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Categories Book Review, Melissa Ferguson

Melissa Ferguson | FAMOUS FOR A LIVING

The Plot (from Goodreads): She’s Insta-famous. He uses a flip phone. When her business partner is accused of serious financial crimes, superstar influencer Cat Cranwell—an…

April 30, 2025April 30, 2025
Categories Book Review, Kate Posey

Kate Posey | SERIAL KILLER GAMES

The Plot (from Goodreads): What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder—literally? Dolores dela Cruz has been dying to…

April 29, 2025April 30, 2025
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Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Ruth Ware

Ruth Ware | THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week…

April 27, 2025April 27, 2025
Categories Book Review, Megan Collins, Reviews with Spoilers

Megan Collins | CROSS MY HEART Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Rosie Lachlan wants nothing more than to find The One. A year after she was dumped in her wedding dress, she’s…

February 21, 2025February 21, 2025
Categories Book Review, Kristina Forest

Kristina Forest | The Love Lyric

The Plot (from Goodreads): Iris Greene used to be a woman with a plan. But all of that changed after she met the love of…

February 4, 2025February 11, 2025
Categories Book Review, Maria Abrams, Reviews with Spoilers

Maria Abrams | DEATH IN THE DOWNLINE Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s multi-level murder in this darkly funny mystery novel about the glamorous world of MLM “huns”—and the dangerous secrets at the…

January 15, 2025January 14, 2025
Categories Book Review, Finley Turner, Reviews with Spoilers

Finley Turner | THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): An engagement party turns deadly in this debut thriller, in the tradition of Sarah Pinborough and Ruth Ware. Kass Baptiste is…

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025
Categories Alexa Martin, Book Review

Alexa Martin | Better Than Fiction

The Plot (from Goodreads): As a self-proclaimed book hater and a firm believer that the movie is always better, Drew Young didn’t anticipate inheriting her…

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025
Categories Book Review, Lisa Unger, Reviews with Spoilers

Lisa Unger | CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO 10 Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): When the real game begins, who will make it to the count of 10? Charismatic daredevil and extreme adventurer Maverick Dillan…

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025
Categories Book Review, Mariana Zapata

Mariana Zapata | The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

The Plot (from Goodreads): Vanessa Mazur refuses to feel bad for quitting—she knows she’s doing the right thing. The thankless job of personal assistant to…

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
Categories Book Review, Leah Konen, Reviews with Spoilers

Leah Konen | THE LAST ROOM ON THE LEFT Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): The caretaker at an isolated mountain hotel finds herself fighting for her life—and sanity—in this twisty, addictive thriller. Kerry’s life is…

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025
Categories Book Review, Pyae Moe Thet War, Reviews with Spoilers

Pyae Moe Thet War | I DID SOMETHING BAD Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): When freelance journalist Khin Hlaing is assigned by Vogue to get a scoop on Tyler Tun, Hollywood’s hottest movie star who has returned…

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025
Categories Alafair Burke, Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers

Alafair Burke | THE NOTE Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): A vacation in the Hamptons goes terribly wrong for three friends with a complicated history. It was meant to be a…

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025
Categories Audrey J Cole, Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers

Audrey J Cole | MISSING IN FLIGHT Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Rushing back to her seat, Makayla Rossi is relieved that all’s still quiet. But when she checks on her sleeping baby,…

December 27, 2024December 31, 2024
Categories Book Review, Elle Owens, Reviews with Spoilers

Elle Owens | TELL ME YOU TRUST ME Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): When her husband goes missing, Marissa Creighton fears the worst. Tell me you trust me was the last thing Ethan said to her,…

December 26, 2024December 19, 2024
Categories Ashley Winstead, Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers

Ashley Winstead | THIS BOOK WILL BURY ME Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s the most famous crime in modern history. But only she knows the true story. After the unexpected death of her…

December 22, 2024December 23, 2024
Categories Book Review, Julia McKay

Julia McKay | The Holiday Honeymoon Switch

Love holiday books? Check out my holiday book master list, or my lists of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 holiday book releases. The Plot (from…

December 21, 2024January 6, 2025
Categories Book Review, Martha Waters

Martha Waters | Christmas Is All Around

Love holiday books? Check out my holiday book master list, or my lists of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 holiday book releases. The Plot (from…

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024
Categories Book Review, Carlie Walker

Carlie Walker | Code Work Romance

The Plot (from Goodreads): Two exes. One mission. A trip she’ll never forget…Max is just your average girl. She works odd jobs, has a soul-crushing…

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
Categories Book Review, Jessie Garcia, Reviews with Spoilers

Jessie Garcia | THE BUSINESS TRIP Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Stephanie and Jasmine have nothing and everything in common. The two women don’t know each other but are on the same…

December 14, 2024April 30, 2025
Categories Book Review, Kate Alice Marshall, Reviews with Spoilers

Kate Alice Marshall | A KILLING COLD Spoilers

The Plot (Goodreads): A woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret—and that she’s been there before, by…

December 10, 2024December 19, 2024
Categories Book Review

Ashley Herring Blake | Make The Season Bright

Love holiday books? Check out my holiday book master list, or my lists of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 holiday book releases. The Plot (from…

November 20, 2024January 6, 2025
Categories Book Review, Falon Ballard

Falon Ballard | All I Want Is You

Love holiday books? Check out my holiday book master list, or my lists of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 holiday book releases. The Plot (from…

November 18, 2024January 6, 2025
Categories Alice Feeney, Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers

Alice Feeney | BEAUTIFUL UGLY Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news…

November 17, 2024January 6, 2025
Categories Book Review, Jenny Bayliss

Jenny Bayliss | Kiss Me At Christmas

Love holiday books? Check out my holiday book master list, or my lists of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 holiday book releases. The Plot (from…

