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“The Evening and the Morning” (Kingsbridge #0) Ken Follett

This is the prequel for readers who have already enjoyed books one, two, and three of the Kingsbridge series. Opening at the end of the Dark Ages the novel creates more back story for the much-loved installments written in 1989, 2007, and 2017. For those new to Follett, this is certainly the perfect place to start. Follett is the master of crafting characters and storylines.

“Royal” Danielle Steel

As WWII continued to rage in the summer of 1943, England’s royal family sent their youngest child to a country estate to live with a recommended family. A young woman of delicate health, this was thought to be a good choice for her well-being. Missing family and longing for normal life she makes choices that have very tragic results. With the toll taken on this host family by the war the truth of these days stays hidden for two decades.

Steel thinly veiled similarities to members of the present ruling family in her characters. An easy read, the novel allows readers to see that every family has skeletons.

“The Book of Two Ways” Jodi Picoult

Opening with a plane crash, one survivor has a serious déjà vu moment following the accident. Conventional wisdom would have been for her to return to her family and present life; however, she finds herself on an old path of an unresolved history.

What does a well-lived life look like? Looking at the roads side by side, should she make a U-turn or not? Probably a question many readers have asked themselves, this novel creates a scenario to vicariously look at how that might work out.

“Of Literature and Lattes” Katherine Reay

A story of letting go links back to the Thomas Wolfe novel, “You Can Never Go Home Again.” Having left her small Midwestern hometown with the vow never, ever to return, the main character finds herself down on her luck and there is nowhere else to flee.

Upon landing, she is asked for help and the relationship that ensues from what started as business might be something more? An already extremely complicated life becomes much more so than she could ever have imagined.

“What the Night Knows” Dean Koontz

Just in time for Halloween, Koontz offers up a ghost story. Storylines two decades apart travel parallel courses in a very eerie way.

This one is chilling in its suspense. For fans of this author, the tale may be just the ticket for this year’s holiday that comes complete with a full moon and an extra hour for reading.

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