Review: After Nightfall by A.J. Banner (audio)

Title: After Nightfall Author: A.J. Banner Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt Published: August 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Source: Publisher Summary:  Beware of friends with secrets…Imagine your closest friend utterly betraying you. Years later, when she seeks forgiveness, you invite her to your engagement party as a gesture of reconciliation. But seething hostilities rise to the surface, ruining everyone’s evening. After an awful night, your friend’s battered, lifeless body…

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Review: The Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan

Title: The Christmas Sisters Author: Sarah Morgan Published: September 2018, HQN Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher via Publicist Summary: In the snowy Highlands of Scotland, Suzanne McBride is dreaming of the perfect cozy Christmas. Her three adopted daughters are coming home for the holidays and she can’t wait to see them. But tensions are running high… Workaholic Hannah knows she can’t avoid spending the holidays with her family…

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Book Spotlight & Excerpt: The Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan

Yesterday, Sarah Morgan’s latest novel, The Christmas Sisters, was published and to celebrate, I am helping the publisher get the word out. I’ve just finished reading this book – it’s a sweet holiday read – and will be posting my review later on today. In the meantime, I have an excerpt from Chapter 1 to share with you…you can find that below. Title: The Christmas Sisters Author: Sarah Morgan Published:…

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Review: The Girl Made of Clay by Nicole Meier

Title: The Girl Made of Clay Author: Nicole Meier Published: September 2018, Lake Union Publishing Format: Paperback, 304 pages Source: Author Summary: An emotional exploration of the frayed bond between a father and daughter…and what it takes to mend it.  After Sara’s father, famous sculptor Thomas “TR” Harlow, is badly injured in a fire, she’s suddenly forced to care for a man who is more of a stranger than a…

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Review: The Storyteller’s Secret by Sejal Badani (audio)

Title: The Storyteller’s Secret Author: Sejal Badani Narrator: Siiri Scott Published: September 2018,  Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – Lake Union Publishing Length: 13 hours 21 minutes / ARC paperback, 412 pages Source:  Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – Lake Union Publishing via Wunderkind PR Summary: From the bestselling author of Trail of Broken Wings comes an epic story of the unrelenting force of love, the power of…

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Review: My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan (audio)

Title: My Oxford Year Author: Julia Whelan Narrator: Julia Whelan Published: April 2018, HarperAudio Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Source: Library Summary:  Set amidst the breathtaking beauty of Oxford, this sparkling debut novel tells the unforgettable story about a determined young woman eager to make her mark in the world and the handsome man who introduces her to an incredible love that will irrevocably alter her future—perfect for fans of…

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Short & Sweet Review: Private Vegas by James Patterson

Title: Private Vegas Author: James Patterson Series: Private, #9 Published: January 2015, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 361 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  What happens in Vegas…stays Private. Las Vegas is a city of contradictions: seedy and glamorous, secretive and wild, Vegas attracts people of all kinds–especially those with a secret to hide, or a life to leave behind. It’s the perfect location for Lester Olsen’s lucrative business. He…

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Blog Tour & Review: In Her Bones by Kate Moretti

Title: In Her Bones Author: Kate Moretti Published: September 2018, Atria Books Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Fifteen years ago, Lilith Wade was arrested for the brutal murder of six women. After a death row conviction, media frenzy, and the release of an unauthorized biography, her thirty-year-old daughter Edie Beckett is just trying to survive out of the spotlight. She’s a recovering alcoholic with a…

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Review: Into the Darkness by Sibel Hodge (audio)

Title: Into the Darkness Author: Sibel Hodge Narrator: Simon Vance, Charlotte Cole, Shaun Grindell Published: July 2018, Brilliance Audio Length: 8 hours 1 minute Source: Publisher Summary:  The Missing… In a hidden basement, eighteen-year-old Toni is held captive and no one can hear her screams. She’s been abducted after investigating unspeakable things in the darkest corners of the Internet. The Vigilante…   Fearing the worst, Toni’s mother turns to ex-SAS…

