December - Linda - TBD

 Annual Christmas Book Club in early January

November - Nancy - How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

 How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

Date:  TBD

Tom Hazard has just moved back to London, his old home, to settle down and become a high school history teacher. And on his first day at school, he meets a captivating French teacher at his school who seems fascinated by him. But Tom has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. Tom has lived history--performing with Shakespeare, exploring the high seas with Captain Cook, and sharing cocktails with Fitzgerald. Now, he just wants an ordinary life.

Unfortunately for Tom, the Albatross Society, the secretive group which protects people like Tom, has one rule: Never fall in love. As painful memories of his past and the erratic behavior of the Society's watchful leader threaten to derail his new life and romance, the one thing he can't have just happens to be the one thing that might save him. Tom will have to decide once and for all whether to remain stuck in the past, or finally begin living in the present

October - Jan - Growing Old DisGracefully by Karen King

 Growing Old DisGracefully by Karen King

‘Aren’t you a bit old to live in a house-share?’

When Nancy’s husband disappears to ‘find himself’ on a worldwide tour, just before he’s due to retire, she’s devastated to find he’s left her penniless.

She has the house though… and so she does the only thing she can. She finds lodgers. Her sister Val thinks it’s a mad idea, but Nancy’s sure it’ll be fine, as long as she doesn’t have anyone young and chaotic, so she selects three lodgers of similar age to her.

But she soon realises that life model Jackie, fortune teller Phyllis, and ageing rocker Marvin might be a more crazy group than teenagers would be. What’s more… they’re determined to help Nancy find her own wild side!

September - Rachelle - I Will Find You by Harlen Coben

 Date: TBD

David Burroughs was once a devoted father to his three-year-old son Matthew, living a dream life just a short drive away from the working-class suburb where he and his wife, Cheryl, first fell in love—until one fateful night when David woke to discover Matthew had been murdered while David was asleep just down the hall.   

Half a decade later, David’s been wrongly accused and convicted of the murder, left to serve out his time in a maximum-security prison—a fate which, grieving and wracked with guilt, David didn’t have the will to fight. The world has moved on without him. Then Cheryl’s younger sister, Rachel, makes a surprise appearance during visiting hours bearing a strange photograph . . . in the background, just barely in frame, is a boy bearing an eerie resemblance to David’s son. David just knows: Matthew is still alive.

David plans a harrowing escape, determined to achieve the impossible–save his son, clear his own name, and discover the real story of what happened. But with his life on the line and the FBI following his every move, can David evade capture long enough to reveal the shocking truth?

AUGUST - Diana - The Ghostwriter by A.R. Torres

 The Ghostwriter by A.R. Torres

Meeting date:  Wednesday, August 19th

Romance novelist Helena Ross once had everything—success, a family, a future. Then tragedy hit, leaving her isolated in a silent house. Now she spends her days alone, still churning out blockbuster love stories while avoiding the memories that destroyed her happily ever after.

When Helena is diagnosed with an aggressive illness, she realizes that the only story left to tell is her own. Desperate to finish her book before it’s too late, Helena agrees to work with an unlikely ghostwriter: bestselling author Marka Vantly, her biggest critic and someone who is also guarding career-ending secrets.

As the two authors work to reconstruct the day Helena lost everything, they learn that sometimes the truth is the most devastating ending of all.

JULY - Frances - Inheritance by Nora Roberts

 INHERITANCE by Nora Roberts

July 7, 2026

Only Nancy, Diana, Frances and Linda attended as Jim was sick and Rachelle had appointment.

1806: Astrid Poole sits in her bridal clothes, overwhelmed with happiness. But before her marriage can be consummated, she is murdered, and the circle of gold torn from her finger. Her last words are a promise to Collin never to leave him…

Graphic designer Sonya MacTavish is stunned to learn that her late father had a twin he never knew about—and that her newly discovered uncle, Collin Poole, has left her almost everything he owned, including a majestic Victorian house on the Maine coast, which the will stipulates she must live in it for at least three years. Her engagement recently broken, she sets off to find out why the boys were separated at birth—and why it was all kept secret until a genealogy website brought it to light.

JUNE - Nancy - The Grandmother by Jane E. James

 The Grandmother by Jane E. James

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince.

They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by.

I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

May - Jan - The Old Gal's Bucket List by Karen King

THE OLD GALS BUCKET LIST by Karen King

It’s been eight months since Sandra lost her beloved husband, and she knows something has to change. Her son wants her to sell up her home and move into a retirement apartment, close to him. But she doesn’t feel ready for that yet.

Then she bumps into her old friend Patti, heading off to get her first tattoo. Patti explains she’s beaten cancer and now she’s ready to make every second count… And – sitting down for a cuppa and a slice of cake – the women land on the perfect idea – a bucket list!

As they set out to fulfil dreams, overcome fears, and have the adventure of their lives, their lives intertwine with others who feel the same, including Mary and her anxious husband…

If anyone can help them live their best lives… it’s the old gals!

April - Rachelle - Silent Vows by C.S. Dodds

 SILENT VOWS by C.S. Dodds

Vanessa St. Clair is on top of her game and on top of the world. She has it all: a dazzling career, a fairytale romance, and a dream wedding just days away. The daughter of billionaire Simon St. Clair, Vanessa has led a charmed life with the exception of one dark regret. Years ago, a tragic accident left a man dead, her best friend imprisoned, and a terrible secret buried. Vanessa vowed never to speak of it again.

But secrets have a way of resurfacing.

Now someone knows the truth.  And they want payment—or blood.

Vanessa receives the first threat just days before her wedding, sending her into a spiral. As the hours tick down to her big day, the threats grow more menacing, thrusting Vanessa into a chilling game of manipulation and fear. Her once-perfect world begins to unravel, and what started as extortion becomes something far more personal. Someone isn’t just exposing her past—they’re determined to destroy her future.

When the blackmailer finally forces her hand, tragedy strikes once again, and Vanessa must decide how far she’s willing to go to protect her perfect life—and what she’s willing to sacrifice to survive.

March - Linda - Steeped in Mystery by B.I. Skinner

STEEPED IN MYSTERY by B I Skinner

Date:  Friday, April 20th at Tokyo Dori's

In this small Colorado mountain town, the tea is hot, the books are old, and the ghosts have stories that are dying to be told.

In the quaint, mountain-shadowed town of Estes Park, Colorado, investigative journalist Ellie Read inherits a peculiar legacy: Spines & Steeps, a book and tea shop brimming with secrets and ghostly whispers.

Expecting to sell the quirky store and return to her life in Manhattan, Ellie is unwittingly drawn into a web of murder, mystery, and ghostly goings-on.

When a celebrity spiritualist’s body is found on a hiking trail clutching Ellie’s business card, it makes her the prime suspect, forcing her to trade deadlines for detective work in a town where everyone knows her name, and the books have a mind of their own.

With a cast of eccentric locals, a mischievous cat named Hobbes, and a shop that at times is more haunted than charming, Ellie uncovers a family history steeped in the unknown.

February - Diana - Beach House Confessions by Kara Gorski

BEACH HOUSE CONFESSIONS by Kara Gorski

From the wreckage of a national scandal to the heartbreak of a widow's hidden secrets, two best friends discover that some confessions lead to love—and others cost too much.

Meaghan Jones is America's sweetheart—until a Hollywood scandal sends her seeking refuge in a small coastal town at her best friend's charming beach house on the Delaware shore. She's sworn off romance, but the magnetic local restaurateur she's never forgotten keeps testing her resolve—stirring feelings she thought she'd buried forever.

Palmer Harding has the perfect life—until her husband drops dead. No one knows they haven't spoken in weeks. No one knows she kissed another man just days before. And no one can know the secret she's carrying now.

As summer unfolds under salt air and starlit skies, friendship, love, and long-buried truths collide. For one unforgettable season, two women will discover that second chances—in love and in life—are worth every risk.

February and March meetings combined due to timing issues.

2026 READING LIST

January - Frances - TAHOE SPEED by Todd Borg
February - Diana - BEACH HOUSE CONFESSIONS by Kara Gorski
March - Linda- STEEPED IN MYSTERY by B I Skinner
April - Rachelle - SILENT VOWS by C.S. Dodds
May - Jan - THE OLD GALS' BUCKET LIST by Karen King
June - Nancy
July - Frances
August - Diana
September - Rachelle
October - Jan
November - Nancy
December - Linda (usually early January)

JANUARY 2026 - Frances - Tahoe Speed by Todd Borg

TAHOE SPEED by Todd Borg

DATE:  Thursday, January 29th - Tokyo Dori's at 11:30 a.m.

Genevieve Wanted to Believe in Dreams

As a child, Genevieve Laurent was told that dreams didn’t happen. When she was in her 30s, she fell in love with a young speed skier from Tahoe named Colin Burns. Colin believed in dreams and in Genevieve, and poetry too. He asked Genevieve to marry him.

Her Biggest Dream Collapsed

Colin was a wildly successful skier, the best in the world. Then he died on a speed course in France.

Genevieve Was Desperate

Genevieve called Tahoe Detective Owen McKenna and asked for help. But when he tried to assist, there was another tragedy, and Genevieve lost her last shred of hope. Her business was destroyed, she was being pursued by a ruthless killer, and her survival seemed unlikely.

Detective McKenna Was Determined to Rebuild Her Life

McKenna decided he would catch the killer, pick up the pieces, and put Genevieve’s life back together. But if he failed, it looked like he would die with her…