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#SRC2017 Book Review: In This Moment by Karma Brown

#SRC2017 Book Review: In This Moment by Karma Brown

Title:In This Moment Author:Karma Brown Published:May 2017, Park Row Books Format:ARC E-book, 304 pages Source:Netgalley via Publisher Bestselling author Karma Brown is back with a morally infused and emotionally riveting exploration of one woman’s guilt over an unexpected—yet avoidable—tragedy. Meg Pepper has a fulfilling career and a happy family. Most days she’s able to keep it all together and glide through life. But then, in one unalterable moment, everything changes.…

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Author Q&A: Heather Gudenkauf

Author Q&A: Heather Gudenkauf

Heather Gudenkauf is quickly becoming a favorite author for me  – I’ve read some of her more recent books and really enjoyed them.  Her latest book, Not A Sound, will be published this week. Earlier today I shared my review of the book – you can read that here. Today I have a conversation that Heather has prepared that I found to be quite interesting.  Do let me know if…

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Review: Not A Sound by Heather Gudenkauf

Review: Not A Sound by Heather Gudenkauf

Title:Not A Sound Author:Heather Gudenkauf Published:May 2017; Park Row Books Format:Paperback, 352 pages Source:Publisher A shocking discovery and chilling secrets converge in this latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf When a tragic accident leaves nurse Amelia Winn deaf, she spirals into a depression that ultimately causes her to lose everything that matters–her job, her husband, David, and her stepdaughter, Nora. Now, two years later and with…

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Review: Here’s to Us by Elin Hilderbrand (audio)

Review: Here’s to Us by Elin Hilderbrand (audio)

Title:Here’s to Us Author:Elin Hilderbrand Narrator:Erin Bennett Published:June 2016, Hachette Audio Length:12 hours 30 minutes Source:Library Three romantic rivals. One crowded house. Plenty of room for jealousy. Laurel Thorpe, Belinda Rowe, and Scarlett Oliver share only two things; a love for the man they all married, Deacon Thorpe–a celebrity chef with an insatiable appetite for life–and a passionate dislike of one another. All three are remarkable, spirited women, but they…

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Review: Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde (audio)

Review: Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde (audio)

Title:Allie and Bea Author:Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator:Lauren Ezzo and Janet Metzger Published:May 2017, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length:10 hours 35 minutes / Paperback, 350 pages Source:Audio via Brilliance Audio / Paperback via Little Bird Publicity   Bea has barely been scraping by since her husband died. After falling for a telephone scam, she loses everything and is forced to abandon her trailer. With only two-thirds of a tank…

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Review: Before the Rain Falls by Camille Di Maio (audio)

Review: Before the Rain Falls by Camille Di Maio (audio)

Title:Before the Rain Falls Author:Camille Di Maio Narrator:Dara Rosenberg Published:May 2017, Brilliance Audio Length:10 hours 25 minutes Source:Publisher   After serving seventy years in prison for the murder of her sister, Eula, Della Lee has finally returned home to the Texas town of Puerto Pesar. She’s free from confinement—and ready to tell her secrets before it’s too late. She finds a willing audience in journalist Mick Anders, who is reeling…

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Review: The Girl Who Lied by Sue Fortin

Review: The Girl Who Lied by Sue Fortin

Title:The Girl Who Lied Author:Sue Fortin Published:February 2017, Harper Impulse Format:Paperback, 384 pages Source:Publisher The truth hurts… Erin and Roisin were once friends until a fatal accident ruined both their lives. Now, Roisin has discovered a secret—one Erin has kept for over a decade—and she’s determined to make Erin pay for her lies. Erin wants nothing to do with Roisin. She has a new life in London and no intention…

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#SRC2017 Book Spotlight: Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

#SRC2017 Book Spotlight: Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

Title:Rich People Problems Author:Kevin Kwan Series:Crazy Rich Asians, #3 Published:May 2017, Doubleday Format:Hardcover, 384 pages Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royale fought through couture gown sabotage and the heir to one of Asia’s greatest fortunes locked out of his inheritance. When Nicholas…

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Review: Almost Missed You by Jessica Strawser (audio)

Review: Almost Missed You by Jessica Strawser (audio)

Title:Almost Missed You Author:Jessica Strawser Narrator:Therese Plummer Published:March 2017, Macmillan Audio Length:9 hours 56 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible Violet and Finn were “meant to be,” said everyone, always. They ended up together by the hands of fate aligning things just so. Three years into their marriage, they have a wonderful little boy, and as the three of them embark on their first vacation as a family, Violet can’t help…

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#SRC2017 Book Spotlight: The Best of Adam Sharp by Graeme Simsion

#SRC2017 Book Spotlight: The Best of Adam Sharp by Graeme Simsion

Title:The Best of Adam Sharp Author:Graeme Simsion Published:May 2017, St. Martin’s Press Format:Hardcover, 314 pages   From the #1 bestselling author of The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect, an unforgettable new novel about lost love and second chances On the cusp of turning fifty, Adam Sharp likes his life. He’s happy with his partner Claire, he excels in music trivia at quiz night at the local pub, he looks…

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#SRC2017 Book Review: It’s Always the Husband by Michele Campbell

#SRC2017 Book Review: It’s Always the Husband by Michele Campbell

Title:It’s Always the Husband Author:Michele Campbell Published:May 2017, St. Martin’s Press Format:Hardcover, 320 pages Source:Publisher Kate, Aubrey, and Jenny. They first met as college roommates and soon became inseparable, even though they are as different as three women can be. Twenty years later, one of them is standing at the edge of a bridge . . and someone else is urging her to jump. How did things come to this?…

