Review: Dirt - Laura Baggaley - May 2025 Every so often, a book comes along that feels like a breath of fresh air – the kind of story that reminds us why we love curling up with a good read. Laura Baggaley’s Dirt was one of those surprises for me. Though set in a dystopian world where food is scarce and life feels controlled, the story has a warmth and tenderness woven through it that makes it hard to put down. In Newbeck, survival is simple but stark. Families live off small government-allotted Squares of land, where they grow what they can using seeds and soil purchased from the mysterious Green Cultivation Corporation. It’s a bleak setting in some ways, yet there’s also a quiet resilience in how people adapt to their circumstances – something I found both believable and relatable. Enter Avril, a curious and mysterious girl who literally rides into town one hot day, her enormous sunhat catching everyone’s attention. She’s different, she’s full of questions, and she’s not afraid to...

Review: Always Be Mine - Book #9 Sweetbriar Cove - Melody Grace - March 2019 One of the things I love when I read Melody Grace's books is the crossing over of characters, a lot like Abbi Glines does with her series. Having crossovers makes the reader more invested I find in the series as when you read the books you are reunited with old friends, and you smile as your mind flashbacks to the book you read with that particular character in it. The other thing I love is that though it is a series, you can read the books as standalones. In Always Be Mine, we meet Lila Moore who is hiding out from Hollywood after she left her political fiance at the altar. For her, she realized it wasn't true love, the tabloids, on the other hand, painted her as an evil heartbreaker and poor Justin. Lila has been busy hiding out in the small town of Sweetbriar Cove where she had once been before with Dash and Blake Callahan - from the Callahan series. While hiding out at R...

Title: Always Be Mine Series: Sweetbriar Cove #9 Author: Melody Grace Genre: Contemporary Romance Release Date: March 26, 2019 Blurb Watch love bloom in the new Sweetbriar Cove romance from New York Times bestselling author, Melody Grace! Actress Lila Moore is starting over. Escaping Hollywood scandal, she’s hiding out in Sweetbriar Cove to plan the next chapter in her life. The last thing she wants is an annoyingly handsome man snooping in her business, even if It turns out that he’s not the paparazzi… but her new gardener. Landscape designer Griffin Forrester doesn’t care about gossip, and he definitely doesn’t have time for a high-strung client like Lila. He prefers getting dirty planting spring bulbs, not walking the red carpet at a fancy premiere. As far as he’s concerned, their relationship is strictly business. But it turns out, Lila isn’t anything like the diva he expected. And when sparks fly, he can’t stay away… Soon, the gardens ...