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The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin #bookreview

The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin #bookreview

Thank you to Thoughts From a Page, Kathleen Carter Communications, Hanover Square Press, #partner, for an advanced copy of The Librarian Spy in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hanover Square Press Published: July 26, 2022   Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London comes a moving new novel inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II. Ava thought her job as…

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Blood Ties by Ruth Lillegraven #bookreview #audiobook #seriesreview

Blood Ties by Ruth Lillegraven #bookreview #audiobook #seriesreview

Thank you Brilliance Audio, #partner, for the ALC of Blood Ties in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Brilliance Audio Published: July 26, 2022   Summary: Betrayal, secrets, revenge, and murder: they’re in the blood in a provocative novel of psychological suspense by the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of Everything Is Mine. As Norway’s newly appointed minister of justice, child-rights advocate Clara Lofthus has a chance to accomplish something meaningful on behalf…

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The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green #bookreview

The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green #bookreview

Thank you Celadon Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Kingdoms of Savannah in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books Published: July 19, 2022   Summary: Savannah may appear to be “some town out of a fable,” with its vine flowers, turreted mansions, and ghost tours that romanticize the city’s history. But look deeper and you’ll uncover secrets, past and present, that tell a more sinister tale. It’s the…

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The Lover by Helene Flood #blogtour #bookreview

The Lover by Helene Flood #blogtour #bookreview

Thank you Mobius Books, #partner, for the finished copy of The Lover in exchange for my honest review.     Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Lover. Thank you Mobius Books for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Mobius Books Published: July 12, 2022   Summary: How can you hide your affair when your lover’s been murdered? From the mind of a psychologist, and…

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Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez #bookreview #audiobook

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez #bookreview #audiobook

This book is from my personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Flatiron Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 4, 2022   Summary: A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots, all in the wake of Hurricane Maria It’s 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro “Prieto” Acevedo, are bold-faced names in…

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First Born by Will Dean #bookreview

First Born by Will Dean #bookreview

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner, for the advanced copy of First Born in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: July 5, 2022   Summary: From the acclaimed author of The Last Thing to Burn, a psychological thriller about the dark secrets that emerge when a woman’s twin sister is murdered, with his signature “intense, gripping,…

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Hokuloa Road by Elizabeth Hand #bookreview #audiobook

Hokuloa Road by Elizabeth Hand #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Mulholland Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Hokuloa Road in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Mulholland Books / Hachette Audio Published: July 19, 2022   Summary: From Shirley Jackson Award-winner Elizabeth Hand comes a haunting and atmospheric new mystery perfect for fans of White Lotus , about a young man hired to work as a caretaker in Hawaiʻi who is drawn into…

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Bad City by Paul Pringle #bookreview

Bad City by Paul Pringle #bookreview

Thank you Celadon Books, #partner, for the finished copy of Bad City in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books Published: July 19, 2022   Summary: “Pringle’s fast-paced book is a master class in investigative journalism… when institutions collude to protect one another, reporting may be our last best hope for accountability.” —The New York Times For fans of Spotlight and Catch and Kill comes a nonfiction thriller about corruption and betrayal radiating…

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Out of Her Depth by Lizzy Barber #blogtour #bookreview #netgalley

Out of Her Depth by Lizzy Barber #blogtour #bookreview #netgalley

Thank you MIRA/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of Out of Her Depth in exchange for my honest review. Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Out of Her Depth. Thank you MIRA for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: MIRA Published: July 12, 2022   Summary: There are summers that will change your life. There are summers that may end it. In…

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The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis #bookreview #audiobook

The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Dutton, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Magnolia Palace in exchange for my honest review. I purchased the audiobook via my subscription with libro.fm. Publisher: Dutton / Penguin Audio Published: January 25, 2022   Summary: Fiona Davis, New York Times best-selling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City’s most impressive Gilded Age mansions.…

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Are You Sara? by S.C. Lalli #bookspotlight #bookgiveaway

Are You Sara? by S.C. Lalli #bookspotlight #bookgiveaway

Today, I’m thrilled to be partnering with Harper Collins in featuring an upcoming thriller due to hit the shelves in August. I’m reading this one now and am just loving it. I have about 100 pages left to go and have no idea where it is ultimately going to end up…it’s so clever and full of suspense – exactly what I love to read in the summer! Take a look…

