Title: As Bright As Heaven Author: Susan Meissner Published: February 2018, Berkley Books Format: Hardcover, 387 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and A Bridge Across the Ocean comes a new novel set in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, which tells the story of a family reborn through loss and love. In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with…
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Title: No Exit Author: Taylor Adams Published: January 2019, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A brilliant, edgy thriller about four strangers, a blizzard, a kidnapped child, and a determined young woman desperate to unmask and outwit a vicious psychopath.A kidnapped little girl locked in a stranger’s van. No help for miles. What would you do? On her way to Utah to see her dying mother, college…
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I am so excited to help Kristy Woodson Harvey spread the news about her newest book in her Peachtree Bluff series!!! I have adored Kristy’s previous books and will be anxiously waiting until I can get my hands on this next one…Kristy writes from the heart and that definitely comes across in her writing! This is the third book in her beloved Peachtree Bluff series, and let me just tell…
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Title: The Smiling Man Author: Joseph Knox Series: Aidan Waits, #2 Published: January 2019, Crown Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From the bestselling author of Sirens, Detective Aidan Waits is on the hunt to find the identity of The Smiling Man. Disconnected from his history and careless of his future, Detective Aidan Waits has resigned himself to the night shift. An endless cycle of meaningless emergency…
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Earlier this week, Melanie Benjamin’s latest novel, The Girls in the Picture, was released in paperback with a jazzy new cover, and to help the publishers get the word out, I’m hosting a giveaway! I will be reading this book soon and will be sure to share my review as soon as I do. You can see what others have to say and then be sure to enter the giveaway…
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Title: The Boy Author: Tami Hoag Series: Broussard & Fourcade, #2 Narrator: Hilary Huber Published: December 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 17 hours 15 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: An unfathomable loss or an unthinkable crime? Number one New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag keeps you guessing in her most harrowing thriller yet. A panic-stricken woman runs in the dead of night, battered and bloodied, desperate to find help. . .…
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Title: 15th Affair Author: James Patterson Series: Women’s Murder Club, #15 Published: May 2016, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 351 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Detective Lindsay Boxer has everything she could possibly want. Her marriage and baby daughter are perfect, and life in Homicide in the San Francisco Police Department is going well. But all that could change in an instant. Lindsay is called to a crime scene…
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Title: The Wartime Sisters Author: Lynda Cohen Loigman Published: January 2019, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Two estranged sisters, raised in Brooklyn and each burdened with her own shocking secret, are reunited at the Springfield Armory in the early days of WWII. While one sister lives in relative ease on the bucolic Armory campus as an officer’s wife, the other arrives as a war…
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Title: The Suspect Author: Fiona Barton Series: Kate Waters, #3 Published: January 2019, Berkley Books Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Widow returns with a brand new novel of twisting psychological suspense about every parent’s worst nightmare… When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft, and frantic with worry. What…
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Title: The Birthday Author: Carol Wyer Series: Detective Natalie Ward, #1 Published: September 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 304 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: One hot summer’s afternoon, five-year-old Ava Sawyer went to a party. She never came home …When five-year-old Ava Sawyer goes missing from a birthday party at a local garden centre, the police are bewildered by the lack of leads. That is until two years later,…
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Title: Anna Karenina Author: Leo Tolstoy Published: August 2004, Barnes & Noble (first published April 1877) Format: Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Classics Series, 803 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Married to a powerful government minister, Anna Karenina is a beautiful woman who falls deeply in love with a wealthy army officer, the elegant Count Vronsky. Desperate to find truth and meaning in her life, she rashly defies the conventions of…
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Title: The Last Lie Author: Alex Lake Published: December 2018, HarperCollins Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: THE TWISTY NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF AFTER ANNA, KILLING KATE AND COPYCAT Everyone lies…but some lies are deadly. For Claire Daniels, life is good. She has everything she’s ever wanted – a career she loves, friends she can rely on and a husband who dotes on her.…
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Title: 14th Deadly Sin Author: James Patterson Series: Women’s Murder Club, #14 Published: May 2015, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 349 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Detective Lindsay Boxer and her three best friends are back and recovering from the events that pushed them all to the edge. After her near-death experience, Yuki is seeing her life from a new perspective and is considering a change in her law…
