Sweet! Not what I expected but lovely nonetheless. This gorgeous cover caught my eye when I was in Asheville NC this summer. The author lives there and this beautiful book was in all the local bookstores. Although the book description grabbed me, I was a little underwhelmed by the story. It didn’t quite pack the… Keep Reading
THE LAST HOUSEWIFE by ASHLEY WINSTEAD
My Review: ⚠️ TW: Suicide, sexual assault, self-harm, misogyny ⚠️ My third book by Ashley Winstead and I have so many thoughts. A page-turner for sure. An engrossing psychological thriller that deals with many timely and often taboo topics. While not completely my cup of tea, I was still drawn into this very dark suspense… Keep Reading
THE MEASURE by NIKKI ERLICK
About the Book: Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact… Keep Reading
MUSTIQUE ISLAND by SARAH McCOY
About the Book: From bestselling author Sarah McCoy, a sun-splashed romp with a rich divorcée and her two wayward daughters in 1970s Mustique, the world’s most exclusive private island, where Princess Margaret and Mick Jagger were regulars and scandals stayed hidden from the press. It’s January 1972 but the sun is white hot… Keep Reading
ONE OF US IS DEAD by JENEVA ROSE
About the Book: Opulence. Sex. Betrayal … Sometimes friendship can be deadly. Meet the women of Buckhead—a place of expensive cars, huge houses, and competitive friendships. Shannon was once the queen bee of Buckhead. But she’s been unceremoniously dumped by Bryce, her politician husband. When Bryce replaces her with a much younger woman,… Keep Reading
THIS MIGHT HURT by STEPHANIE WROBEL
About the Book: From the USA Today best-selling 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. Natalie Collins hasn’t… Keep Reading
L.A. WEATHER by Maria Amparo Escandón
About the Book: FORECAST: Storm clouds are on the horizon in this fun, fast-paced novel of an affluent Mexican-American family from the author of the #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller Esperanza’s Box of Saints. L.A. is parched, dry as a bone, and all Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants… Keep Reading
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW – THE GUILT TRIP by SANDIE JONES
About the Book: In the vein of The Other Woman, Sandie Jones’s explosive new novel The Guilt Trip will have listeners gripped to the very last chapter. Six friends. Rachel and Noah have been friends since they met at university. While they once thought that they might be something more, now, 2 0years… Keep Reading
WE ARE THE BRENNANS by TRACEY LANGE
About the Book: In the vein of Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again, Yes and Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s The Nest, Tracey Lange’s We Are the Brennans explores the staying power of shame—and the redemptive power of love—in an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets. When twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los… Keep Reading
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW – THE INVISIBLE HUSBAND OF FRICK ISLAND by COLLEEN OAKLEY
About the Book: Sometimes all you need is one person to really see you. Piper Parrish’s life on Frick Island—a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay—is nearly perfect. Well, aside from one pesky detail: Her darling husband, Tom, is dead. When Tom’s crab boat capsized and his body… Keep Reading