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Naledi, the heroine of A Princess In Theory, is a grad student in epidemiology who lives in New York City and works part-time as a waitress to help pay the bills. When she starts getting emails telling her that she’s betrothed to an African prince, naturally she assumes they’re from a scammer and deletes them. But there is a real prince on the other end of the emails: Prince Thabiso of Thesolo.

Red, White, & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston’s debut novel, is a romantic comedy starring Alex Claremont-Diaz, son of the first female U.S. president, and Prince Henry, heir to the British throne.

In The Kiss Quotient, Stella, a data scientist with Asperger’s, is under pressure from her family to get married. So she hires Michael, an escort, to be her fake boyfriend in order to help her learn about dating and relationships. As they spend more time together, they find they’re falling in love for real.

Every business, large and small, should have a current contingency plan when emergencies or disasters strike – whether man-made or natural – to minimize risk and limit damage.

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & other lessons from the crematory is a collection of personal stories and lessons learned by Caitlin Doughty, a current mortician, writing about her time as a crematory operator in California. It sounds pretty morbid, and at times it is, but it’s also entertaining, funny at times, and refreshingly honest. I learned a lot about the death industry and what happens behind the curtains. I’m sure I’m not the only one to wonder.

As a follow-up to her successful 2018 book Girl, Wash Your Face author, motivational speaker and blogger Rachel Hollis has published another best seller, Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals.  

I have the perfect summertime book for you.   Ripe: a fresh, colorful approach to fruits and vegetables, by Cheryl Sternman Rule, photography by Paulette Philpot, definitely rates as one of my favorite books. I know what you’re thinking—it’s a cookbook. Yes. It is. This book is beautiful, informative, fun and very useful. Every page is gorgeous. The photographs are simply stunning and a pleasure to read.

Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, by Kim Michele Richardson

In the Woods, the first title of the Dublin Murder Squad series, introduces Rob Ryan, a Dublin detective who survived a horrib

Have you read the modernized Cinderella adaptation yet? If not, the sequel ‘The Princess and the Fangirl’ recently came out, so you may want to pick it up.

Haunting.

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis opens near the end, “When I wake up, all my friends are dead.“