November 14, 2024January 6, 2025
Categories Ally Carter, Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers

Ally Carter | THE BLONDE IDENTITY Spoilers

The Blonde Identity Series The Blonde IdentityThe Blonde Who Came In From The Cold (coming August 2025) The Plot (from Goodreads): A fast-paced, hilarious road…

November 12, 2024December 6, 2024
Categories Book Review, JT Ellison, Reviews with Spoilers

JT Ellison | A VERY BAD THING Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): A great writer knows when to deliver a juicy plot twist. But for one author, the biggest twist of all is…

November 11, 2024November 11, 2024
Categories Ally Carter, Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers

Ally Carter | THE MOST WONDERFUL CRIME OF THE YEAR Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of…

November 6, 2024January 6, 2025
Categories Book Review

Olivia Blacke | A NEW LEASE ON DEATH Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): In this darkly funny supernatural mystery about an unlikely crime-solving duo that launches a commercial, unique, and genre-blending series, death is…

November 5, 2024November 11, 2024
Categories Book Review

October Wrap-Up

October Since I got back from vacation, I’m actually decently on top of reviews! I wrote one as soon as I finished the book last…

November 4, 2024December 31, 2024
Categories Book Review, Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone

Julie Murphy | A Jingle Bell Mingle

The Christmas Notch Series A Merry Little Meet CuteA Holly Jolly Ever AfterA Jingle Bell Mingle Love holiday books? Check out my holiday book master…

November 3, 2024January 6, 2025
Categories Book Review, Carlie Walker

Carlie Walker | THE TAKEDOWN Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s been a long time since Sydney Swift has gone home. An unrelentingly successful CIA field officer, she has spent the…

November 2, 2024January 6, 2025
Categories Book Review, Paula Hawkins, Reviews with Spoilers

Paula Hawkins | THE BLUE HOUR Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Welcome to Eris: an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve…

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024
Categories Book Review, Emma Cline

Emma Cline | The Girls

The Plot (from Goodreads): Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd,…

October 30, 2024October 30, 2024
Categories Book Review, Timothy Janovsky

Timothy Janovsky | The Merriest Misters

The Plot (from Goodreads): Patrick Hargrave and Quinn Muller have been married for less than a year, but their passionate romance is cracking under the…

October 28, 2024January 6, 2025
Categories Book Review, Emma Lord

Emma Lord | The Rival

The Plot (from Goodreads): At long last, Sadie has vanquished her lifelong academic rival — her irritatingly charming, whip smart next door neighbor, Seb —…

October 27, 2024December 19, 2024
Categories Book Review, Liz Moore, Reviews with Spoilers

Liz Moore | THE GOD OF THE WOODS Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t…

October 23, 2024October 24, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Jason Rekulak, Reviews with Spoilers

Jason Rekulak | THE LAST ONE AT THE WEDDING Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Frank Szatowski is shocked when his daughter, Maggie, calls him for the first time in three years. He was convinced that…

October 20, 2024October 23, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Sonya Lalli

SC Lalli | THE PLUS ONE Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): The wedding of Radhika Singh and Raj Joshi, a weeklong affair at a luxury resort in Cabos, isn’t just going to…

October 20, 2024October 20, 2024
Categories Book Review, Sarina Bowen

Sarina Bowen | THE FIVE YEAR LIE Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): She thought it was love. Then he vanished. On an ordinary Monday morning, Ariel Cafferty’s phone buzzes with a disturbing text…

October 18, 2024January 25, 2025
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Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Sabine Durrant

Sabine Durrant | SUN DAMAGE

The Plot (from Goodreads): In a tiny village in Provence, nine guests arrive at a luxury holiday home. The visitors know each other well, or…

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Wendy Walker

Wendy Walker | WHAT REMAINS Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Detective Elise Sutton is drawn to cold cases. Each crime is a puzzle to solve, pulled from the past. Elise looks…

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Liane Moriarty, Reviews with Spoilers

Liane Moriarty | HERE ONE MOMENT Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Nina, still grieving from the loss of her father, discovers that she has inherited property in the British Virgin Islands—a vacation…

September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Karin Slaughter, Reviews with Spoilers

Karin Slaughter | THIS IS WHY WE LIED Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Everyone here is a liar, but only one of us is a killer… A secluded cabin retreat For GBI investigator Will…

September 4, 2024September 16, 2024
Categories Book Review, Catherine Steadman, Reviews with Spoilers

Catherine Steadman | LOOK IN THE MIRROR Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Nina, still grieving from the loss of her father, discovers that she has inherited property in the British Virgin Islands—a vacation…

September 3, 2024September 4, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Will Dean

Will Dean | THE CHAMBER Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): Six experienced saturation divers are locked inside a hyperbaric chamber. Calm and professional, they know that rapid decompression would be fatal…

September 1, 2024September 2, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Reviews with Spoilers

Jean Hanff Korelitz | THE SEQUEL Spoilers

THE BOOK Series: The PlotThe Sequel The Plot (from Goodreads): Anna Williams-Bonner has taken care of business—that is to say, she’s taken care of her…

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024
Categories Book Review

Rachel Runya Katz | Whenever You’re Ready

The Plot (Goodreads): After reconnecting on a road trip, two friends must decide if love is the ultimate risk worth taking in this funny, emotional…

August 25, 2024August 25, 2024
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Categories Benjamin Stevenson, Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers

Benjamin Stevenson | EVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN IS A SUSPECT Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and…

August 25, 2024August 28, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, TJ Newman

TJ Newman | WORST CASE SCENARIO Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): When a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power…

August 21, 2024August 29, 2024

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