How did that book end? Book spoilers to jog your memory.
The Book: One Day in December by Josie Silver, 2018 The Characters: Laurie and her best friend SarahJack, the man they both love The Plot (from Goodreads): Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn’t exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a…
Saving Grace will be available on March 16, 2021. Many thanks to Scarlet Books for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an…
The Plot (from Goodreads): When two strangers are linked by a mail-in DNA test, it’s an answered prayer―that is, for one half-sister. For the other,…
The Plot (from Goodreads): Nora Trier catches thieves. As a forensic accountant and partner in her downtown Minneapolis firm, she’s unearthed millions in every corner…
The Plot (from Goodreads): Retired detective Cal Hooper moves to a remote village in rural Ireland. His plans are to fix up the dilapidated cottage…
Plot (from Goodreads): Marriages of convenience are so…inconvenient. For months Holland Bakker has invented excuses to descend into the subway station near her apartment, drawn…
The Plot (from Goodreads): Owen Pick’s life is falling apart. In his thirties, a virgin, and living in his aunt’s spare bedroom, he has just…
The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s been a decade since Trumanell Branson disappeared, leaving only a bloody handprint behind. Her pretty face still hangs like a…
The Plot (from Goodreads): Best friends Noah Sandler and Abdi Mahad have always been inseparable. But when Noah is found floating unconscious in Bristol’s Feeder…
The Plot (from Goodreads): Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead….
The Plot (from Goodreads): In the summer of 1993, twin sisters Kennedy and Carter Wynn are embracing the grunge era and testing every limit in…
The Book: The Girl in the Rearview Mirror by Kelsey Rae Dimberg, 2019 The Characters: Finn, the nannyPhilip, the senator’s son; his wife Marina, their…
The Plot (from Goodreads): An unthinkable tragedy forever changes a group of teens and turns family against family in this edge-of-your-seat thriller that begs to…
The Plot (from Goodreads): When prodigal daughter Heather Evans returns to her family home after her mother’s baffling suicide, she makes an alarming discovery–stacks and…
The Plot (from Goodreads): When Paige Meyer gets an email from a DNA testing website announcing that her father is a man she never met,…
Summary In the summer of 1935, six-year-old Emily Evans vanishes from her family’s vacation home on a remote Minnesota lake. Her disappearance destroys her mother,…
The Plot (from Goodreads): Sisters Kate and Lauren meet for Sunday lunch every week without fail, especially after the loss of their father. But a…
Did October just fly by for anyone else? For November, I’m going to be doing my TBR a little bit differently. Someone brought to my…
The Plot (from Goodreads): THE WIFE: For Alice, life has never been better. With her second husband, she has a successful business, two children, and…
The Plot (from Goodreads): Emily thinks Adam’s perfect; the man she thought she’d never meet. But lurking in the shadows is a rival; a woman…
The Plot (from Goodreads): Cassie Hanwell was born for emergencies. As one of the only female firefighters in her Texas firehouse, she’s seen her fair…
The Plot (from Goodreads): From the outside, everyone might think Fern and Rose are as close as twin sisters can be: Rose is the responsible…
The Plot (from Goodreads): At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team…
I can hardly believe this blog has already been up for a full month, but here we are. I’ve been having a blast, and I…
The Plot (from Goodreads): The first time Alexis saw Austin, it was a Saturday night. Not in a bar, but in the emergency room where…
The Plot (from Goodreads): Amy Whey is proud of her ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with it—teaching diving lessons, baking cookies for…
The Plot (from Goodreads): After the first season of her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall is…
The Plot (from Goodreads): A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long…
The Plot (from Goodreads): How far would you go to find the one? A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth…
The Plot (from NetGalley): Bonnie Graham stands in the open door of her friend’s apartment. She is alone, except for the dead body lying in…
The Plot (from Goodreads): A hostile relationship with her sister and a complicated past with her father’s second wife have kept Robin estranged from her…
The Plot (from the publisher): Meet Aimee Sinclair: the actress everyone thinks they know but can’t remember where from. Except one person. Someone who knows…
The Summary (from Goodreads): THEN: She was fifteen, her mother’s golden girl. She had her whole life ahead of her. And then, in the blink…
The Book: Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson, 2011 The Summary (from Goodreads): Christine wakes up every morning in an unfamiliar bed with…
The Plot (from Goodreads): Twelve years ago Jessica Williams escaped a cult. She reintegrated into society, endured uncomfortable notoriety, and tried to put it all…
The Plot (from Goodreads): Margaret Jacobsen has a bright future ahead of her: a fiancé she adores, her dream job, and the promise of a…
The Summary (from Goodreads): It’s been ten years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared from Cooley Ridge without…
The Book: The Favorite Daughter, by Kaira Rouda, 2019 The Characters: Jane and David Harris, their daughters Mary (who died before the book began) and…
The Book: The Family Next Door, by Sally Hepworth, 2018 The Characters: The residents of Pleasant Court: Essie and Ben, Essie’s mom Barbara, Fran and…
The Book: Mother Daughter Widow Wife, by Robin Wasserman, 2020 The Characters: In the past: Wendy Doe, the amnesiac and Lizzie, the research scientist studying…
The Book: The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell, 2014 The Characters: The Bird family: parents Lorelei and Colin; children Meg (husband Bill),…
The Book: The Girl From Widow Hills by Megan Miranda, 2018 The Characters: Arden Maynor, aka Olivia The Plot (from the publisher): Everyone knows the…
The Book: The Mother in Law by Sally Hepworth, 2019 The Characters: Married couple Lucy and Ollie, Ollie’s mother Diana, and sister Nettie The Plot…
Happy October! This is my favorite month: haunted houses, fall drinks, scary movies, thrillers…what’s not to love? It’s also no longer blazing hot anymore, and…
The Plot (from the publisher): Life has been good to Ellie – she owns a successful art gallery, is deeply in love with her husband,…
If you’re here intentionally, you’ve probably just had your mind blown by the tenth book in the Will Trent series. Either that, or you thought…
The Book: The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter (Will Trent #10); 2020 The Characters: GBI Special Agent Will Trent and Dr. Sara Linton; GBI Special…
Happy fall, everyone! Spooky season is finally here! With October just two days away, I wanted to share a quick list of the books I…
The Plot (from the publisher): Anna Andrews finally has what she wants. Almost. She’s worked hard to become the main TV presenter of the BBC’s…
The Book: The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica The Characters: Married couple Sadie and Will; their neighbor Morgan; other protagonists Camille and Mouse Warning! This…