The Harbor by Katrine Engberg #bookreview #audiobook #series

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Gallery/Scout Press / Netgalley #partner, for the advanced copy of The Harbor in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press / Simon and Schuster Audio Published: February 22, 2022   Summary: From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Butterfly House, called “brazen and original” by The Toronto Star, comes a timely, suspenseful, and darkly original new novel about a missing child…

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Jackal by Erin E. Adams #bookreview

Thank you Random House Publishing Group/Netgalley #partner, for the advanced copy of Jackal in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Bantam Books Published: October 4, 2022   Summary A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white Rust Belt town. But she’s not the first—and she may not be the last. . . . It’s watching. Liz Rocher is coming home . . . reluctantly. As a…

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Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn #bookreview

Thank you to the author/Netgalley for the gifted copy. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: October 11, 2022   SUMMARY: Three women, a nation seduced by a madman, and the Nazi breeding program to create a so-called master race. At Heim Hochland, a Nazi breeding home in Bavaria, three women’s fates are irrevocably intertwined. Gundi is a pregnant university student from Berlin. An Aryan beauty, she’s secretly a member of a resistance group. Hilde,…

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Kismet by Amina Akhtar #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and Thomas & Mercer / Netgalley for the digital advanced copy of Kismet in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: August 1, 2022   Summary: From Amina Akhtar comes a viciously funny thriller about wellness – the smoothies, the secrets, and the deliciously deadly impulses. Lifelong New Yorker Ronnie Khan never thought she’d leave Queens. She’s not…

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All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio / Netgalley for the ALC and William Morrow / Netgalley #partner,  for the advanced copy of All That’s Left Unsaid in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: William Morrow / Harper Audio Published: September 13, 2022   Summary: For fans of Everything I Never Told You and The Mothers, a deeply moving and unflinching debut following a young Vietnamese Australian woman who returns home to her family in the…

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Stolen Remains by Christine Trent #bookreview #series #backlistbook

Thank you Kensington Books, #partner for the advanced of Stolen Remains in exchange for my honest review. I got the audiobook from Scribd. Publisher: Kensington Books / Tantor Audio Published: April 29, 2014 / November 30, 2021   Summary: After establishing her reputation as one of London’s most highly regarded undertakers, Violet Harper decided to take her practice to the wilds of the American West. But when her mother falls…

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The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Berkley Books, #partner, for the advanced e-copy of The Book of Cold Cases in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Berkley Books / Penguin Audio Published: March 15, 2022   Summary: In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men, seemingly randomly, were murdered with the same gun, with strange notes left behind. Beth Greer was the…

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The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman #bookreview

Thank you to Thoughts From a Page, St. Martin’s Press, #partner, for an advanced copy of The Matchmaker’s Gift in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: September 20, 2022   Summary: From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, comes a heartwarming story of two extraordinary women from two different eras who defy expectations to utilize their unique gift of seeing soulmates…

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You’re Invited by Amanda Jayatissa #bookreview #blogtour

Thank you Berkley Books / Netgalley , #partner, for the advanced copy of You’re Invited in exchange for my honest review. I also purchased a copy of this for my own collection. Publisher: Berkley Books Pub date: August 9, 2022   Summary: What could be worse than your ex-boyfriend marrying your childhood best friend? Getting accused of her murder… From the author of My Sweet Girl comes a dangerously addictive new thriller…

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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

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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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 Sky Above Us by Natalie Lund

Publisher: Philomel Books Published: April 13, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: From the author of We Speak in Storms comes a twisty, psychological thriller about three friends searching for the truth in the aftermath of a plane crash. The morning after their senior year beach party, Izzy, Cass, and Janie are woken by a thundering overhead. Then they and their classmates watch in shock as a plane crashes…

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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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Review: The Shadow House by Anna Downes

Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: April 5, 2022 Source: ARC E-copy via Netgalley   Summary: Extraordinarily tense and deliciously mysterious, Anna Downes’s The Shadow House follows one woman’s desperate journey to protect her children at any cost, in a remote place where not everything is as it seems. A HOUSE WITH DEADLY SECRETS. A MOTHER WHO’LL RISK EVERYTHING TO BRING THEM TO LIGHT. Alex, a single mother-of-two, is determined to make a fresh…

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Review: The Next Thing You Know by Jessica Strawser

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: March 22, 2022 Source: ARC E-copy via Pubisher   Summary: A musician facing the untimely end of his career. An end-of-life doula with everything, and nothing, to lose. A Star Is Born meets Me Before You in this powerful novel by the author of A Million Reasons Why. As an end-of-life doula, Nova Huston’s job—her calling, her purpose, her life—is to help terminally ill people…

