Next month, Suzanne Redfearn’s latest book In An Instant will be published. I am really excited to read it and because I ended up with an extra copy, I wanted to give it away to one lucky reader. You can see what others have to say and then be sure to enter the giveaway below!!! Title: In An Instant Author: Suzanne Redfearn Published: March 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC…
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Title: All the Best Lies Author: Joanna Schaffhausen Series: Ellery Hathaway, #3 Published: February 2020, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: FBI agent Reed Markham is haunted by one painful unsolved mystery: who murdered his mother? Camilla was brutally stabbed to death more than forty years ago while baby Reed lay in his crib mere steps away. The trail went so cold that the Las Vegas…
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Title: Reputation Author: Sara Shepard Published: December 2019, Dutton Format: ARC Paperback, 373 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In this fast-paced new novel from Sara Shepard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars, a tight-knit college town scrambles for answers when an e-mail hack reveals life-changing secrets and scandals. Aldrich University is rocked to its core when a hacker dumps 40,000 people’s e-mails—the entire faculty, staff, students,…
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Title: Dead to Her Author: Sarah Pinborough Published: February 2020, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 400 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: For fans of Liane Moriarty, Liv Constantine and Lisa Jewell, a twisty psychological thriller about a savvy second wife who will do almost anything to come out on top from the New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes. Marriage can be murder… SOMETHING OLD Marcie’s affair with Jason Maddox…
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Title: The Other Mrs. Author: Mary Kubica Published: February 2020, Park Row Books Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Propulsive and addictive, The Other Mrs. is the twisty new psychological thriller from Mary Kubica, the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl She tried to run, but she can’t escape the other Mrs. Sadie and Will Foust have only just moved their family from bustling Chicago…
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Title: The Sun Down Motel Author: Simone St. James Published: February 2020, Berkley Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Something hasn’t been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why in this chilling new novel from the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls. Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to…
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Title: When I Was You Author: Minka Kent Narrator: Erin deWard, Will Damron Published: February 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: A stolen identity leads a woman down a dark and desperate path in a gripping novel of psychological suspense by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent. After barely surviving a brutal attack, Brienne Dougray rarely leaves her house. Suffering from debilitating headaches and…
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Title: Last Day Author: Luanne Rice Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella Published: February 2020, Brilliance Audio / Thomas & Mercer Length: 13 hours 8 minutes / 412 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print via Publisher Summary: From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice comes a riveting story of a seaside community shaken by a violent crime and a tragic loss. Years ago, Beth Lathrop and her…
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Title: Mercy House Author: Alena Dillon Narrator: Dawn Harvey, Catherine Ho, Scarlette Hayes, Eboni Flowers, Caitlin Kelly, Bahni Turpin Published: February 2020, Harper Audio / William Morrow Paperbacks Length: 9 hours 35 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – Paperback from Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: A powerful debut novel of a refuge in Brooklyn for women in trouble—and the one woman who will…
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Title: The Absolution Author: Yrsa Sigurdardottir Series: Children’s House, #3 Published: April 2019, Hodder & Stoughton * Format: Hardcover, 391 pages Source: Author * This is the UK Edition. The book was 1st published in Iceland in 2016 and will be published in the US in February 2020 – see picture below for US cover.) Summary: The new novel from the internationally bestselling, prizewinning, Queen of Icelandic crime. The police…
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Title: Into the Fire Author: Gregg Hurwitz Series: Orphan X, #5 Narrator: Scott Brick Published: January 2020, Brilliance Audio / Minotaur Books Length: 11 hours 58 minutes / 400 pages Source: Audio via Brilliance Audio / Print – ARC Paperback via Kaye Publicity Summary: The New York Times bestselling Orphan X returns—facing his own uncertain future and undertaking one last mission. Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan…
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Title: The Girls with No Names Author: Serena Burdick Published: January 2020, Park Row Books Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: The Girls with No Names pulls readers into the gilded age of New York City in the 1910s, when suffragettes marched in the street, unions fought for better work conditions—and girls were confined to the House of Mercy for daring to break the rules. Not far from…
