Title: Northern Spy Author: Flynn Berry Published: April 2021, Viking Books Format: Hardcover, 288 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: The acclaimed author of Under the Harrow and A Double Life returns with her most thrilling novel to date: the story of two sisters who become entangled with the IRA. A producer at the Belfast bureau of the BBC, Tessa is at work one day when the news…
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Title: No Pain, No Gaines Author: Chip Gaines Narrator: Chip Gaines Published: March 2021, Thomas Nelson Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Source: Publisher via TLC Booktours Summary: No Pain, No Gaines is a by-the-bootstraps manual for building a network of people you can count on. Fair warning: Building it will be painful, but what you’ll gain is something strong, something reliable, and something that can change the world. Spoiler alert number…
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Title: Into the Black Nowhere Author: Meg Gardiner Series: UNSUB, #2 Published: January 2018, Dutton Format: Hardcover, 368 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: Inspired by real-life serial killer Ted Bundy, an exhilarating thriller in which FBI profiler Caitlin Hendrix faces off against a charming, merciless serial killerIn southern Texas, on Saturday nights, women are disappearing. One vanishes from a movie theater. Another is ripped from her car at a…
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Title: The Lies You Told Author: Harriet Tyce Published: December 2020, Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: In the playground it’s the law of the jungle But at the school gate, there are no rules at all… When Sadie Roper moves back to London, she’s determined to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. First, she needs to get her daughter settled into a…
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Title: Dark Horses Author: Susan Mihalic Narrator: Alex Allwine Published: February 2021, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: A darkly gripping debut novel about a teenage girl’s fierce struggle to reclaim her life from her abusive father.Fifteen-year-old equestrian prodigy Roan Montgomery has only ever known two worlds: inside the riding arena, and outside of it. Both, for as long as she can remember,…
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Title: Our Darkest Night Author: Jennifer Robson Published: January 2021, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: Paperback, 384 pages Source: Publisher Summary: To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer’s wife in this unforgettable novel from USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson—a story of terror, hope, love, and sacrifice, inspired by true events, that vividly evokes the most perilous days of World War II.It is…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Summertime Guests by Wendy Francis. Thank you Graydon House for inviting me to participate. Title: Summertime Guests Author: Wendy Francis Published: April 2021, Graydon House Format: ARC E-copy, 320 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: The Seafarer is the place to see and be seen in the summer… With its rich history and…
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Back again with my five most anticipated releases coming out this month. That’s not to say that I’m not excited about all the books that are being released this month – and there are so many books coming out this month! – but these are just the ones that really stand out in my mind for some reason – either because I have loved the author’s previous books or…
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Title: Life’s Too Short Author: Abby Jimenez Series: The Friend Zone, #3 Narrator: Christine Lakin, Zachary Webber Published: April 2021, Hachette Audio Length: 9 hours 6 minutes Source: Publisher via Libro.fm Summary: A brilliant and touching romantic comedy from the USA Today best-selling author of The Friend Zone and The Happy Ever After Playlist. When Vanessa Price quit her job to pursue her dream of traveling the globe, she…
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Title: Finding Freedom Author: Erin French Published: April 2021, Celadon Books Format: ARC E-copy, 304 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: From Erin French, owner and chef of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, a TIME world dining destination, a life-affirming memoir about survival, renewal, and finding a community to lift her upLong before The Lost Kitchen became a world dining destination with every seating filled the day the…
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Title: The Vines Author: Shelley Nolden Series: The Vines, #1 Published: March 2021, Freiling Publishing Format: ARC E-copy, 391 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: In the shadows of New York City lies forbidden North Brother Island, where the remains of a shuttered hospital hide the haunting memories of century-old quarantines and human experiments. The ruins conceal the scarred and beautiful Cora, imprisoned by contagions and the doctors who torment her.…
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Title: Lies We Bury Author: Elle Marr Narrator: Kate Rudd Published: April 2021, Brilliance Audio / Thomas & Mercer Length: 9 hours 29 minutes / 304 pages Source: Audio via Brilliance Publishing / Print – Publisher via MB Communications Summary: A novel about secrets and revenge by the number one Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Missing Sister. It’s only by confronting who she was then that she can…
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Another month come and gone, filled with more amazing books. So many new books were publishing this month that I unfortunately did not do too well with reading from my own books or getting in any backlists books but I’m ok with that. The one thing I really loved this month was all the buddy reads/book club discussions I was part of…I am really enjoying being part of these…
