Prologue The book opens with Nora Katharine Stephens, a cutthroat and successful literary agent, being dumped by her boyfriend, Grant, over the phone. Nora is emotionally distant and practical. Grant has decided to leave his life behind to live a simpler life with the daughter of a couple who own a boutique hotel. After the …
Book Lovers is Emily Henry’s newest bookish summer beach read, and it delivers on everything it promises to be. Summery, romantic, fun, and with endearingly bookish characters — there’s a lot to like about Henry’s latest release. Our protagonist, Nora, describes herself as the type of woman that decidedly does not get the guy in …
Prologue (1965) Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Prologue (1965) The story opens with a policewoman holding part of a wedding dress after something tragic has taken place. Part I Now: 2019. Chapters 1 – 11 In 2018, following the death of their mother Eleanor Bennett, siblings Byron Bennett and Benedetta …
So, I started Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson when it first came out and got distracted by other things. The past two weeks or so, I’ve been waylaid in bed after some complicated oral surgery, so now that I’m on the mend, I thought I would finish it up. This means, however, that I am …
Prologue (Friday) Three Hours Later Saturday Thirty Hours Earlier Sunday Seventy-Two Hours Earlier Monday A Week Later Epilogue Prologue (Friday) Benjamin Daniels, a journalist, is at his Parisian apartment — at Number 12, Rue des Amants, third floor — working on a story he believes will make his name. His half-sister Jess Hadley is (inconveniently) …
