Title:Little Boy Blue Author:M.J. Arlidge Series:Helen Grace, #5 Published:October 2016, Berkley Format:ARC E-copy, 432 pages Source:Netgalley Detective Helen Grace faces her own dark compulsions in the twisty new thriller from the author of Pop Goes the Weasel and Eeny Meeny. In the darkest corners of the city, there is a thriving nightlife where people can let loose and cross the lines of work and play, of pleasure and pain. But…
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Title:The Life She Wants Author:Robyn Carr Published:September 2016, MIRA Format:ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source:Publisher via Little Bird Publicity #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr creates an emotional and uplifting ensemble of characters in this rags-to-riches-to-rags novel about women, friendship and the complex path to happiness In the aftermath of her financier husband’s suicide, Emma Shay Compton’s dream life is shattered. Richard Compton stole his clients’ life savings to…
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Title: No Way Back: A DCI Helen Grace Short Story Author:M.J. Arlidge Published:August 2016, Penguin Format:E-book, 54 pages Source:Personal Copy Jodie’s arriving at her third children’s home. She’s only fifteen. Maybe this time will be different. She’ll be safe. Looked after. But the truth is Jodie has no one left to protect her. She must defend herself. She must change. My thoughts: I absolutely love M.J. Arlidge’s Helen Grace series…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About The crazy time at work has finally passed…our data reports have been sent off to the feds and now we just wait and see how we ended up doing. The good news is that now I can concentrate on not only my training for my big walk coming up in March, but even closer…
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Here are my reading stats for September! Books read: 12 Books I read: The Night Stalker — Robert Bryndza (audio book) Before He Found Her — Michael Kardos (audio book) Triple Love Score — Brandi Megan Granett The Vanishing Year — Kate Moretti (e-book) Missing Pieces — Heather Gudenkauf (audio book) In Twenty Years — Allison Winn Scotch (audio book) Echo Lake — Carla Neggers (audio book) Only Daughter…
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Title:Everything We Keep Author:Kerry Lonsdale Narrator:Amy Landon Published:August 2016, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length:9 hours, 9 minutes / 306 pages Source:Publisher / Netgalley Sous chef Aimee Tierney has the perfect recipe for the perfect life: marry her childhood sweetheart, raise a family, and buy out her parents’ restaurant. But when her fiancé, James Donato, vanishes in a boating accident, her well-baked future is swept out to sea.…
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Title:The Vanishing Year Author:Kate Moretti Published:September 2016, Atria Books Format:ARC E-book, 304 pages Source:Netgalley Zoe Whittaker is living a charmed life. She is the beautiful young wife to handsome, charming Wall Street tycoon Henry Whittaker. She is a member of Manhattan’s social elite. She is on the board of one of the city’s most prestigious philanthropic organizations. She has a perfect Tribeca penthouse in the city and a gorgeous…
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Title:The Night Stalker Author:Robert Bryndza Series:DCI Erika Foster, #2 Narrator:Jan Cramer Published:June 2016, Bookouture Length:9 hours 38 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible If the Night Stalker is watching, you’re already dead… In the dead of a swelteringly hot summer’s night, Detective Erika Foster is called to a murder scene. The victim, a doctor, is found suffocated in bed. His wrists are bound and his eyes bulging through a clear…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About This is a really crazy time at work and I am definitely feeling all types of stress…so, I put my training on hold until for the time being. The last thing I need is to wind up really sick – and I know me, I definitely will if I push myself to do it…
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Title:Behind Closed Doors Author:B.A. Paris Published:August 2016, St. Martin’s Press Format:Hardcover, 304 pages My review The 2016 debut bloggers can’t stop raving about. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train and The Ice Twins Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do. Though, you’d like to get to…
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Title:Triple Love Score Author:Brandi Megan Granett Published:September 2016, Wyatt-MacKensie Publishing Format:Paperback, 304 pages Source:Author via the Publicist What happens when you stop playing games? Miranda Shane lives a quiet life among books and letters as a professor in a small upstate town. When the playing-by-the-rules poet throws out convention and begins to use a Scrabble board instead of paper to write, she sets off a chain of events that…
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Yesterday, Anne-Marie Casey’s novel, The Real Liddy James came out…another book with a striking cover!!! I’ll be reviewing this book in the coming weeks, but for now, please enjoy this spotlight and be sure to enter the giveaway below!!! Title:The Real Liddy James Author:Anne-Marie Casey Published:September 2016, G.P Putnam’s Sons Format:Hardcover, 336 pages Forty-four, fit, and fabulous, Liddy James is one of New York’s top divorce attorneys, a bestselling author,…
