Publisher: Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Published: July 6, 2021 Source: Audio via Netgalley / Print: ARC via St. Martin’s Press Summary: A dazzling portrait of a young woman coming into her own, the youthful allure of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and what we lose – and gain – when we leave home. Once in a lifetime, you can have the time of your life. The…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for A Cut for a Cut by Carol Wyer. Thank you #ZooloosBookTours for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: June 29, 2021 Source: Print via Author / Audio via Brilliance Audio Summary: DI Kate Young can’t trust anybody. Not even herself. In the bleak countryside around Blithfield Reservoir, a…
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Publisher: Dutton Books Published: June 29, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: It’s November 1991. George H. W. Bush is in the White House, Nirvana’s in the tape deck, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer. Josh Baxter, the man behind the wheel, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the campus ride board, each looking to…
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Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: May 4, 2021 (First published 2001) Source: Publisher Summary: The past isn’t over…. An unspeakable act has ripped apart the idyllic town of Bakersville, Oregon, and its once-peaceful residents are demanding quick justice. But though a boy has confessed to the horrific crime, evidence shows he may not be guilty. Officer Rainie Conner, leading her first homicide investigation, stands at the center of the controversy.…
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Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks / Harper Audio Published: June 8, 2021 Source: Print: Paperback via Publisher / Audio via Library Summary: Two sisters join the Paris Resistance in this pause-resisting new novel inspired by the real-life bravery of Catherine Dior, sister of the fashion designer and a heroine of World War II France – perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Jennifer Chiaverini. “As dazzling as a Dior gown! With…
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Publisher: Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Published: March 23, 2021 Source: Audio: ALC via Macmillan Audio / Print: Hardcover via St. Martin’s Press Summary: Jessica Strawser’s A Million Reasons Why is “a fascinating foray into the questions we are most afraid to ask” (Jodi Picoult, number-one New York Times best-selling author) – the story of two women who discover a bond between them that will change both their lives forever. When two…
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Publisher: Hachette Audio / Grand Central Publishing Published: June 8, 2021 Source: Audio: ALC via Libro.fm / Print: Hardcover via Publisher Summary: Eve Duncan and Joe Quinn must protect the life of a brilliant scientist so that she can live long enough to bring her discovery to the world, in this fast-paced thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen. Diane Connors is a dedicated doctor with…
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Publisher: Sourcebooks Published: June 22, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: From the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women’s rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today. 1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is…
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Publisher: Macmillan Audio / Minotaur Books Published: June 22, 2021 Source: ALC via Netgalley / ARC Paperback via Minotaur Books Summary: In the follow up to the critically acclaimed The Mountains Wild, Detective Maggie D’arcy tackles another intricate case that bridges Long Island and Ireland. Long Island homicide detective Maggie D’arcy and her teenage daughter, Lilly, are still recovering from the events of last fall when a strange new…
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Publisher: Brilliance Audio / Amazon Crossing Published: June 1, 2021 Source: Audio via Brilliance Publishing / Print via MB Communications Summary: In a propulsive thriller by the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Baztán Trilogy, a female detective follows a psychopathic killer into the eye of a storm. Amaia Salazar, a young detective from the north of Spain, has joined a group of trainees at the FBI Academy in…
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Publisher: Random House Published: June 22, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: Abducted as a teenager, a woman must now confront her past and untangle the truth of what really happened to her in this dark thriller from the author of The Wolf Wants In. “Laura McHugh expertly delivers a harrowing tale of a world where little is what it first appears to be.”–Ron Rash, bestselling author of Serena Seventeen-year-old Sarabeth has become…
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Publisher: Harper 360 Published: August 25, 2016 Source: Netgalley via Book Club Girl Free Friday Program Summary: A Russian grand duchess and an English journalist. Linked by one of the world’s greatest mysteries… Love. Guilt. Heartbreak. 1914: Russia is on the brink of collapse, and the Romanov family faces a terrifyingly uncertain future. Grand Duchess Tatiana has fallen in love with cavalry officer Dmitri, but events take a catastrophic…
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Publisher: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing Published: June 1, 2021 Source: Author via Suzy Approved Booktours Summary: It’s 1912, and protagonist Helen Fox is a factory worker living in New York’s tenements. When tragedy strikes in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, Helen is seduced by the Suffragist cause and is soon immersed, working alongside famous activists. As Helen’s involvement with the cause deepens, she encounters myriad sources of tension that test her…
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Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Published: August 10, 2021 Source: ARC Paperback via Author / ARC E-copy via Let’s Talk Books Promo Summary: A mother will risk everything to find her missing daughter in this twisty thriller from the author of Girl Gone Mad. “Sometimes teenagers run away…Give her a few days. She’ll be back.” That’s what the police tell Jessica Moore when her seventeen-year-old daughter, Wyn, vanishes. All signs point…
