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Tag: debut

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 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 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, 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
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Categories Andie Burke, Book Review

Andie Burke | Fly With Me

The Plot (from Goodreads): A sparkling and steamy opposites-attract romance, Fly with Me by Andie Burke is filled with sharp banter and that sweet, swooping…

April 11, 2024November 12, 2024
Categories Amy Tintera, Book Review

Amy Tintera | Listen for the Lie

The Plot (from Goodreads): After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy…

March 15, 2024May 24, 2024
Categories Book Review, Megan Lally, Reviews with Spoilers

Megan Lally | That’s Not My Name

The Plot (from Goodreads): She thought she had her life back. She was wrong. It was a mistake to trust him. Shivering and bruised, a…

January 11, 2024January 12, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Katherine Faulkner, Reviews with Spoilers

Katherine Faulkner | Greenwich Park

The Plot (from Goodreads): Helen’s idyllic life—handsome architect husband, gorgeous Victorian house, and cherished baby on the way (after years of trying)—begins to change the…

January 9, 2024March 15, 2024
Categories Book Review

Mary Carroll Moore | A Woman’s Guide to Search & Rescue

The Plot (Bookshop.org): Kate Fisher and Red Nelson, women pilots and estranged sisters from opposite sides of a fractured family, are thrown together in a…

January 8, 2024January 8, 2024
Categories Arushi Avachat, Book Review

Arushi Avachat | Arya Khanna’s Bollywood Moment

The Plot (from Goodreads): Shaadi preparations are in full swing, which means lehenga shopping, taste testing, dance rehearsals, and best of all, Arya’s sister Alina…

January 7, 2024December 22, 2023
Categories Book Review, Naina Kumar

Naina Kumar | Say You’ll Be Mine

The Plot (Goodreads): In this utterly charming debut romance, a teacher with big dreams joins forces with a no-nonsense engineer to survive an ex’s wedding…

November 6, 2023January 8, 2024
Categories Book Review, Nicole Barrell, Reviews with Spoilers

Nicole Barrell | The Sham

The Plot (Goodreads): After the harrowing deaths of her parents on Cape Cod, reclusive 20-something Margo Sharpe lives alone in a crap apartment in South…

October 27, 2023February 10, 2024
Categories Book Review, Lauren Nossett, Reviews with Spoilers

Lauren Nossett | The Resemblance

The Plot (from Goodreads): On a chilly November morning at the University of Georgia, a fraternity brother steps off a busy crosswalk and is struck…

September 18, 2023October 9, 2023
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers

Melissa Adelman | What The Neighbors Saw

The Book:  What The Neighbors Saw by Melissa AdelmanPublished June 20, 2023 by Minotaur BooksDate read: June 19, 2023 The Characters:  Alexis and Blair Buy…

June 20, 2023December 22, 2023
Categories Book Review, Disha Bose, Reviews with Spoilers

Disha Bose | Dirty Laundry

The Book:  Dirty Laundry by Disha BosePublished April 4, 2023 by Ballantine BooksDate read: April 13, 2023 The Characters:  Ciara and JerryLauren and SeanMishta and…

April 14, 2023April 18, 2023
Categories Book Review, Julia Bartz, Reviews with Spoilers

Julia Bartz | The Writing Retreat

The Plot (from Goodreads): Alex has all but given up on her dreams of becoming a published author when she receives a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: attend…

February 13, 2023May 31, 2023
Categories Book Review, Rachel Holm

Rachel Holm | Carry Me Through Christmas

The Plot (from Goodreads): Welcome to Holly Ridge, home of the best Christmas festival in the tri-state area. When the future of Holly Ridge depends…

November 12, 2022May 23, 2023
Categories Book Review, TJ Alexander

TJ Alexander | Chef’s Kiss

The Plot (from Goodreads): Simone Larkspur is a perfectionist pastry expert with a dream job at The Discerning Chef, a venerable cookbook publisher in New…

October 20, 2022August 29, 2024
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Sarah Bonner

Sarah Bonner | Her Perfect Twin

The Plot (from Goodreads): When Megan discovers photographs of her estranged identical twin sister on her husband’s phone, she wants answers. Leah already has everything…

October 11, 2022March 13, 2024
Categories Ashley Flowers, Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers

Ashley Flowers | All Good People Here

The Plot (from Goodreads): Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana, remembers the case of January Jacobs, who was found dead in a ditch hours after her family…

September 23, 2022November 17, 2022
Categories Book Review, Katie Runde

Katie Runde | The Shore

The Plot (from Goodreads): Brian and Margot Dunne live year-round in Seaside, just steps away from the bustling boardwalk, with their daughters Liz and Evy….