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Title: The Songbook of Benny Lament Author: Amy Harmon Narrator: Rob Shapiro Published: March 2021, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 14 hours 52 minutes / 448 pages Source: Audio via Brilliance Publishing / Print via Amazon Publishing Summary: From the bestselling author of What the Wind Knows and From Sand and Ash comes a powerful love story about a musical duo who put everything on the line…
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Title: Libertie Author: Kaitlyn Greenidge Published: March 2021, Algonquin Books Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The critically acclaimed and Whiting Award–winning author of We Love You, Charlie Freeman returns with an unforgettable story about the meaning of freedom. Coming of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson was all too aware that her purposeful mother, a practicing physician, had a vision for…
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Title: When I Ran Away Author: Ilona Bannister Published: March 2021, Doubleday Books Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Source: Publisher via Author Summary: A rich, bighearted debut that takes us from working-class Staten Island in the wake of the September 11th attacks to moneyed London a decade later, revealing a story of loss, motherhood, and love, perfect for fans of Gail Honeyman and Ann Napolitano.As the Twin Towers collapse, Gigi…
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Title: One in Three Author: Tess Stimson Published: January 2021, Avon Format: Paperback, 448 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Both of them loved him. One of them killed him . . . Louise has had to watch her husband, Andrew, start a new family in the four years since he left her. The ‘other woman’ is now his wife – but Louise isn’t ready to let Caz enjoy the life…
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Title: Watch Her Sleep Author: L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain Series: Charlotte Winters, #3 Published: March 2021, Bookouture Format: ARC E-copy, 375 pages Source: Netgalley Summary: Nestled in the autumn leaves, her hair tangled in thick brambles, the girl looks like she could be sleeping amongst the wild roses. But the trail of red across her delicate throat means this is a slumber she will never wake from… When a…
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Title: The Good Sister Author: Sally Hepworth Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Published: April 2021, Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length: 8 hours 18 minutes / 320 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm/Macmillan Audio / Print – ARC Paperback via St. Martin’s Press Summary: Sally Hepworth, the author of The Mother-In-Law delivers a knock-out of a novel about the lies that bind two sisters in The Good Sister. There’s…
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Title: Heartbreak Bay Author: Rachel Caine Series: Stillhouse Lake, #5 Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith, Dan John Miller, Tovah Ott Published: March 2021, Brilliance Audio Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: They’re hunting a killer so silent, so invisible, that his unspeakable crimes are the only proof he exists. A car submerged in a remote pond. The bodies of two girls strapped into their seats. The mystery of their…
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Title: The Echo Wife Author: Sarah Gailey Narrator: Xe Sands Published: February 2021, Macmillan Audio Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, right there in front of me, but it still took me so long to see the person I had married. It took me so long to hate him. Martine…
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Title: The Four Winds Author: Kristin Hannah Narrator: Julia Whelan Published: February 2021, Macmillan Audio Length: 15 hours 2 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: From the number-one best-selling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, when millions were out…
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Title: The Betrayal Author: Terry Lynn Thomas Series: Olivia Sinclair, #1 Published: October 2020 , HQ Digital Format: ARC E-galley, 234 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Attorney Olivia Sinclair is shocked when she receives an anonymous video showing her husband Richard sleeping with someone else. After years of handling other people’s divorces, she thought she could recognise a marriage in trouble. She angrily throws Richard out of the…
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Title: After Alice Fell Author: Kim Taylor Blakemore Published: March 2021, Lake Union Publishing Format: ARC Paperback, 288 pages Source: Author Summary: Until she discovers the truth of her sister’s death, no one will rest in peace. New Hampshire, 1865. Marion Abbott is summoned to Brawders House asylum to collect the body of her sister, Alice. She’d been found dead after falling four stories from a steep-pitched roof. Officially:…
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Title: Our Last Echoes Author: Kate Alice Marshall Published: March 2021, Viking Books for Young Readers Format: ARC E-copy, 416 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Kara Thomas meets Twin Peaks in this supernatural thriller about one girl’s hunt for the truth about her mother’s disappearance.Sophia’s first memory is of drowning. She remembers the darkness of the water and the briny taste as it fills her throat. She remembers…
