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She’s Too Pretty To Burn by Wendy Heard ~ Book Review

3/30/2021

 
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She’s Too Pretty To Burn   
by Wendy Heard (YA Psychological Thriller/Suspense/LGBTQ+ Romance)

An electric romance set against a rebel art scene sparks lethal danger for two girls in this expertly plotted YA thriller. For fans of E. Lockhart, Lauren Oliver and Kara Thomas.
 
The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable, subversive, and obsessed with chaotic performance art. They’re artists first, best friends second. But that was before Mick. Delicate, lonely, magnetic Mick: the perfect subject, and Veronica’s dream girl. The days are long and hot―full of adventure―and soon they are falling in love. Falling so hard, they never imagine what comes next. One fire. Two murders. Three drowning bodies. One suspect . . . one stalker. This is a summer they won’t survive.
 
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Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica ~ Book Review

3/20/2021

 
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​Local Woman Missing
by Mary Kubica (Psychological Thriller/Suspense/Mystery)

People don’t just disappear without a trace…

Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold.

Now, eleven years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they’ll find…

In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense and New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.
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To read more about this book and to see my full review, go HERE. to edit.

Fierce at Heart ~ Book Review

1/26/2021

 
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Fierce at Heart
by Zoe York (Small-Town Contemporary Romance)

Marriage is for suckers—Adam and Isla agreed on that when they got hitched.

Adam Kincaid has a lot to prove: as a brand-new firefighter, as the youngest of five brothers in a small town where everyone is curious about your business, and as an unexpected newlywed.

Isla Petersen knows exactly what she’s getting into: a marriage of convenience with a younger man, a soldier she once commanded when she was an army captain. And she knows what she’s getting in return: a bakery of her own.

This is a standalone story of two friends who don't believe in love, but do believe in each other. Welcome back to Pine Harbour!

To read more about this book and to see my full review, go HERE.

The Unwilling by John Hart ~ Book Review

1/24/2021

 
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The Unwilling
by John Hart (Historical Crime/Mystery/Thriller Fiction)

HE’D FOUGHT THE WAR AS FEW MEN COULD.
​THE REAL TERROR WAITED AT HOME.


Set in the South at the height of the Vietnam War, The Unwilling combines crime, suspense and searing glimpses into the human mind and soul in New York Times bestselling author John Hart's singular style.

Gibby's older brothers have already been to war. One died there. The other came back misunderstood and hard, a decorated killer now freshly released from a three-year stint in prison.

This is crime fiction at its most raw, an exploration of family and the past, of prison and war and the indelible marks they leave.
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To read more about this book and to see my full review, go HERE.

The 4% Fix ~ Book Review

12/5/2020

 
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The 4% Fix
by Karma Brown (Self-Help / Nonfiction / Inspirational / Educational)

How to find guilt-free time for what you really want to do, and why it matters.
  • Do you feel like you’re always busy, even as your to-do list continues to grow?
  • Do you think you can’t keep up as it is, let alone add another thing to your plate?
An award-winning journalist, avid reader and new mom, Karma Brown dreamed of writing her first novel. But between diapers and tight deadlines, how could she? Like so many of us, she felt stretched taut and hyper-scheduled, her time a commodity over which she had lost control.

To read more about this book and to see my full review, go HERE.


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