My 2023 Reads

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135. Two Dead Wives by Adele Parks

134. The Half of It by Juliette Fay

133. There's No Coming Back from This by Ann Garvin (audio-book)

132. Deck the Halls at the Villa des Violettes by Patricia Sands 

131. Bookshop by the Bay by Pamela M. Kelley

130. The Library of Christmas Memories: A Christmas Market Novel (The Tinsel Travelers Series Book 1) by Steena Holmes

129. Starting Over (Hart's Ridge #8) by Kay Bratt

128. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

127. It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1) by Colleen Hoover 

126. Emerald Heart: An Emerald Isle, NC Single Title Novel by Grace Greene 

125.  An Impossible Thing to Say by Arya Shahi

124. A Different Kind of Gone by Catherine Ryan Hyde

123. Spare by Prince Harry (audio-book)

122. Dark Corners by Megan Goldin

121. Hatteras Girl by Alice Wisler

120. The Broken Hummingbird: A Novel by Ann Marie Jackson

119. Christmas at Mountain View Lodge by Deanna Lynn Sletten

118. Behind the Lies by Maren Cooper

117. Hello Goodbye by Kay Bratt

116. The Star and the Strange Moon by Constance Sayers

115. The Wishing Bridge by Viola Shipman

114. Murder at the Royal Ruby by Nita Prose (audio-book)

113. The Mosquito by B.A. Paris (audio-book)

112. Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust by Don Brown

111. The Other Year by Rea Frey

110. TimeReaping in Deadwood by Ann Charles

109. People Like Them by Minka Kent (audio-book)

108. Too Scared to Sleep by Andrew Duplessie

107. Just a Girl by Alyssa Cole (audio-book)

106. Winter Road by Joanne DeMaio

105. Long Journey Home by Ashley Farley

104. Always Orchid by Carol Van Den Hende

103. The Heart of a Mother by Julie Clark (audio-book)

102. Slot Machine Fever Dreams by Chris Bohjalian (audio-book)

101. The Long Way Back by Nicole Baart

100. The Intern by Michele Campbell

99. Shell Game (Getaway, #6) by Rumaan Alam (audio-book)

98. Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

97. Seekers (Apocalypse in Eden #2) by Ann Swann (audio-book)

96. The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger

95. Mrs. Winchester's Biographer by Deanna Lynn Sletten

94. A Storm of Infinite Beauty: A Novel by Julianne MacLean

93. Under the Java Moon by Heather B. Moore

92. Goodbye, Orchid (Goodbye, Orchid #2) by Carol Van Den Hende

91. Ride or Die: Loving Through Tragedy, A Husband's Memoir by Jarie Bolander

90. Stairway to the Sea (The Seaside Saga Book 19) by Joanne DeMaio  

89. Nobody Told Me (Hart's Ridge #6) by Kay Bratt

88. The One That Got Away by Charlotte Rixon 

87. Random Acts of Kindness by Dete Meserve (audio-book)

86. The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove (Dove Pond #3) by Karen Hawkins

85. California Golden by Melanie Benjamin

84. A Boob's Life: How America's Obsession Shaped Me...and You by Leslie Lehr

83. Takers (Apocalypse in Eden #1) by Ann Swann (audio-book)

82. Late Bloomer by Melissa Giberson

81. Jett Jamison and the Secret Storm by Kimberly Behre Kenna

80. Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen

79. Weekend on Sullivan's Island by Ashley Farley

78. Summer Secrets by Jane Green

77. Bitter Winds (Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters #3) by Kay Bratt (audio-book)

76. Faraway and Forever: More Stories by Nancy Joie Wilkie

75. Orchid Blooming (Goodbye, Orchid, #1) by Carol Van Den Hende

74. Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

73. Forever Hold Your Peace by Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke

72. Famous in a Small Town by Viola Shipman

71. The Songbirds of Summer by Kristy Woodson Harvey

70. The Second Chance Supper Club by Nicole Meier (audio-book)

69. Have You Seen Her by Catherine McKenzie