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The Binding Room by Nadine Matheson #blogtour #bookreview #netgalley

The Binding Room by Nadine Matheson #blogtour #bookreview #netgalley

Thank you Hanover Square Press/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Binding Room in exchange for my honest review. Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Binding Room. Thank you Hanover Square Press for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Hanover Square Press Published: July 12, 2022   Summary: Detective Anjelica Henley confronts a series of ritualistic murders in this heart-pounding thriller…

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The It Girl by Ruth Ware #bookreview

The It Girl by Ruth Ware #bookreview

Thank you to TandemGlobal, Gallery / Scout Press, #partner, for an advanced copy of The It Girl in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Gallery / Scout Press Published: July 12, 2022 Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder. April Coutts-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford.…

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The Resting Place by Camilla Sten #bookreview

The Resting Place by Camilla Sten #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Resting Place in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: March 29, 2022   Summary: A spine-chilling, propulsive psychological suspense from international sensation Camilla Sten. The medical term is prosopagnosia. The average person calls it face blindness—the inability to recognize a familiar person’s face, even the faces of those closest to you. When Eleanor walked in on…

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Most Anticipated Releases: July 2022

Most Anticipated Releases: July 2022

  Happy July! Here we are with another batch of anticipated reads. I totally dropped the ball in posting this last month, but I’m back this month and I have some fantastic mysteries & thrillers – this is what I tend to gravitate towards the most, especially in the summer! I want a fast, engaging read and I think these will definitely deliver!     FIRST BORN by Will Dean…

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Fatal Witness by Robert Bryndza #bookreview #audiobook #netgalley #seriesreview

Fatal Witness by Robert Bryndza #bookreview #audiobook #netgalley #seriesreview

Thank you Raven Street Publishing, the author & Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of Fatal Witness in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Raven Street Publishing Published: July 7, 2022   Summary: Detective Erika Foster is back in Fatal Witness–with a chilling new serial-killer case in Robert Bryndza’s multimillion best-selling crime-thriller series! How do you find a killer who has destroyed all the evidence? Detective Erika Foster is on a…

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One Night Stand by Patricia Gibney #bookreview #shortstory

One Night Stand by Patricia Gibney #bookreview #shortstory

I received this short story as part of the author’s early reader’s club by subscribing to her newsletter. Publisher: Patricia Gibney / Bookouture Published: 2022   Summary: A short story featuring Boyd and what motivated him to join the Gardai.   My thoughts: Patricia Gibney’s Detective Lottie Parker series is one of my favorite crime fiction series, so I was thrilled to be able to get access to read this…

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Cold, Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs #bookreview #audiobook #seriesreview

Cold, Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs #bookreview #audiobook #seriesreview

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Scribner Books #partner, for the advanced copy of Cold, Cold Bones in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Scribner Books / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: July 5, 2022   Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling thriller writer Kathy Reichs returns with her twenty-first novel of suspense featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan who, after receiving a box containing a human eyeball, uncovers…

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When We Let Go by Rochelle B. Weinstein #bookreview #audiobook

When We Let Go by Rochelle B. Weinstein #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and @GetRedPrBooks & Lake Union Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of  When We Let Go in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Lake Union Publishing / Brilliance Audio Published: May 17, 2022   Summary: A moving novel of family and forgiveness and of hope and healing by Rochelle B. Weinstein, the USA Today bestselling author of This Is Not How It Ends. When Avery Beckett…

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The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer #blogtour #bookreview #netgalley #audiobook

The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer #blogtour #bookreview #netgalley #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio for the ALC and Graydon House/Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of  The German Wife in exchange for my honest review. Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The German Wife. Thank you Graydon House for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Graydon House / Harper Audio Published: June 28, 2022   Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan returns…

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Outside by Ragnar Jonasson #bookreview

Outside by Ragnar Jonasson #bookreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner,  for the advanced copy of Outside in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: June 28, 2022   Summary: With three million copies of his books sold worldwide, “world-class crime writer”(The Sunday Times, UK) Ragnar Jónasson brings us a chilling new standalone thriller with Outside. Four friends. One night. Not everyone will come out alive . . . When a deadly snowstorm strikes the…