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Title: Schoolgirl Missing Author: Sue Fortin Published: January 2019, HarperCollins Format: Paperback, 432 pages Source: Publisher Summary: HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GIRL? When fourteen-year-old Poppy vanishes on a family boating trip, suspicion soon turns close to home – to the two people who should do everything to keep her safe, her parents, Kit and Neve. Neve has a secret. Kit is lying. Everyone is watching. Who do you believe?…
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Title: The Gown Author: Jennifer Robson Published: December 2018, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours Summary: “The Gown is marvelous and moving, a vivid portrait of female self-reliance in a world racked by the cost of war.”–Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network From the internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France comes an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding…
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Title: The Legacy Author: Yrsa Sigurdardottir Series: Children’s House, #1 Published: January 2019, Minotaur Books (1st Published 2014 in Iceland) Format: Paperback, 480 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The first in a stunning new series from the author of The Silence of the Sea, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award for best Scandinavian Crime Novel.The Legacy is the first installment in a fantastic new series featuring the psychologist Freyja and the…
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Title: The Guy Who Died Twice Author: Lisa Gardner Series: Detective D.D. Warren, #9.5 Published: January 2019, Dutton Format: ARC E-copy, 72 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Sergeant Detective D. D. Warren confronts the strangest case of her career in this exclusive eBook short story by the #1 New York Times bestselling author. D. D. Warren was pretty sure she’d seen it all. Then a man walks into police…
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Earlier this week, Robyn Carr’s latest novel, The Best of Us, was released, and because I ended up with an extra copy, I’m going to give that copy away – and it’s a finished copy! This is the latest book in her Sullivan’s Crossing series. I will be reading it soon and will be sure to share my review as soon as I do. You can see what others have…
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Title: Secrets of Cavendon Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Series: Cavendon Hall, #4 Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Published: November 2017, Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length: 13 hours 10 minutes / 390 pages Source: Audio – borrowed via Library / Print – Hardcover via GetRed PR Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford, comes a striking, breathtaking saga featuring the aristocratic Inghams and the Swann family, who…
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Title: Cover of Snow Author: Jenny Milchman Published: December 2013, Ballantine Books Format: Paperback, 336 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Jenny Milchman’s Cover of Snow is a remarkable debut, a gripping tale of suspense in the tradition of Gillian Flynn, Chris Bohjalian, and Nancy Pickard. Waking up one wintry morning in her old farmhouse nestled in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, Nora Hamilton instantly knows that something is wrong.…
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Title: The Light Over London Author: Julia Kelly Published: January 2019, Gallery Books Format: ARC Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Reminiscent of Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls and Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, this sweeping, entrancing story is a must-read for fans of remarkable women rising to challenges they could never have predicted. It’s always been easier for Cara Hargraves to bury herself in the past than confront the present,…
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Title: Look Alive Twenty-Five Author: Janet Evanovich Series: Stephanie Plum, #25 Narrator: Lorelei King Published: November 2018, Penguin Audio Length: 6 hours 46 minutes Source: Library Summary: Stephanie Plum faces the toughest puzzle of her career in the twenty-fifth entry in Janet Evanovich’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.There’s nothing like a good deli and the Red River Deli in Trenton is one of the best. World famous for its…
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Title: The Burglar Author: Thomas Perry Published: January 2019, Mysterious Press Format: ARC Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From Thomas Perry comes a new thriller about an unlikely burglar–a young woman in her 20s–who realizes she must solve a string of murders, or else become the next victim Elle Stowell is a young woman with an unconventional profession: burglary. But Elle is no petty thief–with just the right combination…
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READING GOALS: This year, I am going to make sure I take the time to read more of what I want to read. I wouldn’t say I’m a mood reader per say, but I don’t want to get too bogged down by reading just one genre anymore. I love thrillers and psychological suspense, but when I pick up historical fiction every once in a while, I remember just how much…
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Each year, Sheila over at Book Journey makes a big deal over what the first book she’ll read will be for the new year and once again she’s asked us to join her. I have joined in for the last 4 years and it’s always a lot of fun seeing what book everyone selects. Be sure to stop by Sheila’s post to see the collage she makes of everyone participating!…
