Review: The Dilemma by B.A. Paris

Title: The Dilemma Author: B.A. Paris Published: June 2020, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  It’s Livia’s fortieth birthday and tonight she’s having a party, a party she’s been planning for a long time. The only person missing will be her daughter, Marnie. But Livia has a secret, a secret she’s been keeping from Adam, her husband, until the party is over. Because how can…

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Review: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Title: Such a Fun Age Author: Kiley Reid Published: December 2019, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: ARC Paperback, 307 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains’ toddler one night, walking the aisles…

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Book Spotlight: Silent Scream by Angela Marsons — with link to #Giveaway

Earlier this month, Angela Marsons’ 1st book in her D.I. Kim Stone series, Silent Scream, was released in the U.S. I have long been a fan of this series, discovering it through a UK publisher and have read quite a few books in the series already. I am thrilled that the series is finally being published here in the states. And I am thrilled to be able to offer two…

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Review: The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine

Title: The Wife Stalker Author: Liv Constantine Published: May 2020, Harper Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Breezing into the tony seaside paradise of Westport, Connecticut, gorgeous thirtysomething Piper Reynard sets down roots, opening a rehab and wellness space and joining a local yacht club. When she meets Leo Drakos, a handsome, successful lawyer, the wedding ring on his finger is the only thing she doesn’t like about…

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Review: A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight

Title: A Good Marriage Author: Kimberly McCreight Published: May 2020, Harper Format: Hardcover, 400 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Big Little Lies meets Presumed Innocent in this riveting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia, in which a woman’s brutal murder reveals the perilous compromises some couples make—and the secrets they keep—in order to stay together. Lizzie Kitsakis is working late when she gets the call.…

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Review: The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor

Title: The Mountains Wild Author: Sarah Stewart Taylor Series: Maggie D’arcy Series, #1 Published: June 2020, Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  In a series debut for fans of Tana French and Kate Atkinson, set in Dublin and New York, homicide detective Maggie D’arcy finally tackles the case that changed the course of her life. Twenty-three years ago, Maggie D’arcy’s family received a call from the Dublin…

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Short & Sweet Review: The 20th Victim by James Patterson

Title: The 20th Victim Author: James Patterson Series: Women’s Murder Club, #20 Published: May 2020, Little, Brown & Company Format: Hardcover, 432 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Three victims, three bullets, three cities. The shooters’ aim is as fearsomely precise as their target selection. When Lindsay realizes that the fallen men and women excel in a lucrative, criminal activity, she leads the charge in the manhunt for the killers. As…

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Review: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

Title: The Splendid and the Vile Author: Erik Larson Published: February 2020, Crown Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 464 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to…

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Review: The Mist by Ragnar Jonasson

Title: The Mist Author: Ragnar Jonasson Series: Hidden Iceland, #3 Published: June 2020, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  The final nail-biting installment in Ragnar Jonasson’s critically-acclaimed Hidden Iceland series, The Mist, from the newest superstar on the Icelandic crime fiction scene. 1987. An isolated farm house in the east of Iceland. The snowstorm should have shut everybody out. But it didn’t. The couple should never…

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Review: That’s Not a Thing by Jacqueline Friedland

Title: That’s Not a Thing Author: Jacqueline Friedland Published: April 2020, SparkPress Format: Paperback, 256 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Meredith Altman’s engagement to Wesley Latner ended in spectacular disaster. When Wesley lost his parents in an accident, mere weeks before the wedding date, he blamed Meredith and left for an open-ended journey to Europe, breaking off their engagement and shattering Meredith. It was Aaron Rapp, a former Ivy League football…

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Review: Fighting Dirty by Lori Foster (Audio/Print)

Title: Fighting Dirty Author: Lori Foster Series: Ultimate, #4 Narrator: Jim Frangione Published: February 2016, Recorded Books / HQN Books Length: 11 hours 30 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio – Personal copy via Audible / Print – ARC e-copy via Netgalley Summary: He’s the hottest MMA fighter in the game, but one woman is ready to try out a few steamy moves of her own in an unforgettable new…

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Review: 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbran (audio)

Title: 28 Summers Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Published: June 2020, Hachette Audio Length: 15 hours 26 minutes Source: Publisher via Libro.fm Summary: By the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Summer of ’69: Their secret love affair has lasted for decades — but this could be the summer that changes everything.  When Mallory Blessing’s son, Link, receives deathbed instructions from his mother to call a number on…

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Review: The Honey-Don’t List by Christina Lauren

Title: The Honey-Don’t List Author: Christina Lauren Published: March 2020, Gallery Books Format: Paperback, 308 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Carey Douglas has worked for home remodeling and design gurus Melissa and Rusty Tripp for nearly a decade. A country girl at heart, Carey started in their first store at sixteen, and—more than anyone would suspect—has helped them build an empire. With a new show and a book about to…

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Review: The Good Stranger by Dete Meserve

Title: The Good Stranger Author: Dete Meserve Series: Kate Bradley Mystery, #3 Published: May 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC E-copy, 284 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: From the bestselling author of Good Sam—now a Netflix feature film—comes another Kate Bradley story about the nature of generosity and finding unexpected connections with strangers.   TV reporter Kate Bradley arrives in Manhattan ready to take on a challenging new position…

