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k2reader April 4, 2018

Review: Crazy Easy Vegan Desserts by Heather Saffer

Title: Crazy Easy Vegan Desserts Author: Heather Saffer Published: April 2018, Sterling Epicure Format: Hardcover, 128 pages Source: Publisher via Get Red PR Summary: Reboot dessert with these 75 gluten-free and vegan treats! Just because you’re vegan and gluten-free doesn’t mean you can’t indulge! With these 75 recipes, Heather Saffer reinvents your favorite desserts—and they’re super-simple to make and irresistibly delicious. You’ll find treats that take less than 20 minutes…

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k2reader April 3, 2018

Review: The Secret to Southern Charm by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Title: The Secret to Southern Charm Author: Kristy Woodson Harvey Series: The Peachtree Bluff series, #2 Published: April 2018, Gallery Books Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Author Summary: Leaving fans “practically [begging] for a sequel” (Bookpage), critically acclaimed author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with the second novel in her beloved Peachtree Bluff series, featuring a trio of sisters and their mother who discover a truth that will change not…

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k2reader April 3, 2018

Review: The Next Girl by Carla Kovach

Title: The Next Girl Author: Carla Kovach Series: Detective Gina Harte, #1 Published: April 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 300 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: She thought he’d come to save her. She was wrong. Deborah Jenkins pulls her coat around her as she sets out on her short walk home in the pouring rain. But she never makes it home that night. And she is never seen again…

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k2reader April 2, 2018

Review: The Forgotten Ones by Steena Holmes (audio)

Title: The Forgotten Ones Author: Steena Holmes Narrator: Angela Dawe, Arthur Morey Published: April 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: In this novel from a New York Times bestselling author, the search for truth is defined by secrets and lies.Elle is a survivor. She’s managed to piece together a solid life from a childhood of broken memories and fairy tales her mom told her to…

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k2reader April 1, 2018

Month in Review: March 2018

Happy April!!! As much as I want to say this is an April Fool’s joke, we are once again expecting more snow…WHY Mother Nature, WHY? The flowers are trying so desperately to start blooming…I have buds on my trees that are going to die and you can’t seem to make up your mind what season you want to be in!?! UGGGGHHHH! So annoying! Oh well…such is life, I guess. At…

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k2reader March 30, 2018

Review: All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda (audio)

Title: All the Missing Girls Author: Megan Miranda Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Published: June 2016, Simon & Schuster Audio / Simon & Schuster Length: 10 hours 4 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio – Borrowed via Library / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Like the spellbinding psychological suspense in The Girl on the Train and Luckiest Girl Alive, Megan Miranda’s novel is a nail-biting, breathtaking story about…

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k2reader March 29, 2018

Short & Sweet Review: Look Behind You by Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen (audio)

Title: Look Behind You Author: Iris Johansen & Roy Johansen Series: Kendra Michaels, #5 Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Published: July 2017, Recorded Books Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen and Edgar Award-winning author Roy Johansen are back with Look Behind You, a novel featuring Kendra Michaels—hired gun for both the CIA and FBI. A serial killer is on…

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k2reader March 27, 2018

Review: Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer

Title: Before I Let You Go Author: Kelly Rimmer Published: April 2018, Graydon House Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher via Little Bird Publicity Summary: The 2:00 a.m. call is the first time Lexie Vidler has heard her sister’s voice in years. Annie is a drug addict, a thief, a liar—and in trouble, again. Lexie has always bailed Annie out, given her money, a place to sleep, sent her…

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k2reader March 27, 2018

Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer

Next week, April 3rd, Kelly Rimmer’s latest novel, Before I Let You Go, comes out, and because I ended up with an extra copy, I’m going to give that copy away – and it’s a finished copy! I’ve already read the book – it’s amazing!!! – and will be posting my review later on today. You can see what others have to say below and then be sure to enter…

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k2reader March 27, 2018

Review: Deadly Recall by T.R. Ragan (audio)

Title: Deadly Recall Author: T.R. Ragan Series: Jessie Cole, #2 Narrator: Kate Rudd Published: March 2018, Brilliance Audio / Thomas Mercer Length: 7 hours 47 minutes / 281 pages Source: Audio via Publisher / Print – ARC E-copy via Publisher via Netgalley Summary: PI Jessie Cole is about to discover that there’s no revenge too wicked as New York Times bestselling author T.R. Ragan’s gripping series continues. When you search…