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Publisher: William Morrow Published: June 15, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Scene of the Crime/Publisher Summary: From the author of the “full-throttle thriller” (A. J. Finn) No Exit—a riveting new psychological page-turner featuring a fierce and unforgettable heroine. Three months ago, Lena Nguyen’s estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge sixty miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped two hundred feet to her death. At least, that is the…
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Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 2, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: “They found the bodies on a Tuesday.” So begins this twisty and breathtaking novel that traces the fate of the Pine family, a thriller that will both leave you on the edge of your seat and move you to tears. After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly…
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Publisher: Blue Box Press Published: May 27, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Social Butter PR Summary: The six D’Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister? They only have one clue – an image of a star-shaped emerald ring. The search to find the missing sister will take them…
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Publisher: Harper Audio / William Morrow Published: June 9, 2020 Source: Audio via Library / Print: Hardcover via Publisher Summary: At long last, the legendary New York Times bestselling author returns with a heartfelt novel of womanhood, a wild heart, and the healing power of love. Run, run, as fast as you can! When life throws her one setback too many, midwife and young widow Tess Hartsong takes off…
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Publisher: Macmillan Audio / Celadon Books Published: June 15, 2021 Source: Audio: ALC via Librofm / Print: ARC Paperback via Celadon Books Summary: Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike—particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens.…
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Publisher: Orenda Books Published: October 17, 2019 Source: Personal copy Summary: A man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy roads of Hurmevaara in Finland, when there is flash in the sky and something crashes into the car. That something turns about to be a highly valuable meteorite. With euro signs lighting up the eyes of the locals, the unexpected treasure is temporarily placed…
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Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: June 15, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: From the USA Today bestselling author of White Out comes a story of two heroines with shattered pasts and a town with blood on its hands. When a North Dakota couple is shot down in their home in cold blood, the sleepy town of Hagen wakes with a jolt. After all, it’s usually such a peaceful place. But…
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Back again with my five most anticipated releases coming out this month. With so many releases this month, it was hard to select just five books, but these are the ones that really stand out in my mind for some reason – either because I have loved the author’s previous books or it’s a debut novel and sounds amazing. As I’ve done before, if I’ve already read the book,…
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Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Published: June 8, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: For readers of Jane Harper and Rachel Caine comes a chilling thriller from award-winning author Jen Williams about a woman who discovers her late mother had been secretly corresponding with a serial killer for decades. When prodigal daughter Heather Evans returns to her family home after her mother’s baffling suicide, she makes an alarming discovery–stacks and stacks of…
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Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Published: February 18, 2020 Source: Personal Copy Summary: I am the legion of the night … He appears in the darkness like a ghost, made of shadows and fear—the Midnight Man. He comes for the parents but leaves the children alive, tiny witnesses to unspeakable horror. The bedroom communities of Los Angeles are gripped with dread, and the attacks are escalating. Still reeling from her best…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Stepsisters by Susan Mallery – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to MIRA Books. I had the opportunity to read this book already – and spoiler alert…it’s really good! You can find my review here. Publisher: Harlequin Audio / MIRA Published: May 25, 2021 SUMMARY: #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery pens a…
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Publisher: Harlequin Audio / MIRA Published: May 25, 2021 Source: Audio via library / Print via TLC BookTours Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery pens a love story of a different sort…a heartfelt tale of friendship between two women who used to be sisters. Once upon a time, when her dad married Sage’s mom, Daisy was thrilled to get a bright and shiny new sister. But…
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Publisher: William Morrow Published: June 1, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of Her Last Flight returns with a gripping and profoundly human story of Cold War espionage and family devotion. In the autumn of 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American diplomat husband and their two children. The world is shocked by the family’s sensational disappearance. Were they eliminated by the Soviet intelligence service?…
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Publisher: Montlake Published: June 1, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: A true crime podcast yields new revelations about a shocking murder in a riveting novel of suspense by Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author Loreth Anne White. True crime podcaster Trinity Scott is chasing breakout success, and her brand-new serial may get her there. Her subject is Clayton Jay Pelley. More than two decades ago, the respected family man…
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Here we are again with another monthly wrap-up! It was a great month…it seemed a bit long, but I had a great month of reading, though most of the books were review books. I am shocked at all the great books that continue to be published, though that does make it hard to make time for my own books. I need to get better at balancing that…but hopefully this coming…
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