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The Girls of Good Fortune
The Girls of Good Fortune: A Novel
by Kristina McMorris
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - Excellent historical fiction (5/20/2025)
Excellent storyline and research.

We see Celia in the opening chapter drugged and in a cell with no idea how she got there.

We then meet Celia as a housekeeper in a wealthy family and a predicament that has her being removed from the home.

THE GIRLS OF GOOD FORTUNE takes us …more
The River Knows Your Name
The River Knows Your Name: A Novel
by Kelly Mustian
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - Fantastic - A Must Read!! (5/2/2025)
Which character is keeping the most secrets in this beautifully written dual timeline read?

The writing and storyline are just pull-you-in amazing.

We meet Hazel, Nell, Evie, Becca, Ben, and Mildred.

Evie is the connection to both time periods and families in both the 1930s …more
Strangers in Time
Strangers in Time: A World War 2 Novel
by David Baldacci
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!! (4/19/2025)
We meet three wonderful characters in 1944 London.

Charlie Matters who wears tattered clothes, too-small shoes, who lies to his grandmother, who quit school, and steals things.

Molly Wakefield who just returned home to her well-to-do neighborhood after being with a family in …more
Coram House
Coram House: A Novel
by Bailey Seybolt
Elizabeth@Silver'sReviews - DO NOT MISS - a good ending twist (4/16/2025)
I have been asked to ghostwrite a book about an orphanage and what happened there even though my first book was not a success?

Alex always had an interest in history and researching.

Researching Coram House about the abuse and specifically the drowning of Tommy, a child at …more
Saltwater
Saltwater: A Novel
by Katy Hays
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews -you won't be able to put the book down (3/29/2025)
Ooooo…this is good.

What is the Lingate family hiding?

Why do they come back to Capri every year?

The family goes back to make sure nothing new has been found out about Sarah's death.

Did someone kill Helen's mother, Sarah Lingate, or did she have an accident?

Helen lost her …more
A Map to Paradise
A Map to Paradise
by Susan Meissner
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - A bit slow, but turns out good (3/18/2025)
Set during the McCarthy era, we meet three women.

Melanie has been blacklisted because she was seen with a producer that they think is a communist.

Eva is a Polish housekeeper for Melanie.

June lives next door to Melanie and is taking care of her brother-in-law who won’t come …more
Broken Country (Reese's Book Club)
Broken Country (Reese's Book Club)
by Clare Leslie Hall
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - So GOOD (3/9/2025)
What happens when the love of your life appears after thirteen years, but you are married and still grieving the death of your child?

In 1955, Beth and Gabriel had an intense relationship that ended up broken because she found out he was with another woman.

in 1968, Gabriel …more
Last Twilight in Paris
Last Twilight in Paris: A Novel
by Pam Jenoff
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - Pam Jenoff fans will love it (2/4/2025)
We meet Louise who delivered packages to prisoners of war during World War II and Helaine who was a prisoner in the Levitan department store taken over by the Nazis that housed goods stolen from Jewish homes.

The prisoners had to sort through all of the goods, and the German …more
The Girls of the Glimmer Factory
The Girls of the Glimmer Factory: A Novel
by Jennifer Coburn
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - Well researched and heartbreaking (1/31/2025)
We meet Hilde and Hannah.

Hilde's husband was killed in the war and is now working for a film crew who will be making a propaganda film about Theresienstadt - a Nazi camp that spouts a wonderful, peaceful city for the Jewish people and where they are treated well.

In reality, …more
The Memory Dress
The Memory Dress
by Jade Beer
Elizabeth@Silver'sReviews - For Princess Diana fans - you will love it (11/20/2024)
A 2024 FAVORITE!!

We meet Madeline both past and present.

In the past, we meet Madeline as she starts work at her dream job of being a dressmaker. William, who also works there, figures out that she is very talented.

