Review: Blood Echo by Christopher Rice (audio)

Title: Blood Echo Author: Christopher Rice Series: Burning Girl, #2 Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Published: February 2019, Brilliance Audio / Thomas & Mercer Length: 10 hours 53 minutes  / 355 pages Source: Audio – Publisher / Print – Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity Summary: A conspiracy that promises bloodshed and the only woman who can stop it collide in the page-turning thriller by Christopher Rice, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Bone…

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Review: What Doesn’t Kill Her by Christina Dodd

Title: What Doesn’t Kill Her Author: Christina Dodd Series: Cape Charade, #2 Published: January 2019, HQN Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  One secret, one nightmare, one lie. You guess which is which. 1. I have the scar of a gunshot on my forehead. 2. I have willfully misrepresented my identity to the US military. 3. I’m the new mother of a seven-year-old girl. Kellen Adams suffers from…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin

Title: The Last Romantics Author: Tara Conklin Published: February 2019, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours Summary:  The New York Times bestselling author of The House Girl explores the lives of four siblings in this ambitious and absorbing novel in the vein of Commonwealth and The Interestings. “The greatest works of poetry, what makes each of us a poet, are the stories we…

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Book Spotlight: Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce — With Giveaway!!!

Yesterday, Harriet Tyce’s debut novel, Blood Orange,was published in the United States. To help the publisher get the word out, I am hosting a giveaway for two lucky readers…one giveaway is being hosted here & one is being hosted on my Instagram page.  I just finished reading this book and posted my review earlier today – you can find my review here.   Read on to see what others have…

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Review: Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce

Title: Blood Orange Author: Harriet Tyce Published: February 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A young lawyer’s outwardly perfect life spirals out of control as she takes on her first murder case in this dark and twisty debut thriller for readers of Paula Hawkins, A.J. Finn, or Shari Lapena.   Alison has it all. A doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the…

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Review: Never Tell by Lisa Gardner

Title: Never Tell Author: Lisa Gardner Series: Detective D.D. Warren, #10 Published: February 2019, Dutton Books Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner returns with an unpredictable thriller that puts fan favorites D. D. Warren and Flora Dane on a shocking new case that begins with a vicious murder and gets darker from there.  A man is dead, shot three times in…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Moon Sister by Lucinda Riley (audio)

Title: The Moon Sister Author: Lucinda Riley Series: The Seven Sisters, #5 Narrator: Imogen Wilde Published: January 2018, Whole Story Audiobooks / February 2019, Atria Books Length: 19 hours 53 minutes / 544 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  From New York Times bestselling author Lucinda Riley, The Moon Sister transports you to the grandeur of the remote…

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Book Spotlight: Our Little Secret by Roz Nay — with link to Giveaway!!!

Earlier this week, Roz Nay’s book, Our Little Secret, was released in paperback. I read the book when it first came out in hardcover and loved it!!! And I am thrilled to be able to offer one reader a copy of this book …But – the giveaway is over on my Instagram page.  You can find my review of Our Little Secrethere. Read on to see what others have to…

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Review: Last Lullaby by Carol Wyer

  Title: Last Lullaby Author: Carol Wyer Series: Detective Natalie Ward, #2 Published: December 2018, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 338 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Charlotte’s baby is safe. But is she? When the body of young mother Charlotte Brannon is discovered by her husband in their immaculate, silver bedroom, Detective Natalie Ward is first on the scene. The killer has left a chilling calling card: the word ‘Why?’…

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Review: The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Title: The Reckoning Author: Yrsa Sigurdardottir Series: Children’s House, #2 Published: February 2019, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  The Reckoning is the stunning follow-up to The Legacy, which was the start of a thrilling new series that Booklist (starred) recommends for fans of Tana French. Vaka sits, regretting her choice of coat, on the cold steps of her new school. Her father appears to have…

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Review: The Burning Island by Hester Young

  Title: The Burning Island Author: Hester Young Series: Charlie Cates, #3 Published: February 2019, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: Hardcover, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  The newest haunting mystery from the beloved author of The Gates of Evangeline, featuring Charlie Cates, a headstrong heroine who must confront her unwanted supernatural gift and bring dark secrets to light if she ever wants to leave the Big Island . . .   …

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Book Spotlight: The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth — with link to Giveaway!!!

Earlier this week, Sally Hepworth’s book, The Family Next Door, was released in paperback. I read the book when it first came out in hardcover and loved it!!! And I am thrilled to be able to offer one reader a copy of this book (and bonus – it contains a sneak peak of Sally’s upcoming new novel, The Mother-In-Law, due out in April!!!)…But – the giveaway is over on my…

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Review: I Invited Her In by Adele Parks

Title: I Invited Her In Author: Adele Parks Published: February 2019, MIRA Format: ARC Paperback, 432 Source: Publisher Summary:  Imagine the worst thing a friend could ever do.   This is worse.      When Mel receives an unexpected email from her oldest friend Abi, it brings back memories she thought she had buried forever. Their friendship belonged in the past. To those carefree days at university. But Abi is…

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Review: The Beantown Girls by Jane Healey (audio)

Title: The Beantown Girls Author: Jane Healey Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christiansen Published: February 2019 Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 11 hours 14 minutes / 366 pages Source: Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – Paperback via GetRed PR Summary: A novel of love, courage, and danger unfolds as World War II’s brightest heroines—the best of friends—take on the front lines.   1944: Fiona Denning has her entire future planned…

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Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Title: The Silent Patient Author: Alex Michaelides Published: February 2019, Celadon Books Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Promising to be the debut novel of the season The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive…  Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she…

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Blog Tour & Review: Stalker by Lars Kepler

Title: Stalker Author: Lars Kepler Series: Joona Linna, #5 Published: February 2019, Knopf Publishing Group Format: ARC Paperback, 560 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  The internationally bestselling authors of The Sandman and The Hypnotist return with a terrifying new thriller: Detective Joona Linna–recently returned from compassionate leave–reunites with hypnotist Erik Maria Bark in a search for a seemingly unassailable sadistic killer.    The Swedish National Crime Unit receives a video of…

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Month in Review: January 2019

We have finally come to the end of this month. I don’t know about you, but this January felt like the longest month ever!!! Lucky for me, I had a great month of reading…it was a crazy weather month – we had some cold days, especially this past week and that made for lots of indoor time. There have been lots of good books published already this year and we…

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