Short & Sweet Review: The Witnesses by James Patterson

Title:The Witnesses Author:James Patterson Series:BookShots Published:July 2016, BookShots Format:E-book, 136 pages Source:Personal copy   The family next door has a very dark secret. The Sanderson family has been forced into hiding after one of them stumbled upon a criminal plot. Or so they think. No one will answer their questions. And the terrifying truth may come too late…. BookShots LIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES PATTERSON Novels you can devour in a…

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Short & Sweet Review: Little Black Dress by James Patterson

Title:Little Black Dress Author:James Patterson Series:BookShots Published:July 2016, BookShots Format:Paperback, 108 pages Source:Personal copy   James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. Can a little black dress change everything in her life? Magazine editor Jane Avery spends her nights alone with Netflix and Oreos – until the Dress turns her loose. Suddenly she’s surrendering to dark desires, and New York City has become her erotic playground. But what began as…

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Review & Giveaway: Forever a Hero by Linda Lael Miller (Giveaway Closed)

Title:Forever a Hero Author:Linda Lael Miller Series:The Carsons of Mustang Creek, #3 Published:March 2017, Harlequin Books Format:ARC E-book, 384 pages Source:Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity For the youngest Carson brother, finding—and fixing—trouble seems to be all in a day’s work    Mace Carson is no hero. Back in college, he came upon a woman in trouble and intervened—but he was just one irate Wyoming cowboy with his boots planted firmly…

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Review: Deer Lake Series – Books 1 & 2: Night Sins/Guilty as Sin by Tami Hoag (audio)

Title:Deer Lake Series – Books 1 & 2: Night Sins/Guilty as Sin Author:Tami Hoag Series:Deer Lake Series, Books 1& 2 Narrator: Jennifer Van Dyke Published:July 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:39 hours (Book 1 – 19 hours 45 minutes; Book 2 – 18 hours 32 minutes) Source:Publisher   NIGHT SINS: A young boy disappears. There are no witnesses, no clues – only a note, cleverly taunting, casually cruel. Has a cold-blooded kidnapper…

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Review: The Lost Children by Helen Phifer (audio)

Title:The Lost Children Author:Helen Phifer Series:Detective Lucy Harwin, #1 Narrator:Alison Campbell Published:March 2017, Bookouture Length:9 hours 46 minutes / 320 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible/ Netgalley via Bookouture   Lizzy pulled the covers over her head. Then she realised what was being dragged behind the person with the torch. She rammed her fist into her mouth to stop herself from screaming… For decades, The Moore Asylum was home to the…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in March 24

#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About So, my two week break is over and I came back with a vengeance! I did 4 10K’s last week 🙂 Plus, I found a quick and easy arm workout that I did twice – it’s perfect to add in after my walks and now I just need to find a good ab and leg workout…

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Review: Blood Lines by Angela Marsons (audio)

Title:Blood Lines Author:Angela Marsons Series:DI Kim Stone, #5 Narrator:Jan Cramer Published:October 2016, Bookouture Length:8 hours 52 minutes Source:Publisher   How do you catch a killer who leaves no trace? A victim killed with a single, precise stab to the heart appears at first glance to be a robbery gone wrong. A caring, upstanding social worker lost to a senseless act of violence. But for Detective Kim Stone, something doesn’t add…

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Review: Black Fall by Andrew Mayne

Title: Black Fall Author: Andrew Mayne Series: Jessica Blackwood, #3 Published:March 2017, Harper Paperbacks Format:ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher In Black Fall, the third book in the ITW Award-nominated series that began with self-published eBook phenomenon Angel Killer, magician-turned-FBI agent Jessica Blackwood investigates a series of seemingly unrelated, but equally bizarre and sinister, crimes that lead her to the Colorado desert and a town that has, simply, disappeared. With…

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Review: The Secrets You Keep by Kate White

Title:The Secrets You Keep Author:Kate White Published:March 2017, Harper Paperbacks Format:ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source:Publisher   From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wrong Man and Eyes on You comes a harrowing new psychological thriller about a successful self-help author who suddenly finds her life spiraling dangerously out of control. What would you do if you realized that your new husband, a man you adore, is keeping secrets…

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Review: The Cutaway by Christina Kovac

Title:The Cutaway Author:Christina Kovac Published:March 2017, 37Ink/Atria Books Format:ARC e-copy, 320 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher   The Cutaway draws you into the tangled world of corruption and cover-up as a young television producer investigates the disappearance of a beautiful Georgetown lawyer in this stunning psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and Gillian Flynn. When brilliant TV news producer Virginia Knightly receives a disturbing “MISSING” notice on her desk…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in March 17

