Title: A Frenzy of Sparks Author: Kristin Fields Published: November 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 252 pages Source: Publisher via Publicist Summary: From the author of A Lily in the Light comes a poignant story of innocence lost and what it means to grow up too fast. It’s 1965, and thirteen-year-old Gia, along with her older brother and cousins, are desperate to escape their sleepy, tree-lined neighborhood…
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Title: When We Were Young and Brave Author: Hazel Gaynor Narrator: Rosie Jones, Imogen Church Published: October 2020, Harper Audio / William Morrow Paperbacks Length: 11 hours 32 minutes / 448 pages Source: Audio via Library / Print via TLC BookTours Summary: Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war. . . The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home…
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Title: Bluebird Bluebird Author: Attica Locke Series: Highway 59 Published: August 2018, Mulholland Books Format: Paperback, 320 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: A powerful thriller about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy winning Fox TV show Empire. When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules–a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger,…
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Title: In the Deep Author: Loreth Anne White Published: October 2020, Montlake Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: I hope you don’t find him. And if you do, I hope he’s dead and that he suffered… Real-estate mogul Martin Cresswell-Smith is the best thing that has ever happened to Ellie. After her daughter’s devastating death, a divorce, and an emotional breakdown, he’s helped her move as far as…
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Title: A Beautiful Corpse Author: Christi Daugherty Series: Harper McClain, #2 Published: March 2019, Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: From Christi Daugherty, author of The Echo Killing, comes another pulse-pounding suspenseful thriller featuring crime reporter Harper McClain. For a woman, being killed by someone who claims to love her is the most ordinary murder of all. With its antebellum houses and ancient oak trees…
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Title: Every Now and Then Author: Lesley Kagen Published: October 2020, Alcove Books Format: ARC E-copy, 296 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: For fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and This Tender Land. A heartfelt coming-of-age story about three young girls searching for adventure during the summer of 1960 from the New York Times bestselling author of Whistling in the Dark. The summer of 1960 was the hottest…
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Title: Absolution Author: Regina Buttner Published: October 2020, SparkPress Format: Paperback, 256 pages Source: Publisher via Publicist Summary: Jeanie thinks she was to blame for the sexual assault she suffered in college—and she’d do anything to keep her old-school Catholic family from finding out about the resulting pregnancy, as well as what she did to conceal it. Years have passed since the assault, and Jeanie’s husband, Greg, still thinks…
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Title: Northanger Abbey Author: Jane Austen Published: February 2007, Barnes & Noble Classics (1st published December 1817) Format: Hardcover, 260 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. A wonderfully entertaining coming-of-age story,…
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Title: Hold Your Breath Author: Wendy Walker Narrator: Dylan Baker Published: October 2020, Audible Originals Length: 2 hours 31 minutes Source: Personal copy Summary: From the best-selling author of All Is Not Forgotten and Don’t Look for Me comes a sharp, compulsive thriller about a young woman who narrowly escapes a violent crime and the psychiatrist helping to recover her memory of the suspect. Gabby Ashford has just survived…
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Title: Keeping Lucy Author: T. Greenwood Published: August 2019, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: From the author of Rust & Stardust comes this heartbreaking story, inspired by true events, of how far one mother must go to protect her daughter. Dover, Massachusetts, 1969. Ginny Richardson’s heart was torn open when her baby girl, Lucy, born with Down Syndrome, was taken from her. Under pressure…
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Emily Carpenter is one of my favorite authors – ever since discovering her debut novel, Burying the Honeysuckle Girls, I have fallen in love with her Southern Gothic novels. Her latest book, Reviving the Hawthorne Sisters, is published today. Earlier today I shared my review of the book – you can read that here. Today I have a conversation that Emily has prepared that I found to be quite interesting. …
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Title: Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters Author: Emily Carpenter Published: October 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 332 pages Source: Publicist Summary: The bestselling author of Burying the Honeysuckle Girls returns to uncover a faith healer’s elusive and haunted past. Dove Jarrod was a renowned evangelist and faith healer. Only her granddaughter, Eve Candler, knows that Dove was a con artist. In the eight years since Dove’s death, Eve…
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Title: The Creak on the Stairs Author: Eva Bjorg Aegisdottir, Translated by Victoria Cribb Series: Forbidden Iceland series, #1 Published: October 2020, Orenda Books (Paperback release) Format: E-copy, 315 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The first in the electrifying new Forbidden Iceland series, The Creak on the Stairs is an exquisitely written, claustrophobic and chillingly atmospheric debut thriller by one of Iceland’s most exciting new talents When the body of…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Mirror Man by Jane Gilmartin – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to MIRA. Title: The Mirror Man Author: Jane Gilmartin Published: October 2020, MIRA Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Summary: Meet Jeremiah Adams. There are two of him. The offer is too tempting: be part of a scientific breakthrough, step out…
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Title: Death in the Family Author: Tessa Wegert Series: Shana Merchant, #1 Narrator: Callie Beaulieu Published: February 2020, Tantor Audio Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Source: Library Summary: A storm-struck island. A blood-soaked bed. A missing man. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant believes it all adds up to a killer in their midst—and that murder is a family affair. Thirteen months ago, former NYPD detective Shana Merchant barely survived being…
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Title: Rupture Author: Ragnar Jonasson Series: Dark Iceland, #4 Published: January 2017, Orenda Books Format: Paperback, 244 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: 1955. Two young couples move to the uninhabited, isolated fjord of Hedinsfjörður. Their stay ends abruptly when one of the women meets her death in mysterious circumstances. The case is never solved. Fifty years later an old photograph comes to light, and it becomes clear that the…