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I’m happy to be participating in the blog blitz for Are We There Yet by Kathleen West, which publishes today!!! Enjoy this spotlight and excerpt and let me know if you will be picking this one up! Title: Are We There Yet? Author: Kathleen West Published: March 2021, Berkley Books Format: Hardcover, 352 pages Summary: Among fake Instagram pages, long-buried family secrets, and the horrors of middle school, one…
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Title: The House on the Water Author: Margot Hunt Series: Audible Original Stories Narrator: Taylor Schilling Published: December 2020, Audible Originals Length: 2 hours 47 minutes Source: Personal copy Summary: From the author of Buried Deep comes brand new thriller about a summer vacation turned deadly, and a group of friends trapped together until they can determine who among them is capable of murder. Every year, Caroline Reed takes…
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Title: Sparks Like Stars Author: Nadia Hashimi Narrator: Mozhan Marno Published: March 2021, HarperAudio / William Morrow Length: 12 hours 2 minutes / 464 pages Source: Audio via Library / Print – Personal Copy Summary: An Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives in this brilliant and compelling novel from the best-selling author of The Pearl…
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Title: Everything After Author: Jill Santopolo Published: March 2021, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Source: Publisher Summary: The Light We Lost mixes with a touch of Daisy Jones and the Six in this novel of first love, passion, and the power of choice–and how we cannot escape the people we are meant to be. Two loves. Two choices. One chance to follow her dreams. Emily has come…
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Title: Killer Triggers Author: Joe Kenda Narrator: Joe Kenda Published: March 2021, Blackstone Publishing Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Source: Netgalley Summary: The most common triggers for homicide are fear, rage, revenge, money, lust, and, more rarely, sheer madness. This isn’t an exact science, of course. Any given murder can have multiple triggers. Sex and revenge seem to be common partners in crime. Rage, money, and revenge make for a…
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Title: The Lost Apothecary Author: Sarah Penner Narrator: Lorna Bennett, Lauren Anthony, Lauren Irwin Published: March 2021, Harlequin Audio / Park Row Books Length: 10 hours 18 minutes / 320 pages Source: Audio – via library / Print via Publisher/Publicist Summary: A female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them—setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course.Rule #1: The poison must…
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Title: Undiscovered Country: A Novel Inspired by the Lives of Eleanor Roosevelt & Lorena Hickok Author: Kelly O’Connor McNees Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon Published: Audio – April 2020, HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Print – March 2018, Pegasus Books Length: 7 hours 20 minutes / 336 pages Source: Audio via library / Print via Publisher Summary: In October 1932, at the tail end of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson. Thank you Hanover Square Press for inviting me to participate. Title: The Jigsaw Man Author: Nadine Matheson Published: March 2021, Hanover Square Press Format: ARC E-copy, 413 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery… When body parts are found on the banks…
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Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison. Thank you MIRA Books for inviting me to participate. Title: Her Dark Lies Author: J.T. Ellison Published: March 2021, MIRA Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Fast-paced and brilliantly unpredictable, J.T. Ellison’s breathtaking new novel invites you to a wedding none will forget—and some won’t survive.…
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Title: Too Good To Be True Author: Carola Lovering Published: March 2021, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC E-copy, 352 pages Source: Netgalley via Publisher Summary: ONE LOVE STORY. TWO MARRIAGES. THREE VERSIONS OF THE TRUTH. Skye Starling is overjoyed when her boyfriend, Burke Michaels, proposes after a whirlwind courtship. Though Skye seems to have the world at her fingertips―she’s smart, beautiful, and from a well-off family―she’s also battled crippling OCD…
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Title: The Light We Lost Author: Jill Santopolo Published: February 2018, G.P Putnam’s Sons Format: Paperback, 338 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “It’s the epic love story of 2017.”—Redbook “One Day meets Me Before You meets your weekender bag.”—The Skimm “Extraordinary.”—Emily Giffin He was the first person to inspire her, to move her, to truly understand her. Was he meant to be the last? Lucy is faced with a…
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Title: More Than Words Author: Jill Santopolo Published: February 2020, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Format: Paperback, 368 pages Source: Personal copy Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost comes a tender and moving new novel about a woman at a crossroads after the death of her father, and caught between the love of two men. “A smart, sexy, delicious novel.”–People Nina has always known…
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Title: We Begin at the End Author: Chris Whitaker Narrator: George Newbern Published: March 2021, Macmillan Audio Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Source: Netgalley Summary: With We Begin at the End, Chris Whitaker has crafted an extraordinary novel about people who deserve so much more than life serves them. At times devastating, with flashes of humor and hope throughout, it is ultimately an inspiring tale of how the human…