Present day, we see Madeline living in an apartment where no …more
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern: A Novel
by Lynda Cohen Loigman
A gem and a (10/9/2024)
Can that really be Irving living in the same retirement complex as Augusta?

Irving was Augusta’s first love, but he broke her heart and married another.

Augusta worked in her father‘s pharmacy, and Irving was the delivery boy.

Sixty years later even though they loved each …more
The Hitchcock Hotel
The Hitchcock Hotel
by Stephanie Wrobel
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - Slow at first, but ends up very good (9/25/2024)
College friends meet at the Hitchcock Hotel owned by their friend Alfred.

They haven’t seen each other for sixteen years.

Why did Alfred invite them?

They were never really close, but most have a secret from college and/or their life since college.

Will these secrets come out?

…more
The Night We Lost Him
The Night We Lost Him: A Novel
by Laura Dave
A good story, but confusing (9/20/2024)
Dad would never commit suicide.

He was young, healthy, happy, and successful.

We have to find out if someone was with him the night he slipped and fell to his death on the rocks that he could walk over in his sleep.

Sam and Nora, who have been estranged, go on a search …more
Gone for Good
Gone for Good: Detective Annalisa Vega #1
by Joanna Schaffhausen
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - excellent thriller that kept me guessing and has a satisfying, surprise ending. (8/17/2024)
Annalisa Vega was assigned to The Lovelorn Killer case that re-surfaced after 20 years.

The killer's newest victim, Grace, is a member of a group called The Grave Diggers that researches cold cases.

Grace also is the member who had the most information on each of The …more
The Incorrigibles
The Incorrigibles: A Novel
by Meredith Jaeger
Elizabeth@Silver'sReviews - MARVELOUS!! (5/23/2024)
We meet Annie in 1890 - an Irish immigrant who worked as a housemaid in a wealthy household.

She was tricked by one of the male members of the family she worked for. He took a ring out of his aunt’s jewelry box while visiting, gave it to Annie, and denied giving Annie the …more
The Incorrigibles
The Incorrigibles: A Novel
by Meredith Jaeger
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - Marvelous read you won't be able to put down (5/22/2024)
We meet Annie in 1890 - an Irish immigrant who worked as a housemaid in a wealthy household.

She was tricked by one of the male members of the family she worked for. He took a ring out of his aunt’s jewelry box while visiting, gave it to Annie, and denied giving Annie the …more
Daughter of Mine
Daughter of Mine: A Novel
by Megan Miranda
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - You won't be able to put this book down. (4/12/2024)
Ohhhh..this is a good one!!

Hazel’s father died, and in addition to the shock of his death was the shock that he left the family home ONLY to her and not her brothers. That caused a good deal of bad feelings.

While she was home for the funeral more shocking things happened.

…more
The House on Biscayne Bay
The House on Biscayne Bay
by Chanel Cleeton
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - A marvelous Gothic-style read with undercurrents of menace. (4/9/2024)
How could a mansion with such a beautiful name - Marbrisa - be the scene of murders?

Peacocks screaming and dying and then construction workers and guests found dead.

1918 - Robert and Anna came from New York to Florida after the Great War, built an outlandish mansion, but it …more
The Girls We Sent Away
The Girls We Sent Away: A Novel
by Meagan Church
Heartwrenching, fabulous, tissues-needed book (3/13/2024)
It’s the 1960s.

What became of girls who found themselves pregnant and with no support?

We meet Lorraine Delford, an only child, a girl who was going to be valedictorian of her senior class, a girl who wanted to be an astronaut, a girl who did not want to be the typical …more
The Trouble with You
The Trouble with You: A Novel
by Ellen Feldman
Elizabeth@Silver's Reviews - A satisfying ending - historical fiction fans will enjoy (2/22/2024)
It is post World War II, and we meet Fanny Fabricant, her husband, Max, and their daughter Chloe. Fanny was the lucky one because her husband came back from the war. She wasn’t lucky for too long, though, because her life changed one night.

We follow Fanny as she goes to …more

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