Books I Read in 2023

Hi Everyone and Happy New Year!  I know, I know I'm a little late but things have been so busy for me!  I had a very good reading/listening year last year.  Here is the list of books I read:

1. Flirting with the Beast by Jane Porter 

2. The Cartographer's Secret by Tea Cooper 

3. Saltwater Cove by Amelia Addler 

4. The Cursed Wife by Pamela Hartshorne 

5. Defensive Wounds by Lisa Black 

6. The Storm Girl by Kathleen McGurl 

7. Burnt Mountain by Anne River Siddons 

8. The Second Life of Mirelle West by Amanda Skenandore. 

9. Monday Lies by Jamie Mason 

10. In A Bookclub Far Away by Tif Marcelo 

11. Nantucket Homes by Pamela M. Kelley 

12. The Fifth Avenue Artists Society by Joy Callaway 

13. The Seamstress of New Orleans by Diane C. McPhail 

14. The Secret Irish Castle by Santa Montefiore 

15. Our Little Secret by Kiersten Modglin 

16. Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery 

17. The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda 

18. Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica 

19. The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand 

20. The Islanders by Megan Mitchell Moore 

21. There was an Old Woman by Hallie Ephron 

22. Cardinals Rule by Barbara Delinsky 

23. You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose. 

24. The Last Word by Taylor Adams 

25. Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena 

26. Southern as a Second Language by Lisa Patton 

27. The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden 

28. The Bookshop by the Bay by Pamela Kelley 

29. The Great Women of Heron Lake by Deanna Lynn Sletten 

30. Gilded Girl by Pamela Kelley 

31. Lemon Curd Killer by Laura Childs 

32. The House by the Lake by Ella Carey 

33. The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter 

34. The Bookstore Sister by Alice Hoffman 

35. Plymouth Undercover by Pamela M. Kelley 

36. The End of Her by Shari Lapena 

37. One Night on the Island by Josie Silver 

38. The Merlot Murders by Ellen Crosby 

39. Honey Drop Dead by Laura Childs 

40. Chardonnay Charade by Ellen Crosby 

41. The Bordeaux Betrayal by Ellen Crosby 

42. The Riesling Retribution by Ellen Crosby 

43. Bulletproof Barista by Cleo Coyle 

44. One Last Secret by Adele Parks 

45. The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan 

46. Christmas at Cozy Inn by Meredith Summers 

47. Finding Christmas by Karen Schaler 

48. Murder at an Irish Christmas by Carlene O'Connor

I tried to read 50 books this year, but I am happy with 48!  50 will be my goal for 2024!