Mini Reviews – Thriller Edition #bookreviews #thrillers #bookpurchases

This month I attended Hamptonswhodunit, a Mystery and crime festival, and in prepping for it, I picked a few books from my shelves by some of the authors I knew would be attending. Not only did this help me get to know some of these authors better but it also allowed me to read some books that had been sitting on my shelf for a while. And now I’m quite…

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Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books #partner,  for the advanced copy of Kill for Me, Kill for You in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books Published: March 19, 2024   Summary: For fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl, a razor-sharp and Hitchcock-inspired psychological thriller about two ordinary women who make a dangerous pact to take revenge for each other after being pushed to the brink. One dark evening…

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Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fom / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Celadon Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Listen for the Lie in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books / Macmillan Audio Published: March 5, 2024   Summary: What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn’t matter? After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered…

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Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and Minotaur Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Only If You’re Lucky in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: January 16, 2024   SUMMARY: Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman year at a liberal arts college in…

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What Is Mine by Lyn Liao Butler #bookreview

Thank you @GetRedPrBooks/Thomas & Mercer #partner,  for the advanced copy of What Is Mine in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: February 6, 2024   Summary: The search for a missing boy entwines the lives of two desperate women. One seeks redemption for her sister; the other will do anything for the love of her life. Hope Chen and her husband are raising her nine-year-old nephew,…

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The Silence in Her Eyes by Armando Lucas Correa #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites / Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Silence in Her Eyes in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books / Simon & Schuster Audio Published: January 16, 2024   Summary: This fresh take on classic psychological suspense centers on a young woman with a rare neurological condition who is convinced her neighbor is going to…

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The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio, for the ALC and St. Martin’s Press/Netgalley, #partner for the advanced e-copy of The Heiress in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Audio Published: January 9, 2024   Summary: When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest woman, she’s also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and…

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Granite Harbor by Peter Nichols #bookreview

Thank you Celadon Books, #partner for the advanced copy of Granite Harbor in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books Published: April 30, 2024   Summary: A small town in coastal Maine is under threat from a serial killer in this crime novel from Peter Nichols – bestselling author of The Rocks In scenic Granite Harbor on the coast of Maine, life has continued on–quiet and serene–for decades. That…

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Five Bad Deeds by Caz Frear #bookreview

Thank you Harper Perennial, #partner, for the finished copy of Five Bad Deeds in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Perennial Published: December 5, 2023   Summary: A gripping tale of revenge, loyalty, and the secrets hidden between the walls of the most beautiful home in town. Ellen Walsh has done something very, very bad. If only she knew what it was… Teacher, mother, wife, and all-around good citizen…

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The Beautiful and the Wild by Peggy Townsend #bookreview

Thank you Berkley, #partner, for the finished copy of The Beautiful and the Wild in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Berkley Published: November 7, 2023   Summary: The dangers of Alaska aren’t limited to storms, starvation, and grizzly bears. Sometimes the most dangerous thing is the person you love. It’s summer in Alaska and the light surrounding the shipping-container-turned-storage shed where Liv Russo is being held prisoner is fuzzy…

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One Wrong Word by Hank Phillippi Ryan #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Forge Books, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of One Wrong Word in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Forge Books Published: February 6, 2024   Summary: A heart-racing new psychological thriller from USA Today bestselling and multiple award-winning author, Hank Phillippi Ryan. One wrong word can ruin your life. And no one knows that better than savvy crisis management expert Arden Ward. Problem is, she’s now forced…

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The Lost Van Gogh by Jonathan Santlofer #bookreview

Thank you to Thoughts from a Page, Sourcebooks Landmark, #partner, for an advanced  e-copy of The Lost Van Gogh in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Published: January 2, 2024   Summary: From the author of the much-praised The Last Mona Lisa comes another thrilling story of masterpieces, masterminds, and mystery. For years, there have been whispers that, before his death, Van Gogh completed a final self-portrait. Curators…

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The Anatomy of Desire by L.R. Dorn #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview

