Review: Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

Title: Things You Save in a Fire Author: Katherine Center Published: August 2019, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk Away comes a stunning new novel about family, hope, and learning to love against all odds. Cassie Hanwell was born for emergencies. As one of the only female firefighters in her Texas firehouse, she’s seen…

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Cover Reveal: Feels Like Falling by Kristy Woodson Harvey

I am so excited to help Kristy Woodsen Harvey spread the news today about her newest book – and share the cover!!! I have adored Kristy’s previous books and I am so excited to read this one…Kristy writes from the heart and that definitely comes across in her writing!  This book will be released April 28, 2020, but if you pre-order between now (September 13th) and September 20th, Kristy is…

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Short & Sweet Review: The 17th Suspect by James Patterson

Title: The 17th Suspect Author: James Patterson Series: Women’s Murder Club, #17 Published: April 2018, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 351 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  In this #1 NYT bestseller, Sergeant Lindsay Boxer puts her life on the line to protect San Francisco from a shrewd and unpredictable killer.   When a series of shootings exposes San Francisco to a mysterious killer, a reluctant woman decides to put…

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Short & Sweet Review: Mind Game by Iris Johansen

Title: Mind Game Author: Iris Johansen Series: Eve Duncan, #22 Published: October 2017, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 384 pages Source: Library Summary:  With Iris Johansen’s trademark adventure, intrigue, and explosive energy, Mind Game is a propulsive thriller that’s impossible to put down. Scotland holds a treasure that Jane MacGuire has been hunting for years. But as she scours the Highlands in search of it, she’s plagued by dreams of…

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Review: The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan

Title: The Nanny Author: Gilly Macmillan Published: September 2019, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  When her beloved nanny, Hannah, left without a trace in the summer of 1988, seven-year-old Jocelyn Holt was devastated. Haunted by the loss, Jo grew up bitter and distant, and eventually left her parents and Lake Hall, their faded aristocratic home, behind. Thirty years later, Jo returns to the house and…

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Review: Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner

Title: Mrs. Everything Author: Jennifer Weiner Published: June 2019, Atria Books Format: Hardcopy, 480 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  From Jennifer Weiner, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who Do You Love and In Her Shoes, comes a smart, thoughtful, and timely exploration of two sisters’ lives from the 1950s to the present as they struggle to find their places—and be true to themselves—in a rapidly evolving world.…

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Review: A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson

Title: A Nearly Normal Family Author: M.T. Edvardsson Published: June 2019, Celadon Books Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family is a gripping legal thriller that forces the reader to consider: How far would you go to protect the ones you love? In this twisted narrative of love and murder, a horrific crime makes a seemingly normal family question everything they thought they…

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Short & Sweet Review: The Medical Examiner by James Patterson

Title: The Medical Examiner Author: James Patterson Series: The Women’s Murder Club, #16.5 Published: August 2017, BookShots Format: Paperback, 144 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Two bodies arrived at the morgue. One was still breathing. A woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who is not her husband. A shooter blows away the lover and wounds the millionairess, leaving her for dead. Is it the perfect case…

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Review: The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott

Title: The Secrets We Kept Author: Lara Prescott Published: September 2019, Knopf Publishing Group Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice—inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the twentieth century: Doctor Zhivago. At the…

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Review: This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

Title: This Tender Land Author: William Kent Krueger Published: September 2019, Atria Books Format: ARC Paperback, 464 pages Source: Publisher   Summary:  For fans of Before We Were Yours and Where the Crawdads Sing, a magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the New York Times bestselling author of Ordinary Grace. 1932, Minnesota—the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native…

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Month in Review: August 2019

Another month that has flown by…and as sad as I am to see summer winding down, I do love the fall! I love the crisp, cool days and breaking out my scarves and sweaters and sitting outside under a blanket with a warm cuppa tea while reading! I plan on reading on my porch or deck as long as I can…I love reading outside!!! Once again I had a rather…

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Review: Stolen Things by R.H. Herron

Title: Stolen Things Author: R.H. Herron Published: August 2019, Dutton Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  A sensational crime, a missing teen, and a mother and daughter with no one to trust but themselves come together in this shocking debut thriller by R. H. Herron.   “Mama? Help me.” Laurie Ahmadi has worked as a 911 police dispatcher in her quiet Northern California town for nearly…

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Review: Forgotten Bones by Vivian Barz (audio)

Title: Forgotten Bones Author: Vivian Barz Series: Dead Remaining, #1 Narrator: Julie McKay Published: August 2019, Brilliance Audio Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: An unlikely pair teams up to investigate a brutal murder in a haunting thriller that walks the line between reality and impossibility. When small-town police officers discover the grave of a young boy, they’re quick to pin the crime on a convicted felon who…