September 11, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Juliet Giglio

Juliet Giglio | The Summer of Christmas

The Plot (from Goodreads): Experience a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Christmas movie in July in this charming romantic comedy by writing duo…

August 13, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Courtney Kae

Courtney Kae | In The Event of Love

The Plot (from Goodreads): Offering a steamy, queer spin on the feel-good tropes of a Hallmark movie, this sweet, funny #OwnVoices rom-com is perfect for…

August 2, 2022March 14, 2024
Categories Book Review, Gillian Libby

Gillian Libby | Four Ways To Wear A Dress

The Plot (from Goodreads): Debut author Gillian Libby brings you a bright and hopeful story about friendship, self-discovery and acceptance, and fighting for your own…

July 5, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Amy Lea

Amy Lea | Set On You

The Influencers Series Set On YouExes and O’sThe Catch The Plot (from Goodreads): Curvy fitness influencer Crystal Chen built her career shattering gym stereotypes and…

June 3, 2022March 18, 2024
Categories Book Review, Nora Murphy, Reviews with Spoilers

Nora Murphy | The Favor

The Plot (from Goodreads): Staying is dangerous. Leaving could be worse. Leah and McKenna have never met, though they have parallel lives. They don’t—ever—find themselves…

June 2, 2022June 14, 2022
Categories Book Review, Timothy Janovsky

Timothy Janovsky | Never Been Kissed

The Book:  Never Been Kissed by Timothy JanovskyPublished May 3rd 2022 by Sourcebooks CasablancaDate read: April 28, 2022 The Characters:  Wren and Derick Buy it…

May 27, 2022March 14, 2024
Categories Book Review, Leslie Rasmussen

Leslie Rasmussen | After Happily Ever After

The Plot (from Goodreads): Maggie Dolan finds herself at forty-five at a crossroads in her life. Once a high-level executive, she’s chosen to be a…

April 16, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Lisa Roe

Lisa Roe | Welcome to the Neighborhood

The Plot (from Goodreads): After years of struggling to make ends meet, Queens single mom Ginny falls for sweet, divorced Jeff, and relishes the idea…

March 29, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Shauna Robinson

Shauna Robinson | Must Love Books

The Plot (from Goodreads): Meet Nora Hughes—the overworked, underpaid, last bookish assistant standing. At least for now. When Nora landed an editorial assistant position at…

March 28, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Kimmery Martin, Reviews with Spoilers

Kimmery Martin | The Queen of Hearts

The Plot (from Goodreads): Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships…

March 24, 2022March 28, 2022
Categories Book Review, Amanda Jayatissa, Reviews with Spoilers

Amanda Jayatissa | My Sweet Girl

The Plot (from Goodreads): Ever since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything—schools, money, and parents so…

January 20, 2022May 21, 2024
Categories Book Review, John Lawrence

John Lawrence | Playing Doctor, Part 1

The Plot (from Goodreads): John’s medical memoir was born from chaotic, disjointed, funny and frightening late-night letters to friends over email (any recipients of which…

January 13, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Stacy Willingham

Stacy Willingham | A Flicker in the Dark

The Plot (from Goodreads): When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer,…

January 2, 2022September 16, 2023
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Categories Book Review, Alison Rose Greenberg

Alison Rose Greenberg | Bad Luck Bridesmaid

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s official: Zoey Marks is the cursed bridesmaid that no engagement can survive. Ten years, three empire waist dresses, and ZERO…

December 13, 2021February 5, 2023
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