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Next month, Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen’s latest book, You Are Not Alone, will be released. I was fortunate to be sent some extra copies, so I am giving them away. I will be reading this book very soon and am so excited – I have loved their previous books and this one sounds so good! But just take note…the Giveaway it happening on my Instagram page!!! Read on to…
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Title: The Chelsea Girls Author: Fiona Davis Published: July 2019, Dutton Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The bright lights of the theater district, the glamour and danger of 1950s New York, and the wild scene at the iconic Chelsea Hotel come together in a dazzling new novel about a twenty-year friendship that will irrevocably change two women’s lives–from the national bestselling author of The Dollhouse and…
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Title: The Little Bookshop on the Seine Author: Rebecca Raisin Series: The Little Paris Collection, #1 Published: January 2020, HQN (1st published October 2015) Format: Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary: It’s The Holiday on the Champs-Élysées in a great big love letter to Paris, charming old bookstores and happily-ever-afters! When bookshop owner Sarah Smith is offered the opportunity for a job exchange with her Parisian friend Sophie, saying yes…
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Title: Hindsight Author: Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen Series: Kendra Michaels, #7 Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Published: January 2020, Hachette Audio Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Source: Publisher via Libro.fm Summary: Investigator Kendra Michaels — whose former blindness has left her with uniquely insightful observational skills — must put her life on the line to catch a terrifying murderer setting his sights on some of society’s most vulnerable in this electrifying new…
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Well, despite the fact that January felt like it lasted forever, it has finally come to an end and I have to say it was a really good reading month filled with some excellent books. I was able to not only read some books from my shelves, but also read some stellar review books and I have a feeling that this year we are in store for another great year…
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Title: All the Ways We Said Goodbye Author: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White Published: January 2020, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 448 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: The New York Times bestselling authors of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room return with a glorious historical adventure that moves from the dark days of two World Wars to the turbulent years of the 1960s, in which three women with…
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Title: Detective Cross Author: James Patterson Series: Alex Cross, #24.5 Published: May 2017, BookShots Format: Paperback, 144 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: The suspect is your patient, Dr. Cross. An anonymous caller has promised to set off deadly bombs in Washington, DC. A cruel hoax or the real deal? By the time Alex Cross and his wife, Bree Stone, uncover the chilling truth, it may already be too late…. ***Short…
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Title: No Mercy Author: Joanna Schaffhausen Series: Ellery Hathaway, #2 Published: January 2019, Minotaur Books Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Police officer Ellery Hathaway and FBI profiler Reed Markham take on two difficult new cases in this stunning follow-up to The Vanishing Season. No Mercy is award-winning author Joanna Schaffhausen’s heart-pounding second novel. Police officer Ellery Hathaway is on involuntary leave from her job because she…
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Title: Cartier’s Hope Author: M.J. Rose Published: January 2020, Atria Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher via GetRed PR Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of the “lush, romantic historical mystery” (Kristin Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale) Tiffany Blues, a gorgeously wrought novel following an intrepid female journalist in Gilded Age New York as she chases the story of the Hope Diamond.…
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Title: When We Were Vikings Author: Andrew David MacDonald Narrator: Phoebe Strole Published: January 2020, Simon Schuster Audio / Scout Press Length: 10 hours 14 minutes / 336 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – ARC Paperback via Publisher Summary: A heart-swelling debut for fans of The Silver Linings Playbook and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Sometimes life isn’t as simple as heroes…
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Title: When You See Me Author: Lisa Gardner Series: Detective D.D. Warren, #11 Published: January 2020, Dutton Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Bestselling author Lisa Gardner unites three of her most loved characters -Detective D.D. Warren, Flora Dane, and Kimberly Quincy – in a twisty new thriller, as they investigate a mysterious murder from the past that points to a dangerous and chilling present-day crime. FBI Special…
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Title: The Better Liar Author: Tanen Jones Published: January 2020, Ballentine Books Format: ARC E-copy, 307 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: When a woman conceals her sister’s death to claim their joint inheritance, her deception exposes a web of dangerous secrets in this addictive new thriller for fans of Megan Abbott, Gillian Flynn, and Paula Hawkins. “Like most of the dead, I want to be remembered.” Robin Voigt is dead. If…
