A young woman escapes an arranged, abusive marriage to become a desired henna artist. She reunites with a sister she never knew she had. The art of applying the henna & uses for ceremonies & healing properties was very interesting. The girl, Lakshmi, also makes sachets of herbs that prevent pregnancy & she sells them secretly.

There is a new shop on Blossom Street. A flower store who hires a young widow. They join the knitting class at Lydia's Good Yar .

This book is very interesting. It tells us a story how the cubs found a baby chipmunk and care for him before finally returning him to the nature. I had only difficulties with few words but with little help I enjoyed reading this story.

Just like the movie Same Time, Next year. Great fast beach read about 2 people who have a 28 year affair meeting up every Labor Day. Tells their stories of relationships, family . Fun part is at start of each year chapter Elin puts highlights of that year. Starts off 2020 highlights with Covid!

Kinsey Millhone is a young private investigator who is looking into a suspicions fire claim. This leads to evidence planted by various enemies, that implicate her in the crime. Good story line and fast moving pace.

The book goes back & forth between Slaverytime & Freedomtime around the Civil War. The mother is Miss May Belle & daughter is Rue. Miss May Belle is a healer, midwife & conjures curses on people. She teaches her daughter her craft. Rich in descriptions of plantation working & family life. Superstition & fear surround a boy named Bean that Rue birthed with a “caul”. Rue fears the boy & feels the need to protect him from the others on the plantation who accuse the little boy of bringing a deadly sickness to the other children. A preacher comes to the plantation & gets involved with “saving” the sinners,Bean & Rue through baptism. Theres a lot going on in the story between relationships of plantation owner, his daughter Varina, Rue, the preacher & May Belle. This is fiction based on history & I loved it!

Jonathan Lyons is murdered a week after finding a letter written by Christ, he was trying  to see if it was authentic or not. Plenty of twists & turns to keep you guessing. Didn't figure out who did it until the end.

A beautiful story about a surplus woman whose fiance was killed during ww1 . She begins to build a new !ife

Couldn't predict who the killer was going to be, kept me guessing the whole time

Great book, loved the writing, and the mystery about the murder of a boyfriend.