Thank you Libro.fm / Harper Audio, for the ALC and Bibliolifestyle, William Morrow, #partner, for a finished copy of The Anatomy of Desire in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow / Harper Audio Published: May 11, 2021   Summary: A modern tale of American striving, social media stardom, a fatal love triangle, and a young woman on trial for murder—a mesmerizing reimagining of Theodore Dreiser’s classic novel of…

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It Takes Monsters by Mandy McHugh #bookreview #audiobook

I borrowed this audiobook from the library. Publisher: HighBridge Published: October 17, 2023   Summary: Victoria Tate has had enough of her controlling, incompetent husband Warren. But planning the perfect murder is more difficult than she expected. When the social event of the year, an over-the-top costume ball, is rescheduled for the date she has selected for her crime, Victoria has to scramble to make sure she will still be…

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Lights Out by Elise Hart Kipness #bookreview

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers Promotions, Thomas & Mercer, #partner, for an advanced e- copy of Lights Out in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Published: November 1, 2023   Summary: In this exciting debut novel comes a fast-paced thriller that follows a sports reporter’s journey off the court…and into a world of murder and deception. Former Olympic athlete and current semi-disgraced sports reporter Kate Green isn’t sure how…

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American Girl by Wendy Walker #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Blackstone Publishing, #partner for the advanced copy of American Girl in exchange for my honest review. I got the audiobook as part of my Audible Subscription. Publisher: Blackstone Publishing / Audible Originals Published: October 17, 2023 / December 16, 2021   Summary: A pulse-pounding novel about a small-town business owner found dead and the teenage girl caught in the crosshairs, American Girl is the latest thriller from international best-selling author…

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The Lost Village by Camilla Sten #bookreview #audiobook #backlistreview

Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Lost Village in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio Published: March 23, 2021   Summary: The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar in this brilliantly disturbing thriller from Camilla Sten, an electrifying new voice in suspense. Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town,…

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The Last One by Will Dean #bookreview

Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Last One in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Atria Books Published: August 8, 2023   Summary: When Caz steps onboard the exclusive cruise liner RMS Atlantica, it’s the start of a vacation of a lifetime with her new love, Pete. On their first night they explore the ship, eat, dance, make friends, but when Caz wakes the next…

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In the Clearing by J.P. Pomare #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Mulholland Books, #partner, for the e-copy of In the Clearing in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Mulholland Books / Hachette Audio Published: August 4, 2020   Summary: A ticking-clock thriller that braids together the stories of a girl raised in a terrifying cult, and of an overprotective single mother whose fears for her child are about to come true.…

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This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Berkley Books / Penguin Audio Published: February 22, 2022   Summary: From the USA Today bestselling and Edgar-nominated author of Darling Rose Gold comes a dark, thrilling novel about two sisters–one trapped in the clutches of a cult, the other in a web of her own lies. Welcome to Wisewood. We’ll keep your secrets if you keep ours.…

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Dark August by Katie Tallo #bookreview #bookseries #backlistreview

Thank you Harper Perennial, #partner, for the advanced copy of Dark August in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Paperbacks Published: June 30, 2020   Summary: An electrifying, page-turning debut about a young woman haunted by her tragic past, who returns to her hometown and discovers that there might be more to her police detective mother’s death–and last case–than she ever could have imagined. Augusta (Gus) Monet is living…

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The Block Party by Jamie Day #bookreview

Thank you to GetRedPr, St. Martin’s Press, #partner, for a finished copy of The Block Party in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: July 18, 2023   Summary: This summer, meet your neighbors. The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are entangled in a web of secrets and scandal utterly unknown to the outside world, and even to each other. On the night of…

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The Game She Plays by Siena Sterling #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you to Bibliolifestyle, William Morrow, #partner, for a finished copy of The Game She Plays in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: William Morrow / Harper Audio Published: June 6, 2023   Summary: From the author of Tell Us No Secrets comes a twisty new novel. A young American woman is thrust into the closed social circle of English aristocrats, but beneath their charm…

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Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent #bookreview #bookclub

