kate FForde
Goodreads.com Synopsis:
Fran has always wanted to be a farmer. And now it looks as if her childhood dream is about to come true. She has just moved in to a beautiful but very run-down farm in the Cotswolds, currently owned by an old aunt who has told Fran that if she manages to turn the place around in a year, the farm will be hers. But Fran knows nothing about farming. She might even be afraid of cows.
She’s going to need a lot of help from her best friend Issi, and also from her wealthy and very eligible neighbour – who might just have his own reasons for being so supportive. Is it the farm he is interested in? Or Fran herself?
Note from me: I haven’t read a book from Katie Fforde just yet, although I’m fairly certain I’ve shared about her books in the past. As of this writing, this book is only available through UK book sellers – but you can purchase this for your Kindle via Amazon for UK. I’ve linked it below! As soon as I see this available in the US, I’ll update the links! But don’t let this stop you from buying the UK Kindle version! 😉
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FOURTH BOOK TO READ
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Goodreads.com Synopsis:
A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in a fun and flirty debut novel.
Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn’t normally do. But there’s something about Drew Nichols that’s too hard to resist.
On the eve of his ex’s wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend…
After Alexa and Drew have more fun than they ever thought possible, Drew has to fly back to Los Angeles and his job as a pediatric surgeon, and Alexa heads home to Berkeley, where she’s the mayor’s chief of staff. Too bad they can’t stop thinking about the other…
They’re just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long distance dating disaster of the century–or closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly want…
Note from me: I snagged a copy of this book through an advanced reader platform (i.e. a free copy) after hearing some early buzz about it. I really enjoyed the story and the characters!
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FIFTH BOOK TO READ
Spring at Lavender Bay by Sarah Bennett
Goodreads.com Synopsis:
A season for change…?
Beth Reynolds loved growing up close to Eleanor’s Emporium – a bric-a-brac shop full of wonders on Lavender Bay. Devastated to learn that Eleanor has died, she returns home from London immediately and is shocked to discover that the elderly lady has left the shop to her!
Vowing to restore it to its former glory, she only intends to stay until the end of the season. Although the longer she spends in the colourful seaside town, the more she falls back in love with everything she left behind…and quite possibly, with her best friend Eliza’s older brother, local chef Sam Barnes!
Why didn’t she notice he was quite this gorgeous before? And will their spring fling be enough to convince her to stay?
Note from me: Another new author for me and I’m looking forward to the fact that this will be a series!!!
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SIXTH BOOK TO READ
This Could Change Everything by Jill Mansell
Goodreads.com Synopsis:
On the one hand, if Essie hadn’t written that letter – the one that only her best friend was meant to see – then she’d still be living like an actual proper grown-up, tucked up with Paul in his picture-perfect cottage, maybe even planning their wedding…
On the other hand (if her true feelings hadn’t accidentally taken the internet by storm, that is) she wouldn’t have moved into the attic flat on the square. She would never have met Conor. Or got to know Lucas…
And she wouldn’t have found herself falling in love with someone she really, really shouldn’t fall in love with…
Note from me: I love everything I’ve ever read from Jill Mansell. I cannot wait to pick this one up as soon as it’s released!
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SEVENTH BOOK TO READ
The Secrets Between Us by Laura Madeleine
Goodreads.com Synopsis:
High in the mountains in the South of France, eighteen-year-old Ceci Corvin is trying hard to carry on as normal. But in 1943, there is no such thing as normal; especially not for a young woman in love with the wrong person. Scandal, it would seem, can be more dangerous than war.
Fifty years later, Annie is looking for her long-lost grandmother. Armed with nothing more than a sheaf of papers, she travels from England to Paris in pursuit of the truth. But as she traces her grandmother’s story, Annie uncovers something she wasn’t expecting, something that changes everything she knew about her family – and everything she thought she knew about herself…
Note from me: This book releases in a few months. I will snag a link once it’s available!!
EIGHTH BOOK TO READ
The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews
Goodreads.com Synopsis:
When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons Brooke Trappnell to Talisa Island, her 20,000 acre remote barrier island home, Brooke is puzzled. Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa, but Brooke has never met her. Josephine’s cryptic note says she wants to discuss an important legal matter with Brooke, who is an attorney, but Brooke knows that Mrs. Warrick has long been a client of a prestigious Atlanta law firm.
Over a few meetings, the ailing Josephine spins a tale of old friendships, secrets, betrayal and a long-unsolved murder. She tells Brooke she is hiring her for two reasons: to protect her island and legacy from those who would despoil her land, and secondly, to help her make amends with the heirs of the long dead women who were her closest friends, the girls of The High Tide Club—so named because of their youthful skinny dipping escapades—Millie, Ruth and Varina. When Josephine dies with her secrets intact, Brooke is charged with contacting Josephine’s friends’ descendants and bringing them together on Talisa for a reunion of women who’ve actually never met.
The High Tide Club is Mary Kay Andrews at her Queen of the Beach Reads best, a compelling and witty tale of romance thwarted, friendships renewed, justice delivered, and true love found.
Note from me: Can I say that I’m probably most excited about this book for Spring. One of my all-time favorite authors! I’ve read everything she’s ever written under the name Andrews and probably only have a few books under her former pen name. STOKED for this book is an understatement!
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NINTH BOOK TO READ
The Wildflowers by Harriet Evans
Goodreads.com Synopsis:
Tony and Althea Wilde. Glamorous, argumentative … adulterous to the core.
They were my parents, actors known by everyone. They gave our lives love and colour in a house by the sea – the house that sheltered my orphaned father when he was a boy.
But the summer Mads arrived changed everything. She too had been abandoned and my father understood why. We Wildflowers took her in.
My father was my hero, he gave us a golden childhood, but the past was always going to catch up with him … it comes for us all, sooner or later.
This is my story. I am Cordelia Wilde. A singer without a voice. A daughter without a father. Let me take you inside…
Note from me: I’ve never been disappointed in a book from Harriet Evans. This one looks intriguing!
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These all sound fabulous! I love Mary Kay Andrews. Currently I am reading Jodi Piclout’s the Storyteller and while I had no idea it was about World War II, I am LOVING it! Pinned these books to my book list so I don’t forget to request some from the library. .
Thank you for sharing these. I’m always looking for a good book to read. Thanks for sharing on To Grandma’s House We Go!
Thanks for these recommendations! Copied many of them down to read this summer when I have more time. Visiting from Remodelaholic.
Sounds like a wonderful list of books to read! I need to get my spring cleaning done so that I can relax and curl up with a good book. 🙂 Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann