Reading Ahead: April 2014, part 2

While I know that it's been a long, cold winter and most of us are having rather a hard time believing that warm weather is really coming (we hope!), our friends in the publishing business are giving us plenty of books to add to our summer reading lists.  If you're thinking ahead to longer days, vacations, downtime to relax minus the cup of tea and blanket (funny how what was "cozy" just a few months ago has completely lost its appeal these days), this list of family sagas and gentle romances might be just what the doctor ordered.

Blossom Street Brides, by Debbie Macomber

Cavendon Hall, by Barbara Taylor Bradford

A Family Affair, by Fern Michaels

All Fall Down, by Jennifer Weiner

Chestnut Street, by Maeve Binchy

Otherwise Engaged, by Amanda Quick