Diva by Daisy Goodwin #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Diva in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my personal collection. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: January 23, 2024   Summary: New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the…

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The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Simon Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Return of Ellie Black in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon and Schuster / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: May 7, 2024   Summary: Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl who disappeared years earlier, has resurfaced in the woods…

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The Sixth Wedding by Elin Hilderbrand #bookreview #audiobook

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: June 29, 2021   Summary: A sequel to the number one New York Times best seller 28 Summers – Jake McCloud returns to Nantucket for Labor Day weekend 2023, this time without Mallory.   My thoughts: I somehow missed this sequel to 28 Summers when it came out. I loved 28 Summers and even though it’s been a while since I read that…

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A Good Bad Boy by Margaret Wappler #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you SimonBooks, #partner, for the finished copy of A Good Bad Boy in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my collection. Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: March 5, 2024   Summary: An artful and contemplative tribute to the late actor famed for his role as Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210 . Best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay in…

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Month in Review: May 2024

  I can’t believe it’s already June! Where is this year going? We’ve finally had some consist warm days and I’ve been spending my days outside reading when I can. There is nothing better than sitting on the porch in the afternoon, enjoying the late day sun and winding down with a good book and feeling that sun on your face. Because of life, my reading and getting reviews done…

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In a Dark Mirror by Kat Davis #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and Lavender Public Relations, #partner, for the advanced copy of In a Dark Mirror in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: June 1, 2024   Summary: A decade-old crime unites its devoted fans in a haunting novel about delusions in the dark and the dangerous games children play. Twelve-year-old Maddie Thompson and her friend Lana share…

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The Man on the Train by Debbie Babitt #bookreview

Thank you Scarlet Suspense, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Man on the Train in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scarlet Suspense Published: May 7, 2024   Summary: One man is about to have a midlife crisis like no man has ever had before. But for his wife, the nightmare is just beginning… Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Linda Haley is awakened early one morning by two police officers at…

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The Alone Time by Elle Marr #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and Over the River PR, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Alone Time in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: May 1, 2024   Summary: For two sisters, confronting the past could come at a terrible price in a riveting novel about a family tragedy—and family secrets—by the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author Elle Marr. Fiona…

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Their Divine Fires by Wendy Chen #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and Algonquin Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Their Divine Fires in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Algonquin Books / Hachette Audio Published: May 7, 2024   Summary: A family saga that begins at the dawn of the Chinese Revolution and spans 100 years to trace the intricate lives of four generations of Chinese and Chinese American women In 1917, at the…

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Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of Part of Your World in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: April 19, 2022   Summary: After a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich, and cuddle with a baby goat, Alexis Montgomery has had her world turned upside down. The cause: Daniel Grant, a ridiculously hot carpenter who’s ten years younger than her and as casual as they come—the complete…

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Middletide by Sarah Crouch #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of Middletide in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: June 11, 2024   Summary: In this gripping and intensely atmospheric debut, disquiet descends on a small town after the suspicious death of a beautiful young doctor, with all clues pointing to the reclusive young man…

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Jacqueline in Paris by Ann Mah #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview

Thank you Mariner Books, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Jacqueline in Paris in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Mariner Books / Harper Audio Published: September 27, 2022   Summary: From the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier’s college year abroad in postwar Paris, an intimate and electrifying story of love and betrayal, and the coming-of-age of…

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Mad Love by Wendy Walker #audioreview

I obtained this audiobook through my Audible Subscription. Publisher: Audible Originals Published: May 9, 2024   Summary: They were madly in love. The perfect couple. That was the story everyone in South River believed … until Gin Talcott and Adam Archer were found shot in their bed. Adam is dead at the scene. Gin is fighting for her life. Detectives Greta Jessup and Finn Pate are assigned to the case.…

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Hush, Dear Sister by Audra McElyea #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers-The Pulse, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of Hush, Dear Sister in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Counterplay Press Published: June 11, 2024   Summary: After a tragic accident she can’t quite remember, forty-something-year-old beloved Hollywood actress Annette Taylor finds herself bound to a wheelchair with several injuries. Living in Crawford Manor, the Gothic Hollywood mansion from the film that made her famous, has become too…

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Safe and Sound by Laura McHugh #bookreview

Thank you Random House / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Safe and Sound in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Random House Published: April 23, 2024   Summary: Six years after their cousin vanished from their home while they were sleeping, two sisters set out to learn the truth behind what happened—even if it puts their own lives in danger—in this haunting thriller from the internationally bestselling author…

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Killing Moon by Jo Nesbo #bookreview #series

Thank you Knopf #partner, for the finished copy of Killing Moon in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Published: April 30, 2024 (first published 2022)   Summary: THE HUNT IS ON AND THE POLICE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. Two young women are missing, their only connection a party they both attended, hosted by a notorious real-estate magnate. When one of the women is found murdered, the police…

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Original Twin by Paula Gleeson #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio/Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of Original Twin in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: June 1, 2024   Summary: A twisty crossover thriller that will have readers guessing right up until the end. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, Mary Kubica, and Megan Abbott. SHE’S ALWAYS BEEN SECOND BEST. NOW SHE’S THE ONLY ONE LEFT. Twin sisters May and June couldn’t be more different.…

