The life of Kay Summersby changed dramatically that fateful day she became a driver for General Dwight D. Eisenhower in London, 1942. Kay worked with The Motor Transport Corps and was assigned to drive the American General around the war-torn [...]
The View from Alameda Island is a story about two middle age people trying to dissolve their own tragic marriages, separately but at the same time and possible second chances in life. Lauren Delaney lived the high life according to her [...]
An entertaining read, Not Perfect, by Elizabeth LaBan introduces the reader to Tabitha Brewer. Overnight, Tabitha goes from a charmed life to a “scraping by” existence when her husband suddenly disappears. Tabitha is so concerned with keeping up [...]
Jina Modell is a civilian woman working in communications for an elite military group in Washington D.C. She loves her job being a computer geek and playing games at lunch where she beats her co-workers. With her tech skills surpassing most of [...]
Miranda Schuyler arrives on the elite island of Winthrop in the Long Island Sound. She is a naive 18-year-old recent graduate of the 1951 class at Foxcroft Academy in Virginia and is visiting the island because her mother is marrying wealthy [...]
Dakota Jones, a tall, good-looking specimen of military service, travels to Sullivan’s Crossing in Colorado. He is hoping to reconnect with siblings he hasn’t seen for the past fifteen years while he served. Dakota isn’t sure [...]
Nora Stuart was confident that when she left her small Maine home on Scupper Island that she would never return. She was a doctor, had a great boyfriend, and everything in her life was great – or so she told herself. When Nora was hit by a car [...]
The Cahill family saga continues with this latest novel, Hero’s Return. Tucker Cahill had quietly disappeared from friends and family when he was in his late teens, 19 years ago. He had tried to bury his conflicted years, however when news [...]
At first glance Map of the Heart will appear to be another sappy, romantic love story, and to a point, it is. But there is more to this story than first meets the reader’s eye. Camille Adams is moving through life clouded by fear after her [...]
Across the Blue is a high-flying historical fiction set in Edwardian England during the beginning adventures of aviation. Isabella Grayson is the elder daughter of Mr. Grayson, a wealthy newspaper mogul in London. He and his wife have no royal [...]
Already in her twenties, Analise is beginning to feel left behind. All her close friends are married with children, but she and Jacob have been engaged for three years. During dinner he announces he’s volunteering to go to Spain to help with the [...]
With the Valentines’ Day buzz flitting about, Portland Book Review decided to reach out to our reviewers and ask them if they’ve any romances in their favorite reads. So, here are a few romances (old and new) that warm our hearts: [...]
A Royal Affair Series: Books One – Three by Christina George is a paranormal romance series that will thrill fans of the genre. In Book One, readers learn that celebrity publicist Emma Avery can see into the past. When she falls for the [...]
Dru Jasper, sorceress and proprietor of the Crystal Connection, has a huge problem on her hands. Sorcerers are disappearing off the streets, and the dead appear to be arising. If that wasn’t enough, there are also signs that someone is trying to [...]
Katie Doyle relocates across the country to seek a new job, new friends, and possibly a new love relationship with George, a handsome gentleman she met at a conference in Portland, Oregon. George introduces Katie to people and life at the [...]
Any Day Now is the 2nd novel in the Sullivan’s Crossing series by Robyn Carr. It is not necessary to have read the first book in the series as this is a stand-alone story. Sierra Jones has recently left rehab to sojourn with her brother [...]
Micah Winters has struggled all her life with feeling like she didn’t belong. As a biracial child born in the sixties, life was made more difficult by not knowing the identity of her father. Fifty years later she is shocked to discover that her [...]
Saucy, red-headed Gin lives during the Prohibition Era of flappers, gangsters, and bootleggers! She loves to spend her evenings in the speakeasy enjoying attentions of two of her admirers. Running away from a horrid childhood experience, she [...]
Grace Cristler, a young lady of 24, has already given up all hope for a future family as the young men in her town are near nonexistent. She spends her days as the postmistress in the town of Farland, Kansas. When her uncle, the Reverend [...]
Renegade’s Pride is the first novel in this new series, Cahill Ranch. It is considered a romantic suspense with a western setting. Trask Beaumont is the handsome heart throb of the story. Accused of murder nine years ago, Trask ran away. [...]
