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By: Chelsea Ichaso Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebook Fire for the ARC of this book! Maren’s best friend, Polly St. James, is missing.  While her family, the police, and even the school believes that she just ran away, Maren doesn’t believe it.  Time and time again, Maren had checked Polly’s things, but she decided toContinue reading “They’re Watching You”

By: Gary Goldstein Thank you to the author, Gary Goldstein, for the gifted copy of this book! Nate Cronin is a landscape designer in Los Angeles.  Raised by a single dad, he finds himself alone when his father dies when Nate is only 30 years old.  A new client, Amy, hires him, but has ulteriorContinue reading “The Mother I Never Had”

By: Molly Fader Thank you NetGalley and Graydon House for the ARC of this book! Sisters, Clara and Abbie, are mourning the loss of their mother.  At the funeral, they are shocked when a famous actress shows up.  She tells the sisters that she had been best friends with their mother, like a sister toContinue reading “The Sunshine Girls”

By: Robin Cook Thank you NetGalley and G.P. Putnam’s Sons for the ARC of this book! Dr. Jack Stapleton is a medical examiner, and his wife, Dr. Laurie Montgomery, is the Chief of the medical examiner’s office.  They have been through a lot together, but never imagined that Laurie’s longtime friend, Dr. Sue Passero, wouldContinue reading “Night Shift”

By: Ray and Michele Fraser Thank you to the authors for providing me a gifted copy of this short story! Jimmy Michaels lived next to the empty lot at 1421 Maple. He and his friends would play football and generally just hang out with this friends there. One day, surveyors showed up, and a houseContinue reading “1421 Maple”

By: Suzanne Kelman Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC of this wonderful book! Luca is the love of Tasha’s life.  When he signs up to fight for his country, Russia, during WWII to fight Hitler, Tasha is beside herself and completely heartbroken.  She decides to follow him and join in the fight asContinue reading “We Fly Beneath The Stars”

By: Fredrik Backman “But sorry is unreliable in that way.  When people don’t share it there’s a good chance that it will drive them apart instead.” Ove is a grumpy old man.  He is the epitome of a curmudgeon.  He thinks very highly of himself and believes that he is surrounded by a bunch ofContinue reading “A Man Called Ove”

By: Gabe Oliver “Don’t ever let the past keep you from living.  Enjoy every moment that live gives you.” Meet Gene.  Just a little boy, growing up poor, living out of the back of his mother’s car.  He begins reflecting on the fact that one small decision may have changed the path of his life. Continue reading “Little Toy Car”

By: Laura F. Murphy Thank you to Laura F. Murphy for inviting me to read her book!  Max is a feisty New Yorker who hasn’t had an easy life.  Adopted when she was a baby, Max grew up in a loving family, but no one looked like her.  When she started working in her brother’sContinue reading “Before Dawn”

By: Abigail Keam Thank you to the author, Abigail Keam, for the ARC of this book! Mona Moon is set to wed Robert Farley, Duke of Brynelleth and has been planning this event.  Unexpectedly, one of Mona’s maids is murdered, and no one can figure out why or who did it!  Mona sets her sightsContinue reading “Murder Under A Bridal Moon”