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The Second Husband by Kate White #bookreview #audiobook

The Second Husband by Kate White #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio for the ALC and @WunderbooksPR & Harper, #partner,  for the advanced copy of The Second Husband in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Harper / Harper Audio Published: June 28, 2022   Summary: A woman’s seemingly perfect second marriage is rocked by a discovery about the death of her first husband in this twisty psychological thriller from Kate White, the New York Times bestselling author whom Entertainment Weekly called “impossible…

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The Ghosts of Paris by Tara Moss #bookreview #netgalley #seriesreview

The Ghosts of Paris by Tara Moss #bookreview #netgalley #seriesreview

Thank you Dutton / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The New Neighbor in exchange for my honest review.    Publisher: Dutton Published: June 7, 2022 Summary: A thrilling tale of courage and secrets set in postwar London and Paris, in which a search for a missing husband puts investigator and former war reporter Billie Walker on a collision course with an underground network of Nazi criminals It’s 1947.…

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The Favor by Nora Murphy #bookreview

The Favor by Nora Murphy #bookreview

Thank you  Minotaur / Netgalley #partner,  for the advanced copy of The Favor in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: May 31, 2022   Summary: A gripping debut domestic suspense novel, The Favor explores with compassion and depth what can happen when women pushed to the limit take matters into their own hands. Staying is dangerous. Leaving could be worse. Leah and McKenna have never met, though…

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Jackie and Me by Louis Bayard #bookreview #blogtour

Jackie and Me by Louis Bayard #bookreview #blogtour

Thank you Algonquin Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Jackie and Me in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Algonquin Books Published: June 14, 2022 Summary: Master storyteller Louis Bayard delivers a surprising portrait of a young Jackie Kennedy as we’ve never seen her before. In 1951, former debutante Jacqueline Bouvier is hard at work as the Inquiring Camera Girl for a Washington newspaper. Her mission in life is…

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When the Moon Turns to Blood by Leah Sottile #bookreview #audiobook

When the Moon Turns to Blood by Leah Sottile #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Twelve, #partner, for the finished copy of When The Moon Turns to Blood in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Twelve Books / Hachette Audio Published: June 21, 2022   Summary: WHEN THE MOON TURNS TO BLOOD examines the culture of end times paranoia and a trail of mysterious deaths surrounding former beauty queen Lori Vallow and her husband, grave digger…

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The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth #bookreview

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth #bookreview

Thank you  St. Martin’s Press/Netgalley #partner,  for the advanced copy of The Younger Wife in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: April 5, 2022     Summary: THE HUSBAND A heart surgeon at the top of his field, Stephen Aston is getting married again. But first he must divorce his current wife, even though she can no longer speak for herself. THE DAUGHTERS Tully and Rachel…

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A Deadly Affair by Agatha Christie #bookreview #shortstories

A Deadly Affair by Agatha Christie #bookreview #shortstories

Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of A Deadly Affair in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: January 4, 2022   Summary: From the Queen of Mystery—this all-new collection of stories about love gone horribly wrong will get your heart racing. Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new collection of Agatha Christie short stories,…

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Shadows of Pecan Hollow by Caroline Frost #bookreview

Shadows of Pecan Hollow by Caroline Frost #bookreview

Thank you William Morrow, #partner, for the finished copy of The Shadows of Pecan Hollow in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow Published: February 8, 2022   Summary: It was 1970 when thirteen-year-old Kit Walker was abducted by Manny Romero, a smooth-talking, low-level criminal. Longing for the family and security she never had, she allowed herself to be coddled and groomed into Manny’s partner-in-crime. Before long, Kit and…

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The Guilty Girl by Patricia Gibney #bookreview #audiobook #seriesreview

The Guilty Girl by Patricia Gibney #bookreview #audiobook #seriesreview

Thank you Bookouture Audio for the ALC and Bookouture & Netgalley, #partner,  for the advanced copy of The Guilty Girl in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Bookouture Published: June 15, 2022   Summary: Something whistling through the door behind her caused her to turn. A shadow spread across the opening. She clasped a hand to her mouth, stilling the fear that was rising. The menacing shadow was followed by…