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How is it that we are not only at the end of December already, but also at the end of 2018??? This year has flown by!!! It was a great year, filled with lots of great books, and judging by the books that have already shown up on my doorstep for 2019, it looks like it is going to be another great year of reading coming up! As always, there…
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Title: Somebody I Used to Know Author: David Bell Narrator: Andy Paris Published: Audio – July 2015, Recorded Books / Mass Market Paperback – December 2018, Berkley Length: 10 hours 51 minutes / 464 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – Paperback via GetRed PR Summary: The bestselling author of Somebody’s Daughter and Cemetery Girl, “one of the brightest and best crime fiction writers of our…
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Title: An Anonymous Girl Author: Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen Published: January 2019, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Seeking women ages 18–32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed. When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she’ll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her…
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Last February I read Look For Me 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. Next week, on December 31st, 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…
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Title: The Fire Witness Author: Lars Kepler Series: Joona Linna, #3 Published: November 2018, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Format: Paperback, 560 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: The third installment of the #1 internationally bestselling Joona Linna series, The Fire Witness sees Joona drawn into a gruesome, mysterious murder at a home for wayward girls. Detective Joona Linna is on leave dealing with personal and professional issues when he gets…
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Title: The Christmas Hirelings Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon Narrator: Richard Armitage Published: December 2018, Audible Studios Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible Summary: Richard Armitage modernizes a classic hidden gem of Christmas Past… Sir John Penlyon is planning to spend Christmas at his estate with his niece and his friend Danby, the closest thing he has to family since disowning his daughter years ago. (She eloped…
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Title: Private: The Royals Author: James Patterson Series: Private, #12.5 Published: December 2016, BookShots Format: Paperback, 138 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment.Jack Morgan is visiting Peter Knight and the team in the London branch of his investigation agency, Private.At a cocktail party the night before the Trooping the Colour parade for the Queen’s 90th birthday, Jack receives a phone call from the Duke…
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Title: Watching You Author: Lisa Jewell Published: December 2018, Atria Books Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: “Page one intrigued me. Page three hooked me. By page five, I was consumed. This compulsive, propulsive novel is both a seize-you-by-the-throat thriller and a genuinely moving family drama. Stellar.” — A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window The instant New York Times and…
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Title: The Masterpiece Author: Fiona Davis Published: August 2018, Dutton Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In her latest captivating novel, nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis takes readers into the glamorous lost art school within Grand Central Terminal, where two very different women, fifty years apart, strive to make their mark on a world set against them. For the nearly nine million people who live in New…
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Title: The Drowned Girl Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Louise Rick, #3 Published: December 2018, Grand Central Publishing Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Detective Louise Rick must race against the clock to stop a violent killer targeting immigrants in this disturbing and timely thriller, perfect for readers of Lisa Gardner, Tami Hoag, Tess Gerritsen, or Jo Nesbo. It’s clearly no ordinary drowning. When a young girl is pulled from…
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Title: Tony’s Wife Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Published: November HarperAudio / Harper Length: 12 hours 39 minutes / 496 pages Source: Audio – via library / ARC Paperback –Publisher via TLC Book Tours Summary: Set in the lush Big Band era of the 1940s and World War II, this spellbinding saga from beloved New York Times bestselling author tells the story of two talented working class kids…
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Title: The Lost for Words Bookshop Author: Stephanie Butland Published: June 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The Lost for Words Bookshop is a compelling, irresistible, and heart-rending audiobook from author Stephanie Butland Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look carefully, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are some things…
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Title: The Latecomers Author: Helen Klein Ross Narrator: Polly Lee, Vanessa Johnansson, Robert Petkoff, Lauren Fortgang, Kevin T. Collins, Sarah Franco, Sarah Mollo-Christiansen Published: November 2018, Hachette Audio / Little, Brown & Company Length: 13 hours 22 minutes / 419 pages Source: Audio – Hachette Audio via Libro.fm / Print via Little, Brown & Company Summary: Set in New England over three generations, THE LATECOMERS mixes the world of Colm…
