Author Archives: bookaddict827

By: Gregg Hurwitz Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press – Minotaur Books for the ARC of this Book! Foster child Evan Smoak was trained as an off the books assassin for the government Orphan program. He left that program and went underground where he renamed himself The Nowhere Man. As The Nowhere Man, heContinue reading “The Last Orphan”

By: Cara Tanamachi Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Griffin for the ARC of this book! Sora, a freelance writer, hates Valentine’s Day. She calls it a “commercial love machine.” Afterall, she hasn’t had a good Valentine’s Day… ever. With her mom on her back to lose weight for her sister’s wedding,Continue reading “The Second You’re Single”

By: Bill Schweigart Thank you NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for the ARC of this book! Alexandria Police Department, and town hero, Detective Cal Farrell stopped a mass shooter. The police department and the news reports all told the story of how Cal stopped the shooter. But Cal doesn’t remember anything. One minute he wasContinue reading “The Guilty One”

By: Eva MacKenzie Thanks NetGalley and Craven Ink Press for the ARC of this amazing psychological thriller! Gwen’s next door neighbor is a nightmare.  The ongoing feud has turned into too much and Gwen, a nurse in an ER, needs to get away for a few days.  On her long weekend hiking, she meets aContinue reading “Last Known Location”

By: Kevin Spark “Have you ever had a dream so real, so utterly convincing, that when you woke, the panic of guilt gripped so hard it squeezed out the doubt?” Dr. Shelly is driven by her past. Her father was a murderer and she wanted to know why people do the things that they do.Continue reading “Id”

By: Sophie Sullivan Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Griffin for the ARC of this book! Hailey Sharp moves from Los Angeles to start over.  She opens a salad shop, By Cup and wants it to be successful.  This is all she could possibly think about, and it’s where her focus is. Continue reading “A Guide to Just Being Friends”

By: Freida McFadden A Christmas Novelette Stella Hansen is working at a diner on Christmas Eve. She is newly married, and broke. She cannot afford a Christmas gift for her husband and she feels terrible. A pawn shop owner is a customer at the diner, and offers her a trade. A bit hesitant at first,Continue reading “The Gift”

By: Richard S. Cohen “Sometimes the journey is more meaningful than the actual destination. Surround yourself with those who raise your spirit. Help others along the way.” Renowned psychologist, Willem Gerhardt, has a patient that claims that she was sexually assaulted.  The accused perpetrator is arrested and tried.  He is found not guilty and walksContinue reading “Forever Silenced”

By: V.C. Andrews Thank you NetGalley and Gallery Books for the ARC of this book. TW: Rape; Grooming, Mental Illness Faith and Trevor are adopted by Paula Eden.  While they were adopted together, they are not biologically brother and sister.  Once a schoolteacher, Paula decides to homeschool the children.  They are very sheltered from theContinue reading “Eden’s Children”

By: Anita Onli Thank you to the author, Anita Onli, for the gifted copy of this book! Isobel has her life planned out for her; her mother knows best and expects her to follow the plan.  Go to school, get good grades, go to Uni, get a job, get married, and have children.  Isobel, whileContinue reading “You Can Become Someone: It’s Your Life!”