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Today Laura Madeleine‘s debut novel, The Confectioner’s Tale, comes out!!! I’m really excited about this book – plus isn’t the cover just so stunning? I’ll be reviewing this book in the coming weeks, but for now, please enjoy this spotlight on the book and do let me know if you plan on reading it 🙂 Title:The Confectioner’s Tale Author:Laura Madeleine Published:September 2016, Thomas Dunne Books Format:Hardcover, 336 pages What…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About This week, of course, things didn’t quite go according to plan…I ended up with some crazy stomach bug so I didn’t quite get in a full week of training. But, the good news is that I’m finally feeling like myself again! Hopefully this coming week I can get in a full week of…
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Title:The Kept Woman Author:Karin Slaughter Series:Will Trent, #8 Published:September 2016, William Morrow Format:Hardcover, 480 pages Husbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. The past and the future. Secrets bind them. And secrets can destroy them. The author of the acclaimed standalone Pretty Girls returns with this long-awaited new novel in her bestselling Will Trent series—an electrifying, emotionally complex thriller that plunges the Georgia detective into the darkest depths of a case…
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Title:Since She Went Away Author:David Bell Published:June 2016, NAL Format:Paperback, 432 pages Source:Personal Copy Three months earlier, Jenna Barton was supposed to meet her lifelong best friend Celia. But when Jenna arrived late, she found that Celia had disappeared—and hasn’t been seen again. Jenna has blamed herself for her friend’s disappearance every single day since then. The only piece of evidence is a lone diamond earring found where Celia and…
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Title:Good as Gone Author:Amy Gentry Narrator:Karen Peakes Published:July 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:7 hours 40 minutes Source:Publisher Thirteen-year-old Julie Whitaker was kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night, witnessed only by her younger sister. Her family was shattered, but managed to stick together, hoping against hope that Julie is still alive. And then one night: the doorbell rings. A young woman who appears to be Julie is finally,…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So now that we’re into September, I have begun my training for the big walk I will be doing in March – the Challenge Walk MS in Savannah, GA…it’s a 3-day, 50 mile walk, where you walk 22 miles the first day, 18 the second and 10 the third. So, I definitely need to…
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Title:Triple Love Score Author:Brandi Megan Granett Published:September 2016, Wyatt-MacKensie Publishing Format:Paperback, 304 pages What happens when you stop playing games? Miranda Shane lives a quiet life among books and letters as a professor in a small upstate town. When the playing-by-the-rules poet throws out convention and begins to use a Scrabble board instead of paper to write, she sets off a chain of events that rattles her carefully planned world. …
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I’m so excited to be participating again in this year’s #30Authors event. I have the lovely Laura McNeill here to discuss Taylor Jenkins Reid novel, One True Loves, a book I have sitting on my shelf just waiting to be read! I’m so glad Laura is reviewing this book here today! But first, here’s a little bit about the #30Authors event itself: #30Authors is an event started by The Book…
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Title:Always a Cowboy Author:Linda Lael Miller Series:The Carsons of Mustang Creek, #2 Published:August 2016, HQN Books Format:ARC E-book, 384 pages Source:Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity He’s the middle of the three Carson brothers and is as stubborn as they come—and he won’t thank a beautiful stranger for getting in his way! Drake Carson is the quintessential cowboy. In charge of the family ranch, he knows the realities of this…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About What a stressful week!!! My older dog, Maddie, was sick at the beginning of the week and at first, we weren’t sure what it was from. It started with vomiting and her face was all swollen, and then the next morning, she had a seizure…boy oh boy was that ever scary! Luckily she only…
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Here are my reading stats for August! Books read: 15 Books I read: After Anna — Alex Lake It Ends With Us — Colleen Hoover (audio book) The Ice Princess — Camilla Lackberg (audio book) Behind Closed Doors — B.A. Paris Nowhere Girl — Susan Strecker (e-book) Modern Girls — Jennifer S. Brown Since She Went Away — David Bell Watching Edie — Camilla Way (audio book) The Opposite of…
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Title:Clear to Lift Author:Anne A Wilson Published:July 2016, Forge Books Format:Hardcover, 320 pages Navy helicopter pilot Lt. Alison Malone has been assigned to a search and rescue team based at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, near the rugged peaks of the Sierra Nevada, and far from her former elite H-60 squadron. A rule follower by nature, Alison is exasperated and outraged every time she flies with her mission commander, “Boomer”…
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Title:Behind Closed Doors Author:B.A. Paris Published:August 2016, St. Martin’s Press Format:ARC Paperback, 304 pages Source:Publicist Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace: he has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You’d like to get to know Grace better. But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love. Picture this: a dinner party at their perfect home, the conversation…