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Review: Tell Me No Lies by Lisa Hall

Review: Tell Me No Lies by Lisa Hall

Title:Tell Me No Lies Author:Lisa Hall Published:May 2017, Carina / HarperCollins Format:Paperback, 43 pages Source:Publisher From the bestselling author of Between You and Me don’t miss Lisa Hall’s new gripping thriller. Don’t. Trust. Anyone. It was supposed to be a fresh start. A chance to forget the past and embrace the future. But can you ever really start again? Or does the past follow you wherever you go… My thoughts:This…

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Review: A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner (audio)

Review: A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner (audio)

Title:A Bridge Across the Ocean Author:Susan Meissner Narrator:Kim Bubbs Published:March 2017, Penguin Audio Length:10 hours 32 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible   Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women past and present in the latest novel from the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life. February, 1946. World War Two is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese…

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#SRC2017 Book Spotlight: Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki

#SRC2017 Book Spotlight: Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki

Title:Woman No. 17  Author:Edan Lepucki Published:May 2017, Hogarth Press Format:Hardcover, 320 pages A sinister, sexy noir about art, motherhood, and the intensity of female friendships, set in the posh hills above Los Angeles, from the New York Times bestselling author of California. High in the Hollywood Hills, writer Lady Daniels has decided to take a break from her husband. She’s going to need a hand with her young son if…

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Review: Summit Lake by Charlie Donlea (audio)

Review: Summit Lake by Charlie Donlea (audio)

Title:Summit Lake Author:CharlieDonlea Narrator:Shannon McManus Published:January 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:8 hours 12 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible Set in a small, picturesque North Carolina town, Charlie Donlea’s suspenseful debut novel tells the haunting story of a murdered law school student, the reporter assigned to her story – and the intimate connection that comes when the living walk in the footsteps of the dead.   “No suspects. No persons of interest.…

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Review: Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again by Kimberly Williams-Paisley (audio)

Review: Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again by Kimberly Williams-Paisley (audio)

Title:Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again Author:Kimberly Williams-Paisley Narrator:Kimberly Williams-Paisley Published:April 2016, Blackstone Audio Length:5 hours 26 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible Many know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the bride in the popular Steve Martin remakes of the Father of the Bride movies, the calculating Peggy Kenter on Nashville, or the wife of country music artist, Brad Paisley. But behind the scenes, Kim was dealing with a…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Marriage Bureau by Penrose Halson

Blog Tour & Review: The Marriage Bureau by Penrose Halson

Title:The Marriage Bureau Author:Penrose Halson Published:May 2017, William Morrow Paperbacks Format:ARC Paperback, 52 pages Source:Publisher via TLC Book Tours A riveting glimpse of life and love during and after World War II—a heart-warming, touching, and thoroughly absorbing true story of a world gone by. In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined twenty-four-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marriage bureau. They…

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#SRC2017 Book Review: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins (audio)

#SRC2017 Book Review: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins (audio)

Title:Into the Water Author:Paula Hawkins Narrator:Laura Aikman, Rachel Bavidge, Sophie Aldred, Daniel Weyman, Imogen Church Published:May 2017, Penguin Audio Length:11 hours 31 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon The Girl on the Train returns with Into the Water, her addictive new novel of psychological suspense. A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs…

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Author Q&A: Mark Sullivan

Author Q&A: Mark Sullivan

While Mark Sullivan is a not a new author to me – I’ve read some of the books he has co-written with James Patterson – this is the first book I’ve gotten that he wrote himself. His latest book, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, is now available. Earlier today I shared a book spotlight along with some early praise for the novel – you can read that here. Today I have…

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Book Spotlight: Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan

Book Spotlight: Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan

Earlier this week, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, the latest novel by Mark Sullivan was published and to celebrate, I am helping the publisher get the word out. I will be reading this book and sharing my review soon! For now, please enjoy this spotlight and let me know if you will be reading this book. And can we all just take a moment to admire this cover – isn’t it…

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#SRC2017 Book Review: Goodnight From London by Jennifer Robson

#SRC2017 Book Review: Goodnight From London by Jennifer Robson

Title:Goodnight From London Author:Jennifer Robson Published:May 2017, William Morrow Paperbacks Format:ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source:Publisher From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson—author of Moonlight Over Paris and Somewhere in France—comes a lush historical novel that tells the fascinating story of Ruby Sutton, an ambitious American journalist who moves to London in 1940 to report on the Second World War, and to start a new life an ocean away from her…

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Book Spotlight: Crimes Against a Book Club by Kathy Cooperman

Book Spotlight: Crimes Against a Book Club by Kathy Cooperman

Today, Crimes Against a Book Club, the debut novel by Kathy Cooperman is being published and to celebrate, I am helping the publisher get the word out. I will be reading this book and sharing my review soon! For now, please enjoy this spotlight and let me know if you will be reading this book 🙂 Title:Crimes Against a Book Club Author:Kathy Cooperman Published:May 2017, Lake Union Publishing Format:Paperback, 320…

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Month in Review: April 2017

Month in Review: April 2017

Goodbye April…Hello May!!! These months are just flying by…and the only good thing about it being May is that BookExpo is just around the corner 🙂 I’m so excited!!! The lists of authors that will be there are starting to be released as is the books that will be available – there is some good reading to be had coming up, that’s for sure! Other than that, I finished April…

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