Review: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

Title: Home Before Dark Author: Riley Sager Published: June 2020, Dutton Books Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  What was it like? Living in that house. Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of…

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Blog Tour & Review: Behind the Red Door by Megan Collins

Title: Behind the Red Door Author: Megan Collins Published: August 2020, Atria Books Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  The author of the “suspenseful, atmospheric, and completely riveting” (Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author) debut The Winter Sister returns with a darkly thrilling novel about a woman who comes to believe that she has a connection to a decades old kidnapping and now that the…

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Book Feature & Review: Amazon Original Stories: Hush

Amazon Original Stories, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, is pleased to present HUSH, six stories exploring a web of lies. Where do you go for truth in an age of social media illusions and deep divisions? How do you trust what you think you know about your friends and family? In stories featuring conspirators, psychics, deceptive lovers, and desperate killers, some of today’s most popular and award-winning crime writers explore…

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Review: The Wife Who Knew Too Much by Michele Campbell

Title: The Wife Who Knew Too Much Author: Michele Campbell Published: July 2020, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  From Michele Campbell, the bestselling author of It’s Always the Husband comes a new blockbuster thriller in The Wife Who Knew Too Much. Tabitha Girard had her heart broken years ago by Connor Ford. He was preppy and handsome. She was a pool girl…

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Review: Left for Dead by Caroline Mitchell (audio)

Title: Left for Dead Author: Caroline Mitchell Series: DI Amy Winter, #3 Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Published: July 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: A victim on display. A detective on the rails. Shopping with her sister, DI Amy Winter is admiring a Valentine’s Day window display of a perfect bride encrusted in diamonds and resplendent in lace—until she notices blood oozing from the mannequin’s mouth.…

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Book Spotlight: The Fate of a Flapper by Susanna Calkins

Today, Susanna Calkins’s latest novel, The Fate of a Flapper, is being published and to celebrate, I’m helping the publisher get the word out. This is the second book in her Speakeasy Murders series, a series set in 1920s Chicago.  Title: The Fate of a Flapper Author: Susanna Calkin Series: The Speakeasy Murders, #2 Published: July 2020, St. Martin’s Griffin Format: Paperback, 320 pages Summary:  The Fate of a Flapper,…

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Review: His & Hers by Alice Feeney (audio)

Title: His & Hers Author: Alice Feeney Narrator: Richard Armitage, Stephanie Racine Published: July 2020, Macmillan Audio / Flatiron Books Length: 10 hours 38 minutes / 304 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – ARC E-galley from Publisher Summary: There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, His & Hers. Which means someone is always lying.    Anna Andrews finally has what…

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Cover Review: Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig

I am so excited to help Lauren Willig spread the news today about her newest book – and share the cover!!! I love reading historical fiction and Lauren’s previous books have been so good. I am so excited to read this one.This book will be released March 2, 2021, but you can pre-order now. See the pre-order link below.   Title: Band of Sisters Author: Lauren Willig Published: On Sale…

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Review: You Can’t Catch Me by Catherine McKenzie (audio)

Title: You Can’t Catch Me Author: Catherine McKenzie Narrator: Julia Whelan Published: June 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: When the game is deception, nothing is as it seems in this novel of cunning psychological suspense by the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of I’ll Never Tell.   Do you want to play a game? Twelve years ago Jessica Williams escaped a cult. Thanks to…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Woman Before Wallis by Bryn Turnbull

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for the The Woman Before Wallis by Bryn Turnbull. Thank you MIRA for inviting me to participate. Title: The Woman Before Wallis: A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, & Royal Scandal Author: Bryn Turnball Published: July 2020, MIRA Format: ARC E-copy, 416 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  For fans of The Paris Wife and The Crown ,…

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Review: The Switch by Beth O’Leary (audio)

Title: The Switch Author: Beth O’Leary Narrator: Alison Steadman, Daisy Edgar-Jones Published: August 2020, Macmillan Audio Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Source: Netgalley Summary: A grandmother and granddaughter swap lives in The Switch, a charming, romantic novel by Beth O’Leary, who has been hailed as “the new Jojo Moyes” (Cosmopolitan UK)…  When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she…