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Title: The Ice Princess Author:Camilla Lackberg Series:Patrik Hedstrom (Fjallbacka), #1 Narrator:David Thorn Published:October 2010, HighBridge Audio Length:15 hours 8 minutes Source:Library Returning to her hometown of Fjallbacka after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning. Her wrists slashed, her body frozen in an ice-cold bath, it seems that she…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About It was a crazy week, starting with my Fitbit acting up. It just stopped syncing suddenly and was quite frustrating trying to figure out how to fix it. After contacting Fitbit Support via twitter, I learned how to reset my Alta and that seemed to do the trick. Luckily I still have my Fitbit…
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Title:The Lucidity Project Author:Abbey Campbell Cook Published:May 2016, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 288 pages After suffering from depression all her life, twenty-five-year-old Max Dorigan joins a mysterious research project on a Carribean island, where she’s introduced to the magical and healing world of lucid dreaming. Depression has haunted twenty-five-year-old Max Dorigan her entire life. After years of unsuccessful treatment and a failed suicide attempt, Max agrees to join “The Lucidity…
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Title:The Cavendon Luck Author:Barbara Taylor Bradford Series:Cavendon Hall, #3 Narrator:Anna Bentinck Published:June 2016, Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length:16 hours 11 minutes / Hardcover, 512 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Publicist From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a captivating epic saga of courage and honor, following the aristocratic Inghams and the loyal Swann family who have served them for centuries. It is 1938 in England,…
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Title:Liar’s Key Author:Carla Neggers Series:Sharpe & Donovan, #6 Published:August 2016, MIRA Format:Hardcover, 384 pages An FBI legend, a mysterious antiquities specialist and a brazen art thief draw top FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan into a complex web of blackmail, greed and murder in the eagerly awaited new novel in the highly acclaimed Sharpe & Donovan series Emma Sharpe is suspicious when retired Special Agent Gordon Wheelock, a legend…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About Getting back into the swing of things after vacation is always tough…but I managed to get in 2 5K’s and some yoga. I think my priority over the next few weeks has to be making sure I’m eating enough. I’ve been so tired lately…and I don’t really think it’s that I’m not getting…
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Title:Swear On This Life Author:Renee Carlino Published:August 2016, Atria Books Format: Paperback, 320 pages When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J.Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy long-term relationship, Emiline isn’t thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer. Yet from the…
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Title:It Ends With Us Author:Colleen Hoover Narrator:Olivia Song Published:August 2016, Simon & Schuster Audio / Atria Books Length:11 hours 11 minutes / Paperback, 384 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Publisher Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most. Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the…
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Title:Watching Edie Author:Camilla Way Narrator:Heather Wilds, Fiona Hardingham Published:August 2016, Penguin Audio / Berkley Publishing Group/NAL Length:9 hours 6 minutes / ARC Ecopy, 299 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley Beautiful, creative, a little wild… Edie was the kind of girl who immediately caused a stir when she walked into your life. And she had dreams back then—but it didn’t take long for her to learn that things don’t…
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Title:The Cavendon Women Author:Barbara Taylor Bradford Series:Cavendon Hall, #2 Narrator:Anna Bentinck Published:March 2015, Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length:14 hours 25 minutes / Hardcover, 448 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Publicist From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a stunning and dramatic saga of love and loyalty. The aristocratic Inghams have been served by the Swann family for centuries. The Cavendon Women follows these two families’…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About Vacation is just about over…I still have Monday off 🙂 The week at the beach was just what I needed to recharge my batteries…I read, I relaxed and I just chilled…and now I’m ready to get back to a normal workout routine. My plan is to play around with a bunch of different…
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Title:Perfectly Good Crime Author:Dete Meserve Series:A Kate Bradley Mystery, #2 Published:June 2016, Melrose Hill Publishing Format:Paperback, 288 pages From the bestselling author of Good Sam comes a taut and thought-provoking follow-up, Perfectly Good Crime. When the estates of the 100 wealthiest Americans are targeted in a series of sophisticated, high tech heists, Los Angeles TV news reporter Kate Bradley must venture inside the world of the super rich to investigate…
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Title:The Girl in the Ice Author:Robert Bryndza Series:DCI Erika Foster, #1 Narrator:Jan Cramer Published:February 2016, Bookouture Length:10 hours 7 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible Her eyes are wide open. Her lips parted as if to speak. Her dead body frozen in the ice…She is not the only one. When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park,…