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Review: Take Your Breath Away by Linwood Barclay

Publisher: William Morrow Published: May 17, 2022 Source: ARC E-copy via Netgalley   Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Elevator Pitch comes a gripping psychological thriller about a formerly missing woman who has suddenly returned under mysterious circumstances. One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most everyone assumed Andy had got away with murder–it’s always the husband, isn’t it?–but…

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Review: Home or Away by Kathleen West

Publisher: Berkley Publisher Published: March 29, 2022 Source: ARC E-copy via Netgalley / Hardcopy via Kathleen Carter Communications     Summary: Two friends, one Olympic dream, and the choice that stood in the way. Once Leigh and Susy were close friends and teammates bound for Olympic hockey gold, but when Leigh’s sure-fire plan to make the final roster backfired, she left everything behind to start over, including the one person…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Lying Club by Annie Ward

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Lying Club by Annie Ward. Thank you Park Row Books for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: Park Row Books Published: March 22, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: A tangled web of lies draws together three women in this explosive thriller of revenge, murder and shocking secrets At an elite private school nestled in…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery (audio)

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery. Thank you HQN Books for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: HQN Books / Harper Audio Published: March 15, 2022 Source: Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley / Audio – ALC via Harper Audio   Summary:  One woman discovers the beauty in chaos in this poignant and heartwarming story about…

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Review: Little Bones by Patricia Gibney

Publisher: Bookouture Published: September 22, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: She lifted up her granddaughter from the cot, clutched her to her chest and, without looking at her beautiful daughter lying dead on the floor of her bedroom, ran from the house. Only when she was outside did she let a wail escape her lips, frightening the baby who joined in her screams. When Isabel Gallagher is found…

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Review: Three Sisters by Heather Morris (audio)

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: October 5, 2021 Source: Print – ARC Paperback via Publisher / Audio via library   Summary: From Heather Morris, the New York Times best-selling author of the multimillion-copy best seller The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka’s Journey: a story of family, courage, and resilience, inspired by a true story. Against all odds, three Slovakian sisters have survived years of imprisonment in the most notorious death camp in…

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Review: Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

Publisher: William Morrow Published: March 15, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: The story of nine strangers who receive a cryptic list with their names on it – and then begin to die in highly unusual circumstances. Nine strangers receive a list with their names on it in the mail. Nothing else, just a list of names on a single sheet of paper. None of the nine people know…

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Review: Dead Wind by Tessa Wegert

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Published: March 1, 2022 (e-book) Source: ARC E-copy via Suzy Approved Book Tours   Summary: Senior Investigator Shana Merchant must dredge up dark secrets and old grudges if she’s to solve the murder of a prominent local citizen in the Thousand Islands community she now calls home. The body is discovered on Wolfe Island, under the shadow of an enormous wind turbine. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant,…

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Review: Last Seen Alive by Joanna Schaffhausen

Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: January 25, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: The fifth book in Joanna Schaffhausen’s heartpounding Ellery Hathaway mystery series. Boston detective Ellery Hathaway met FBI agent Reed Markham when he pried open a serial killer’s closet to rescue her. Years on, their relationship remains defined by that moment and by Francis Coben’s horrific crimes. To free herself from Coben’s legacy, Ellery had to walk away…

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Review: The End of Getting Lost by Robin Kirman (audio)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: February 15, 2022 Source: Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley / ALC via Simon & Schuster Audio   Summary: A young woman and her husband travel around Europe to celebrate their first year of marriage – a year that the woman has no memory of – in this searing novel of intimacy and deceit. The year is 1996 – a…

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Review: A Train to Moscow by Elena Gorokhova

  Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Published: March 1, 2022 Source: ARC E-copy via Netgalley   Summary: In post–World War II Russia, a girl must reconcile a tragic past with her hope for the future in this powerful and poignant novel about family secrets, passion and loss, perseverance and ambition. In a small, provincial town behind the Iron Curtain, Sasha lives in a house full of secrets, one of which is…

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Blog Tour & Review: Woman Last Seen by Adele Parks

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for Woman Last Seen by Adele Parks. Thank you MIRA Books for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: MIRA Books Published: February 1, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: HAPPY. MARRIED. MISSING. Leigh Fletcher: happily married stepmum to two gorgeous boys goes missing on Monday. Her husband Mark says he knows nothing of her whereabouts. She simply…

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Review: The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont (audio)

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: February 1, 2022 Source: Print – Netgalley via Publisher / Audio – ALC via Publisher   Summary: Nina de Gramont’s The Christie Affair is a beguiling novel of star-crossed lovers, heartbreak, revenge, and murder—and a brilliant re-imagination of one of the most talked-about unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century. Every story has its secrets. Every mystery has its motives. “A long time ago, in…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf. Thank you Park Row Books for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: Park Row Books Published: January 25, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf She thought she was alone… True…