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The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you HTP Books / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Vacancy in Room 10 in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Graydon House Published: April 9, 2024   Summary: When Anna Hartley’s husband, Henry, calls her with a terrible, guilty confession, she can’t believe what she hears. It has to be a bad joke—the mild, predictable artist she married would…

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Month in Review: April 2024

Another month come and gone…and while the calendar says May, the temperature doesn’t always feel it. I’ve gotten a few outside reading days in, but not many. I have a feeling we are going to go straight to the dog days of summer, not that I don’t love summer temps, but it would be nice to have those nice Spring days. April ended up being a pretty decent month despite…

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Follow Her Down by Helen Victoria Stone #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio/Netgalley, #partner for the ALC of Follow Her Down in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: June 4, 2024   Summary: Decades of doubt, fear, and suspicion won’t let a woman overcome her trauma in a riveting novel of suspense by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Jane Doe and The Hook. The murder of Elise Rockwood’s sister shattered her family. Their mother’s anxiety kept…

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Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Libro.fom / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: April 30, 2024   Summary: Ten days, eight suspects, six cities, five authors, three bodies . . . one trip to die for. All that bestselling author Eleanor Dash wants is…

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Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fom / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press, #partner for the advanced copy of Darling Girls in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: April 23, 2024   Summary: SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER… Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia have been told how lucky they are.…

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The Woman on the Ledge by Ruth Mancini #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Perennial, #partner, for the finished copy of The Woman on the Ledge in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my collection. Publisher: Harper Perennial / Harper Audio Published: January 16, 2024   Summary: Obsession. Intrigue. Revenge. Whose secrets are you keeping? And why? A woman falls to her death from a London bank’s twenty-fifth-floor roof terrace. You’re arrested for her murder. You tell…

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The Flower Sisters by Michelle Collins Anderson #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Recorded Books, for the ALC and Kensington Books, #partner, for an advanced copy of The Flower Sisters in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Kensington Books /Recorded Books Published: April 23, 2024   Summary: Drawing on the little-known true story of a tragic event that took place in the author’s Missouri hometown at an Ozarks dance hall in 1928, this beautifully written novel, told through twin…

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Mini Reviews – Thriller Edition #bookreviews #thrillers #bookpurchases

This month I attended Hamptonswhodunit, a Mystery and crime festival, and in prepping for it, I picked a few books from my shelves by some of the authors I knew would be attending. Not only did this help me get to know some of these authors better but it also allowed me to read some books that had been sitting on my shelf for a while. And now I’m quite…

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You Know What You Did by K.T. Nguyen #bookreview

Thank you Dutton / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of You Know What You Did in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Dutton Published: April 16, 2024   Summary: In this heart-pounding debut thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Celeste Ng, a first-generation Vietnamese American artist must confront nightmares past and present… Annie “Anh Le” Shaw grew up poor but seems to have it all now: a dream…

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The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC of The House on Biscayne Bay in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Penguin Audio Published: April 2, 2024   Summary: As death stalks a gothic mansion in Miami, the lives of two women intertwine as the past and present collide in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s atmospheric new novel. With the Great War finally behind them, thousands of civilians and business moguls…

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Follow by Mary Keliikoa #bookreview

Thank you ThrillerBookLoversThePulse & Oceanview Publishing #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Don’t Ask, Don’t Follow in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Oceanview Publishing Published: June 4, 2024   Summary: Murder, dark family secrets, and the unwavering bond of sisterhood— regardless of the cost Beth Ralston, a paralegal in Portland, Oregon, would rather be racking up billable hours than mingling at an office party— especially when her sister Lindsay, aka…

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The Winners by Fredrik Backman #bookreview #series

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Atria Books Published: September 12, 2023   Summary: Over the course of two weeks, everything in Beartown will change. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there’s something about this place that prevents it. The destruction caused by a ferocious late-summer storm reignites the old rivalry…

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Lost to Dune Road by Kara Thomas #bookreview

Thank you to the author, MB Communications & Thomas Mercer #partner, for the advanced copy of Lost to Dune Road in exchange for my honest review.   Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: April 16, 2024   Summary: For a disgraced reporter, unraveling a conspiracy of murder could mean redemption in a powerful novel of suspense by the bestselling author of Out of the Ashes. Reporter Lee Ellerin’s investigation into a young woman’s…

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Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of Daughter of Mine in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Marysue Rucci Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: April 9, 2024   Summary: The new thrilling novel from Megan Miranda, the instant New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls, The Last to Vanish, and The Only Survivors. When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror…

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Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls by Kathleen Hale #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Grover Press, #partner, for the finished copy of Slenderman in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my collection. Publisher: Grover Press Published: August 16, 2022   Summary: The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet The Slenderman stabbing of May 31, 2014, in the…

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She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica #bookreview

Thank you HTP Books / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of She’s Not Sorry in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Park Row Books Published: April 2, 2024   Summary: An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller. Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full time nurse. While on duty at…

