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Good morning, friends! Today, I'm going to share what my top ten favorite books were that I read in 2024. Last year, on
Goodreads, I aimed to read 100 books. I actually read 103.
So let me tell y'all about them...
Fifteen years ago, David Bigelow had the perfect summer fling as a college student in Florence, Italy. Now, he's a best-selling author with a serious case of writer's block. When a shocking discovery calls him back to Italy, David is determined to find the one woman he could never forget.
This book is now an award-winning movie. Lily's life hasn't always been easy, but she's worked hard. She's come a long way from the young girl she was in her small town. When she meets Ryle Kincaid, she feels a spark and life seems too good to be true. She then gets a surprise from the past. Happiness and life is not always what it seems to be,
The story picks up right where It Ends with Us ended. The story switches between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas. We learn more about Atlas's past and see how Lily's handling her second chance at life and her second chance at love.
Former Army brat and bartender Morgan Albright has finally found her forever home and set up roots in a quiet neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland. Her friend and roommate, Nina, host a fun dinner party. In attendance is Luke, the flirtatious IT guy who started chatting her up at the bar. Her carefully built world is suddenly shattered. The girl's back door is shattered, cash and jewelry are missing, her car is gone, and Nina is lying dead on the floor. Her whole world crashes down and is changed in an instant.
"The cottage stood alone on a rocky outcropping at the edge of the loch. Standing in the garden amongst the wildflowers, she felt the weight of the tattered envelope in her hands. Maybe there was something keeping her here in Scotland, a secret waiting to be uncovered…"
New Yorker Zelda Hicks has lost her mother and the only thing she knows about her father is he was from Scotland. A work trip to the Scottish village of Loch Cameron couldn't come at a better time. Maybe a vacation in the rolling hills of heather will help her reconnect with her roots and recover from the grief of losing her mother.
Thea Fox has the life she's always wanted. She's a video game designer, a job that has allowed her to move back home to her childhood home in Redbud Hollow, Kentucky. She lives in a cozy cottage and lives down the road from her grammie and the house where she grew up. She gets a new neighbor and discovers he is her childhood crush.
The perfect summer read! This story is fun, heart-warming, and intriguing. Welcome to St. Cecelia, a historic hotel on the coast of Georgia. The traditions run deep and the scandals run deeper. The story is filled with friendship(old and new), a budding romance, and mysteries that need to be discovered.
Finley is determined to make sure the niece she's raising always feels loved and wanted. This story is emotional, witty, and heartfelt. The story explores the complex emotions of a broken family as they strive to heal.
This was a free read with my Amazon Prime membership and it was a thriller. This story is heart-pounding and will leave you breathless. Homicide Detective Mitch Cannon's weekend plans are changed when his sister disappears without a trace. Then his partner disappears. His only clue was a chilling phone call from a blocked number. Mitch races against the clock to discover the truth and find his sister and partner.
When her boyfriend bails at the last minute, Sophia Othonos embarks on a couple's only cruise to the Galapagos Islands. It wasn't her first choice for a vacation, but eight days in the wild beauty are enough to make anyone reevaluate their life. These islands are all about adapting to your surroundings and change is just what Sophia needs.
Bonus Books~
The Knockemout series from Lucy Score was my first 3 reads of 2024 and I enjoyed all 3 books.
Book 1 follows the bearded, bad boy Knox who's a barber in a small town. Know prefers to live his life like he takes his coffee, alone, unless you're his Bassett hound, Waylon. Know doesn't like drama, even if it comes from a runaway bride. Naomi isn't just a runaway bride. She's a sister running to the aid of her twin sister. Thanks to her wild sister, she's now stuck in a town with a niece she never knew.
Book 2 follows Knox's brother Nash. He's always been known as the good brother. The brother that does no wrong. His neighbor, Lina, has her own secrets. If Nash finds out why she's really in town, he'll never forgive her.
Book 3 follows Lucian Rollins. Lucian is the best friend of Nash and Knox. Lucian meets the feisty, small-town librarian, Sloane. Sloane doesn't care for Luciam and doesn't trust him. When their bickering turns to foreplay. the two can't put out the fire.
This year, my goal on
Goodreads is 105. Do you have any reading goals? What were your favorite reads from last year? I'd love to hear about them and maybe get some new ideas for the new year.
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Till Next Time,
Monique