I purchased this book for my own personal collection. Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press Published: November 10, 2020   Summary: Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin. Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother’s unequal love. As men, the competition continues – for status, money, fame, women … They each betray each other, over and over, until one of them is dead. But which brother killed…

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The Long Way Back by Nicole Baart #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and Atria Books #partner,  for the advanced copy of The Long Way Back in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Atria Books/ Simon & Schuster ALC Published: June 13, 2023   Summary: When an Instagram-famous teenager mysteriously disappears, her mother grapples with the revelation of dark secrets in this twisty, atmospheric thriller—from the author of the “poignant, riveting” (Wendy Walker, author of Don’t…

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The Survivor by Iris Johansen #bookreview #audiobook #bookseries

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Survivor in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: June 6, 2023   Summary: Eve Duncan and Riley Smith must solve their most exciting puzzle since  A Face to Die For when asked to uncover the mysterious secret hidden on a remote island. When archeologist Riley Smith comes to ask Eve Duncan for help, Eve has to say no.…

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Regrets Only by Kieran Scott #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Simon & Schuster Audio for the ALC and @BookClubFavorites & Gallery Books #partner,  for the finished copy of Regrets Only in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster ALC Published: January 10, 2023   Summary: In a fast-paced new novel in the vein of Big Little Lies, a single mom goes undercover to investigate a host of disturbing secrets held by the leaders of…

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Locust Lane by Stephen Amidon #bookreview

Thank you Celadon Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Locust Lane in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Celadon Books Published: January 17, 2023     Summary: For fans of Mystic River by Dennis Lehane and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Stephen Amidon’s Locust Lane is a taut and utterly propulsive story about the search for justice and the fault lines of power and influence in a seemingly idyllic town. Can anyone be trusted? On the…

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The Widow by Kaira Rouda #bookreview

Thank you Booksparks, #partner for the advanced copy of The Widow in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Thomas and Mercer Published: December 1, 2022   Summary: A husband with secrets. A wife with no limits. A riveting novel of marriage, privilege, and lies by Kaira Rouda, the USA Today bestselling author of The Next Wife. Jody Asher had a plan. Her charismatic husband, Martin, would be a political icon.…

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The Villa by Rachel Hawkins #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Macmillan Audio, #partner for the ALC of The Villa in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Macmillan Audio Published: January 3, 2023   Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set at an Italian villa with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable. But by their 30s, their bond…

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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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You Will Never Know by S.A. Prentiss #bookreview #audiobook

I purchased this book for my own collection. I borrowed the audiobook from the library. Publisher: Scarlet / Blackstone Publishing Published: October 13, 2020 / November 10, 2020   Summary: In a small, suburban town, the murder of a local high school student rocks one woman’s family to its core – and threatens to expose her deepest, darkest secrets in the process. After a lifetime of hardship, Jessica Thornton finally…

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The Prized Girl by Amy K. Green #bookreview #backlistbook

Thank you Dutton Books, #partner for the advanced copy of The Prized Girl in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Dutton Books Published: January 14, 2020   Summary: From debut author Amy K. Green comes a devastating tale of psychological suspense: a teen pageant queen is found murdered in a small New England town, and her sister’s search for answers unearths more than she bargained for. Days after a young…

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Captive by Iris Johansen #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio, #partner for the ALC of Captive in exchange for my honest review.  Publisher: Hachette Audio Published: September 6, 2022   Summary: Eve Duncan’s daughter Jane MacGuire seems to have found a perfect life with Seth Caleb—until a ruthless madman threatens to destroy it all, in this gripping suspense novel from #1 bestselling author Iris Johansen. Jane MacGuire is enjoying a period of domestic bliss as she focuses…

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Wake by Shelley Burr #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio, #partner, for the ALC of Wake in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: August 30, 2022   Summary: For fans of Jane Harper’s The Dry or Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects, a searing debut crime novel set in the Australian outback, where the grief and guilt surrounding an unsolved disappearance still haunt a small farming community…and will ultimately lead to a reckoning. The tiny outback town of Nannine…

