Sunday Coffee and books
It's Sunday and I'm sharing what I read this weekend and news from the library.
Dominque Dupont is one of the world’s most sought-after designers of wedding dresses, and is as unfailingly chic as her gowns. Her international list of clients includes royals and presidents’ daughters.
As for her own adult daughters, Felicity and Violet, they have unconventional views on marriage, due in part to their family history. Dominique’s French mother, Marie-Aurélie, was the adored mistress of a famous financier, and Dominique and her faithless husband divorced decades ago.
Felicity, an artist, is in no hurry to get married. Unfortunately, her beau, Taylor, is. When she expresses ambivalence, Taylor reveals a dark side that frightens her. Too ashamed to confide in her mother or sister, she agrees to an elaborate wedding with deep misgivings.
Fun-loving Violet is dating a sports reporter, but firmly believes one should never spoil a good thing with matrimony. When he slips an MVP ring on her finger, they decide to celebrate their love in a way that is true to themselves.
Dominique’s own long-term relationship with a married man is no longer giving her what she wants. As she struggles with making a change, her Parisian mother considers rekindling an old flame.
As plans for Felicity’s wedding proceed, each woman will question the true meaning of commitment in this dazzling novel from a master storyteller.
A brash bounty hunter and an energetic elementary school teacher become the murder-solving team no one asked for—but they’re stuck together, come hell or high tide, until a killer is found in this spicy rom-com from Tessa Bailey, #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer.It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod—just Taylor Bassey and her beloved brother—but discovering a corpse in their rental house has really thrown a wrench into their tanning schedule. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe Taylor can be helpful, despite the countless hours she’s spent listening to true crime podcasts. Not to mention her fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders.
Myles Sumner is only there to do a job, not babysit an amateur sleuth. Although…it is becoming less and less of a hardship to have Taylor around. Sure, she’s stubborn, distracting and can’t stay out of harm’s way. She’s also brave and beautiful and reminds him of home. In other words, the insatiable hunger and protectiveness she’s awakening is a threat to his peace of mind. Before Myles sinks any deeper into this dangerous attraction, he needs to solve the murder and get
The start of the wildly popular Duchess Society series!A scandalous countess plays matchmaker… for the only man she’s ever loved.
Georgiana Whitcomb, the infamous Ice Countess, has no plans to marry again. Not after the heartbreak that once shattered her. But when a Christmas wager forces her into the company of Dexter Munro—the very man she once longed for—Georgiana’s carefully frozen heart begins to thaw.
Dex is days away from inheriting a dukedom and bound by a deathbed promise to find a bride by Twelfth Night. The problem? The only woman he’s ever wanted is the one who refuses to wed him.
Old wounds and forbidden longing collide in a scandalous holiday reunion where passion proves impossible to resist. But melting the Ice Duchess may take more than desire—it may take the kind of love that defies every rule of society.
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I am not a Danielle Steel reader but I adore that she's just kept plugging away - she's 80 and still writing - the best selling living author! And 4th best selling author of all time. You have to admire her. 182 novels...and counting!
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