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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Publisher: Audible Original Stories Published: May 20, 2021 Source: Personal copy Summary: For fans of Pretty Things and The Guest List comes a shocking novella of psychological suspense following a glamorous young actress and an obsessed fan. Dear Seraphina, I hope you’ll write back someday soon. I know I might be asking too much: you, a Hollywood star; me, a cashier at this small-town grocery store. But the thing…
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Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Published: March 30, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: A razor-sharp novel of suspense about the lies families tell—and those we choose to believe—by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Jane Doe. Lauren Abrams wants nothing to do with her damaged mother, whose spurious testimony sent Lauren’s father to prison for murder years ago. After a serial killer’s confession to the crime restored justice, Lauren chose to live…
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio / Atria/Emily Bestler Books Published: May 4, 2021 Source: Audio via Simon & Schuster Audio / Print: ARC E-copy via Netgalley Summary: The author of the novel The Bucket List returns with a witty and heartfelt romantic comedy featuring a wedding planner, her unexpected business partner, and their coworkers in a series of linked love stories—perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Casey…
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Publisher: William Morrow Published: March 23, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: A bride’s dream honeymoon becomes a nightmare when a man with whom she’s had a regrettable one-night stand shows up in this psychological thriller from the author of Eight Perfect Murders. Abigail Baskin never thought she’d fall in love with a millionaire. Then she met Bruce Lamb. But right before the wedding, Abigail has a drunken one-night stand on…
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Amazon Original Stories, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, is pleased to present House of Crows, a four-part serial collection from master of suspense, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. Decades ago, four friends came face-to-face with dark events that they couldn’t explain as children and can’t bear to remember as haunted adults. The secrets they’ve tried to repress have lingered, shaping who they’ve become. Now, they’ll return to…
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Publisher: Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Published: May 25, 2021 Source: Audio: ALC via Macmillan Audio / Print: ARC Paperback via St. Martin’s Press Summary: Number one New York Times best-selling author Nora Roberts presents Legacy, a new novel of a mother and a daughter, of ambition and romance, and of a traumatic past reawakened by a terrifying threat…. Adrian Rizzo was seven when she met her father…
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Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: May 4, 2021 Source: Publisher Summary: The brutal murder of a young woman in a rural village in Northern China sends shockwaves all the way to Beijing–but seemingly only Inspector Lu Fei, living in exile in the small town, is interested in justice for the victim. Lu Fei is a graduate of China’s top police college but he’s been assigned to a sleepy backwater town…
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Publisher: Macmillan Audio via Netgalley / Minotaur Books Published: May 25, 2021 Source: Audio: ALC via Macmillan Audio / Print: ARC Paperback via Minotaur Books Summary: Mary Dixie Carter’s The Photographer is a slyly observed, suspenseful story of envy and obsession, told in the mesmerizing, irresistible voice of a character who will make you doubt that seeing is ever believing. WHEN PERFECT IMAGES As a photographer, Delta Dawn…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for You Will Remember Me by Hannah Mary McKinnon – 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 fantastic! You can find my review here. Publisher: MIRA Books Published: May 25, 2021 Summary: Forget the truth. Remember the lies.…
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After a lot of research, and some issues of late, I have finally made the move from blogger to wordpress!!! The biggest change is that I now own my domain…it is now ALWAYSWITHABOOK.COM so be sure to change any bookmarks you might have, though if you went to the old site, you were automatically redirected to the new one. The look and feel is pretty much the same, with small…
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Title: Random Road Author: Thomas Kies Series: Geneva Chase, #1 Published: April 2021, Poisoned Pen Press Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Some vices are deadlier than others…Veteran reporter Geneva Chase is at the end of her professional rope. Battling alcoholism and bad choices, she’s lost every major news job she’s had; working at her hometown newspaper is her last chance to redeem herself–and now the paper’s future…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff. Thank you Park Row Books for inviting me to participate. Title: The Woman with the Blue Star Author: Pam Jenoff Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya, Emily Lawrence, Nancy Peterson Published: April 2021, Harlequin Audio / Park Row Books Length: 12 hours 20 minutes / 336 pages Source: Audio…