  #FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About It was a relatively quiet week…despite the crazy snowstorm we had. We ended up with 15 inches – not as much as they were originally predicting, but enough to be a complete nuisance and shut everything down for two days! And since it’s stayed cold since, the snow is taking it’s time melting. Hopefully that’s…

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Review: The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney

Title:The Missing Ones Author:Patricia Gibney Series:Detective Lottie Parker, #1 Published:March 2017, Bookouture Format:ARC E–copy, 518 pages Source:Netgalley via Bookouture   The hole they dug was not deep. A white flour bag encased the little body. Three small faces watched from the window, eyes black with terror. The child in the middle spoke without turning his head. ‘I wonder which one of us will be next?’ When a woman’s body is…

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Review & Giveaway: In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen

Title:In Farleigh Field Author:Rhys Bowen Published:March 2017, Lake Union Publishing Format:ARC Paperback, 396 pages Source:Publisher via Little Bird Publicity World War II comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative and family friend Ben Cresswell is covertly tasked with determining if…

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: The Cutaway by Christina Kovac

Next week, Christina Kovac’s debut novel, The Cutaway, comes out and I’m pleased to offer you, my readers, a chance to win a copy here! I will be reading this book next and am really excited about it – I’ve been hearing some amazing feedback about it and can’t wait to dig in!  You can also see what others have to say and then be sure to enter the giveaway…

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Review: Everything She Forgot by Lisa Ballantyne (audio)

Title:Everything She Forgot Author:Lisa Ballantyne Narrator:John Lee Published:October 2015, Harper Audio / William Morrow Paperbacks Length:11 hours 17 minutes / Paperback 448 pages Source:Library / Publisher Lisa Ballantyne, international bestselling author of The Guilty One, delivers a compelling domestic thriller with impeccably observed characters and masterful edge-of-your-seat storytelling in a novel that leaps between past and present with page-turning finesse They’re calling it the worst pile-up in London history. Driving…

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Review: Bad Little Girl by Frances Vick

Title:Bad Little Girl Author:Frances Vick Published:February 2017, Bookouture Format:ARC E-copy, 325 pages Source:Netgalley via Bookouture ‘I’m not safe – you have to help me…’ Little Lorna Bell is from a notorious family on a rundown estate. Everyone thinks she’s a nasty piece of work. The schoolchildren call her a thief. But Lorna’s hair is matted, her shoes pinch her feet and school teacher Claire Penny can’t help herself; some kids…

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#FitReaders: Weekly Check-in March 10

  #FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and That’s What I’m Talking About   So, the BIG WALK has come and gone…and it was amazing!!! I did the walk with my mom – and even though we don’t get to train together (she lives in NC and I live in NY) we walk the same pace, so it works well. The weather was perfect – the walk was…

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Review: The Sister by Louise Jensen (audio)

Title:The Sister Author:Louise Jensen Narrator:Natalie Blass Published:July 2016, Bookouture Length:9 hours Source:Publisher Grace hasn’t been the same since the death of her best friend Charlie. She is haunted by Charlie’s words, the last time she saw her, and in a bid for answers, opens an old memory box of Charlie’s. It soon becomes clear there was a lot she didn’t know about her best friend. When Grace starts a campaign…

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Review: The River at Night by Erica Ferencik (audio)

Title:The River at Night Author:Erica Ferencik Narrator:Joy Osmanski Published:Simon & Schuster Audio / Gallery/Scout Press Length:8 hours 26 minutes / 304 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Publicist   A high-stakes drama set against the harsh beauty of the Maine wilderness, charting the journey of four friends as they fight to survive the aftermath of a white water rafting accident, The River at Night is a nonstop and unforgettable thriller…

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Short & Sweet Audio Review: Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich

Title:Turbo Twenty-Three Author:Janet Evanovich Series:Stephanie Plum, #23 Narrator:Lorelei King Published:November 2016, Random House Audio Length:6 hours 16 minutes Source:Library In the heart of Trenton, N.J., a killer is out to make sure someone gets his just desserts. Larry Virgil skipped out on his latest court date after he was arrested for hijacking an eighteen-wheeler full of premium bourbon. Fortunately for bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, Larry is just stupid enough to…

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Month in Review: February 2017

     Another month gone…and as this post goes live, I am on my way to Savannah, GA for Challenge Walk MS that is happening this weekend! I have been training for this walk for the past five months and am so excited that the event is finally here…it’s a 3-day, 50 mile walk that is grueling and definitely tests your endurance, yet is so inspiring and helps raise money…

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