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Title: We Came Here to Shine Author: Susie Orman Schnall Narrator: Carly Robins, Dan Bittner, Lauren Fortgang, Susie Orman Schnall Published: June 2020, Macmillan Audio / St. Martin’s Press Length: 9 hours 43 minutes / 384 pages Source: Audio via the library / Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley Summary: At the iconic 1939 New York World’s Fair, two ambitious young women—a down-on-her-luck actress and an aspiring journalist—form an…
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Title: The Restoration of Celia Fairchild Author: Marie Bostwick Published: March 2021, William Morrow Paperbacks Format: ARC Paperback, 416 pages Source: UplitReads Summary: “The Restoration of Celia Fairchild is wise, witty, and utterly compelling.” —Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author of The Friends We Keep Evvie Drake Starts Over meets The Friday Night Knitting Club in this wise and witty novel about a fired advice columnist who discovers…
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Back again with my five most anticipated releases coming out this month. That’s not to say that I’m not excited about all the books that are being released this month – and there are so many books coming out this month! – but these are just 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…
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This month both flew by and felt long…which is crazy, I know. But that’s just how it is. Anyway, somehow, I managed to have a fantastic reading month, though it was rather heavy on the review books. If this month is anything to go by, this year is going to be another amazing year for books. I read some fantastic books and I know just by looking at what…
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Title: The Last Garden in England Author: Julia Kelly Narrator: Shiromi Arserio, Marisa Calin, Danielle Cohen, Katherine Littrell, Siobhan Waring Published: February 2021, Simon & Schuster Audio Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: From the author of the international best seller The Light over London and The Whispers of War comes a poignant and unforgettable tale of five women living across three different times whose lives are…
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Title: Who Is Maud Dixon Author: Alexandra Andrews Narrator: Therese Plummer Published: March 2021, Hachette Audio / Little Brown and Company Length: 9 hours 11 minutes / 336 pages Source: Audio – ALC via Libro.fm / Print – ARC via Goodreads Summary: For readers of The Silent Patient – a taut, twisty, character-driven suspense novel about a famous novelist and a small-town striver locked in a struggle for fortune…
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Title: Smoke Signal Author: Marie Benedict, Kate Quinn Series: Audible Original Stories Narrator: Nicola Barber, Saskia Maarleveld Published: February 2021, Audible Originals Length: 1 hour 10 minutes Source: Personal copy Summary: Best-selling authors Marie Benedict (The Mystery of Mrs. Christie) and Kate Quinn (The Rose Code) join forces to tell the captivating story of how history’s most famous mystery writer crossed paths with one of Britain’s top secret code breakers…
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Title: Widowish Author: Melissa Gould Published: February 2021, Little A Format: Hardcover, 220 pages Source: Publisher Summary: Melissa Gould’s hopeful memoir of grieving outside the box and the surprising nature of love.When Melissa Gould’s husband, Joel, was unexpectedly hospitalized, she could not imagine how her life was about to change. Overwhelmed with uncertainty as Joel’s condition tragically worsened, she offered him the only thing she could: her love and devotion.…
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Title: The Half Sister Author: Sandi Jones Published: June 2020, Minotaur Books Format: ARC Paperback, 320 pages Source: Goodreads Summary: Her arrival will ruin everything Kate and Lauren. Sisters who are always there for each other. But as they gather for their weekly Sunday lunch, a knock on the door changes everything. The new arrival, Jess, claims to be their half-sister, but that would mean the unthinkable . .…
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Title: Hadley & Grace Author: Suzanne Redfearn Narrator: Christina Traister, Sarah Naughton, Pete Simonelli Published: February 2021, Brilliance Audio / Lake Union Publishing Length: 10 hours 7 minutes / 347 pages Source: Audio via Brilliance Publishing / Print via Amazon Publishing Summary: The author of In an Instant delivers a heart-pounding and emotional roller-coaster ride of self-discovery in the tradition of Thelma and Louise.Needing to escape her abusive marriage,…
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Today, Tatiana de Rosnay’s latest novel, Flowers of Darkness, is being published and to celebrate, I’m helping the publisher get the word out. Title: Flowers of Darkness Author: Tatiana de Rosnay Published: February 2021, St. Martin’s Press Format: Hardcover, 256 pages Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of Sarah’s Key comes Tatiana de Rosnay’s Flowers of Darkness, a riveting and emotionally intense novel, set in a near future Paris,…
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Title: An Eye for an Eye Author: Carol Wyer Series: Detective Kate Young, #1 Narrator: Henrietta Meire Published: February 2021, Brilliance Audio Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Source: Publisher Summary: A killer running rings around the police. A detective spiralling out of control. DI Kate Young is on leave. She’s the force’s best detective, but her bosses know she’s under pressure, on medication and overcoming trauma. So after her bad…
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