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Enter the GoodReads giveaway for This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub. With her signature humor and emotional clarity, Straub reshapes the time‑travel narrative into a moving story about a daughter and her father. On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice feels mostly content; her job is fine, her apartment works, her independence feels steady, and she cherishes her best friend. Yet with her father’s health declining, she can’t ignore the sense that something essential is missing.
Everything shifts when she wakes up in 1996 on her 16th birthday. The shock of returning to her teenage body is nothing compared to seeing her father alive and energetic in his forties. Suddenly viewing her past and present through a new lens, Alice begins to reinterpret the moments that shaped her. As she moves between who she was and who she is, she must confront what she might change, if she truly wants the chance to rewrite anything at all.
Enter the GoodReads giveaway for Between Two Heartbeats by P. A. Farrell. After eight long months confined to a hospital room and waiting for a new heart, Trevor finally gets a second chance at life. His donor is Lily, a young woman whose life ended too soon, yet somehow hasn’t fully slipped away. Not long after the transplant, Trevor begins to hear a voice. It isn’t imagined or fleeting. It’s real. And it belongs to the woman whose heart now beats inside him. As days pass, fragments of Lily’s memories surface through the books she cherished, the music that shaped her, and the pieces of a world she never finished exploring. What begins as confusion slowly becomes something gentle, impossible, and profoundly human, a connection that shouldn’t exist, yet refuses to fade. While Trevor rebuilds his life, the line between memory and emotion blurs. He and Lily share more than a heartbeat; they share dreams, longing, and the first stirrings of something like love. But how do you love someone who no longer lives outside of you? And how long can one heart carry two souls?
Enter the GoodReads giveaway for Influence by R.H. Gründ. Sixteen-year-old Virginia Blue is fading in the dull, suffocating monotony of her Texas hometown. The only brightness in her life comes from influencer Minerva King, whose livestreams whisk her away to California’s sunlit beaches, where the ocean glitters with promise and every problem feels lighter.
When the grief of losing her best friend and the cruelty at home become too much to bear, Virginia runs away in hopes of finding Minerva in real life. But she has no idea that her journey across the country will stir up forces, both metaphorical and terrifyingly real, that will alter the fate of both girls in ways neither could have imagined.
Enter the GoodReads giveaway for Dragon of Denmark by Jennifer Ivy Walker. Skårde the Scourge, the battle-hardened and illegitimate son of Danish king Harald Bluetooth, has carved out his fearsome reputation through countless victories and profitable raids, earning him the title Dragon of Denmark. But when his father orders him to sail to Normandy and secure a political alliance through an arranged marriage to the daughter of Richard the Fearless, Skårde sees the command as nothing short of exile.
Ylva, the illegitimate daughter of Richard the Fearless, is a Druid priestess and Celtic healer gifted with prophetic sight. Her visions have already shown her the Viking warrior she is destined to wed, a man who terrifies her. Leaving her quiet Breton village behind, she travels to Normandy to face the future she cannot escape.
When the Frankish king launches a brutal assault to drive the Vikings from Normandy and captures Richard’s clifftop stronghold, the Dragon of Denmark must forge unlikely alliances. With the help of Ljósálfar Light Elves, a powerful Viking völva skilled in seiðr magic, and a vitki capable of transforming into a falcon, Skårde sets out to reclaim the ducal palace and confront the destiny that binds him to Ylva.
Enter the GoodReads giveaway for On My Mind and in My Heart by Gabrielle A. Hunter. In 1998, Nickie, a determined finance executive in New York City, takes a bold step and posts an ad on one of the earliest online dating platforms. Thousands of miles away, Ken, a thoughtful IT professional, responds. What starts as a gentle digital spark grows into a slow-burning, deeply intimate romance told through the letters they exchange.
As Nickie and Ken navigate the challenges of long-distance connection, emotional honesty, and the lingering weight of past relationships, they’re pushed to face the truths that define and test their bond. Through quiet moments of longing, silence, vulnerability, and rediscovery, Nickie’s journey becomes one of identity, resilience, and the profound experience of being truly seen.