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The Friendship Pact by Jill Shalvis #bookreview #audiobook

The Friendship Pact by Jill Shalvis #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio for the ALC and @GetRedPrBooks & Avon Books, #partner,  for the finished copy of  The Friendship Pact in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Avon Books / Harper Audio Published: June 14, 2022   Summary: New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a powerful, moving story about a young woman on a quest to find the truth about her father who learns…

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It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler #bookreview #audiobook #netgalley

It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler #bookreview #audiobook #netgalley

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press/Netgalley #partner,  for the advanced copy of It All Comes Down To This in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: June 7, 2022   Summary: Therese Anne Fowler’s It All Comes Down to This is a warm, keenly perceptive novel of sisterhood, heartbreak, home, and what it takes to remake a life at its halfway…

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A Face to Die For by Iris Johansen #bookreview #audiobook

A Face to Die For by Iris Johansen #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the finished copy of A Face to Die For in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Published: June 14, 2022   Summary: Eve Duncan attempts to unearth one of history’s most intriguing lost secrets in this adventure ripped from the pages of Greek mythology, by number one New York Times best-selling author Iris Johansen.…

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Find Me by Alafair Burke #bookreview #audiobook #librarybook

Find Me by Alafair Burke #bookreview #audiobook #librarybook

I borrow this audiobook from my library via the Libby app. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: January 11, 2022   Summary: The disappearance of a young woman leaves her closest friend reeling and an NYPD homicide detective digging into her own past in this thrilling mystery full of twists from the New York Times bestselling author of The Better Sister and The Wife. Some pasts won’t stay forgotten . . . She calls herself Hope Miller,…

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The New Neighbor by Carter Wilson #bookreview #netgalley

The New Neighbor by Carter Wilson #bookreview #netgalley

Thank you Poisoned Pen Press / Netgalley, #partner, for the advanced copy of The New Neighbor in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Published: April 12, 2022   Summary: USA Today bestselling author Carter Wilson returns with another chilling psychological thriller, for readers of Megan Miranda and Alex Michaelides Aidan holds the winning Powerball numbers. Is today the best day of his life… or the worst? Aidan Marlowe…

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Counterfeit by Kirstin Chin #bookreview #audiobook

Counterfeit by Kirstin Chin #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Librofm, Harper Audio for the ALC and William Morrow #partner,  for the finished copy of Counterfeit in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Harper Audio / William Morrow Published: June 7, 2022   Summary: For fans of Hustlers and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, the story of two Asian American women who band together to grow a counterfeit handbag scheme into a global enterprise–an incisive and glittering blend…

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The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White #bookreview #audiobook

The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio for the ALC and William Morrow #partner,  for the finished copy of The Lost Summers of Newport in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Harper Audio / William Morrow Published: May 17, 2022   Summary: From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White–a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a…

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Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter by Lizzie Pook #bookreview #audiobook

Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter by Lizzie Pook #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Simon & Schuster #partner,  for the advanced copy of Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: June 14, 2022   Summary: For readers of The Light Between Oceans and The Island of Sea Women, a feminist adventure story set against the backdrop of the dangerous pearl diving…

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The Foundling by Ann Leary #bookreview #audiobook

The Foundling by Ann Leary #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Scriber/Marysue Rucci Books #partner, for the finished copy of The Foundling in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Scriber/Marysue Rucci Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: May 31, 2022   Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good House, the story of two friends, raised in the same orphanage, whose loyalty is put to the ultimate test…

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Metropolis by B.A. Shapiro #bookreview

Metropolis by B.A. Shapiro #bookreview

Thank you Algonquin Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Metropolis in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Algonquin Books Published: May 17, 2022   Summary: From bestselling author B. A. Shapiro, a gripping novel that follows six mysterious characters whose lives intersect when a tragedy occurs at the storage facility where they all rent units. In Metropolis we meet six unforgettable characters who never would have met if not for their…

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Review: On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea Foster (audio)

Review: On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea Foster (audio)

Publisher: Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: May 31, 2022 Source: Print – ARC Paperback via @BookClubFavorites / Gallery Books / Audio – ALC via Simon & Schuster Audio   Summary: After her fiancé whisks her off to the glistening shores of Southampton in June of 1957, one young socialite begins to realize that her glamorous summer is giving her everything—except what she really wants—in this new novel…