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k2reader March 26, 2018

Review: If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin

Title: If I Die Tonight Author: Alison Gaylin Published: March 2018, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Late one night in the quiet Hudson Valley town of Havenkill, a distraught woman stumbles into the police station—and lives are changed forever. Aimee En, once a darling of the ’80s pop music scene, claims that a teenage boy stole her car, then ran over another young man…

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k2reader March 25, 2018

Review: Private Down Under by James Patterson

Title: Private Down Under Author: James Patterson Series: Private #7 Published: May 2013, Century Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: The world’s most exclusive detective agency opens a new office – in Australia! With the best detectives in the business, cutting edge technology and offices around the globe, there is no investigation company quite like Private. Now, at a glittering launch party overlooking the iconic Opera House, Private…

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k2reader March 23, 2018

Review: No Safe Place by Patricia Gibney

Title: No Safe Place Author: Patricia Gibney Series: Detective Lottie Parker, #4 Published: March 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 488 pages Source: Publisher via Netgalley Summary: There’s nothing more dangerous than a familiar face…As funeral mourners stand in silence at Ragmullin cemetery, a deafening cry cuts through the air. Lying crumpled at the bottom of an open grave is the bloodied body of a young woman, and Detective Lottie Parker…

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k2reader March 22, 2018

Review: The Friend by Teresa Driscoll (audio)

Title: The Friend Author: Teresa Driscoll Narrator: Henrietta Meire Published: March 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: The chilling new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of I Am Watching You.On a train with her husband, miles from home and their four-year-old son, Ben, Sophie receives a chilling phone call. Two boys are in hospital after a tragic accident. One of them is Ben. She…

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k2reader March 21, 2018

Book Spotlight & Giveaway: The Secret to Southern Charm by Kristy Woodson Harvey

In just a little less than 2 weeks, The Secret to Southern Charm, the latest book by Kristy Woodson Harvey comes out and I’m super excited about this one. This is the sequel to her book, Slightly South of Simple – which I loved!!! I’ll be reading this book in the coming days and then posting my review on publication day, April 3rd! Because this book is sequel, and you…

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k2reader March 20, 2018

Review: The Italian Party by Christina Lynch

Title: The Italian Party Author: Christina Lynch Published: March 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A delicious and sharply funny page-turner about “innocent” Americans abroad in 1950s Siena, Italy. Newly married, Scottie and Michael are seduced by Tuscany’s famous beauty. But the secrets they are keeping from each other force them beneath the splendid surface to a more complex view of ltaly, America and each…

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k2reader March 19, 2018

Review: The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

Title: The Broken Girls Author: Simone St. James Published: March 2018, Berkley Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A breakout suspense novel from the award-winning author of The Haunting of Maddy Clare. Vermont, 1950. There’s a place for the girls whom no one wants–the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It’s called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it’s located, there…

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k2reader March 16, 2018

Review: Lie in Wait by Eric Rickstad (audio)

Title: Lie in Wait Author: Eric Rickstad Series: Canaan Crime series, #1 Narrator: Amy Landon Published: September 2015, Harper Audio Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Source: Library Summary: From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes another unforgettable thriller set in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, featuring Detective Sonja Test Even in a quiet Vermont town, unspeakable acts of the past can destroy the…

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k2reader March 14, 2018

Review: Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevens (audio)

Yesterday, Never Let You by Chevy Stevens, was released in paperback – it was first released in hardcover last year. I am a big fan of Chevy’s books and tend to listen to them on audio – in fact I had listened to this one a few months back but just hadn’t gotten around to writing my review, so here it is. Let me know if you have read this…

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k2reader March 13, 2018

Review: Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

Title: Sometimes I Lie Author: Alice Feeney Published: March 2018, Flatiron Books Format: ARC Paperback, 258 pages Source: Publisher Summary: My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She…

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k2reader March 12, 2018

Review: Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh

Title: Let Me Lie Author: Clare Mackintosh Published: March 2018, Berkley Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: In the newest psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of I Let You Go and I See You, Clare Mackintosh brings us a gripping story about how those who love us never really leave us… Two years ago, Tom and Caroline Johnson committed suicide, one seemingly…