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Title: Winter in Paradise Author: Elin Hilderbrand Series: Paradise, #1 Narrator: Erin Bennett Published: October 2018, Hachette Audio Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Spend the coldest days of winter on a Caribbean beach with New York Times Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand. Join New York Times Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand on the stunning beaches of St. John’s for the beginning of her thrilling new winter series-The Paradise.…
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Title: Missing Author: James Patterson Series: Private, #12 Published: October 2016, Grand Central Publishing Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Even for Private Investigations, the world’s top detective agency, it’s tough to find a man who doesn’t exist . . . Craig Gisto has promised Eliza Moss that his elite team at Private Sydney will investigate the disappearance of her father. After all, as CEO of a high-profile…
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Title: Where the Crawdads Sing Author: Delia Owens Published: August 2018, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Fans of Barbara Kingsolver will love this stunning debut novel from a New York Times bestselling nature writer, about an unforgettable young woman determined to make her way in the wilds of North Carolina, and the two men that will break her isolation open. For years,…
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Back in September, RaeAnne Thayne’s latest book, Season of Wonder, was published and I ended up with 2 finished copies. As we are now in the midst of the holiday hustle and bustle, I would love to offer both these copies up to 2 lucky readers….one giveaway is being hosted here & one is being hosted on my Instagram page. Read on to find out what the book is all…
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Title: The Surrogate Author: Louise Jensen Published: December 2018, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC E-copy, 324 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: “You know that feeling? When you want something so badly, you almost feel you’d kill for it?” Be careful what you wish for… Kat and her husband Nick have tried everything to become parents, and are on the point of giving up. Then a chance encounter with Kat’s…
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Today, Louise Jensen’s latest novel, The Surrogate, is being published in the United States – this is the first time one of her books is being published here in the US!!! To help the publisher get the word out, I am hosting a giveaway for two lucky readers…one giveaway is being hosted here & one is being hosted on my Instagram page. I just finished reading this book and will…
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Happy December!!! I can’t believe we are heading into the last month of 2018…where has this year gone? It was a good month, but a slower month reading-wise…and I’m ok with that. I am participating in a buddy reading of Anna Karenina, which started the first week in November and goes until the end of December, so that has certainly cut into my normal reading schedule, but I am so…
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In January, Greer Hendrick & Sarah Pekkanen’s latest novel, An Anonymous Girl, will be published and because I ended up with 2 early copies, I am giving one away…BUT – the giveaway is over on my Instagram page. I recently just finishing reading this book (it was AMAZING!!!) and will be sharing my review soon. You can see some early praise below and then you can find out where to…
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Title: One Day in December Author: Josie Silver Published: October 2018, Broadway Books (Crown Publishing) Format: ARC Paperback Source: Publisher Summary: A love story about what happens after you meet, or rather, don’t meet the one. Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn’t exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly…
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Title: Tell Nobody Author: Patricia Gibney Series: Detective Lottie Parker, #5 Published: October 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 458 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: A killer close to home. A town full of secrets… One hot summer evening, eleven-year-old Mikey Driscoll is on the way home from playing with friends. Two days later, his broken body is discovered on a bed of wild flowers by some local teenagers.…
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Title: You Were Made for This Author: Michelle Sacks Narrator: Stephanie Willis, Jeremy Arthur, Caroline Slaughter Published: June 2018, Hachette Audio Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: A gripping page-turner for fans of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, Michelle Sacks’s You Were Made For This provocatively explores the darker sides of marriage, motherhood. and friendship. Doting wife, devoted husband, cherished child. Merry, Sam, and Conor are the perfect family…
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Title: The Silent Women Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Louise Rick, #2 Published: November 2018, Grand Central Publishing Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Homicide detective Louise Rick chases a terrifying serial rapist who meets women on a popular online dating website in this fast-paced #1 internationally bestselling thriller from Sara Blaedel, whose books have sold over 3 million copies worldwide. An online flirtation can have horrific consequences, as Detective…
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