#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in December 30

    #FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About   Here’s my post for the last two weeks as I was away last week. My husband surprised me with a trip away for Christmas this year – and didn’t tell me where we were going until 2 weeks before we left!!! So where did we go? London and it was a fantastic trip…

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Review: Winter Storms by Elin Hilderbrand (audio)

Title:Winter Storms Author:Elin Hilderbrand Series:Winter, #3 Narrator:Erin Bennett Published:October 2016, Hachette Audio Length:6 hours 31 minutes Source:Library   Gather under the mistletoe for one last round of caroling with the Quinn family in this heartwarming conclusion to Elin Hilderbrand’s bestselling Winter Street Trilogy. Some of the stormy weather of the past few seasons seems to have finally lifted for the Quinns. After a year apart, and an ill-fated affair with…

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Review: The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo (audio)

Title:The Invisible Guardian Author:Dolores Redondo Series:The Baztan Trilogy, #1 Narrator:Coleen Marlo Published:March 2016, Brilliance Audio / Atria Books Length:11 hours 59 minutes / 384 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley   Already a #1 international bestseller, this tautly written and gripping psychological thriller forces a police inspector to reluctantly return to her hometown in Basque Country—a place engulfed in mythology and superstition—to solve a series of eerie murders. When…

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Review: While You Were Sleeping by Kathryn Croft

Title:While you Were Sleeping Author:Kathryn Croft Published:November 2016, Bookouture Format:ARC E-book, 326 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher   You wake up to find the man beside you is dead. He is not your husband. This is not your bed. What do you do? Tara Logan lives a quiet life with her husband, Noah, and two children, teenager Rosie and eleven-year-old Spencer. But her peace is shattered when she wakes in her…

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Review: Stalked by Elizabeth Heiter

Title:Stalked Author:Elizabeth Heiter Series:The Profiler, #4 Published:December 2016, MIRA Format:ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source:Publisher If you’re reading this, I’m already dead… That’s the note seventeen-year-old Haley Cooke leaves behind when she disappears from inside her high school. FBI profiler Evelyn Baine is called in to figure out who had reason to hurt her. On the surface, the popular cheerleader has no enemies, but as Evelyn digs deeper, she discovers that…

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Book Spotlight, Guest Post & Excerpt: Stalked by Elizabeth Heiter

Please join me in welcoming Elizabeth Heiter back to Always With a Book. Elizabeth’s latest book, Stalked, the 4th book in her Profiler series,  will be published at the end of the month. This is one of my favorite series and I’m so glad to have more Evelyn! I’ll be posting my review of Stalked later today, but for now, please enjoy this guest post and excerpt. Title: Stalked Author:Elizabeth…

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Giveaway: The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle (Giveaway Closed)

Next week, Kimberly Belle’s novel, The Marriage Lie, comes out and I’m pleased to offer you, my readers, a chance to win a copy here! I’ve already read this book and really liked it – you can read my review here. You can also see what others have to say and then be sure to enter the giveaway below!!! Title:The Marriage Lie Author:Kimberly Belle Published:December 2016, MIRA Format:Paperback, 352 pages…

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Review: Evil Games by Angela Marsons (audio)

Title: Evil Games Author:Angela Marsons Series:DI Kim Stone, #2 Narrator:Jan Cramer Published:June 2015, Bookouture Length:8 hours 43 minutes Source:Publisher   The greater the Evil, the more deadly the game… When a rapist is found mutilated in a brutal attack, Detective Kim Stone and her team are called in to bring a swift resolution. But, as more vengeful killings come to light, it soon becomes clear that there is someone far…

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Review: Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase (audio)

Title:Black Rabbit Hall Author:Eve Chase Narrator:Nathalie Buscombe, Katie Scarfe, Cassandra Campbell Published:February 2016, Penguin Audio Length:12 hours 6 minutes Source:Library For fans of Kate Morton and Sarah Waters, here’s a magnetic debut novel of wrenching family secrets, forbidden love, and heartbreaking loss housed within the grand gothic manor of Black Rabbit Hall. Ghosts are everywhere, not just the ghost of Momma in the woods, but ghosts of us too, what we…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in December 16