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Title: The Wives Author: Tarryn Fisher Published: December 2019, Graydon House Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Imagine that your husband has two other wives. You’ve never met the other wives. None of you know each other, and because of this unconventional arrangement, you can see your husband only one day a week. But you love him so much you don’t care. Or at least that’s what you’ve…
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Title: Cross Kill Author: James Patterson Series: Alex Cross, #24.4 Published: June 2016, BookShots Format: Paperback, 113 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Alex Cross, I’m coming for you–even from the grave if I have to. Along Came a Spider killer Gary Soneji has been dead for over ten years. Alex Cross watched him die. But today, Cross saw him gun down his partner. Is Soneji alive? A ghost? Or something…
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Title: Lady Clementine Author: Marie Benedict Published: January 2020, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: New from Marie Benedict, the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room! An incredible novel that focuses on one of the people who had the most influence during World War I and World War II: Clementine Churchill. In 1909, Clementine Churchill steps off a train with…
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Title: This Is Not How It Ends Author: Rochelle B. Weinstein Published: January 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher via GetRed PR Summary: From USA Today bestselling author Rochelle B. Weinstein comes a moving novel of hearts lost and found, and of one woman torn between two love stories. When Charlotte and Philip meet, the pair form a deep and instant connection. Soon they’re settled in…
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Title: The Wife and the Widow Author: Christian White Published: January 2020, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The second standalone thriller from the award-winning author of The Nowhere Child, Christian White. Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and The Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded…
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Title: Bitter Falls Author: Rachel Caine Series: Stillhouse Lake, #4 Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith, Michael Crouch, Dan John Miller, Lauren Ezzo, Will Roup Published: January 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 11 hours 33 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: An Amazon Charts, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling series. She’s investigating a cold case no one else could—by going places no else would dare. In spite of a harrowing past still haunting…
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Title: One Small Sacrifice Author: Hilary Davidson Series: Shadows of New York, #1 Published: June 2019, Thomas & Mercer Format: Paperback, 366 pages Source: Author Summary: An apparent suicide. A mysterious disappearance. Did one man get away with murder—twice? NYPD detective Sheryn Sterling has had her eye on Alex Traynor ever since his friend Cori fell to her death under suspicious circumstances a year ago. Cori’s death was ruled a…
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Title: Smokescreen Author: Iris Johansen Series: Eve Duncan, #25 Published: July 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover, 432 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: In this pulse-pounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan journeys to Africa to help families torn apart by a violent attack deep in the jungle–but she may be putting herself in more danger than she knows. A journalist shows…
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Title: Cross Her Heart Author: Sarah Pinborough Published: Janaury 2020, William Morrow Paperbacks (Reprint Edition) Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: “Sarah Pinborough is about to become your new obsession.”—Harlan Coben Lisa is living a lie and everyone is about to find out. Lisa lives for her daughter Ava, her job and her best friend Marilyn. But when a handsome client shows an interest in her,…
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Title: The Perfect Mother Author: Caroline Mitchell Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins, Christina Traister Published: January 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: She thought they wanted her baby. But they won’t stop there. Roz is young, penniless and pregnant. All she wants is to be the perfect mother to her child, but the more she thinks about her own chaotic upbringing, the more certain she…
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Title: Vanishing Girls Author: Lisa Regan Series: Detective Josie Quinn, #1 Published: November 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Read the USA Today bestselling thriller that “keeps the dramatic reveals coming” as Detective Josie Quinn desperately chases a killer hidden within her close-knit town before it’s too late and they claim another victim (Publishers Weekly). The little girl curled into a tiny ball as the…
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Title: Big Lies in a Small Town Author: Diane Chamberlain Published: January 2020, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel. North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women’s Correctional Center. Her dream…
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Title: The Country Guesthouse Author: Robyn Carr Series: Sullivan’s Crossing, #5 Narrator: Therese Plummer Published: January 2020, Recorded Books / MIRA Length: 8 hours 37 minutes / 336 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print: (Hardcover) – Publisher via Little Bird Publicity Summary: A summer rental, a new beginning…Hannah Russell’s carefully crafted plans for her life have been upended without warning. When her best friend died suddenly,…
