The Recipe Box - release week giveaway

In The Recipe Box, bestselling beloved author Viola Shipman spins a tale about a lost young woman and the family recipe box that changes her life.

Growing up in northern Michigan, Samantha “Sam” Mullins felt trapped on her family’s orchard and pie shop, so she left with dreams of making her own mark in the world. But life as an overworked, undervalued sous chef at a reality star’s New York bakery is not what Sam dreamed.

When the chef embarrasses Sam, she quits and returns home. Unemployed, single, and defeated, she spends a summer working on her family’s orchard cooking and baking alongside the women in her life―including her mother, Deana, and grandmother, Willo. One beloved, flour-flecked, ink-smeared recipe at a time, Sam begins to learn about and understand the women in her life, her family’s history, and her passion for food through their treasured recipe box.

As Sam discovers what matters most she opens her heart to a man she left behind, but who now might be the key to her happiness.

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About the author:

VIOLA SHIPMAN is a penname for Wade Rouse, a popular, award-winning memoirist. Rouse chose his grandmother’s name, Viola Shipman, to honor the woman whose heirlooms and family stories inspire his writing. Rouse lives in Michigan and writes regularly for People and Coastal Living, among other places, and is a contributor to All Things Considered. He is the author of The Charm Bracelet and The Hope Chest.

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The Family Next Door - Release day giveaway

Review by Darcie Czajkowski

In a quiet suburban town, mothers Essie, Fran, and Ange appear to have a lot in common. They love their children and their husbands and also work hard to keep their secrets hidden. That’s easy when neighbors wave with smiles plastered on their faces, but real, true friendships where confidences are shared evade them.

Essie’s secret involves a postpartum moment when she left her infant daughter in the park. Now that she has a second child, she fears that she’s on the brink of another, similar incident.

Ange always wanted a girl but has two energetic boys instead. She also has a gorgeous husband who adores his boys. But does he share the same devotion for Ange?

Fran is an attorney who adroitly balances motherhood and her career. But when her husband fell into a depression following a financial loss, Fran struggled to support him and now lives with the guilt of her actions.

Then Isabelle moves in next door to Essie. No children. No husband. Employment unclear. Neighbors begin to whisper, positing theories as to Isabelle’s motivation for moving to a sleepy town where single women don’t often desire to live. Essie, Ange, and Fran are convinced that Isabelle is hiding something. Something big. But what?

In “The Family Next Door,” Sally Hepworth explores difficult choices that women commonly have to make in a beautiful, engaging way. The characters feel real and fully developed which make it easy to invest in the story. The author does a wonderful job of unfurling bits of information at a smooth, steady pace which keeps the reader wanting more. The Family Next Door is Wisteria Lane in a novel, every bit as juicy and thrilling. 

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SALLY HEPWORTH is a human resource professional. A graduate of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, Sally started writing novels after the birth of her first child. Sally has lived around the world, spending extended periods in Singapore, the UK, and Canada, and she now writes full-time from her home in Melbourne, where she lives with her husband and three young children. She is the author of The Secrets of Midwives, The Things We Keep, and The Mother's Promise.

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