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Corruption, Compassion, and Hope ABOUT THE BOOK From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good House, the story of two friends, raised in the same orphanage, whose loyalty is put to the ultimate test when they meet years later at a controversial institution—one as an employee; the other, an inmate. It’s 1927 and eighteen-year-old Mary Engle is hired to work as a secretary at a remote but scenic institution for mentally disabled women called the NettletonRead More →

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Assisting With A Wedding Should Be Easy . . . Until It Isn’t ABOUT THE BOOK Just weeks away from ditching DC for greener pastures, Solange Pereira is roped into helping her wedding planner cousin on a random couple’s big day. It’s an easy gig… until Solange stumbles upon a situation that convinces her the pair isn’t meant to be. What’s a true-blue romantic to do? Crash the wedding, of course. And ensure the unsuspectingRead More →

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Rating: ☆☆☆.5 Genre:  Domestic Thriller Length: 352 Pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Release Date: April 5, 2022 Description 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 Aston look upon their father’s fiancée, Heather, as nothing but an interloper. Heather is younger than both of them. Clearly, she’s afterRead More →

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ABOUT THE BOOK It’s New Year’s Eve 1999. Y2K is expected to end in chaos: planes falling from the sky, elevators plunging to earth, world markets collapsing. A digital apocalypse. None of that happens. But at a Blockbuster Video in New Jersey, four teenagers working late at the store are attacked. Only one inexplicably survives. Police quickly identify a suspect, the boyfriend of one of the victims, who flees and is never seen again. FifteenRead More →

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Rating: ☆☆☆.5 Narrated by: Karissa Vacker and Marin Ireland  Genre:  Domestic Thriller Length: 11 Hours, 5 Minutes Publisher: Macmillan Audio  Release Date: 03-08-22 Book Details The Golden Couple is the next electrifying novel from Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo behind You Are Not Alone, An Anonymous Girl, and The Wife Between Us. If Avery Chambers can’t fix you in 10 sessions, she won’t take you on as a client. Her successes areRead More →

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Book Tour Review, Author Interview, and Giveaway Join Us for This Tour from February 1 to February 21! Book Details: Book Title:  Pen Pal Gals: Friends Forever by Julie ThiessenCategory: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12),  64 pagesGenre: Juvenile Fiction/Early Chapter BookPublisher:  Mascot Release date:  February 1, 2022Tour dates: February 1 to February 21, 2022Content Rating:  Rated G. Suitable for everyone   Book Description: ​Meet Reese and Addie―two girls, one great friendship. It’s summerbreak! Reese is on her way to vacationRead More →

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#1 International Bestselling Author Rating: ☆☆☆.5 Genre:  Domestic Thriller Length: 412 pages Publisher:  William Morrow Release Date: December 28, 2021 Excerpt Description Elisa Wright is a mom and wife, living a nice, quiet life in a nice, quiet town. She’s also convinced her brother-in-law is a murderer. Josh has one dead wife and one missing fiancée, and though he grieved for them he starts dating someone new. Elisa fears for that woman’s safety, and sheRead More →

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Description Langston Brown is running out of time and options for clearing his name and escaping death row. Wrongfully convicted of the gruesome Mother’s Day Massacre, he prepares to face his death. His final hope for salvation lies with his daughter, Liza, an artist who dreamed of a life of music and song but left the prestigious Juilliard School to pursue a law degree with the intention of clearing her father’s name. Just as sheRead More →

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The Teddies Saga Book 2 ABOUT THE BOOK The heart-pounding sequel to They Threw Us Away, about a group of teddy bears looking for a place to call home…and answers to life’s biggest questions. The teddies – clever Buddy, brave Sunny, sweet Sugar, and wise Reginald – have managed to find a child. Life with Darling is far better than any they’ve known. But something’s not right – the promised bliss of Forever Sleep hasn’t come.Read More →

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They Are All Missing But Can Lettie Solve The Mystery? Publisher’s Description A map into the past. A long-lost young woman. And a thirty-year family mystery. The Hunter Valley, 1880—Evie Ludgrove loves to chart the landscape around her home—hardly surprising since she grew up in the shadow of her father’s obsession with the great Australian explorer Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt. So when an advertisement appears in The Bulletin magazine offering a thousand-pound reward for proof of where LeichhardtRead More →