It’s a love that stirs her heart, reshapes her understanding of herself, and endures. For readers who appreciate introspective women’s fiction, second-chance romance, and character-driven stories, On My Mind and in My Heart offers a gentle, lingering emotional experience that stays with you long after the final page.
Enter the GoodReads giveaway for The Heir of Whitestone by Catherine Colter. Set in England in 1842, Queen Victoria sits on the throne, Buckingham Palace is crawling with rats, and London’s streets pulse with danger and intrigue. Alex Ivanov is a gifted young engineer creating revolutionary train engines, but he carries a secret: he isn’t truly Alex Ivanov at all. As a child, he was dragged from the Thames with no memory of his identity and was taken in by the powerful Ryder Sherbrooke. He’s built a new life, yet the past he can’t remember is finally closing in.
Lady Camilla Rohman faces her own battles. With a manipulative stepmother and a family eager to marry her off, she’s sharp, resourceful, and running out of options. When she crosses paths with Alex, the spark between them is immediate. Their whirlwind romance quickly becomes a marriage, but danger shadows their every step. Deadly attacks during their honeymoon make one thing unmistakably clear: someone is determined to kill Alex. As they fight to uncover the truth, buried enemies and long-hidden secrets rise to the surface, culminating in a revelation that will upend everything they thought they knew.
Enter the GoodReads giveaway for Away to Me by Patricia B. McConnell. Maddie is embracing a new chapter on her 40‑acre sheep farm in rural Wisconsin. Alongside training sheepdogs, especially her lively border collie, Jack, she runs a small practice helping dogs with issues ranging from aggression to storm anxiety. She’s no stranger to hardship herself, having rebuilt her life after a painful marriage.
Everything changes when her close friend and mentor, George, is suddenly killed by a rifle shot during a sheepdog trial. The loss is devastating, but the circumstances are even more bewildering. It isn’t hunting season, and George was standing alone in an open field. How could anyone mistake him for a deer?
Enter the GoodReads giveaway for The Moonshine Women by Michelle Collins Anderson. Set in the Prohibition‑era Missouri Ozarks, this story follows three sisters who step into their father’s moonshine trade, a tale rich with reinvention, fierce loyalty, and the transformative power of love, perfect for fans of Jeannette Walls, Fannie Flagg, Sue Monk Kidd, and Donna Everhart.
Every batch of Strong moonshine carries its own unique character, thanks to the secret additions their mother, Lidy Strong, stirs into the corn mash. Whether it’s peaches, melon, or vibrant berries, her special touch gives their “shine” its legendary reputation and keeps the family afloat after the post–Great War collapse in crop prices.
The Strong sisters are as different as the flavors in their still. Rebecca, the eldest, is steady and stoic, happiest among her animals or roaming the woods. Elsie, the middle sister, is gentle and lovely, yearning for a life beyond the farm’s borders. And Jace, the fiery youngest, nicknamed “Shine,” is known for her red hair, bold spirit, and natural talent for distilling.
Enter the GoodReads giveaway for The Fourth Wife by Linda Hamilton. Hazel Russon’s world in 1879 Utah is shaped by the Mormon church, the practice of polygamy, and the men who govern both. She knows she’s expected to bury her longing for a monogamous life with the man she loves, and her yearning to freely play the piano she adores. A Mormon woman is meant to be obedient, humble, and devoted to her husband and her role as a sister wife. Her salvation depends on it.
When Hazel is ordered to become the fourth wife of a stranger, she’s relieved to find Jacob Manwaring both kind and handsome. But her relief fades quickly when she learns that, instead of maintaining separate households as tradition dictates, all of Jacob’s wives and children live together in a sprawling, decaying manor that fills her with an unshakable sense of dread.
Though Jacob treats her gently, Hazel can’t ignore the tension and buried bitterness among her sister wives. She hears eerie music, witnesses blood seeping from the walls, and catches sight of chilling apparitions that grow more disturbing by the day. As her nightmares intensify, she begins to wonder whether the true danger lies with the living, including her enigmatic husband, or with something far more sinister lurking within the house itself.
Inspired by obscure Mormon folklore and the author’s own polygamous ancestry, this gripping historical debut blends dark romance, haunting suspense, and unforgettable atmosphere.
