For some reason, I just wasn’t in a reading mood this month. I enjoyed all the books I read. All 4 of them. All 1,530 pages. A sad average of 51 pages per day. But hey- I at least got SOME books read.
The Last Hours in Paris by Ruth Druart (432 pages). Paris in April of 1944 is not what it once was. The Germans have taken over. And Elise Chevalier’s fiancé was killed four years prior when he went to war. Soldier Sebastian Kleinhaus finds himself stationed in Paris. And miserable- he hates being a part of what Germany now stands for. In Brittany in 1963, Josephine Chevalier is 18 years old and ready for life to begin. Until she learns a secret that causes her to leave behind her mother and travel to Paris to learn the truth about her family. Because Elise and Sebastian fell in love during the last days of war in Paris. But he was ripped from her after Germany fell. And she was fearful of being branded a traitor. It was a beautiful story. As we all know, this girl loves some WW2 historical fiction. I finished in 4 days.
Nine Month Contract by Amy Daws (348 pages). I finished in days. 38 year old Wyatt Fletcher has made a decision- he wants to be a dad. Does he have a girlfriend? No. But surrogacy is a more than acceptable option for him. His 18 year old niece Everly makes it her mission to help him find the perfect surrogate before she leaves for college. But the Fletcher brothers are pretty grumpy mountain men. So when she meets Trisha Matthews (who’s been denied applying to be a surrogate due to her BMI and the fact that she’s never been pregnant before) outside the surrogacy agency, Everly is convinced she’s the one for Wyatt. And not just as his surrogate. Wyatt’s heart is pretty closed off after a bad past relationship. And Trista comes with her own baggage of a broken family. But slowly they begin to realize that they work much better as a couple and begin to fall in love. Kind of a different premise (I’m not sure falling in love with one’s surrogate is usually recommended). But I also don’t think that Everly ever planned on Trista just being a surrogate! It was cute and funny. I finished in 3 days.
Games Untold by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (437 pages). This was a collection of eight short novels that added more layers to the Inheritance Games series. I liked that the stories weren’t only about Avery. And I truly just like the games and strategies that this family lives for. I finished in 4 days.
All Her Little Lies by Becca Days (313 pages). Alex has lived her whole life on her best friend Cynthia’s farm. Now that she’s the manager of the farm, she, her husband Jase and their nineteen year old son Daniel still live in a farmhouse on the property. Cynthia’s daughter Hannah and Daniel have been dating, much to their parents’ glee and dismay. But when Alex goes over to check on Cynthia and Hannah one evening, she sees Hannah lying lifeless in the hallway. Terrified that Daniel killed her, Alex covers up the murder. But in doing so, she might actually have kept the police from finding the true murderer. Because Hannah isn’t the perfect teenager that her mother thinks she is. Y’all- I did NOT see these twists coming. Which I love! I finished in 4 days.
This month’s favorite is……The Last Hours in Paris. I will always love a WWII historical fiction most of all