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Review: The Birthday Girl by Melissa de la Cruz

Title: The Birthday Girl Author: Melissa de la Cruz Published: August 2019, Dutton Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alex & Eliza comes a return to adult fiction, centered around a mysterious woman’s birthday celebration—and what it reveals about her past. Ellie de Florent-Stinson is celebrating her fortieth birthday with a grand celebration in her fabulous house in Palm…

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Review: The Woman in the Park by Teresa Sorkin & Tullan Holmqvist

Title: The Woman in the Park Author: Teresa Sorkin & Tullan Holmqvist Published: August 2019, Beaufort Books Format: ARC Paperback, 224 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  When Manhattanite Sarah Rock meets a mysterious and handsome stranger in the park, she is drawn to him. Sarah wants to get away from her daily routine, her cheating husband and his crazy mistress, her frequent sessions with her heartless therapist, and her moody children.…

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Review: Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

Title: Whisper Network Author: Chandler Baker Published: July 2019, Flatiron Books Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Netgalley Summary:  Four women learn their boss (a man who’s always been surrounded by rumors about how he treats women) is next in line to be CEO—what will happen when they decide enough is enough? Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita are four women who have worked at Truviv, Inc., for years. The sudden…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah

Title: The Lost Vintage Author: Ann Mah Published: August 2019, William Morrow Paperbacks (Reprint – Paperback Release) Format: Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours Summary:  “If you enjoyed Sarah’s Key and Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, then this wonderful book by Ann Mah is for you.”   — Tatiana de Rosnay Sweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this page-turning novel about a woman who returns to her family’s ancestral vineyard in Burgundy…

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Review: The Whisper Man by Alex North

Title: The Whisper Man Author: Alex North Published: August 2019, Celadon Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  In this dark, suspenseful thriller, Alex North weaves a multi-generational tale of a father and son caught in the crosshairs of an investigation to catch a serial killer preying on a small town. After the sudden death of his wife, Tom Kennedy believes a fresh start will help him and…

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Review: The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal

Title: The Doll Factory Author: Elizabeth Macneal Published: August 2019, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Obsession is an art. In this “sharp, scary, gorgeously evocative tale of love, art, and obsession” (Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train), a beautiful young woman aspires to be an artist, while a man’s dark obsession may destroy her world forever. In 1850s London, the…

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Short & Sweet Review: Haunted by James Patterson

Title: Haunted Author: James Patterson Series: Michael Bennett, #10 Published: September 2017, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 317 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  You can take Michael Bennett out of New York City, but you can’t take the cop out of Michael Bennett. Detective Michael Bennett is ready for a vacation after a series of crises push him, and his family, to the brink. He settles on an idyllic,…

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Review: Montauk by Nicola Harrison

Title: Montauk Author: Nicola Harrison Published: June 2019, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC E-copy, 394 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: An epic and cinematic novel by debut author Nicola Harrison, Montauk captures the glamour and extravagance of a summer by the sea with the story of a woman torn between the life she chose and the life she desires. Montauk, Long Island, 1938. For three months, this humble fishing…

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Review: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Title: The Kiss Quotient Author: Helen Hoang Series: The Kiss Quotient, #1 Published: June 2018, Berkley Format: Paperback, 336 pages Source: Library Summary:  A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there’s not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick. Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases–a job…

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Short & Sweet Review: 16th Seduction by James Patterson

Title: 16th Seduction Author: James Patterson Series: Women’s Murder Club, #16 Published: May 2017, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 350 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Fifteen months ago, Detective Lindsay Boxer’s life was perfect–she had a beautiful child and a doting husband, Joe, who helped her catch a criminal who’d brazenly detonated a bomb in downtown San Francisco, killing twenty-five people. But Joe wasn’t everything that Lindsay thought he…

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Blog Tour & Review: Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

Title: Lady in the Lake Author: Laura Lippman Published: July 2019, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 340 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours Summary:  The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman. In 1966, Baltimore is…

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Review: The Last Time I Saw You by Liv Constantine

Title: The Last Time I Saw You Author: Liv Constantine Published: May 2019, Harper Format: ARC Paperback, 309 pages Source: Author Summary: The internationally bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish follows that success with an addictive novel filled with shocking twists about the aftermath of a brutal high-society murder. Dr. Kate English has it all. Not only is she the heiress to a large fortune; she has a gorgeous…

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Review: Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger

Title: Girls Like Us Author: Cristina Alger Published: July 2019, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: Hardcover, 276 pages Source: Publisher via GetRed PR Summary:  From the celebrated and bestselling author of The Banker’s Wife, worlds collide when an FBI agent investigates a string of grisly murders on Long Island that raises the impossible question: What happens when the primary suspect is your father? FBI Agent Nell Flynn hasn’t been home in…

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Review: The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

Title: The Turn of the Key Author: Ruth Ware Published: August 2019, Gallery/Scout Press Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, and The Death of Mrs. Westaway comes Ruth Ware’s highly anticipated fifth novel. When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But…

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Relative Fortunes by Marlowe Benn

Earlier this month, Marlowe Benn’s debut novel, Relative Fortunes, was published, and to help the publishers get the word out, I’m hosting a giveaway! You can see what others have to say and then be sure to enter the giveaway below!!! Title: Relative Fortunes Author: Marlowe Benn Series: Julia Kydd, #1 Published: August 2019, Lake Union Publishing Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Summary:  In 1920s New York, the price of a…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Escape Room by Megan Goldin

Title: The Escape Room Author: Megan Goldin Published: July 2019, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Vincent, Jules, Sylvie, and Sam are ruthlessly ambitious high-flyers working in the lucrative world of Wall Street finance where deception and intimidation thrive. Getting rich is all that matters, and they’ll do anything to reach the top. When they are ordered to participate in a corporate team-building exercise that…

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Month in Reviw: July 2019

This summer is flying by and I am not one bit happy about it! The only good thing about August is that I spend one week at the beach…and that is my favorite week of the summer. Other than that, it means summer is winding down… I did manage to read quite a bit this past month and I’m very happy about that…we had some really hot days and I…

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Review: Meet Me In Monaco by Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb

Title: Meet Me in Monaco Author: Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb Published: July 2019, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher via Author Summary:  Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly’s whirlwind romance and glamourous wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-drenched journey along the Côte d’Azur in this…

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Review: Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson

Title: Never Have I Ever Author: Joshilyn Jackson Published: July 2019, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  In this game, even winning can be deadly… Amy Whey is proud of her ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with it–teaching diving lessons, baking cookies for new neighbors, helping her best friend, Charlotte, run their local book club. Her greatest joy is her family: her devoted…

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Review: Last Summer by Kerry Lonsdale

Title: Last Summer Author: Kerry Lonsdale Published: July 2019, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 302 pages Source: Publisher via Little Bird Publicity Summary:  From the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Everything series comes a new novel of love, lies, and deceit. Lifestyle journalist Ella Skye remembers every celebrity she interviewed, every politician she charmed between the sheets, and every socialite who eyed her with…

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Review: Layover by David Bell

Title: Layover Author: David Bell Published: July 2019, Berkley Books Format: Hardcover, 416 pages Source: Publisher via GetRed PR Summary:  In this high concept psychological suspense novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Somebody’s Daughter, a chance meeting with a woman in an airport sends a man on a pulse-pounding quest for the truth. Joshua Fields takes the same flights every week for work, his life a series of…

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Review: How To Walk Away by Katherine Center

Title: How To Walk Away Author: Katherine Center Published: July 2019, St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  From the author of Happiness for Beginners comes an unforgettable love story about finding joy even in the darkest of circumstances. Margaret Jacobsen has a bright future ahead of her: a fiancé she adores, her dream job, and the promise of a picture-perfect life just around the corner. Then,…

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Review: The Dare by Carol Wyer

Title: The Dare Author: Carol Wyer Series: Detective Natalie Ward, #3 Published: April 2019, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 348 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Jane’s daughter is a good girl. What is she hiding? When thirteen-year-old Savannah Hopkins doesn’t come straight home from school, as she always does, her mother Jane immediately raises the alarm. Leading the investigation is Detective Natalie Ward whose daughter Leigh is the same age…

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Book Spotlight: Cari Mora by Thomas Harris — with Link to #BookGiveaway!!!

One of this summer’s most anticipated releases, Thomas Harris’s latest book, Cari Mora, was released. This is his first book in over 10 years!!! To help the publisher get the word out, I am hosting a giveaway for two copies of this book. I will be reading this book very soon and am so excited – this one sounds so good! But just take note…the Giveaway is happening on my…

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Review: One Little Secret by Cate Holahan

Title: One Little Secret Author: Cate Holahan Published: July 2019, Crooked Lane Books Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Everyone has a secret. For some, it’s worth dying to protect. For others, it’s worth killing. The glass beach house was supposed to be the getaway that Susan needed. Eager to help her transplanted family set down roots in their new town – and desperate for some…

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Book Spotlight – Never Tell by Lisa Gardner