68. Walking on Fire by Kathryn Crawley

67. The Belonger: A Novel by Mary Kathleen Mehuron

66. The Girls of Summer by Katie Bishop

65. The Visitor (The Seaside Saga Book 18) by Joanne DeMaio

64. The New Mother by Nora Murphy

63. Tangled Vines (Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters #2) by Kay Bratt (audio-book)

62. Missing in Death (In Death, #29.5)by J.D. Robb (audio-book)

61. Instant Karma (Hart's Ridge #5) by Kay Bratt

60. Broken Strings by Rachel Lane

59. Where the Sweet Bird Sings by Ella Joy Olsen

58. Catch Her in a Lie (Getaway, #5) by Jess Lourey (audio-book)

57. My Evil Mother by Margaret Atwood

56. I Will Leave You Never by Ann Putnam

55. Shadows in Death (In Death #51) by J.D. Robb (audio-book)

54. Yeah, Maybe by Joey Hodges

53. After the Storm by Ashley Farley

52. Underwater Daughter: A Memoir of Survival and Healing by Antonia Deignan

51. The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

50. Just a Regular Boy by Catherine Ryan Hyde

49. No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

48. The Scavenger's Daughter by Kay Bratt (audio-book)

47. Hazel Fine Sings Along by Katie Wicks

46. Borrowed Time by Kay Bratt

45. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

44. The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly

43. All Dressed in White (Under Suspicion, #3) by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke

42. Twelve Hours in Manhattan by Maan Gabriel

41. The Paper Daughters of Chinatown: Adapted for Young Readers from the Best-Selling Novel by Heather B. Moore

40. Belle Mer (Getaway, #4) by Luanne Rice (audio-book)

39. The Widow by Kaira Rouda (audio-book)

38. The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis

37. The Last Port of Call (Sail Away Series Book 9) by Elizabeth Bromke

36. Yet You Cry When It Hurts by Susan Kaye Quinn

35. The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict

34. The Barlows by Joanne DeMaio

33. In My Life (Hart's Ridge #3) by Kay Bratt

32. This Place of Wonder by Barbara O'Neal (audio-book)

31. The Sister Effect by Susan Mallery

30. The Wild Birds by Emily Strelow 

29. Moonlight on the Lido Deck by Violet Howe

28. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

27. The Beautiful Misfits by Susan Reinhardt

26. Scent of Magnolia by Ashley Farley

25. The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin (audio-book)

24. Lost at Sea by Patricia Sands

23. The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton

22. The Winning Tickets (Sail Away Series Book 7) by Judith Keim

21. Tell Me One Thing by Kerri Schlottman

20. I Gave My Heart to Know This by Ellen Baker

19. All the Pretty Girls (Rachel Emery #3) by Deanna Lynn Sletten

18. Caroline, Adrift (Sail Away Series #5) by Kay Bratt

17. A Not So Distant Shore by Ev Bishop (Sail Away Series #4)

16. Mothered by Zoje Stage

15. Not Your Father's America: An Adventure Raising Triplets in a Country Being Changed by Greed by Cort Casady

14. Golden in Death (In Death #50) by J.D. Robb (audio-book)

13. Lucy In the Sky (Hart's Ridge Book 2) by Kay Bratt

12. When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal

11. Missing: A Memoir by Cornelia Maude Spelman

10. The Sound of the Sea (Sail Away Series Book 2) by Jessie Newton

9. No More Secrets (No More #3) by Kerry Lonsdale

8. Maureen (Harold Fry #3) by Rachel Joyce

7. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry #1) by Rachel Joyce

6. The Maid by Nita Prose

5. Uncharted Waters by Tammy L. Grace

4. The Muffin Shop Murder: A Delilah Crumbworthy Mystery by Holly Tierney 

3. The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart

2. The Blue Window by Suzanne Berne

1. Stockholm (Getaway #3) by Catherine Steadman (audio-book)

Updated ~ January 25, 2024