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Title:The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay Author:Kelly Harms Published:August 2016, Thomas Dunne Books Format:Hardcover, 288 pages A young painter, Lily has reached a crossroads in her life. Her career hasn’t taken off, her best friend may no longer be the trusted friend she thought, her boyfriend is a disappointment, and now she can’t keep up with the rising cost of living in the city. With no one to turn to, Lily…
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Title:Cavendon Hall Author:Barbara Taylor Bradford Series:Cavendon Hall, #1 Narrator:Anna Bentinck Published:April 2014, Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length:13 hours 12 minutes / Paperback, 448 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Publicist From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an epic saga of intrigue and mystique set in Edwardian England. Cavendon Hall is home to two families, the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. Charles Ingham,…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I’m in the middle of a 2-week vacation…the first week was spent at home and the second week will be spent at the beach!!! Because I plan on doing nothing more than sitting on the beach, resting, relaxing and reading and enjoying a cocktail or two (my favorite at the moment is Verdi Champagne), I…
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I am so excited to help Kristy Woodsen Harvey spread the news today about her newest book – and share the cover!!! I have adored Kristy’s previous books and will be anxiously awaiting until I can get my hands on this next one…Kristy writes from the heart and that definitely comes across in her writing! Be sure to stop by her blog where she has an amazing giveaway going on.…
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Title:A House for Happy Mothers Author:Amulya Malladi Published:June 2016, Lake Union Publishing Format:Paperback, 301 pages A stunning new novel—full of wit and warmth—from the bestselling author of The Mango Season. In trendy Silicon Valley, Priya has everything she needs—a loving husband, a career, and a home—but the one thing she wants most is the child she’s unable to have. In a Southern Indian village, Asha doesn’t have much—raising two children…
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Title:Before the Fall Author:Noah Hawley Narrator:Robert Petkoff Published:May 2016, Hachette Audio Length:12 hours 59 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible From the Emmy, PEN, Peabody, Critics’ Choice, and Golden Globe Award-winning creator of the TV show Fargo comes the thriller of the year. On a foggy summer night, eleven people—ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter—depart Martha’s Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens:…
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Title:After Anna Author:Alex Lake Published:August 2016, Harper Format:Paperback, 400 pages Source:Publisher The real nightmare starts when her daughter is returned… A bone-chilling psychological thriller that will suit fans of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Daughter by Jane Shemilt, and The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. A girl is missing. Five years old, taken from outside her school. She has vanished, traceless. The police are at a loss;…
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Today Sarah Maine’s debut novel, The House Between Tides, comes out!!! I’m really excited about this book – how could I not when she’s being compared to authors like Kate Morton and Lucinda Riley, two of my favorites! I’ll be reviewing this book in the coming weeks, but for now, please enjoy this spotlight on the book and be sure to enter the giveaway below – I ended up with…
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Here are my reading stats for July! Books read: 14 Books I read: Before the Fall — Noah Hawley (audio book) Little Girl Gone — Gerry Schmitt The Hatching — Ezckiel Boone All is Not Forgotten — Wendy Walker The Nest — Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (audio book) The Choices We Make — Karma Brown Playing With Fire — Tess Gerritsen (audio book) The Cavendon Women — Barbara Taylor Bradford (audio…
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Title:The Nest Author:Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Narrator:Mia Barron Published: March 2016, HarperAudio Length:11 hours 6 minutes Source:Library A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives. Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About A few weeks ago, I made mention of a big walk I’ll be doing in early 2017…well, now that I’ll all registered, I can talk about it. In March of 2017, I’ll be doing the CHALLENGE WALK MS in Savannah, GA. It is a three-day, 50-mile walk that tests your strength and your spirit,…
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Title:You Will Know Me Author:Megan Abbott Published:July 2016, Little Brown Format:ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source:BookSparks Katie and Eric Knox have dedicated their lives to their fifteen-year-old daughter Devon, a gymnastics prodigy and Olympic hopeful. But when a violent death rocks their close-knit gymnastics community just weeks before an all-important competition, everything the Knoxes have worked so hard for feels suddenly at risk. As rumors swirl among the other parents, revealing…
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