Review: Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly (audio)

Title: Lost Roses Author: Martha Hall Kelly Series: Lilac Girls, #2 Prequel Narrator: Kathleen Gati, Tavia Gilbert, Karissa Vacker, Catherine Taber Published: April 2019, Random House Audio / Ballantine Books Length: 15 hours 21 minutes / Hardcover 448 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – Personal copy Summary:  The runaway bestseller Lilac Girls introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. This sweeping new novel, set a generation…

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Review: Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (audio)

Title: Lilac Girls Author: Martha Hall Kelly Series: Lilac Girls, #1 Narrator: Cassandra Campbell, Kathleen Gati, Kathrin Kana, Martha Hall Kelly Published: Audio – April 2016, Random House Audio / Print – February 2017, Ballantine Books Length: 17 hours 30 minutes / Paperback, 502 pages Source: Audio – Library / Print – Personal copy Summary:  Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this debut novel reveals…

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Earlier this week, Catherine Ryan Hyde’s latest novel, Have You Seen Luis Velez?, was published, and to help the publishers get the word out, I’m hosting a giveaway! You can see what others have to say and then be sure to enter the giveaway below!!! Title: Have You Seen Luis Velez? Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Published: May 2019, Lake Union Publishing Format: Paperback, 320 pages Summary:  From New York Times…

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Review: The Disappeared by Kristina Ohlsson

Title: The Disappeared Author: Kristina Ohlsson Series: Fredrika Bergman & Alex Recht, #3 Published: March 2015, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format: Paperback, 432 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  The body of a young woman is found carved up and buried in a forest glade in an innocuous Stockholm suburb. As Fredrika Bergman and her colleagues in the Stockholm Police continue to excavate the site, several more bodies are unearthed. Meanwhile, the…

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Review: The Night Before by Wendy Walker

Title: The Night Before Author: Wendy Walker Published: May 2019, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  First dates can be murder. Riveting and compulsive, national bestselling author Wendy Walker’s The Night Before “takes you to deep, dark places few thrillers dare to go” as two sisters uncover long-buried secrets when an internet date spirals out of control. Laura Lochner has never been lucky in love.…

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Blog Tour & Review: You, Me and the Sea by Meg Donohue

Title: You, Me and the Sea Author: Meg Donohue Published: May 2019, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours Summary:  From the USA Today bestselling author of All the Summer Girls and Dog Crazy comes a spellbinding and suspenseful tale inspired by Wuthering Heights that illuminates the ways in which hope—and even magic—can blossom in the darkest of places. To find her way, she must…

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Review: Only Ever Her by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen (audio)

Title: Only Ever Her Author: Marybeth Mayhew Whalen Narrator: Joshilyn Jackson, Eric G. Dove Published: May 2019, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 9 hours 17 minute / 298 pages Source: Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – Paperback via Little Bird Publicity Summary: It was to be the perfect wedding—until the bride disappeared.Annie Taft’s wedding is four days away, and it will be one of the grandest anyone…

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Book Spotlight: The Favorite Daughter by Kaira Rouda — with link to #BookGiveaway!!!

Next week, Kaira Rouda’s latest book, The Favorite Daughter, will be released. I was lucky enough to be sent 2 copies and so I am going to give away the finished copy to one lucky reader!!! I will be reading this book very soon and am so excited – I love Kaira’s books and this one sounds so good! But just take note…the Giveaway it happening on my Instagram page!!!…

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Book Spotlight: Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer by John Glynn — with Giveaway!!!

Earlier this week, John Glynn’s debut novel, Out East, was published. 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 to…

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Review: Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer by John Glynn

Title: Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer Author: John Glynn Published: May 2019, Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover, 256 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A gripping portrait of life in a Montauk summer house–a debut memoir of first love, identity and self-discovery among a group of friends who became family. They call Montauk the end of the world, a spit of land jutting into the Atlantic. The house was a…

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Book Spotlight: Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini — with Link to #BookGiveaway!!!