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k2reader March 9, 2018

Review: Bone Music by Christopher Rice (audio)

Title: Bone Music Author: Christopher Rice Series: Burning Girl, #1 Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Published: March 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 14 hours 14 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: There’s more than one way to stoke the flames of revenge… Charlotte Rowe spent the first seven years of her life in the hands of the only parents she knew—a pair of serial killers who murdered her mother and tried to shape…

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k2reader March 8, 2018

Review: Mrs. by Caitlin Macy (audio)

Title: Mrs. Author: Caitlin Macy Narrator: Vanessa Johansson Published: February 2018, Hachette Audio Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: In the well-heeled milieu of New York’s Upper East Side, coolly elegant Philippa Lye is the woman no one can stop talking about. Despite a shadowy past, Philippa has somehow married the scion of the last family-held investment bank in the city. And although her wealth and connections put…

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k2reader March 6, 2018

Blog Tour & Review: The Sandman by Lars Kepler

Title: The Sandman Author: Lars Kepler Series: Joona Linna, #4 Published: March 2018, Knopf Publishing Format: Hardcover, 464 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The #1 internationally best-selling thriller from the author of The Hypnotist tells the chilling story of a manipulative serial killer and the two brilliant police agents who must try to beat him at his own game. Late one night, outside Stockholm, Mikael Kohler-Frost is found wandering. Thirteen years…

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k2reader March 6, 2018

Author Q&A: Lars Kepler

Lars Kepler is a new-to-me author, but I can already tell you, this husband/wife writing duo is definitely going to be a new favorite of mine. Their book, The Sandman, part of their Joona Linna series, releases today in the U.S., and while it is the 4th book in this series, it really does read as a stand-alone. I’ll have my review of the book up a little later today…

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k2reader March 5, 2018

Review: The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth

Title: The Family Next Door Author: Sally Hepworth Published: March 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A gripping domestic page-turner full of shocking reveals, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Amanda Prowse and Kerry Fisher. The small suburb of Pleasant Court lives up to its name. It’s the kind of place where everyone knows their neighbours, and children play in the street. Isabelle Heatherington…

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k2reader March 5, 2018

Book Spotlight & Giveaway: The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth

Tomorrow, March 6th, Sally Hepworth’s latest novel, The Family Next Door, comes out, and because I ended up with an extra copy, I’m going to give that copy away – and it’s a finished copy! I’ve already read the book – it’s amazing!!! – and will be posting my review later on today. You can see what others have to say below and then be sure to enter the giveaway…

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k2reader March 3, 2018

Review: The Wife by Alafair Burke (audio)

Title: The Wife Author: Alafair Burke Narrator: Xe Sands Published: January 2018, Harper Audio Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Source: Library Summary: His scandal. Her secret.When Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton, she assumed their romance would be a short-lived fling, like so many relationships between locals and summer visitors. To her surprise, Jason, a brilliant economics professor at NYU, had other plans, and…

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k2reader March 1, 2018

Review: Silent Victim by Caroline Mitchell (audio)

Title: Silent Victim Author: Caroline Mitchell Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden, Steve West Published: March 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Emma’s darkest secrets are buried in the past. But the truth can’t stay hidden for long.Emma is a loving wife, a devoted mother…and an involuntary killer. For years she’s been hiding the dead body of the teacher who seduced her as a teen. It’s a secret…

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k2reader March 1, 2018

Month in Review: February 2018

Happy March!!! As we get closer to Spring – I’m in denial that it’s going to snow again tomorrow 🙁 – we get closer to our move…I hope! As such, my house is now a maze of boxes, and so far, the majority of the boxes are all book boxes. It’s so sad to see my bookshelves empty, and I don’t really relish the idea of unpacking all these boxes,…

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k2reader February 28, 2018

Book Tour Announcement, Book Spotlight & Giveaway: The Sandman by Lars Kepler

Next week, Lars Kepler’s latest book in their Joona Linna series, THE SANDMAN, will be released in the US. This Scandinavian thriller is perfect for those readers who like gritty, chilling, fast-paced crime-fiction. Now, not to worry if you haven’t read the prior books – this book works great as a stand-alone (and where I am starting!). If you like Stieg Larsson or Jo Nesbo…this book, and series, is for…