  #FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About   Another good week. We had some really cold weather and some snow – winter is definitely making it’s appearance early this year! The dogs love being out in the snow – it’s times like this that I so wish our yard was fenced in so the dogs could just go out and play! But,…

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Review: Love You To Death by Caroline Mitchell (audio)

Title: Love You To Death Author:Caroline Mitchell Series:Detective Ruby Preston, #1 Narrator:Emma Newman Published:November 2016, Bookouture Length:10 hours 59 minutes / 315 pages Source:Publisher / Netgalley   ‘I’m not your mother. You’re a monster. I don’t want you’ Women who gave a child up for adoption are being killed. A knock at their front door begins a nightmare from which they will never wake up. For Detective Ruby Preston and…

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#FRC2016 Book Spotlight: Small Admissions by Amy Poeppel

Title: Small Admissions Author: Amy Poeppell Published:December 2016, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format:Hardcover, 368 pages   For fans of The Nanny Diaries and Sophie Kinsella comes a whip-smart and deliciously funny debut novel about Kate, a young woman unexpectedly thrust into the cutthroat world of New York City private school admissions as she attempts to understand city life, human nature, and falling in love. Despite her innate ambition and Summa Cum…

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Review: In Twenty Years by Allison Winn Scotch

Title: In Twenty Years Author:Allison Winn Scotch Narrator:Julia Whelan Published:July 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:9 hours 57 minutes Source:Publisher Twenty years ago, six Penn students shared a house, naively certain that their friendships would endure—until the death of their ringleader and dear friend Bea splintered the group for good. Now, mostly estranged from one another, the remaining five reluctantly gather at that same house on the eve of what would have…

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Review: Missing Pieces by Heather Gudenkauf (audio)

Title:Missing Pieces Author:Heather Gudenkauf Narrator:Christina Traister Published:February 2016, Brilliance Audio / MIRA  Length:9 hours 9 minutes /288 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley   A woman uncovers earth-shattering secrets about her husband’s family in this chilling page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf Sarah Quinlan’s husband, Jack, has been haunted for decades by the untimely death of his mother when he was just a teenager, her body…

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Review: The Chosen by Kristina Ohlsson

Title:The Chosen Author:Kristina Ohlsson Series:Fredrika Bergman & Alex Recht, #5 Published:December 2016, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format:Paperback, 496 pages Source:Publicist   In her phenomenal #1 international bestseller—fifth in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Fredrika Bergman series—“one of Sweden’s best younger writers” (Los Angeles Times Magazine) delivers a tense, atmospheric mystery featuring an enigmatic killer rooted in folklore. On a cold winter’s day, a pre-school teacher is shot to death in front…

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Review: Fractured by Catherine McKenzie (audio)

Title:Fractured Author:Catherine McKenzie Narrator:Teri Clark Linden, Scott Merriman, Amy McFadden & James Foster Published:October 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:9 hours 37 minutes Source:Publisher Welcome, neighbor! Julie Prentice and her family move across the country to the idyllic Mount Adams district of Cincinnati, hoping to evade the stalker who’s been terrorizing them ever since the publication of her bestselling novel, The Murder Game. Since Julie doesn’t know anyone in her new town,…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in December 9

  #FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About   Another good week and I even got in 2 really good training walks! I’m so grateful that I have a really good gym and a nice mall by me – winter is making it’s way to us sooner rather than later, so I’ll be making good use of the mall for my long walks…

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#FRC2016 Book Review: The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle

Title:The Marrige Lie Author:Kimberly Belle Published:December 2016, MIRA Format:ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source:Netgalley   Even the perfect marriage has its dark side…  Iris and Will’s marriage is as close to perfect as it can be: a large house in a nice Atlanta neighborhood, rewarding careers and the excitement of trying for their first baby. But on the morning Will leaves for a business trip to Orlando, Iris’s happy world comes…

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Review: Echo Lake by Carla Neggers (audio)

Title:Echo Lake Author:Carla Neggers Series:Swift River Valley, #4 Narrator:Susan Boyce Published:January 2015, Blackstone Audio Inc / MIRA Length:9 hours 25 minutes / 352 pages Source:Library / Netgalley   In snowy Swift River Valley, unexpected romance is just around the corner… Heather Sloan has landed her dream job—the renovation of Vic Scarlatti’s stately 1912 country home overlooking the icy waters of Echo Lake in Knights Bridge, Massachusetts. It’s the perfect project…

