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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Title: Verity Author: Colleen Hoover Published: December 2018, Independently Published Format: Paperback, 314 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at…
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Title: Jar of Hearts Author: Jennifer Hillier Published: August 2019, Minotaur Books Format: Paperback, 320 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: This is the story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who’s been searching for the truth all these years . . . When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong–one of the most popular girls in school–disappeared without a trace.…
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Title: The Nesting Author: C.J. Cooke Published: September 2020, Gallery Books Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: The woods are creeping in on a nanny and two young girls in this chilling modern Gothic thriller. Architect Tom Faraday is determined to finish the high-concept, environmentally friendly home he’s building in Norway–in the same place where he lost his wife, Aurelia, to suicide. It was their dream house,…
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Title: The Gone Dead Author: Chanelle Benz Published: March 2020, Ecco Books Format: Paperback, 304 pages Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: An electrifying first novel from “a riveting new voice in American fiction” (George Saunders): A young woman returns to her childhood home in the American South and uncovers secrets about her father’s life and death Billie James’ inheritance isn’t much: a little money and a shack in…
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Title: The Royal Governess Author: Wendy Holden Published: August 2020, Berkley Format: ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Sunday Times bestselling author Wendy Holden brings to life the unknown childhood years of one of the world’s most iconic figures, Queen Elizabeth II, and reveals the little-known governess who made Britain’s queen into the monarch we know today. In 1933, twenty-two-year-old Marion Crawford accepts the role of a lifetime, tutoring…
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Title: Little Disasters Author: Sarah Vaughan Published: August 2020, Atria/Emily Bestler Books Format: ARC E-copy, 432 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: A new thought-provoking novel exploring the complexity of motherhood and all that connects and disconnects us. You think you know her…but look a little closer. She is a stay-at-home mother-of-three with boundless reserves of patience, energy, and love. After being friends for a decade, this is how…
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Title: When No One Is Watching Author: Alyssa Cole Narrator: Susan Dalian, Jay Aaseng Published: September 2020, Harper Audio / William Morrow Paperbacks Length: 8 hours 30 minutes / 368 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – Paperback via Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the…
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I am so excited to be taking part in the cover reveal of Kristy Woodson Harvey’s newest book!!! I adore her books and this latest one sounds amazing. It will be released April 20, 2021. Title: Under the Southern Sky Author: Kristy Woodson Harvery Published: April 2021, Gallery Books Format: Paperback, 400 pages Summary: Two childhood friends discover that love—and family—can be found in unconventional ways in this timely,…
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Title: Blood Victory Author: Christopher Rice Series: Burning Girl, #3 Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Published: August 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: On a cross-country journey to hell, fear is the engine and vengeance is the destination as Christopher Rice’s Amazon Charts bestselling series continues.As the test subject of an experimental drug, Charlotte Rowe was infused with extraordinary powers. As the secret weapon of a…
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Title: Home for the Holidays Author: Sara Richardson Published: September 2020, Forever Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Sara Richardson writes unputdownable, unforgettable stories from the heart” in this emotional holiday novel, where three sisters have one last Christmas to confront their pasts before their lives change forever (Jill Shalvis, New York Times bestselling author). The Buchanan sisters all share special childhood memories of their Aunt Sassy’s beloved…
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Title: All Adults Here Author: Emma Straub Narrator: Emily Rankin Published: May 2020, Penguin Audio Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Source: ALC via Libro.fm Summary: A warm, funny, and keenly perceptive novel about the life cycle of one family–as the kids become parents, grandchildren become teenagers, and a matriarch confronts the legacy of her mistakes. From the New York Times bestselling author of Modern Lovers and The Vacationers. When…
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Title: Her Last Mistake Author: Carla Kovach Series: Detective Gina Harte, #6 Narrator: Alison Campbell Published: May 2020, Hachette – UK, Bookouture Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Source: Personal copy Summary: Dressed in a sage green bridesmaid dress, and smiling for pictures, Holly is the happiest she’s ever been. Hours later, Holly is dead.People love to hate Holly Long. Smart, beautiful and a woman who men find it hard…
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Title: A Mother’s Secret Author: Tess Stimson Published: May 2020, Avon Format: Papberback, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Of course you trust your family… But should you? When every mother’s worst nightmare becomes Maddie’s reality, her first instinct is to turn to those closest to her for support: her loving husband, her brilliant children, her caring mother. But as the truth about what happened to her baby starts to…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Village of the Lost Girls by Agustin Martinez – I have review & an excerpt for you to read thanks to Mobius. Title: Village of the Lost Girls Author: Agustin Martinez Published: September 2020, Mobius Format: Hardcover, 496 pages Source: Publisher Summary: A breath-taking missing persons thriller set under the menacing peaks of the Pyrenees…