Yesterday, Jennifer Chiaverini’s latest novel, Resistance Women,was published. I was lucky enough to be sent 2 copies and so I am going to give away the finished copy to one lucky reader!!! But just take note…the giveaway is happening on my Instagram pages!!! 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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Blog Tour & Review: Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini

Title: Resistance Women Author: Jennifer Chiaverini Published: May 2019, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 608 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Book Tours Summary:  From the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, an enthralling historical saga that recreates the danger, romance, and sacrifice of an era and brings to life one courageous, passionate American—Mildred Fish Harnack—and her circle of women friends who waged a clandestine battle against Hitler…

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Review: The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry

Title: The Way of All Flesh Author: Ambrose Parry Series: Will Raven, #1 Published: October 2018, Canongate Books Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Edinburgh, 1847. City of Medicine, Money, Murder. Young women are being discovered dead across the Old Town, all having suffered similarly gruesome ends. In the New Town, medical student Will Raven is about to start his apprenticeship with the brilliant and renowned Dr Simpson.…

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Book Spotlight: The First Mistake by Sandie Jones — With Link to #BookGiveaway!!!

Next month, Sandie Jones’s latest book, The First Mistake, will be released. I was lucky enough to be sent 2 copies and so I am going to give away one copy to one lucky reader!!! I will be reading this book very soon and am so excited – I loved Sandie’s last book and this one sounds so good! But just take note…the Giveaway it happening on my Instagram page!!!…

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Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Mistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin

In just over a week, Melanie Benjamin’s latest novel, Mistress of the Ritz, will be published, and to help the publishers get the word out, I’m hosting a giveaway! I will be reading this book soon and will be sure to share my review as soon as I do. You can see what others have to say and then be sure to enter the giveaway below!!! Title: Mistress of the…

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Review: Stone Mothers by Erin Kelly

Title: Stone Mothers Author: Erin Kelly Published: April 2019, Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Erin Kelly, the masterful author of He Said/She Said, delivers another irresistible, unputdownable novel of psychological suspense. You can’t keep the secret. You can’t tell the truth. You can’t escape the past… Marianne was seventeen when she fled her home in Nusstead – leaving behind her family, her boyfriend, Jesse, and the…

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Book Spotlight: The Night Before by Wendy Walker — With link to #Giveaway!!!

Next week, Wendy Walker’s latest book, The Night Before, will be released. I was lucky enough to be sent 2 copies and so I am going to give away the finished copy to one lucky reader!!! I will be reading this book very soon and am so excited – I love Wendy’s book and this one sounds so good! But just take note…the Giveaway it happening on my Instagram page!!!…

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Review: Death on the River by Diane Fanning

Title: Death on the River Author: Diane Fanning Published: April 2019, St. Martin’s True Crime Format: Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  It seemed like the perfect romantic afternoon: a kayaking trip for two on the Hudson River. But it ended in tragedy when Angelika Graswald called 911 to report that her fiancé, Vincent Viafore, had fallen into the choppy frigid waters. Authorities assumed it was an accident, but when…

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Review: A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts by Therese Anne Fowler (audio)

Title: A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts Author: Therese Anne Fowler Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Published: October 2018, Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length: 14 hours 19 minutes / 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, from the New York Times bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald. Alva Smith, her…

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Review: Final Betrayal by Patricia Gibney

Title: Final Betrayal Author: Patricia Gibney Series: Detective Lottie Parker, #6 Published: April 2019, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 484 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  ‘She lifted the flap of the envelope and pulled out the single white page. As she opened it up she stared, open mouthed. Four words were typed on the page. I am watching you.’ When Amy Whyte and Penny Brogan leave a local nightclub in…

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Review: The Southern Side of Paradise by Kristy Woodsen Harvey

Title: The Southern Side of Paradise Author: Kristy Woodsen Harvey Series: Peachtree Bluff, #3 Published: May 2019, Gallery Books Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  From internationally bestselling author and “rising star of Southern fiction” (Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author) Kristy Woodson Harvey comes the third novel in her Peachtree Bluff series, in which a secret threatens the tight-knit bond between a trio of sisters…

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Review: The Lost History of Dreams by Kris Waldherr

Title: The Lost History of Dreams Author: Kris Waldherr Published: April 2019, Atria Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A post-mortem photographer unearths dark secrets of the past that may hold the key to his future, in this captivating debut novel in the gothic tradition of Wuthering Heights and The Thirteenth Tale. All love stories are ghost stories in disguise. When famed Byronesque poet Hugh de Bonne is…

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Month in Review: April 2019

Another month has come and gone. I had a great reading month, and part of that was because I ended up with a terrible cold that just wouldn’t go away. So, the only thing to do was stay in and read! Worked for me…especially since Spring really hasn’t made much of an appearance yet. We’ve had a few warm days here and there, but nothing steady. I’m hoping May brings…

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