Last February, I read Never Tell by Lisa Gardner, the latest book in her Detective D.D. Warren series, when it was first released in hardcover, and I loved it! You can find my thoughts on the book here. On August 6th the book is being released in trade paperback and to celebrate, I am helping the publishers get the word out.  Are you a fan of this series? If not,…

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Review: The Current by Tim Johnston

Title: The Current Author: Tim Johnston Published: January 2019, Algonquin Books Format: ARC Paperback, 408 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A Stunning New Novel from the Bestselling Author of Descent Tim Johnston, whose 2015 national bestseller Descent was called “astonishing” by the Washington Post and “unforgettable” by the Miami Herald, returns with another tour de force about the indelible impact of a crime on the lives of innocent people. When two…

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Review: Gretchen by Shannon Kirk

  Title: Gretchen Author: Shannon Kirk Published: July 2019, Thomas & Mercer Format: Paperback, 364 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  The new tenants have a terrible secret. So do the landlord and his daughter… Ever since Lucy was two, she’s been on the run alongside her mother. She’s never understood the reason for a lifetime of paranoia, aliases, and lies. All she understands are the rules: never lock eyes with strangers,…

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Review: Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

Title: Ask Again, Yes Author: Mary Beth Keane Published: May 2019, Scribner Format: Hardcover, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A profoundly moving novel about two neighboring families in a suburban town, the friendship between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over four decades, and the power of forgiveness. Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope are two NYPD rookies assigned to the same Bronx precinct in 1973. They aren’t close friends on…

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Review: The Body Lies by Jo Baker

Title: The Body Lies Author: Jo Baker Published: June 2019, Knopf Publishing Group Format: Hardcover, 288 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A dark, thrilling new novel from the best-selling author of Longbourn: a work of riveting psychological suspense that grapples with how to live as a woman in the world–or in the pages of a book–when the stakes are dangerously high. When a young writer accepts a job at a university…

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Review: Private Gold

Title: Private Gold Author: James Patterson Series: Private, #13.5 Published: May 2017, BookShots Format: Paperback, 144 pages Source: Personal Copy Summary:  Money. Betrayal. Murder. That’s a Private conversation. Hired to protect a visiting American woman, Private Johannesburg’s Joey Montague is hoping for a routine job looking after a nervous tourist. After the apparent suicide of his business partner, he can’t handle much more. But this case is not what it…

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Review: Her Secret Son by Hannah Mary McKinnon

Title: Her Secret Son Author: Hannah Mary McKinnon Published: May 2019, MIRA Books Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  How far would you go to protect the ones you love…when they may not be yours to protect? When Josh’s longtime partner, Grace, dies in a tragic accident, he is left with a mess of grief—and full custody of her seven-year-old son, Logan. While not his biological…

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Review: The Two Lila Bennetts by Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke

Title: The Two Lila Bennetts Author: Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke Published: July 2019, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Authors Summary:  “One fateful decision. Two unexpected endings. A perfect summer read!” —Wendy Walker, bestselling author of The Night Before Lila Bennett’s bad choices have finally caught up with her. And one of those decisions has split her life in two. Literally. In one life, she’s taken…

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Review: The Last Guest House by Megan Miranda (audio)

Title: The Last Guest House Author: Megan Miranda Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Published: June 2019, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Littleport, Maine is like two separate towns: a vacation paradise for wealthy holidaymakers and a simple harbour community for the residents who serve them. Friendships between locals and visitors are unheard of – but that’s just what happened with Avery Greer and Sadie Loman.…

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Review: The Unbreakables by Lisa Barr

Title: The Unbreakables Author: Lisa Barr Published: June 2019, Harper Paperbacks Format: Paperbacks, 352 pages Source: Publisher via GetRed PR Summary:  A delicious, sharp novel about a woman who jets off to France after her perfect marriage collapses, putting the broken pieces of herself back together while rediscovering her own joie de vivre—a lust for life, art, and steamy sex.  The worst birthday ever might just be the gift of a lifetime……

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Book Spotlight: Last Summer by Kerry Lonsdale — With link to #BookGiveaway!!!

Today, Kerry Lonsdale’s latest book, Last Summer, was released. I was lucky enough to be sent 2 copies and so I am going to give away the finished copy to one lucky reader!!! I will be reading this book very soon and am so excited – this one sounds so good! But just take note…the Giveaway is happening on my Instagram page!!! Read on to see what others have to…

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Review: The Chain by Adrian McKinty

Title: The Chain Author: Adrian McKinty Published: July 2019, Mulholland Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  You just dropped off your child at the bus stop. A panicked stranger calls your phone. Your child has been kidnapped, and the stranger explains that their child has also been kidnapped, by a completely different stranger. The only way to get your child back is to kidnap another child within…

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