I was so bored at the beginning of the book, I almost stopped reading. I don't even know when I became interested. The last parts though were better. A dress possessing people to do crazy things? Far out there, but made for some interesting plot lines.

*I was given an early copy by Bookish first.*

What a great thriller!
It took some time for me to get into it, but I ended up fascinated by it! I wasn't quite sure where the book might be headed (the first part felt to me like nothing the blurb said it was... Even with the start of a great first chapter) until about halfway through and I just flew through the last 180ish pages. Deals with some heavy material of PTSD.
Through the whole book, you feel so bad for Maddie for being so besotted with Ian and wanting to be with him..... When after their marriage, the PTSD took hold of Ian so much that he starts to really turn into this terrible person to Maddie and Charlie. I know that PTSD is a hard thing to deal with and it makes some of the scenes of the book hard to read.

A grieving widow, Tilda, and her namesake, Tilly, lose their husband and grandfather respectively. Both struggle in different ways to come to terms with his death. A beautiful exploration of family though it was very slow moving.

First off I'll say, I didn't enjoy it as much as her other novels. But that being said (and the 3 star rating), I did like it.
Molly and Daniel are both in trouble individually and instead of confiding in each other as a married couple, they try to figure it out on their own.
Liza witnesses something she can't quite figure out ( did she really see what she saw) and rushes (12 hour drive) to her friend, Molly.....saving her own life in the process as she comes back to her building gutted from a fire.
Liza and Molly have been the best of friends since college but have drifted apart over the last few years. Molly shuts Liza out after she runs to her. But they eventually get back to being friends.

I loved the relationship of Anthony and Sophia. I know that what he had to write to her was in the way but I was so relieved when he told her the truth. I would have never guessed the "whodunit" .... But sometimes it's the least likely person who would do the crime. My first by this author and won't be my last!

*I received a complimentary ebook from Netgalley*
This was a fun story. An accident scars Lydia's face and dashes her hopes of marrying the gentleman she had set her sights on. Instead, she finds herself married to Jacob, who offered for her hand after just briefly meeting her, unbeknownst to Lydia.
Lydia soon tries her best to make it work while Jacob seems to be not into the marriage. We find out he's a spy for America against the British in the War of 1812.
I loved both Jacob and Lydia. They take a while to come together in harmony of their marriage, but it turns out very sweet.

I loved how strong Julia was! She knew what she did and didn't want. She did things her own way to achieve them!
I loved that Peter wanted to be better than his parents were and be honorable in all ways of his life.
I liked how good the girls were for Julia and never behaved badly.
I liked that there was that second smaller, second chance romance between Elliot and Amelia-Julia's mother. They crossed paths again after a good 25 years and slowly built their way to love each other again.

*I received this from Netgalley for my review*
I was so excited that Sarah decided to write Gideon's story! He was one of my favorites from The Sheriffs of Savage Wells!
The book had me laughing right away from the first chapter. Miriam arrives to a new town, thinking she came to just be a nurse, but she steps right into her own wedding. A mix up with a "mail order bride" institution send Miriam running. She's convinced to remain as a nurse to the very man she rejected marrying.
There are a lot of awful things that this book deals with. Paisley's dad is slowly slipping into what we now know of as Dementia, the kids in the town contract scarlet fever, and we eventually find out that Miriam-though actually a nurse- had been institutionalized for 2 years for having seizures and so thought as mad. She's been running from the institution's doctor after escaping. He eventually catches up to her. All things get resolved in a good way at the end.
I love Sarah's ability to weave heavy topics into her sweet romances.

This story follows the paths of James, a Malvern market worker and Alexis, heir to the Malvern fortune. They both fall in love affairs with someone much older than themselves.
I felt the most bad for Alexis as her fiance dies before their wedding. I think I enjoyed her journey more than James's journey, though I did like how ambitious he was in what he wanted.
I think they might start an affair of their own in the next book of the series.
*Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the free copy/ebook*

I'd give this 2.5 stars.
I had so much hope for this and it didn't live up to my expectations. I had a feeling throughout that there was bad postpartum issues with Samuel's mother.....I just couldn't pinpoint if she was truly dead by Ruth, the housekeeper's, hand or not until close to the end. I really didn't like the way Ruth treated Samuel, being abusive. The ending was very unsatisfactory to me.