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k2reader February 27, 2018

Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Enigma by Catherine Coulter

Today, Catherine Coulter’s latest FBI Thriller, Enigma, is being released in Trade Paperback and to help get the word out, I’m pleased to offer you, my readers, a chance to win a copy…and there are 2 copies up for grabs!!! I am desperately behind in this series and have so serious catching up to do, but I can assure you, it’s on my list…but in the meantime, read the spotlight,…

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k2reader February 26, 2018

#WRC2018 Book Spotlight: Dreaming in Chocolate by Susan Bishop Crispell

Title: Dreaming in Chocolate Author: Susan Bishop Crispell Published: February 2018, St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Paperback, 288 pages Summary: A story of love, hot chocolate, and one little girl’s wish for her mother that will make your heart swell. At twenty-seven, Penelope Dalton is quickly ticking off items on a bucket list. Only the list isn’t hers. After her eight year-old daughter Ella is given just six months to live…

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k2reader February 26, 2018

Review: White Houses by Amy Bloom

Title: White Houes Author: Amy Bloom Published: February 2018, Random House Format: ARC Paperback, 240 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The unexpected and forbidden affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok unfolds in a triumph of historical fiction from the New York Times bestselling author of Away and Lucky Us. “I never envied a wife or a husband, until I met Eleanor. Then, I would have traded everything I ever had,…

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k2reader February 22, 2018

Review: Cold Blood by Robert Bryndza (audio)

Title: Cold Blood Author: Robert Bryndza Series: Detective Erika Foster, #5 Narrator: Jan Cramer Published: September 2017, Bookouture Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Source: Personal copy via Audible Summary: She fell in love with a killer, now she’s one too. The suitcase was badly rusted, and took Erika several attempts, but it yielded and sagged open as she unzipped it. Nothing could prepare her for what she would find inside…When…

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k2reader February 21, 2018

Review: Local Girl Missing by Claire Douglas (audio)

Title: Local Girl Missing Author: Claire Douglas Narrator: Hannah Murray, Emilia Fox Published: July 2017, Harper Audio / Harper Paperbacks Length: 10 hours 24 minutes / 352 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – ARC Paperback via Publisher Summary: Someone knows where she is… The old Victorian pier was a thing of beauty until it was allowed to decay. It was where the youth of Oldcliffe-on-Sea…

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k2reader February 19, 2018

#WRC2018 Book Spotlight: Things to Do When It’s Raining by Marissa Stapley

Title: Things to Do When It’s Raining Author: Marissa Stapley Published: February 2018, Graydon House Format: Paperback, 384 pages Summary: Two families, three generations and a lie that almost destroys them. Is their love strong enough to heal old wounds? Mae Summers and Gabe Broadbent grew up together in the idyllic Summers’ Inn, perched at the edge of the St. Lawrence River. Mae was orphaned at the age of six…

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k2reader February 19, 2018

Review: Tips for Living by Renee Shafransky (audio)

Title: Tips for Living Author: Renee Shafransky Narrator: Susan Bennett Published: February 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: On the day Nora discovered that her husband, Hugh, had gotten another woman pregnant, she made a vow: I will come back to life no matter how long it takes… It’s taken Nora three years. With the help of her best friend, she fled New York City…

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k2reader February 18, 2018

Review: Daughters of the Bride by Susan Mallery (audio)

Title: Daughters of the Bride Author: Susan Mallery Narrator: Tanya Eby Published: July 2016, Harlequin Audio / HQN Books Length: 12 hours 10 minutes / 416 pages Source: Audio – Borrowed via Library / Print – Hardcover via Publisher Summary: With Joy, Love and a Little Trepidation, Courtney, Sienna and Rachel Invite You to the Most Emotional Wedding of the Year… Their Mother’s Courtney ~ The Misfit ~ As…

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k2reader February 16, 2018

Review: The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen

Title: The Tuscan Child Author: Rhys Bowen Published: February 2018, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher via Little Bird Publicity Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen comes a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father’s hidden past to discover his secrets… In 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into the verdant fields of German-occupied Tuscany. Badly…