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Blog Tour & Review: Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon

Blog Tour & Review: Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon. Thank you MIRA for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: MIRA Published: May 24, 2022 Source: ARC E-copy via Netgalley   SUMMARY: First comes love. Then comes murder. Lucas Forester didn’t hate his wife. Michelle was brilliant, sophisticated and beautiful. Sure, she had extravagant spending habits and that petty attitude, a…

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Review: The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani (audio)

Review: The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani (audio)

Publisher: Dutton / Penguin Audio Published: April 26, 2022 Source: Print – Hardcover via Dutton / Audio via Library   Summary: From Adriana Trigiani, “a master of visual and palpable detail” (The Washington Post), comes a lush, immersive novel about three generations of Tuscan artisans with one remarkable secret. Epic in scope and resplendent with the glorious themes of identity and belonging, The Good Left Undone unfolds in breathtaking turns. Matelda, the…

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Review: The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding by Lydia Kang (audio)

Review: The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding by Lydia Kang (audio)

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing / Brilliance Audio Published: May 1, 2022 Source: Print – ARC Paperback via Author / Audio – ALC via Brilliance Publishing   Summary: From the bestselling author of A Beautiful Poison comes a spellbinding historical mystery about hidden identities, wartime paranoia, and the tantalizing power of deceit. Brooklyn, 1942. War rages overseas as brother and sister Will and Maggie Scripps contribute to the war effort stateside. Ambitious Will…

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Review: The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan (audio)

Review: The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan (audio)

Publisher: Harper Audio Published: May 10, 2022 Source: ALC via Netgalley   Summary: For fans of the compulsive psychological suspense of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a mother-daughter story – one running from a horrible truth, and the other fighting to reveal it – that twists and turns in shocking ways, from the internationally best-selling author of The Scholar and The Ruin. First Rule: Make them like you. Second Rule: Make them need you. Third Rule:…

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Review: Bomb Shelter: Love, time & Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott (audio)

Review: Bomb Shelter: Love, time & Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott (audio)

Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: April 12, 2022 Source: Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley / Audio – ALC via Simon & Schuster Audio   Summary: From the bestselling author of I Miss You When I Blink comes a poignant and powerful new memoir that tackles the big questions of life, death, and existential fear with humor and hope. A lifelong worrier, Philpott always kept an eye out…

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Review: The Island by Adrian McKinty (audio)

Review: The Island by Adrian McKinty (audio)

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company / Hachette Audio Published: May 17, 2022 Source: Print – Hardcover via Novel Suspects / Audio – ALC via Hachette Audio   Summary: IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY VACATION. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT CHANGED EVERYTHING. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE CAPABLE OF UNTIL THEY COME FOR YOUR FAMILY. After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed…

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Review: One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle (audio)

Review: One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle (audio)

Publisher: Atria Books / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: March 1, 2022 Source: Print – Netgalley / Audio – ALC via Simon & Schuster Audio   Summary: The New York Times best-selling author of the “heartwarming, heartbreaking, and hard to put down” (Laurie Frankel, New York Times best-selling author) modern classic In Five Years returns with a moving and unforgettable exploration of the powerful bond between mother and daughter set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast. When…

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Blog Tour & Review: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner (audio)

Blog Tour & Review: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner (audio)

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner. Thank you Austen Prose PR for inviting me to participate.     Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: May 17, 2022 Source: ALC via Macmillan Audio   SUMMARY: Natalie Jenner, the internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society, returns with a compelling and heartwarming story of post-war London, a century-old bookstore, and…

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Review: Magpie by Elizabeth Day (audio)

Review: Magpie by Elizabeth Day (audio)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: May 3, 2022 Source: Print ARC Paperback via BookClub Favorites / ALC via Simon & Schuster Audio   Summary: She has almost everything. The rest she’ll take. Single White Female meets The Perfect Nanny in this taut, psychological suspense novel about a perfect couple and their seemingly perfect roommate—that is until she threatens to destroy everything they’ve worked so hard to create. Marisa…

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