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Rhyming Text and Great Illustrations Publisher’s Description For fans of Boss Baby and How to Babysit a Grandma comes an entertaining read aloud for parents working from home with their little ones.  It isn’t always easy working from home. Luckily, Mom’s little one is a natural boss at keeping her organized, leading meetings, and making calls—or so it seems. But when Mom starts looking frazzled, will her helper know what to do? Diana Murray’s rollicking rhyme paired with CoriRead More →

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Even if there be monsters, there is none so fierce as that which resides in man’s own heart. Publisher’s Description Enchanting Regency-Era Gothic Romance Intertwined with Inspiration from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein   Travel writer Amelia Balfour’s dream of touring Egypt is halted when she receives news of a revolutionary new surgery for her grotesquely disfigured brother. This could change everything, and it does. . .in the worst possible way. Surgeon Graham Lambert has suspicions about the doctor he’s gone intoRead More →

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Fall Blog Tour Book Review, Author Interview and Excerpt Synopsis For fans of Lisa Jewell, Aimee Molloy, and Joshilyn Jackson, an upmarket suspense novel from a multi-award-winning author about a tightknit group of suburban mothers who invite a new neighborhood mom into their fold, and the fallout the night of the annual block party, when secrets from the past come back to haunt them… The annual block party is the pinnacle of the year onRead More →

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Book Tour Review & Excerpt     Murders for Substance, Book 1 Mystery Date Published: 08-17-2021 Publisher: Pax Ardsen   Dr. Kep Woodhead is a brilliant, irascible forensic toxicologist with a dark past. Bernadette Becker is a disgraced federal investigator with one last chance. They’re both assigned to a strange poisoning case: a graduate student has been found dead in a 15th-century chapel, a needle filled with a controversial hallucinogen sticking out of his arm.Read More →

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Summer Blog Tour & Excerpt What a fun summer. It’s been full of wonderful books by Harlequin Publishing! A Good Mother Local Woman Missing Such A Good Wife and now Where I Left Her Book Summary From the author of WHEN I WAS YOU comes a spine-tingling new thriller about a mother’s worst nightmare come true, when she goes to pick up her daughter from a sleepover, and she’s nowhere to be found. Whitney had some misgivingsRead More →

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Publishers Blurb From the author of The Winter Sister and Behind the Red Door, this “masterpiece of gothic suspense and horror, filled with dark family secrets and stunning twists” (Michele Campbell, author of It’s Always the Husband) follows a family obsessed with true crime as they gather to bury their patriarch—only to find another body already in his grave. At twenty-six, Dahlia Lighthouse is haunted by her upbringing. Raised in a secluded island mansion deep in the woods andRead More →

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Blog Tour, Review, Giveaway, and Author Interview Join us for this tour from June 14 to July 9, 2021! Details Book Title:  BOB THE BANANA GOES BAD by Steve Petzinger and Selai Akbar-HussainCategory:  Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7),  38 pagesGenre:  Children’s Picture BookPublisher:  Mascot BooksRelease date:   June, 2021Content Rating:  G for everyone. Description In this heartwarming story, Bob the banana goes on an emotional journey as he worries about going bad before he can be ofRead More →

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From One of My Favorite Best Selling Authors Details Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Title: What A Dog Knows Author: Susan Wilson Genre:  Animal Fiction Length: 368 pages Publisher:  St. Martin’s Press Release Date: June 22, 2021 Ruby Heartwood has spent her life running away. Away from the orphanage where she was left as a newborn, away from those who exploited her, and away from the man who raped her. She ran from child welfare authorities as aRead More →

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Book Review and Giveaway   Join us for this book series tour from May 24 to Jun 25, 2021! The Kayla: A Modern-Day Princess series of #OWNVOICE books is for Dreamers and the Doers of all ages. This diverse picture book series is a heartwarming look at the importance of family, speaking our truth, dreaming freely, and knowing our worth. Book 2 is part of a five-part series that shines the spotlight on a little BlackRead More →

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Book Tour Review, Guest Post, & Giveaway About the Book Book: The Silver Shadow Author: Liz Tolsma Genre: Christian Historical/Suspense Release date: May 2021 A Shadowy Figure Is Intent on Harming Denver’s Women Book 11 in the True Colors series—Fiction Based on Strange-But True History Denver of 1900 is still a dangerous place to be following the silver crash of 1893. And of out of the dark comes a shadow intent on harming women. AmbitiousRead More →