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Review: The Cuckoo’s Cry by Caroline Overington (audio)

Title: The Cuckoo’s Cry Author: Caroline Overington Narrator: Aimee Horne Published: July 2020, Audible Original Length: 4 hours 43 minutes Source: Personal copy Summary: On the eve of the global lockdown, Don Barlow opens the door of his old beachside cottage to find a pretty girl with pink-tipped hair, claiming to have nowhere to go. He allows her entry, and so begins a mystery set in unprecedented times: with the…

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Review: A Woman Alone by Nina Laurin

Title: A Woman Alone Author: Nina Laurin Published: June 2020, Grand Central Publishing Format: Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  A high-stakes, pulse-pounding thriller from the bestselling author of Girl Last Seen. A year after a brutal home invasion that left her traumatized, Cecelia, along with her husband and their three-year-old daughter, move into a new house with a complex security system that is supposed to make her feel safe.…

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Review: The Butterfly Room by Lucinda Riley

Title: The Butterfly Room Author: Lucinda Riley Published: July 2020 (First published May 2019), Blue Box Press Format: ARC E-copy, 403 pages Source: Netgalley via GetRed PR Summary: Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful family home, Admiral House, set in the glorious Suffolk countryside where she spent her own idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and raised her own children, Posy knows…

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Review: Don’t Make a Sound by T.R. Ragan (audio)

Title: Don’t Make a Sound Author: T.R. Ragan Series: Sawyer Brooks, #1 Narrator: Jennica Damon Published: June 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: Her own past could be a reporter’s biggest story in this twisting thriller about murder and family secrets by the New York Times bestselling author T.R. Ragan.    Plagued by traumatic childhood memories, crime reporter Sawyer Brooks still struggles to gain control…

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Review: The Queen’s Secret by Karen Harper

Title: The Queen’s Secret: A Novel of England’s World War II Queen Author: Karen Harper Published: May 2020, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  If you love Jennifer Robson or The Crown you will love New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper’s novel about Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. 1939. As the wife of the King George VI and the mother of the future queen, Elizabeth—“the…

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Review: Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel

Title: Musical Chairs Author: Amy Poeppel Published: July 2020, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format: ARC E-copy, 416 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  The “quick-witted and razor-sharp” (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six) author of Limelight and Small Admissions returns with a hilarious and heartfelt new novel about a perfectly imperfect summer of love, secrets, and second chances. Bridget and Will have the…

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Review: The Safe Place by Anna Downes

Title: The Safe Place Author: Anna Downes Published: July 2020, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  Emily is a mess. Emily Proudman just lost her acting agent, her job, and her apartment in one miserable day. Emily is desperate. Scott Denny, a successful and charismatic CEO, has a problem that neither his business acumen nor vast wealth can fix. Until he meets Emily. Emily is perfect.…

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Review: Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews

Title: Hello, Summer Author: Mary Kay Andrews Published: May 2020, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 472 pages Source: Publisher via Kathleen Carter Communications Summary:  New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads Mary Kay Andrews delivers her next blockbuster, Hello Summer. It’s a new season… Conley Hawkins left her family’s small town newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon, in the rearview mirror years ago. Now a star reporter…

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Review: Somebody’s Daughter by Carol Wyer

Title: Somebody’s Daughter Author: Carol Wyer Series: Detective Natalie Ward, #7 Published: July 2020, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 378 pages Source: Netgalley Summary:  One by one the girls disappeared… When the frail body of a teenage girl is discovered strangled in a parking lot, shards of ice form in Detective Natalie Ward’s veins. As Natalie looks at the freckles scattered on her cheeks and the pale pink lips tinged with…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Last Wife by Karen Hamilton

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for the The Last Wife by Karen Hamilton. Thank you Graydon House for inviting me to participate. Title: The Last Wife Author: Karen Hamilton Published: July 2020, Graydon House Format: ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  Two women. A dying wish. And a web of lies that will bring their world crashing down. Two…

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Review: Etched in Sand by Regina Calcaterra

Title: Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island Author: Regina Calcaterra Published: August 2013, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: Paperback, 320 pages Source: Personal copy Summary:  Regina’s Calcaterra memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story of tenacity and hope. Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, New York State official, and activist. Her painful early life, however, was…