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Overkill by Sandra Brown #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Hachette Audio for the ALC and @NovelSuspects & Grand Central Publishing, #partner, for the advanced copy of Overkill in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Audio Published: August 16, 2022   Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers a riveting thriller where a conflict of conscience for a former football star and an ambitious state prosecutor swiftly intensifies into a fight for…

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Are You Sara? by S.C. Lalli #bookreview

Thank you William Morrow Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Are You Sara? in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: William Morrow & Company Published: August 9, 2022   SUMMARY: Two women named Sara each get into a rideshare. . . but only one makes it home alive. Which Sara was the real target? Law student Saraswati “Sara” Bhaduri holds down two jobs in order to make her way through school,…

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The Couple at Number 9 by Claire Douglas #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Harper Audio, #partner, for the ALC of The Couple at Number 9 in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Harper Audio Published: August 2, 2022   Summary: The internationally best-selling author of Do Not Disturb and Just Like the Other Girls delivers a heart-pounding psychological thriller about a couple who inherit what seems to be their dream home, until they make a horrifying discovery – and the danger begins. The victims….  When…

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Iris in the Dark by Elissa Grossell Dickey #bookreview #audiobook #bookclub

Thank you Lake Union Publishing #partner, for the finished copy of Iris in the Dark in exchange for my honest review. The audio copy is via my Kindle Unlimited subscription. Publisher: Lake Union Publishing / Brilliance Audio Published: June 7, 2022   Summary: A single mother faces her worst fear—the past—in a provocative novel of suspense by the author of The Speed of Light. Iris Jenkins knows that bad things happen.…

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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 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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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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Blog Tour & Excerpt: The Wrong Victim by Allison Brennan

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Wrong Victim by Allison Brennan – I have an excerpt for you to read thanks to MIRA.   Publisher: MIRA Published: April 26, 2022 Source: Netgalley via Publisher   SUMMARY: A bomb explodes on a sunset charter cruise out of Friday Harbor at the height of tourist season and kills everyone on board. Now this fishing and boating…

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Review: The Detective’s Daughter by Erica Spindler

Publisher: Double Shot Press Published: March 29, 2022 Source: ARC E-galley via author   Summary: New Orleans Detective Quinn Conners is haunted by her father’s whiskey-soaked, last words – that he solved the Hudson murder and kidnapping. It wasn’t the first time he’d made that drunken claim, and she didn’t believe him. Twenty-four hours later she found him dead by his own hand. Quinn blames the investigation for his downfall,…

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Review: These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

Publisher: Minotaur Books Published: November 16, 2021 Source: Personal copy   Summary: A father and daughter living in the remote Appalachian mountains must reckon with the ghosts of their past in Kimi Cunningham Grant’s These Silent Woods, a mesmerizing novel of suspense. No electricity, no family, no connection to the outside world. For eight years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have lived in isolation in a remote cabin in the…

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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 Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: December 7, 2021 Source: ARC Paperback via Publisher   Summary: Dare Me meets Black Swan and Luckiest Girl Alive in a captivating, voice-driven debut novel about a trio of ballerinas who meet as students at the Paris Opera Ballet School. Fourteen years ago, Delphine abandoned her prestigious soloist spot at the Paris Opera Ballet for a new life in St. Petersburg––taking with her a secret that could upend the lives…

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Blog Tour & Review: The Good Son by Jacqueline Mitchard

  Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Good Son by Jacqueline Mitchard. Thank you Mira Books for inviting me to participate.   Publisher: MIRA Books Published: January 18, 2022 Source: ARC E-copy via Netgalley   Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes the gripping, emotionally charged novel of a mother who must help her son after he is…

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Cover Reveal: NEVER COMING HOME by Hannah Mary McKinnon

⁣ I’m thrilled to be part of this cover reveal for 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 by @hannahmarymckinnon…I’m such a big fan of this author!!! This book pubs on May 24th & I can’t wait for this twisted, darkly humorous thriller.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀 ⁣ First comes love. Then comes murder.⁣ ⁣ Lucas Foster didn’t hate his wife. Michelle was brilliant, sophisticated & beautiful. Sure, she had extravagant spending habits, that petty…

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