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I am so excited to help Heather Webb spread the news today about her newest book – and share the cover!!! I love reading historical fiction and Heather’s previous books have been so good. I am so excited to read this one. This book will be released February 8, 2022, but you can pre-order now. See the pre-order link below. Title: The Next Ship Home: A Novel of…
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Title: The Savage Instinct Author: M.M. DeLuca Published: May 2021, Inkshares (first published June 2015) Format: ARC Paperback, 377 pages Source: Publisher Summary: England, 1873. Clara Blackstone has just been released after one year in a private asylum for the insane. Clara has two goals: to reunite with her husband, Henry, and to never—ever—return to the asylum. As she enters Durham, Clara finds her carriage surrounded by a mob…
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Title: Local Woman Missing Author: Mary Kubica Published: May 2021, Park Row Books Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher via Kathleen Carter Communications Summary: People don’t just disappear without a trace…Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected?…
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Title: The Happiest Girl in the World Author: Alena Dillon Narrator: Frankie Corzo, Mikhaila Aaseng Published: April 2021, Harper Audio / William Morrow Paperback Length: 8 hours 56 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio via library / Print via Publisher Summary: From the acclaimed author of Mercy House comes a gripping new novel about a young woman’s dreams of Olympic gymnastic gold—and what it takes to reach the top…
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Title: The Summer of Lost and Found Author: Mary Alice Monroe Series: Beach House Series, #7 Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Published: May 2021, Simon & Schuster Audio / Gallery Books Length: 9 hours 55 minutes / 368 pages Source: Audio via Simon Schuster Audio / Print – ARC Paperback via Publisher Summary: The New York Times best-selling Beach House series returns with this tender and compassionate novel following the Rutledge family…
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Title: Little Pieces of Me Author: Alison Hammer Published: April 2021, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher via GetRedPR Summary: Following her acclaimed debut novel, You and Me and Us, Alison Hammer offers a deeply moving story of family and identity. When a DNA test reveals a long-buried secret, a woman must look to the past to understand her mother and herself.When Paige Meyer gets an…
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Title: Twice a Daughter Author: Julie Ryan McGue Published: May 2021, She Writes Press Format: ARC Paperback, 282 pages Source: Booksforward PR Summary: Julie is adopted. She is also a twin. Because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack both a health history and their adoption papers―which becomes an issue for Julie when, at forty-eight years old, she finds herself facing several serious health issues. To launch…
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Title: An Invincible Summer Author: Mariah Stewart Series: Wyndham Beach, #1 Narrator: Kate Marcin Published: May 2021, Brilliance Audio / Montlake Length: 10 hours 52 minutes / 378 pages Source: Audio: ALC via Brilliance Publishing / Print: ARC Paperback via Amazon Publishing Summary: An endearing novel of friendship, forgiveness, and second chances by New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart. It was a lifetime ago that recently widowed Maggie…
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Title: You Will Remember Me Author: Hannah Mary McKinnon Published: May 2021, MIRA Books Format: ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Forget the truth. Remember the lies. He wakes up on a deserted beach in Maryland with a gash on his head and wearing only swim trunks. He can’t remember who he is. Everything–his identity, his life, his loved ones–has been replaced by a dizzying fog of uncertainty.…
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Title: Her Three Lives Author: Cate Holahan Narrator: Chris Ciulla, Kylah Williams Published: April 2021, Hachette Audio / Grand Central Publishing Length: 9 hours 47 minutes / 339 pages Source: Audio: ALC via Libro.fm / Print – Paperback via Publisher Summary: Gaslight goes high-tech in USA Today best-selling author Cate Holahan’s new stand-alone thriller in which a family must determine who the real enemy is after a brutal home…
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Title: The Whispering Dead Author: Darcy Coates Series: Gravekeeper, #1 Published: May 2021, Poisoned Pen Press Format: ARC Paperback, 256 pages Source: Publisher Summary: USA Today bestseller and rising queen of atmospheric horror Darcy Coates returns with a ghost story that will haunt you long after the final page. She hears them whispering…Homeless, hunted, and desperate to escape a bitter storm, Keira takes refuge in an abandoned groundskeeper’s cottage.…