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Review: Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter

Title: Pieces of Her Author: Karin Slaughter Published: August 2018, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 480 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The #1 internationally bestselling author returns with a new novel in the vein of her New York Times bestsellers Pretty Girls and The Good Daughter—a story even more electrifying, provocative, and suspenseful than anything she’s written before.  What if the person you thought you knew best turns out to be someone…

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Review: I Know You Know by Gilly Macmillan

Title: I Know You Know Author: Gilly Macmillan Published: September 2018, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Twenty years ago, eleven-year-olds Charlie Page and Scott Ashby were murdered in the city of Bristol, their bodies dumped near a dog racing track. A man was convicted of the brutal crime, but decades later, questions still linger. For his whole life, filmmaker Cody Swift has been haunted…

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Review: The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang

Title: The Impossible Girl Author: Lydia Kang Published: September 2018, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 364 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Two hearts. Twice as vulnerable.    Manhattan, 1850. Born out of wedlock to a wealthy socialite and a nameless immigrant, Cora Lee can mingle with the rich just as easily as she can slip unnoticed into the slums and graveyards of the city. As the only female resurrectionist in…

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Review: The Kitty Committee by Kathyrn Berla

Title: The Kitty Committee Author: Kathryn Berla Published: August 2018, Amberjack Publishing Format: Paperback, 234 pages Source: Publisher via Publicist Summary: Every year, it comes. And every year, it reminds Grace that someone knows her deepest secret—the secret whose silence has tormented Grace over the years. That secret began with an innocent gang of teenage friends who called themselves The Kitty Committee. The Kitty Committee of Grace’s youth was ostensibly…

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Review: The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle

Title: The Dinner List Author: Rebecca Serle Published: September 2018, Flatiron Books Format: ARC Paperback, 288 pages Source: Publisher Summary: We’ve been waiting for an hour. That’s what Audrey says. She states it with a little bit of an edge, her words just bordering on cursive. That’s the thing I think first. Not: Audrey Hepburn is at my birthday dinner, but Audrey Hepburn is annoyed. At one point or another, we’ve…

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Review: Lies by T.M. Logan

Title: Lies Author: T.M Logan Published: September 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 432 pages Source: Publisher Summary: What if you have the perfect life, the perfect wife and the perfect child—then, in one shattering moment, you discover nothing is as it seems? Now you are in the sights of a ruthless killer determined to destroy everything you treasure. It’s the evening drive home from work on a route…

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Review: Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb

Title: Leverage in Death Author: J.D. Robb Series: In Death, #47 Published: September 2018, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Lieutenant Eve Dallas puzzles over a bizarre suicide bombing in a Wall St. office building in the latest in the #1 New York Times bestselling series… For the airline executives finalizing a merger that would make news in the business world, the nine a.m. meeting would…

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Review: Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes (audio)

Title: Hidden Bodies Author: Caroline Kepnes Series: You, #2 Narrator: Santino Fontano Published: Audio – Simon & Schuster Audio / Print – Atria/Emily Bestler Books Length: Audio – 13 hours 3 minutes / Print – 448 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – via Netgalley Summary:  Joe Goldberg is no stranger to hiding bodies. In the past ten years, this thirty-something has buried four of them,…

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Review: Tell Me You’re Mine by Elisabeth Noreback

Title: Tell Me You’re Mine Author: Elisabeth Noreback Published: September 2018, G. P. Putnam’s Sons Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In this riveting domestic suspense debut, a woman’s life shatters when she meets a girl she believes is the daughter she lost years ago–and she finds that reclaiming the life she lost might cost her the life she has. Tell Me You’re Mine is a story of…

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Month in Review: August 2018

Happy September!!! It was another productive reading month – hot, hazy, humid days will do that, along with a good week at the beach! Now if I can only keep this streak up the rest of the year, I’ll be happy 🙂 Reading Stats:   Read this month: 18 Year to date: 136 Books Read:   The Husband Hour — Jamie Brenner (audio book) **** With You Always — Rena…

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