July 13, 2026 – My Sanctuary

Review Card & Book Review- The Savage By Zara Cox

Renzo Salvatore 🥀🖤🪓🏎️

Capo, F1 Race Driver…Unhinged Kidnapper

I should be thinking about survival. Instead, I’m dying with her name on my lips.Giada Mancinelli—the girl who owned my heart at sixteen. The girl who pulled the trigger that killed my mother. The girl everyone believes is dead. I spent years trying to erase her, bury my desire, outrun her ghost on racetracks across the world. I failed.

Crashing my F1 race car leaves me broken, drugged, and barely holding on—but wide awake when I see her. A woman in a nun’s habit standing at my bedside. For one unhinged moment, I think I’m hallucinating. Until I realize the impossible truth. She’s real. And she’s finally mine.Giada Mancinelli ⛪️♰📿

Mafia Princess, Secret Keeper…Novice Nun?

My name is Sister Benedetta but he calls me Giada. He tells me I survived by disappearing. By hiding. By forgetting. I remember none of it.

Taken from a Sicilian convent and placed beside a man held together by scars and rage, I feel the weight of sins I can’t recall. Renzo Salvatore looks at me like I’m both absolution and damnation. The past wants me dead. The mafia wants me silent. And the man who should hate me most may be the only one ruthless enough to keep me alive. Because some loves don’t fade. They become lethal.

About The Author

My Review

This book is about Renzo, a Formula 1 driver whose life hangs in the balance after a devastating crash. As he fights for survival, the only name on his lips is Giada the woman who vanished six years earlier under shocking circumstances, last seen standing over a body with a gun in her hand.

When Giada suddenly reappears, her return shakes the fragile peace surrounding Renzo and the people connected to them. Long-buried secrets begin to surface, forcing everyone to confront the truth about what really happened the night she disappeared. But not everyone wants the past uncovered, and the danger surrounding them grows stronger as hidden motives and loyalties come into question.

Adding to the tension are mysterious messages from the enigmatic NightOwl, whose cryptic warnings blur the line between ally and enemy. Their presence casts a shadow of suspense over the story, keeping readers guessing about who can truly be trusted.

Zara Cox skillfully slows the pace at the beginning, building emotional depth before delivering the long-awaited reunion between Renzo and Giada, a moment filled with raw emotion. The return of familiar characters enriches the narrative, creating a layered and engaging story that hints at even more twists to come.

Formula 1 Romance

Second Chance Romance

Mystery & Suspense

Secrets from the Past

My Rating

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Happy Publication Day – 13 July 2026

Winter Lights In Pine Harbor By Tammy Robinson

A fresh start. A second chance. A love worth choosing.

Burned out after years as a Chicago ER nurse, Mae Sullivan escapes to Pine Harbor in search of peace, sea air and a new beginning. But even in a town this charming, starting over isn’t so simple.

Jonah Sawyer knows every tide and dock along the harbor – yet he’s drowning under his family’s expectations, with a future mapped out that he never chose.

When a snowy-night misunderstanding on the pier throws Mae and Jonah together, sparks fly despite the biting cold and swirling flakes. But Mae is still healing, and Jonah must decide whether to keep living the life planned for him, or risk everything for one he chooses himself.

Under starlit winter skies, will they find the courage to begin again?

Returning To Romance By Jennifer Shirk

Saving her family’s beloved seaside resort was never going to be easy—but falling for the man who could ruin everything wasn’t part of the plan.

Kalinda Wingate is pouring her heart into restoring the Sunshine Sisters Resort, determined to protect the legacy her parents left behind. With renovations stretching her budget, guests dwindling, and the future hanging by a thread, one thing could change everything: a glowing review from the elusive travel critic known only as The Secret Sightseer.

When rumors spread that the mysterious reviewer may be headed to town, Kalinda is determined to make every moment perfect. What she doesn’t know is that the critic is already closer than she thinks.

Clarke Cantor only planned to stay long enough for his sister’s wedding. Instead, he finds himself face-to-face with Kalinda—his first love, the woman he never forgot, and the one person who can never discover the secret he’s keeping. As wedding festivities, quirky mishaps, and the charm of their coastal hometown pull them back together, the sparks between them are impossible to ignore.

But with old wounds still lingering and a life-changing secret standing between them, Kalinda and Clarke must decide whether love deserves a second chance—or if some mistakes are too painful to forgive.

Review Card & Book Review- A Scottish Summer Escape By Ellie Henderson

After losing the career she built her life around, Flora Fraser retreats to her grandmother’s lakeside cottage in Rowan Bay for the summer.

Rowan Bay offers peace, kindness . . . and Brodie Robertson.

Brodie is infuriatingly self-assured, impossibly charming, and far too rooted in village life to fit into Flora’s temporary plans. Their first encounters spark with friction — and he always seems to be around when things go wrong.

For Flora, it can’t get worse — until she and Brodie find themselves working together. What begins as a battle of wills slowly deepens into attraction, one that becomes harder to resist with every day.

As summer unfolds, mornings spent swimming in the loch, evenings filled with laughter and long walks under starry skies, begin to heal parts of Flora she thought she’d lost. Rowan Bay feels less like a refuge — and more like home.

But Flora has always believed her stay to be temporary. And Brodie belongs here.

When the time comes for Flora to leave, both must decide whether this was simply a fleeting escape — or the beginning of something that could last beyond one perfect summer.

About The Author

My Review

This book is about Flora Fraser, a woman whose identity has always been tied to her career, suddenly facing a painful loss that leaves her unsure of who she is without it. Seeking space to regroup, she retreats to her grandmother Iris’s cottage in the peaceful village of Rowan Bay, hoping the summer will give her time to recover and quietly rethink her future.

Life in Rowan Bay, however, proves far from the quiet hiding place Flora imagined. The scenic loch, the close-knit community, and the gentle rhythm of village life slowly begin to soften her outlook. Things become even more complicated when she meets Brodie Robertson, a confident local landscaper whose grounded nature clashes with Flora’s restless ambition. Their early encounters are full of friction and teasing banter, but as circumstances bring them together more often, that tension gradually shifts into something warmer.

Alongside the slow-burn romance, the story explores family history through Iris’s touching subplot and adds humor through two mischievous parrots, Sidney and Scrumpy. Rich in atmosphere and heart, the novel offers a comforting tale about healing, community, and discovering that sometimes the place you run to for escape might just become home.

Enemies-to-Lovers

Small-Town Romance

Forced Proximity

Finding Yourself After Loss

My Rating