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Title: One More for Christmas Author: Sarah Morgan Published: October 2020, HQN Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: From the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Christmas Sisters comes this sparkling tale of Christmas redemption. Brimming with Sarah Morgan’s trademark festive cheer, you won’t want to miss it! For sisters Samantha and Ella Mitchell, Christmas is their most precious time of the year—a time for togetherness, love…
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Title: Invisible Girl Author: Lisa Jewell Published: October 2020, Atria Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The author of the “rich, dark, and intricately twisted” (Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author) The Family Upstairs returns with another taut and white-knuckled thriller following a group of people whose lives shockingly intersect when a young woman disappears. Owen Pick’s life is falling apart. In his thirties, a…
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Title: The Last Flight Author: Julie Clark Published: June 2020, Sourcebooks Landmark Format: Hardcover, 288 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Two women. Two Flights. One last chance to disappear. Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, nothing is…
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Title: Return to Virgin River Author: Robyn Carr Series: Virgin Carr, #19 Published: October 2020, MIRA Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: Publisher via Little Bird Publicity Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr returns to the beloved town of Virgin River with a brand-new story about fresh starts, new friends and the magic of Christmas. Kaylee Sloan’s home in Southern California is full of wonderful memories of…
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Title: Goodnight Beautiful Author: Aimee Molloy Narrator: Val Toomey, George Newbern, Marin Ireland, Joel Froomkin Published: October 2020, Harper Audio Length: 7 hours 55 minutes Source: ALC via Libro.fm Summary: From “master of clever misdirection” (Kirkus Reviews) Aimee Molloy, author of the New York Times best seller The Perfect Mother, comes an irresistible psychological thriller featuring a newly married woman whose life is turned upside-down when her husband goes…
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Title: The Request Author: David Bell Published: June 2020, Berkley Books Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher via GetRed PR Summary: When a man agrees to do a favor for a friend, he gets more than he bargained for as he becomes embroiled in a woman’s murder in this new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of Layover. Ryan Francis has it all–great job, wonderful wife, beautiful…
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Title: The Deadly Hours Author: Susanna Kearsley, C.S. Harris, Anna Lee Huber, Christine Trent Published: September 2020, Poisoned Pen Press Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A stellar line-up of historical mystery novelists weaves the tale of a priceless and cursed gold watch as it passes through time wreaking havoc from one owner to another. The characters are irrevocably linked by fate, each playing a…
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Title: This Secret Thing Author: Marybeth Mayhew Whalen Published: October 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Out of love. Out of protection. Out of fear. Everyone has a reason to lie. Everyone in Raleigh, North Carolina, is talking about Norah Ramsey, the single mother accused of being a suburban madam. But Norah’s not the only one keeping secrets. After her mother’s arrest, Norah’s teenage…
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Title: Three Perfect Liars Author: Heidi Perks Published: June 2020, Gallery Books Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: From the author of Her One Mistake , hailed as “chilling, captivating” by New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda, comes a riveting new suspense novel about three ambitious women whose lives are turned upside down in the aftermath of a horrifying fire, which destroys a successful advertising agency…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger. Thank you Park Rowe Books for inviting me to participate. Title: Confessions on the 7:45 Author: Lisa Unger Published: October 2020, Park Row Books Format: ARC E-copy, 315 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: From master of suspense Lisa Unger comes a riveting thriller about a chance encounter that…
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Title: Troubles in Paradise Author: Elin Hilderbrand Series: Paradise, #3 Narrator: Erin Bennett Published: October 2020, Hachette Audio Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Source: Publisher via Libro.fm Summary: Travel to the bright Caribbean one last time in the satisfying conclusion to the nationally bestselling Winter in Paradise trilogy by Elin Hilderbrand, “Queen of the Summer Novel” (People). After uprooting her life in the States, Irene Steele has just settled in…
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Title: Their Silent Graves Author: Carla Kovach Series: Detective Gina Harte, #7 Published: September 2020, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 360 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Dressed in garish Halloween costumes, two teenage girls run through a patch of dense woodland towards the outskirts of town. But before they can reach the safety of the streets beyond, they make a shocking discovery. Following a piece of old rope, the girls…
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Title: Millicent Glenn’s Last Wish Author: Tori Whitaker Published: October 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publicist Summary: Three generations of women—and the love, loss, sacrifice, and secrets that can bind them forever or tear them apart. Millicent Glenn is self-sufficient and contentedly alone in the Cincinnati suburbs. As she nears her ninety-first birthday, her daughter Jane, with whom she’s weathered a shaky relationship, suddenly moves…
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Title: Never Turn Back Author: Christopher Swann Published: October 2020, Crooked Lane Books Format: ARC Paperback, 278 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Linwood Barclay meets Michael Farris Smith in this Southern-set domestic thriller about family, vengeance, and atonement from critically acclaimed Southern mystery novelist Christopher Swann. The bonds of family never truly let go. In fact, its grip only tightens the further you try to run: crushing and crippling. Ethan…
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My reading streak continues as does my staying home, and I am certainly not complaining. I did manage to reign in my spending this month after going a little overboard last month, which was good. Now that fall is officially here and the cooler weather has made its appearance, I am ready for all the spooky reads and those heavier, more in-depth reads…I obviously have the time for them!…
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