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Review: Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West

Title: Saving Ruby King Author: Catherine Adel West Published: June 2020, Park Row Books Format: ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary:  Family. Faith. Secrets. Everything in this world comes full circle. When Ruby King’s mother is found murdered in their home in Chicago’s South Side, the police dismiss it as another act of violence in a black neighborhood. But for Ruby, it’s a devastating loss that…

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Review: The Persuasion by Iris Johansen (audio)

Title: The Persuasion Author: Iris Johansen Series: Eve Duncan, #26 Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Published: June 2020, Hachette Audio/ Grand Central Publishing Length: 16 hours 15 minutes / 464 pages Source: Audio – Publisher via Libro.fm / Print – Hardcover via Publisher Summary: When Eve Duncan’s daughter, Jane MacGuire, becomes a killer’s target, Jane must team up with longtime love interest Seth Caleb in this thrilling novel from the #1 bestselling…

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Blog Tour & Review: Stranger in the Lake by Kimberly Belle

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for the Stranger in the Lake by Kimberly Belle. Thank you Park Row Books for inviting me to participate. Title: Stranger in the Lake Author: Kimberly Belle Published: June 2020, Park Row Books Format: ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  “Spellbinding. Another outstanding novel by Kimberly Belle, masterfully written to lure you in and…

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Review: Daughter of the Reich by Louise Fein

Title: Daughter of the Reich Author: Louise Fein Published: May 2020, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: ARC Paperback, 560 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  For fans of The Nightingale and All the Light We Cannot See, a spellbinding story of impossible love set against the backdrop of the Nazi regime. As the dutiful daughter of a high-ranking Nazi officer, Hetty Heinrich is keen to play her part in the glorious new Thousand…

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Review: Summer Longing by Jamie Brenner (audio)

Title: Summer Longing Author: Jamie Brenner Narrator: Molly Parker Myers Published: May 2020, Hachette Audio / Little, Brown & Company Length: 11 hours 36 hours / 384 pages Source: Audio – Publisher via Libro.fm / Print – ARC Paperback via Publisher Summary: When a baby is left on the doorstep of a Cape Cod beach house, an unlikely group of women risks all they hold dear to harbor and protect…

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Review: Girls of Summer by Nancy Thayer (audio)

Title: Girls of Summer Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Kate Rudd Published: May 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: One life-changing summer on Nantucket brings about exhilarating revelations for a single mother and her two grown children in this sensational novel from New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer.  Lisa Hawley is perfectly satisfied living on her own. Having fully recovered from a brutal divorce nearly…

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Review: Perfectly Famous by Emily Liebert

Title: Perfectly Famous Author: Emily Liebert Published: June 2020, Gallery Books Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Netgalley Summary:  From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Pretty Revenge—a “gripping tale of subterfuge, betrayal, and retribution” (Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish)—comes the story of a journalist obsessed with finding a crime novelist who disappears after a deadly attack on her beloved daughter. As a mother and a…

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Short & Sweet Review: Ali Cross by James Patterson

Title: Ali Cross Author: James Patterson Series: Ali Cross, #1 Published: November 2019, jimmy patterson Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Alex’s son Ali is eager to follow in his father’s footsteps as a detective, but when his best friend goes missing, what price will he have to pay to solve the mystery? Ali Cross has always looked up to his father, former detective and FBI agent Alex…

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Review: White Bodies by Jane Robin

Title: White Bodies Author: Jane Robin Published: September 2017, Atria Books Format: ARC E-copy, 297 pages Source: Netgalley Summary:  This chilling psychological suspense novel–think Strangers on a Train for the modern age–explores the dark side of love and the unbreakable ties that bind two sisters together. Felix and Tilda seem like the perfect couple: young and in love, a financier and a beautiful up-and-coming starlet. But behind their flawless facade,…

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Review: The Silence by Susan Allott

Title: The Silence Author: Susan Allott Published: May 2020, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 304 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary:  Combining the emotional power and dual narrative style of Before We Were Yours with the nuanced, layered, and atmospheric mystery of , a powerful debut novel revolving around a shocking disappearance, two neighbor families, and shameful secrets from the past that refuse to stay buried. It is 1997, and…

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Review: The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Title: The Murder List Author: Hank Phillippi Ryan Published: August 2019, Forge Books Format: E-book, 304 pages Source: Author/Publicist Summary:  “An exhilarating thrill ride that keeps you turning pages.. Ryan deftly delivers a denouement as shocking as it is satisfying.”–Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish and The Last Time I Saw You Law student Rachel North will tell you, without hesitation, what she knows to be true.…

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Review: Buried Angels by Patricia Gibney

Title: Buried Angels Author: Patricia Gibney Series: D.I. Lottie Parker, #8 Published: May 2020, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 451 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Bubbles of cold sweat trickled down Faye’s spine. The hole wasn’t empty. Before she could turn and run, she caught the two sightless eyes staring up at her. Only then did she scream. When Faye Baker discovers a fragile child’s skull behind the walls of…

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Month in Review: May 2020

This month was a little harder than the past two months only in that I would have just gotten back from BookExpo had we not been in the middle of this pandemic. While I am still getting books from publishers – some print copies, but mostly e-galleys – I was just sad to not be able to see everyone and be able to hear about all the upcoming new books…

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