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Title: The Tenant Author: Katrine Engberg Series: Korner/Werner, #1 Published: January 2020, Gallery/Scout Press Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: An electrifying work of literary suspense from international bestselling author KatrineEngberg, this stunning debut introduces two police detectives struggling to solve a shocking murder and stop a killer hell-bent on revenge. When a young woman is discovered brutally murdered in her own apartment, with an intricate pattern of…
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Title: The Playground Author: Jane Shemilt Published: December 2019, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: Big Little Lies meets Lord of The Flies in this electrifyingly twisty follow-up to Jane Shemilt’s breakout debut The Daughter. Over the course of a long, hot summer in London, the lives of three very different married couples collide when their children join the same tutoring circle, resulting…
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Title: Cross the Line Author: James Patterson Series: Alex Cross, #24 Published: November 2016, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 373 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Alex Cross chases a cold-blooded killer…with a conscience. Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies dead, leaving the city’s police force scrambling for answers. Under pressure from the…
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Title: Nightblind Author: Ragnar Jonasson Series: Dark Iceland, #2 Published: January 2016, Orenda Books Format: Paperback, 215 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Chilling, and complex, Nightblind is an extraordinary thriller from undeniable new talent Ragnar Jonasson. Ari Thór Arason: a local policeman, whose tumultuous past and uneasy relationships with the villagers in an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland—where no one locks their doors—continue to haunt him.…
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Title: The Best of Us Author: Robyn Carr Series: Sullivan’s Crossing, #4 Narrator: Therese Plummer Published: January 2019, Recorded Books / MIRA Length: 8 hours 36 minutes / 336 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print: (ARC Paperback) – Publisher via Little Bird Publicity Summary: In Sullivan’s Crossing, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr has created a place where good people, powerful emotions, great humor…
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Title: The Forgotten Girl Author: David Bell Published: December 2019, Berkley Books Format: Paperback, 448 pages Source: Publisher via GetRed PR Summary: The USA Today bestselling author of Somebody’s Daughter and Layover presents a twist-filled thriller about a troubled family with long-buried secrets… The past has arrived uninvited at Jason Danvers’s door in the form of his younger sister, Hayden, a former addict who severed all contact with her family…
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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 5 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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It was an excellent reading month…really, an excellent year. There were so many great books published this year, and I managed to balance all the review books with reading some books from my own shelves, which I’m quite happy about. I think #theunreadshelfproject is the only reading challenge I am going to be participating in going forward as I am really trying to get that situation under control. I also…
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Title: Seven Days Author: Alex Lake Published: December 2019, HarperCollins Format: ARC Paperback, 432 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A race against time to save her child… In seven days, Maggie’s son, Max, turns three. But she’s not planning a party or buying presents or updating his baby book. She’s dreading it. Because in her world, third birthdays are the days on which the unthinkable happens… she loses her child. For…
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Title: Shatter the Night Author: Emily Littlejohn Series: Detective Gemma Monroe, #4 Published: December 2019, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: An enthralling, atmospheric new novel from Emily Littlejohn, author of acclaimed debut Inherit the Bones, featuring Colorado police officer Gemma Monroe. It’s Halloween night in Cedar Valley. During the town’s annual festival, Detective Gemma Monroe takes a break from trick or treating with her family…
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Title: Good Girls Lie Author: J.T. Ellison Published: December 2019, Format: ARC Paperback, 464 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Goode girls don’t lie… Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, it accepts only the best and the brightest. Its elite status, long-held…
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Title: Cari Mora Author: Thomas Harris Published: May 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover, 311 pages Source: Publisher Summary: From the creator of Hannibal Lecter and The Silence of the Lambs comes a story of evil, greed, and the consequences of dark obsession. Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is…
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Title: Recipe for a Perfect Wife Author: Karma Brown Published: December 2019, Dutton Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In this captivating dual narrative novel, a modern-day woman finds inspiration in hidden notes left by her home’s previous owner, a quintessential 1950s housewife. As she discovers remarkable parallels between this woman’s life and her own, it causes her to question the foundation of her own relationship with…
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