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Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen #bookreview #series #backlistreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Hard Rain in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: April 18, 2023   Summary: In shock and found clinging to a tree branch, Bethany Richter is pulled from thrashing floodwaters that have decimated the town of Garnett, Texas and killed a dozen others. Six months after solving the murder of a local waitress, Annie McIntyre is working as…

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Month in Review: March 2024

  How is it a quarter of the year has gone by? It seems like March went by in a blink of the eye, but at least it was filled with some amazing reads! And somehow I managed to stay on top of my reviews for once!!! I still have some from February and January to get to, but I’ll take the wins where I can get them. April is…

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The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you SimonBooksBuddies / Simon and Schuster, #partner, for the finished copy of The Many Lives of Mama Love in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook for my collection. Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: February 27, 2024 / August 1, 2023   Summary: New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot caller…

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A Man Downstairs by Nicole Lundrigan #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Penguin Canada for the ALC and ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Viking, #partner, for an advanced e-copy of A Man Downstairs in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Viking / Penguin Canada Published: March 5, 2024   Summary: What if the childhood you remember isn’t really what happened at all? From the acclaimed author of An Unthinkable Thing and Hideaway, a breath-stopping novel of suspense about a woman tormented…

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This Isn’t Going to End Well by Daniel Wallace #bookreview #audiobook

Thank Algonquin Books, #partner for the finished copy of This Isn’t Going to End Well in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Algonquin Books / Hachette Audio Published: March 26, 2024 – Paperback Release   Summary: In this powerful memoir, the bestselling author of Big Fish tries to come to terms with the life and death of his multi-talented longtime friend and brother-in-law, who…

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Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the finished copy of Expiration Dates in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: March 19, 2024   Summary: Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper you could win it all. From the New York Times bestselling author of In…

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Black Wolf by Juan Gomez-Jurado #bookreview #series

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Black Wolf in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 12, 2024   Summary: Antonia Scott has an unusually gifted mind, able to see what others miss, able to solve the crimes that baffle all others. The only thing she fears is herself. Antonia is the lynchpin of the Red Queen project, created to work behind the scenes…

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Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books #partner,  for the advanced copy of Kill for Me, Kill for You in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books Published: March 19, 2024   Summary: For fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl, a razor-sharp and Hitchcock-inspired psychological thriller about two ordinary women who make a dangerous pact to take revenge for each other after being pushed to the brink. One dark evening…

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The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Simon and Schuster Audio, for the ALC and Mary Sue Rucci Books, #partner, for an advanced copy of The Storm We Made in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: S&S/Mary Sue Rucci Books / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: January 2, 2024   Summary: A novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unlikely spy for the invading Japanese forces during WWII—and the shocking consequences that…

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Only One Survives by Hannah Mary McKinnon #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, MIRA, #partner, for an advanced e-copy of Only One Survives in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: MIRA Published: July 16, 2024   Summary: Becoming the star is easier when the rest of your band is dead… All drummer Vienna Taylor ever wanted was to make music. If that came with fame, she’d take it—as long as her best friend, guitarist Madison Pierce, was sharing the…

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Lilith by Eric Rickstad #bookreview

Thank you Blackstone Publishing, #partner, for the advanced copy of Lilith in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Published: March 19, 2024   Summary: From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of I Am Not Who You Think I Am—a New York Times Thriller of the Year—comes Lilith, an incendiary powerhouse of a novel that strikes straight at the wounded heart of America. After her son…

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The Stranger at Black Lake by Christina McDonald #bookreview #series

Thank you Intrigue Ink Publishing / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Stranger at Black Lake in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Intrigue Ink Publishing Published: March 19, 2024   Summary: Secrets, murder and revenge converge in this gripping prequel to Amazon charts bestselling thriller, These Still Black Waters, about a young Jess Lambert drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game. Because old ghosts often have old scores…

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What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan #bookreview

Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the advanced copy of What Happened to Nina? in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: March 26, 2024   Summary: From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an emotional novel of suspense about two families pitted against each other—one seeking justice in the disappearance of their daughter, the other desperate to clear their son’s name. Nina and…

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Don’t Forget Me by Rea Frey #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Netgalley, #partner, for an advanced ALC of Don’t Forget Me in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: March 1, 2024   Summary: When a body is presumed to be her missing husband’s, a woman must unravel the secrets of her own past to clear her name, find the truth, and put her conscience to rest once and for all. All Ruby wanted…

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Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you PRH Audio for the ALC and Berkley #partner, for the advanced e-copy of Becoming Madam Secretary in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley / Penguin Audio Published: March 12, 2024   Summary: She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic new novel about an American heroine Frances Perkins. Raised…

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Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the advanced copy of Still See You Everywhere in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: March 12, 2024   Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner comes a harrowing new thriller: Frankie Elkin is an expert at finding the missing persons that the rest of the world…

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Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fom / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Celadon Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Listen for the Lie in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books / Macmillan Audio Published: March 5, 2024   Summary: What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn’t matter? After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered…

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