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Title: The Vacation Author: T.M. Logan Published: July 2020, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 374 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Seven days. Three families. One killer. It was supposed to be the perfect holiday – a group of families enjoying a week together in the sun. Four women who have been best friends for as long as they can remember making the most of a luxurious villa in the south…
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Title: Spring Girls Author: Karen Katchur Series: Northampton County, #3 Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Published: June 2020, Brilliance Audio Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: She’s the only one who survived…and the only one who can help find the killer.Another spring, another dead girl pulled from a lake in the Appalachian foothills: the latest victim in a series of murders with few leads. But Detective Geena Brassard and her…
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Title: Don’t Look for Me Author: Wendy Walker Published: September 2020, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source: Publisher via Publicist Summary: In Wendy Walker’s thrilling novel Don’t Look for Me, the greatest risk isn’t running away. It’s running out of time. One night, Molly Clarke walked away from her life. She doesn’t want to be found. Or at least, that’s the story. The car abandoned miles…
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Last month, Lee Matthew Goldberg’s latest book, THE ANCESTOR was published. I’m so happy to be participating in the blog tour for this book and am excited to be able to host a giveaway for this book. Read my review and see below for details on the giveaway!!! (GIVEAWAY CLOSED) Title: The Ancestor Author: Lee Matthew Goldberg Published: August 2020, All Due Respect Format: ARC Paperback, 348 pages Source: Publisher…
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Title: The Vanishing Half Author: Brit Bennett Published: June 2020, Riverhead Books Format: Hardcover, 343 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: From the New York Times -bestselling author of The Mothers , a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together…
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Title: Chaos Author: Iris Johansen Published: September 2020, Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author introduces CIA agent Alisa Flynn, who is willing to go rogue if it means catching the most heartless band of criminals she’s ever encountered. When CIA agent Alisa Flynn flaunts the rules by breaking into a mansion in the middle of the night, she skillfully…
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Title: Just Mercy Author: Bryan Stevenson Published: November 2019, Spiegel & Grau Format: Paperback, Movie Tie-In Edition, 351 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice–from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE…
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Title: The Silent House Author: Nell Pattison Series: Paige Northwood, #1 Published: September 2020, Avon Format: ARC Paperback, 400 pages Source: Publisher Summary: If someone was in your house, you’d know . . . Wouldn’t you? But the Hunter family are deaf, and don’t hear a thing when a shocking crime takes place in the middle of the night. Instead, they wake up to their worst nightmare: the murder of…
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Title: For the Best Author: Vanessa Lillie Published: September 2020, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Publicist Summary: Suspected of a murder she can’t remember, a troubled woman takes an unusual approach to proving her innocence in this gripping thriller from the bestselling author of Little Voices. When Jules Worthington-Smith’s wallet is found next to a dead man, she becomes the prime suspect in his murder. After…
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Please join me in welcoming Vanessa Lillie to Always With a Book. Vanessa’s latest book, For the Best, will be published today. I love Vanessa’s writing! I’ll be posting my review of For the Best later today, but for now, please enjoy this guest post where she discusses the story behind the book. Title: For the Best Author: Vanessa Lillie Published: September 2020, Thomas & Mercer Format: ARC Paperback, 320…
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Title: One by One Author: Ruth Ware Published: September 2020, Scout Press Format: ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Turn of the Key and In a Dark Dark Wood returns with another suspenseful thriller set on a snow-covered mountain. Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s…
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Title: The Woman in the Mirror Author: Rebecca James Published: March 2020, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 368 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Rebecca James unveils a chilling modern gothic novel of a family consumed by the shadows and secrets of its past in The Woman in the Mirror. For more than two centuries, Winterbourne Hall has stood atop a bluff overseeing the English countryside of Cornwall and the sea beyond.…
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Title: The Happy Ever After Playlist Author: Abby Jimenez Series: The Friend Zone, #2 Narrator: Zachary Webber, Erin Mallon Published: April 2020, Hachette Audio Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Source: ALC from Libro.fm Summary: From the USA Today bestselling author of The Friend Zone comes an adorable and fresh romantic comedy about one trouble-making dog who brings together two perfect strangers. Two years after losing her fiancé, Sloan Monroe…
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Title: Girl Gone Mad Author: Avery Bishop Published: September 2020, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 412 pages Source: Publicist Summary: They say everything is fun and games until someone gets hurt. Well, someone did—and now the game has changed… Emily Bennett works as a therapist in Pennsylvania, helping children overcome their troubled pasts—even as she struggles to forget her own. Once upon a time, Emily was part of a…
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