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k2reader February 14, 2018

Review: The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan (audio)

Title: The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris Author: Jenny Colgan Narrator: Beverly A. Crick Published: Audio – January 2018, Tantor Audio / Print – February 2014, Sourcebooks Landmark Length: 10 hours 49 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio – Borrowed via Library / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley Summary: Inside Paris’s premiere chocolate shop, sometimes dreams really can come true. It’s true that Anna Trent is a supervisor in…

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k2reader February 13, 2018

Review: Mister Tender’s Girl by Carter Wilson

Title: Mister Tender’s Girl Author: Carter Wilson Published: February 2018, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: How far are you willing to go for Mister Tender? At fourteen, Alice Hill was viciously attacked by two of her classmates and left to die. The teens claim she was a sacrifice for a man called Mister Tender, but that could never be true: Mister Tender doesn’t exist. His…

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k2reader February 12, 2018

#WRC2018 Book Spotlight: She Regrets Nothing by Andrea Dunlop

Title: She Regrets Nothing Author: Andrea Dunlop Published: February 2018, Washington Square Press Format: Paperback, 400 pages Summary: In the tradition of The Emperor’s Children and The House of Mirth, the forgotten granddaughter of one of New York’s wealthiest men is reunited with her family just as she comes of age—and once she’s had a glimpse of their glittering world, she refuses to let it go without a fight. When…

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k2reader February 12, 2018

Review: Cemetery Girl by David Bell

Title: Cemetery Girl Author: David Bell Published: February 2018, Berkley Books (First Published 2011) Format: Paperback, 448 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A missing child is every parent’s nightmare. What comes next is even worse in this riveting thriller from the bestselling and award-winning author of Bring Her Home. Tom and Abby Stuart had everything: a perfect marriage, successful careers, and a beautiful twelve-year-old daughter, Caitlin. Then one day Caitlin vanished…

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k2reader February 8, 2018

Review: The Undertaker’s Daughter by Sara Blaedel

Title: The Undertaker’s Daughter Author: Sara Blaedel Series: Ilka, #1 Published: February 2018, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Already widowed by the age of forty, Ilka Nichols Jensen, a school portrait photographer, leads a modest, regimented, and uneventful life in Copenhagen. Until unexpected news rocks her quiet existence: Her father–who walked out suddenly and inexplicably on the family more than three decades ago–has died.…

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k2reader February 6, 2018

Review: Girl Unknown by Karen Perry

Title: Girl Unknown Author: Karen Perry Published: February 2018, Henry Holt & Co. Format: Hardcover, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: ‘I think you might be my father . . .’ When first-year student Zoë Barry walks into Professor David Connolly’s office and tentatively says these words, he is left reeling. But it is the lives of his family – particularly his wife Caroline – which are turned upside down by…

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k2reader February 5, 2018

#WRC2018 Book Spotlight: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Title: The Great Alone Author: Kristin Hannah Published: February 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 448 pages Summary: Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival. Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they…

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k2reader February 5, 2018

Review: Look For Me by Lisa Gardner

Title: Look For Me Author: Lisa Gardner Series: Detective D.D. Warren, #9 Published: February 2018, Dutton Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner’s latest twisty thrill ride, Detective D. D. Warren and Find Her’s Flora Dane return in a race against the clock to either save a young girl’s life . . . or bring her to justice. The home…

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k2reader February 2, 2018

Review: Twist of Faith by Ellen J. Green (audio)

Title: Twist of Faith Author: Ellen J. Green Narrator: Angela Dawe Published: February 2018, Brilliance Audio / Thomas & Mercer Length:9 hours 29 minutes / 332 pages Source: Audio – digital review copy via Brilliance Audio / Print – Hardcover via Thomas & Mercer Summary: When family secrets are unearthed, a woman’s past can become a dangerous place to hide… After the death of her adoptive mother, Ava Saunders comes…

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k2reader February 1, 2018

Month in Review: January 2018

Happy February!!! It’s hard to believe we are already into the 2nd month of the year – it seems like these days are just flying by already! This year I have decided not to participate in a ton of reading challenges – instead, I am trying to focus on the unread books already sitting on my shelf. To that end, I am participating in #TheUnreadShelfProject2018. I did pretty well this…

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