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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 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, Ginny Baird

Ginny Baird | Right Girl, Wrong Side

The Plot (from Goodreads): Busy flower shop manager Evita Machado can’t wait to get to Nantucket. With a bad breakup behind her, relaxing at the…

April 29, 2023April 23, 2023
Categories Amy Lea, Book Review

Amy Lea | Exes and O’s

The Influencers Series Set On YouExes and O’sThe Catch The Plot (from Goodreads): Romance-novel connoisseur Tara Chen has had her heart broken ten times by…

February 16, 2023March 18, 2024
Categories Book Review, Lisa Gardner, Reviews with Spoilers

Lisa Gardner | Love You More (Detective D.D. Warren #5)

The Book:  Love You More (Detective D.D. Warren #5) by Lisa GardnerPublished: March 2011 by Bantam Books Torrie’s Rating: ★★★★ The Plot (Goodreads): One question, a…

January 27, 2023January 8, 2024
Categories Book Review, Sara Goodman Confino

Sara Goodman Confino | She’s Up To No Good

The Plot (from Goodreads): For two women generations apart, going home will change their lives in this funny, poignant, and life-affirming novel about family, secrets,…

November 6, 2022March 13, 2024
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Stephen Amidon

Stephen Amidon | Locust Lane

The Plot (from Goodreads): On the surface, Emerson, Massachusetts, is just like any other affluent New England suburb. But when a young woman is found…

November 4, 2022September 16, 2023
Categories Book Review, Jennifer Weiner

Jennifer Weiner | The Summer Place

The Plot (from Goodreads): When her twenty-two-year-old stepdaughter announces her engagement to her pandemic boyfriend, Sarah Danhauser is shocked. But the wheels are in motion….

October 29, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Sonya Lalli

SC Lalli | Are You Sara?

The Plot (from Goodreads): Two women named Sara each get into a rideshare. . . but only one makes it home alive. Which Sara was…

September 6, 2022May 21, 2024
Categories Book Review, Peter Swanson, Reviews with Spoilers

Peter Swanson | The Kind Worth Killing

The Plot (from Goodreads): On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintner. Sharing one too many…

September 5, 2022March 22, 2024
Categories Book Review, Lisa Gardner, Reviews with Spoilers

Lisa Gardner | Hide (Detective D.D. Warren #2)

The Book:  Hide (Detective D.D. Warren #2) by Lisa GardnerPublished: January 30, 2007 by Bantam Books Torrie’s Rating: ★★★★ The Plot (Goodreads): You have good reason…

September 5, 2022October 11, 2022
Categories Book Review, Timothy Janovsky

Timothy Janovsky | You’re A Mean One, Matthew Prince

The Plot (from Goodreads): Bring a little joy to the world? Not today, Santa. Matthew Prince is young, rich, and thoroughly spoiled. So what if…

September 4, 2022March 14, 2024
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, Kosoko Jackson

Kosoko Jackson | I’m So (Not) Over You

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s been months since aspiring journalist Kian Andrews has heard from his ex-boyfriend, Hudson Rivers, but an urgent text has them…

April 26, 2022March 14, 2024
Categories Book Review, John Crossan, Reviews with Spoilers

John Crossan | A River of Lies

The Plot (from Goodreads): When his girlfriend, Jillian Russo, washes up on the shore of the Merrimack River in Essex County, Massachusetts, Carmen Vaughn immediately…

April 4, 2022April 5, 2022
Categories Book Review, Shirley Jump

Shirley Jump | The Marvelous Monroe Girls

The Plot (from Goodreads): Gabriella Monroe is doing her best to pretend that everything is fine, but her life is a mess. Sales are down…

January 13, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Sarah Strohmeyer

Sarah Strohmeyer | Do I Know You?

The Plot (from Goodreads): Jane Ellison is a “super recognizer” able to identify strangers by the slightest facial details—the curve of a head, the arch…

December 31, 2021September 8, 2022
debbie mason mistletoe cottage
Categories Book Review, Debbie Mason

Debbie Mason | Mistletoe Cottage

The Plot (from Goodreads): Sophie DiRossi loved growing up in Harmony Harbor. But after fleeing in disgrace many years ago, it is the last place…

December 14, 2021February 5, 2023
sweetest days john hough
Categories Book Review, John Hough Jr.

John Hough Jr. | The Sweetest Days

The Plot (from Goodreads): This portrait of marriage explores the long union of a middle-aged couple as they grapple with secrets, illness, and loyalty. Pete…

August 1, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Jennifer Weiner, Reviews with Spoilers

Jennifer Weiner | That Summer

The Plot (from Goodreads): Daisy Shoemaker can’t sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia…

July 4, 2021November 5, 2022
is it any wonder courtney walsh
Categories Book Review, Courtney Walsh

Courtney Walsh | Is It Any Wonder

The Plot (from Goodreads): Twelve years ago, Cody Boggs and Louisa Chambers made a pact that no matter where their lives took them, they’d return…

June 9, 2021February 5, 2023
if for any reason courtney walsh
Categories Book Review, Courtney Walsh

Courtney Walsh | If For Any Reason

The Plot (from Goodreads): Emily Ackerman has traveled the world, her constant compass and companion a book of letters her mother left for her when…

June 9, 2021February 5, 2023
dog i loved susan wilson
Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Susan Wilson

Susan Wilson | The Dog I Loved

The Plot (from Goodreads): After spending years in prison for a crime she didn’t intend to commit, Rose Collins is suddenly free. Someone who knows…

June 7, 2021April 15, 2022
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Categories Book Review, Liv Constantine, Reviews with Spoilers

Liv Constantine | The Stranger in the Mirror

Thank you to Harper for providing me with a free advanced copy of The Stranger in the Mirror in exchange for an honest review.  The…

March 27, 2021December 4, 2021
before she knew him peter swanson
Categories Book Review, Peter Swanson, Reviews with Spoilers

Peter Swanson | Before She Knew Him

The Plot (from Goodreads): Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short…

January 9, 2021July 3, 2022
two truths and a lie meg mitchell moore
Categories Book Review, Meg Mitchell Moore, Reviews with Spoilers

Meg Mitchell Moore | Two Truths and a Lie

The Plot (from Goodreads): Truth: Sherri Griffin and her daughter, Katie, have recently moved to the idyllic beach town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Rebecca Coleman, widely…

December 16, 2020February 3, 2022
before she disappeared lisa gardner
Categories Book Review, Lisa Gardner, Reviews with Spoilers

Lisa Gardner | Before She Disappeared

The Plot (from Goodreads): Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman, a recovering alcoholic with more regrets than belongings. But she spends her life doing…

December 12, 2020April 15, 2022
things you save in a fire
Categories Book Review, Katherine Center, Reviews with Spoilers

Katherine Center | Things You Save in a Fire

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…

October 29, 2020July 3, 2022
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