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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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Title: The Dead Husband Author: Carter Wilson Published: May 2021, Poisoned Pen Press Format: Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A murderer, a victim, and a witness… but no one in this house is innocentTwenty years ago an unspeakable tragedy rocked Rose Yates’s small, affluent hometown… and only Rose and her family know the truth about what happened. Haunted by guilt, Rose escaped into a new life. Now she…
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Title: A Caller’s Game Author: J.D. Barker Narrator: Brian Hutchinson, Mia Barron Published: March 2021, Recorded Books Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Source: Netgalley Summary: Die Hard meets Talk Radio in this heart-pounding, relentlessly fast-paced thriller from the New York Times best-selling author of The Fourth Monkey – master of suspense, J.D. Barker. “I’m going to offer you a choice.” Controversial satellite radio talk show host, Jordan Briggs, has…
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Title: The Newcomer Author: Mary Kay Andrews Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Published: May 2021, Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length: 14 hours 30 minutes / 448 pages Source: Audio via Macmillan Audio / Print – ARC Paperback via Kathleen Carter Communications Summary: Mary Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads delivers her next page-turner for the summer with The Newcomer.In trouble and…
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Title: The Girl Who Died Author: Ragnar Jonasson, translated by Victoria Cribb Published: May 2021, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Teacher Wanted At the Edge of the WorldUna wants nothing more than to teach, but she has been unable to secure steady employment in Reykjavík. Her savings are depleted, her love life is nonexistent, and she cannot face another winter staring at…
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Title: Theme Music Author: T. Marie Vandelly Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen Published: July 2019, Penguin Audio / Dutton Books Length: 14 hours 28 minutes / 400 pages Source: Audio via Library / Print via Netgalley Summary: An utterly propulsive and unpredictable psychological thriller from stunning new talent T. Marie Vandelly For the lucky among us, life is what you make of it, but for Dixie Wheeler, the theme music for…
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Title: Tears of Amber Author: Sofia Segovia, Translated by Simon Bruni Narrator: Will Damron, Angela Dawe Published: May 2021, Brilliance Audio / Amazon Crossing Length: 15 hours 14 minutes / 494 pages Source: Audio via Brilliance Publishing / Print via OTRPR Summary: From the bestselling author of The Murmur of Bees comes a transportive novel of two families uprooted by war and united by the bonds of love and…
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How is it that another month come and gone? I don’t know about you, but this year seems to be flying by! Once again we had another fantastic month of new books and even with that, I was able to sneak in a few of my own plus 1 backlist book. And I participated in quite a few buddy reads / book club discussions again…I really am enjoying these…
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Title: The Next Wife Author: Kaira Rouda Published: May 2021, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 312 pages Source: Publisher via MB Communications Summary: There is no limit to the lies, suspicion, and secrets that can poison the perfect marriage in this twisting novel of suspense by USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda.Kate Nelson had it all. A flourishing company founded with her husband, John; a happy marriage; and…
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Title: Good Neighbors Author: Sarah Langan Published: February 2021, Atria Books Format: Hardcover, 304 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Celeste Ng’s enthralling dissection of suburbia meets Shirley Jackson’s creeping dread in this propulsive literary noir, when a sudden tragedy exposes the depths of deception and damage in a Long Island suburb—pitting neighbor against neighbor and putting one family in terrible danger.Welcome to Maple Street, a picture-perfect slice of suburban…
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Title: Sunflower Sisters Author: Martha Hall Kelly Series: Lilac Girls, #3 Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld, Shayna Small, Jenna Lamia, Cassandra Campbell, Martha Hall Kelly Published: March 2021, Random House Audio / Ballantine Books Length: 17 hours 50 minutes / 528 pages Source: Audio via library / Print via Publisher Summary: Martha Hall Kelly’s million-copy best seller Lilac Girls introduced listeners to Caroline Ferriday. Now, in Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the…
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Title: Flesh and Blood Author: Caroline Mitchell Series: DI Amy Winters, #4 Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Published: April 2021, Brilliance Audio Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: A string of suicides. A community in terror. And a chilling conspiracy only DI Amy Winter can crack. A wave of apparent suicides hits a string of seaside resorts, but when a police officer is named as the latest to die,…