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Blog Tour & Review: Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Title: Blacktop Wasteland Author: S.A. Cosby Published: July 2020, Flatiron Books Format: ARC E-copy, 304 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary:  IT’S A CRIME THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. Beauregard “Bug” Montage: husband, father, honest car mechanic. But he was once known – from North Carolina to the beaches of Florida – as the best getaway driver on the East Coast. Just like his father, who disappeared many years ago. After…

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Review: Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl & Melissa de la Cruz

Title: Jo & Laurie Author: Margaret Stohl & Melissa de la Cruz Published: June 2020, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Reads Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley via @mbc_books Summary:  Bestselling authors Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz bring us a romantic retelling of Little Women starring Jo March and her best friend, the boy next door, Theodore “Laurie” Laurence. 1869, Concord, Massachusetts: After the publication of…

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Review: How to Save a Life by Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke (audio)

Title: How to Save a Life Author: Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke Narrator: Timothy Andres Pabon Published: July 2020, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 9 hours 12 minutes / 303 pages Source:Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – ARC Paperback via Kathleen Carter Communications Summary: The bestselling authors of The Good Widow deliver a modern, suspenseful twist on Groundhog Day that asks the question: How far are you…

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Review: The Golden Cage by Camilla Lackberg

Title: The Golden Cage Author: Camilla Lackberg Published: July 2020, Knopf Publishing Group Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  An exhilarating new novel from a global superstar–a sexy, over-the-top psychological thriller that tells the story of the scorned wife of a billionaire and her delicious plot to get her revenge and bring him to his knees. Faye has loved Jack since they were students at business school. Jack,…

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Review: Side Trip by Kerry Lonsdale (audio)

Title: Side Trip Author: Kerry Lonsdale Narrator: James Patrick Cronin, Sarah Naughton Published: July 2020, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 9 hours 53 minutes / 334 pages Source: Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – ARC Paperback via Kathleen Carter Communications Summary: An unforgettable and breathtaking novel of love, loss, and the unexpected routes that life takes from Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kerry Lonsdale. …

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Book Spotlight: Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict – now out in Paperback!!!

Earlier this year, I read Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict when it was first released in hardcover, and I really enjoyed it! You can read my thoughts on the book here.  Today the book is being released in paperback and to celebrate, I am helping the publishers get the word out. Lady Clementine was the first book I’ve read by Marie Benedict but it certainly won’t be the last! Title:…

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Review: Hurry Home by Roz Nay

Title: Hurry Home Author: Roz Nay Published: July 2020, Crooked Lane Books Format: ARC Paperback, 262 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  From the bestselling author of Our Little Secret comes a suspenseful new thriller featuring two estranged sisters desperate to keep their deepest and darkest secret where it belongs–in the past. Blood is thicker than water… And it could cost you everything. Alexandra Van Ness has the perfect life. She lives…

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Review: The Paris Hours by Alex George

Title: The Paris Hours Author: Alex George Published: May 2020, Flatiron Books Format: Hardcover, Source: Personal copy Summary:  One day in the City of Lights. One night in search of lost time. Paris between the wars teems with artists, writers, and musicians, a glittering crucible of genius. But amidst the dazzling creativity of the city’s most famous citizens, four regular people are each searching for something they’ve lost. Camille was…

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Review: A Happy Catastrophe by Maddie Dawson

Title: A Happy Catastrophe Author: Maddie Dawson Published: May 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: Paperback, 380 pages Source: Publisher Summary:  FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ‘MATCHMAKING FOR BEGINNERS’ COMES A NOVEL ABOUT LOVE, LOSS, AND THE BEAUTIFUL MESS OF FAMILY. Marnie MacGraw and Patrick Delaney have been in love for a few years now, enough to realize that they are imperfectly perfect together. Still, there are somethings that maybe need…

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Month in Review: June 2020

While things are slowly opening up, I am still staying home for the most part…and I am totally fine with that. The weather has been fantastic and I’ve been spending lots of time reading on the deck – and the dogs love it! I have just about made my Goodreads goal for the year – I’m one book shy and we are only six months in…this year will surely be…

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