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Review: As the Wicked Watch by Tamron Hall

Publisher: William Morrow Published: October 26, 2021 Source: Netgalley  via Publisher   Summary: The first in a thrilling new series from Emmy Award–winning journalist Tamron Hall, in which a reporter unravels the disturbing mystery around the deaths of two black girls, the work of a serial killer terrorizing Chicago. When crime reporter Jordan Manning leaves her hometown in Texas to take a job at a television station in Chicago, she’s…

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Review: Wahala by Nikki May (audio)

Publisher: Custom House / Harper Audio Published: January 11, 2022 Source: Print – ARC E-copy via Netgalley / Audio – ALC via Libro.fm   Summary: An incisive and exhilarating debut novel of female friendship following three Anglo-Nigerian best friends and the lethally glamorous fourth woman who infiltrates their group—the most unforgettable girls since Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda. Ronke wants happily ever after and 2.2. kids. She’s dating Kayode and…

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Review: Somebody’s Home by Kaira Rouda (audio)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer / Brilliance Audio Published: January 18, 2022 Source: Netgalley via GetRedPR / Audio via Brilliance Audio   Summary: A quiet neighborhood. A lovely home. A promising new beginning. In a heartbeat everything can change in this propulsive novel of suspense by USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda. Julie Jones has left her suffocating marriage. With her teenage daughter, Jess, she’s starting over. Their new house in Oceanside is…

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Review: The Maid by Nita Prose

Publisher: Ballantine Books Published: January 4, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: “The Maid is a masterful, charming mystery that will touch your heart in ways you could never expect. . . . This is the smart, quirky, uplifting read we need.” –Ashley Audrain, #1 bestselling author of The Push A dead body is one mess she can’t clean up on her own. Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles…

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Review: Dark Night by Paige Shelton

Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: December 7, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: Dark Night is the third book in the gripping, atmospheric Alaska Wild series by beloved cozy author Paige Shelton, in which Beth is met with an unexpected visitor: her mom… Winter is falling in the remote town of Benedict, Alaska, and with the cold comes an uninvited guest. The dreaded “census man,” seemingly innocuous, is an unwelcome…

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Review: Darkness Falls by Robert Bryndza

***There are different covers for the UK & US books. The first cover shown is the US cover, and at the bottom of the post, the UK cover is show.   Publisher: Sphere Books (UK) / Thomas & Mercer (US) Published: December 7, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Sphere Books   Summary: THE UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GIRL IN THE ICE, NINE ELMS AND SHADOW…

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Review: Suddenly Last Summer by Sarah Morgan

Publisher: Harlequin HQN Published: June 24, 2014 Source: Netgalley   Summary: Bestselling author Sarah Morgan delivers another irresistible hero in her O’Neil Brothers series who’s more tempting than dessert and twice as sinful! Fiery French chef Élise Philippe is having a seriously bad day. Not only have the opening day plans for her beloved café fallen apart, but Sean O’Neil is back in town, and looking more delectable than ever.…

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Review: The Collective by Alison Gaylin

Publisher: William Morrow Published: November 2, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: The USA Today bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author of Never Look Back and If I Die Tonight plumbs the dark side of justice and the depths of diabolical revenge in this propulsive novel of psychological suspense that melds the driving narrative of Then She Was Gone with the breathtaking twists of The Chain and the violent fury of Kill Bill. Just how far will a grieving mother go…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Women of Pearl Island by Polly Crosby

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Women of Pearl Island by Polly Crosby.  Thank you Park Row Books for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: Park Row Books Published: December 7, 2021 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   Summary: “A luminous and beautiful novel that gently lures the reader into a captivating story with a mystery at its heart.” – Jennifer Saint, bestselling…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Mother Next Door by Tara Laskowski

Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Mother Next Door by Tara Laskowski. Thank you Graydon House for inviting me to participate. Publisher: Graydon House Published: October 12, 2021 Source: ARC E-copy via Publisher   Summary: GOOD MOTHERS… Never show their feelings. Never spill their secrets. Never admit to murder. The annual Halloween block party is the pinnacle of the year on idyllic…

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Review: No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield

Publisher: William Morrow Published: October 12, 2021 Source: ARC E-copy via Publisher   Summary: A smart, witty, crackling novel of psychological suspense in which a girl from a hardscrabble small town meets a gorgeous Instagram influencer from the big city, with a murderous twist that will shock even the most savvy reader. On a beautiful October morning in rural Maine, a homicide investigator from the big city pulls into the…

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