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Review: Seized by Elizabeth Heiter

Title:Seized Author:Elizabeth Heiter Series: The Profiler, #3 Published:December 2015, MIRA Format:ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source:Netgalley Danger is all around her… What should have been a routine investigation for FBI profiler Evelyn Baine turns ominous when she’s kidnapped by a dangerous cult of survivalists. As her worst nightmares become a reality, she begins to question what she’s seeing. Because the longer she’s inside their compound, the more she realizes this group…

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Review: Avenged by Elizabeth Heiter

Title:Avenged Author:Elizabeth Heiter Series:The Profiler, #2.5 Published:January 2016, Harlequin.com Format:Free E-book Source:Publisher Love and vengeance FBI profiler Evelyn Baine and fellow agent Kyle McKenzie are—secretly—on vacation together, visiting an island off the coast of Georgia. Evelyn has recently solved a notorious cold case, so she considers their holiday a reward of sorts. More than that, it’s a cautious acknowledgment of her growing feelings for Kyle. One day a body washes…

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Review: The 4th Man by Lisa Gardner

Title:The 4th Man Author:Lisa Gardner Series:Quincy & Rainie, #6.5 Published:January 2017, Dutton Format:ARC E-copy, 47 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher   FBI Profiler Pierce Quincy and Officer Rainie Conner return in a baffling cold case in this exclusive eBook short story by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner. A young woman is found strangled in the stairwell of a college library, only her sneakers missing. With no physical evidence, no…

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Review: Egg Drop Dead by Laura Childs

Title:Egg Drop Dead Author:Laura Childs Series:Cackleberry Club, #7 Published:December 2016, Berkley Format:ARC Paperback, 288 pages Source:Author   In Laura Childs’s New York Times bestselling mystery series, Suzanne, Petra, and Toni—co-owners of the Cackleberry Club Café—are back to track down another bad egg…   Maintaining good personal relationships with their suppliers is one of the secrets of the Cackleberry Club Café’s success, so Suzanne doesn’t mind going out to Mike Mullen’s…

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Review: The Christmas Gate by T.A. Cline

Title:The Christmas Gate Author:T.A. Cline Published:December 2016, Tate Publishing Format:Paperback, 102 pages Source:Author via Friend   Robert Robinson is a renowned author of two best-selling mystery novels. As his prestige begins to affect his work ethics, he becomes detached from his writing obligations. Because of his failure to fulfill a three-book contract that was already long overdue, his editor gives him an ultimatum. He could either face legal action, or…

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Review: Silent Scream by Angela Marsons (audio)

Title:Silent Scream Author:Angela Marsons Series:DI Kim Stone, #1 Narrator:Jan Cramer Published:April 2015, Bookouture Length:8 hours 18 minutes Source:Publisher   Even the darkest secrets can’t stay buried forever…  Five figures gather round a shallow grave. They had all taken turns to dig. An adult sized hole would have taken longer. An innocent life had been taken but the pact had been made. Their secrets would be buried, bound in blood ……

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in December 2

    #FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About   I had a great week, if I do say so myself, and it feels so good to be back to exercising regularly!!! I just focused on getting back to where I was before I got sick and while I will continue to do that, I will also start to do one or two…

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#FRC2016 Book Spotlight: Size Matters by Cathryn Novak

Title:Size Matters Author:Cathryn Novak Published:November 2016, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 200 pages   John Frederick is a man of considerable substance, in every sense of the word. Rich, intelligent, reclusive, and very large, John Frederick lives to eat. His everyday needs are tended to by Mrs. Floyd, his house manager, and by a never-ending parade of personal chefs.  Enter Lexie Alexander, the latest applicant for that once-again vacant position. A…

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Month in Review: November 2016

Here are my reading stats for November!   Books read: 14 Books I read:   Night Watch — Iris Johansen/Roy Johansen (audio book) The Girl Before — Rena Olsen Missing, Presumed — Susie Steiner (audio book) The Candidate — Lis Wiehl (audio book) The Stranger — Camilla Lackberg (audio book) Where the Light Gets In — Kimbery Williams-Paisley (audio book) The Waiting Room — Leah Kaminsky Winter Storms — Elin…

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