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Title: Leonora in the Morning Light Author: Michaela Carter Published: April 2021, Avid Reader Press Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary: For fans of Amy Bloom’s White Houses and Colm Tóibín’s The Master, a page-turning novel about Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington and the art, drama, and romance that defined her coming-of-age during World War II.1940. A train carrying exiled German prisoners from a labor camp arrives in…
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Title: Reunion Beach: Stories Inspired by Dorothea Benton Frank Author: Elin Hilderbran, Adriana Trigiani, Patti Callahan, Mary Alice Monroe & more Published: April 2021, William Morrow Format: Hardcover, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In this warm and moving anthology, a group of bestselling authors and writers pay tribute to legendary, larger-than-life New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank and her literary legacy.Inspired by the title Dorothea Benton Frank planned for…
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Title: Mother May I Author: Joshilyn Jackson Published: April 2021, William Morrow Format: ARC Paperback, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Revenge doesn’t wait for permission. Growing up poor in rural Georgia, Bree Cabbat was warned by her single mother that the world was a dark and scary place. Bree rejected her mother’s fearful outlook, and life has proved her right. Having married into a family with wealth, power,…
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Title: Sleeping Dogs Lie Author: Samantha Downing Series: Audible Original Stories Narrator: Melanie Nicholls-King, Lindsey Dorcus Published: April 2021, Audible Originals Length: 2 hours 8 minutes Source: Personal copy Summary: From the internationally best-selling author of My Lovely Wife and He Started It comes a twisted, entertaining novella about a dog walker swept into a criminal investigation when her client winds up dead. Shelby works as a dog…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to MIRA. Title: The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman Author: Julietta Henderson Published: April 2021, MIRA Format: Hardcover, 400 pages Summary: A triumphant and touching debut about the unlikeliest superstar you’ll ever meet.Twelve-year-old Norman Foreman and…
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Title: Last Call Author: Elon Green Narrator: David Pittu Published: March 2021, Macmillan Audio Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: The gripping true story, told here for the first time, of the Last Call Killer and the gay community of New York City that he preyed upon.The Townhouse Bar, midtown, July 1992: The piano player seems to know every song ever written, the crowd belts out the…
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Title: The Sanatorium Author: Sarah Pearse Published: Feburary 2021, Pamela Dorman Books Format: Hardcover, 400 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: You won’t want to leave. . . until you can’t.Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel. An imposing, isolated getaway spot…
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Title: The Light Through the Leaves Author: Glendy Vanderah Narrator: Susannah Jones Published: Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 14 hours 14 minutes / 464 pages Source: Audio via Brilliance Publishing / Print via Amazon Publishing Summary: Go on a powerful journey of forgiveness and healing with The Light Through the Leaves, a transcendent novel of love, loss, and self-discovery by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of…
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Title: The Last Night in London Author: Karen White Published: April 2021, Berkley Books Format: Hardcover, 480 pages Source: Publisher via UplitReads Summary: New York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a story of friendship past and present, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day. A captivating story of friendship, love and betrayal – and finding hope in the darkness of…
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Title: The Perfect Daughter Author: D.J. Palmer Published: April 2021, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The Perfect Daughter is a thriller that explores the truth or lies behind a teenage girl’s multiple personality disorder, from D.J. Palmer, the author of The New Husband.Grace never dreamt she’d visit her teenaged daughter Penny in the locked ward of a decaying state psychiatric hospital, charged with…
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Title: The Boy in the Headlights Author: Samuel Bjork Series: Holger Munch & Mia Kruger, #3 Published: October 2019, Corgi Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: The bestselling series, a former Richard and Judy bookclub pick, returns with another chilling case.Munch and Krüger. An unexpected pairing. A brilliant team. Winter 19996 An old man is driving home when his headlights catch an animal on the empty road up…
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