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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 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 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 Ashley Winstead, Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers

Ashley Winstead | THE LAST HOUSEWIFE Spoilers

The Plot (from Goodreads): While in college in upstate New York, Shay Evans and her best friends met a captivating man who seduced them with…

June 7, 2024June 12, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Lisa Unger, Reviews with Spoilers

Lisa Unger | The New Couple in 5B

The Plot (from Goodreads): Rosie and Chad Lowan are barely making ends meet in New York City when they receive life-changing news: Chad’s late uncle…

March 27, 2024May 23, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Steve Cavanagh

Steve Cavanagh | Kill For Me, Kill For You

Spoilers for Kill For Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh ending. How did Kill For Me, Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh end?

March 22, 2024May 23, 2024
Categories Annabel Monaghan, Book Review

Annabel Monaghan | Summer Romance

The Plot (from Goodreads): Benefits of a summer romance: it’s always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken. There aren’t enough labeled…

March 10, 2024May 24, 2024
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Categories Book Review

Devon Daniels | The Rom Con

The Plot (from Goodreads): After a particularly brutal breakup, Cassidy Sutton has had it with dating. So when her grandmother gives her a 1950’s dating…

February 2, 2024March 26, 2024
Categories Book Review, Emma Lord

Emma Lord | The Getaway List

The Plot (from Goodreads): The day of her high school graduation, Riley realizes two things: One, that she has spent the last four years trying…

January 13, 2024January 11, 2024
Categories Book Review, Carola Lovering, Reviews with Spoilers

Carola Lovering | Bye, Baby

The Plot (from Goodreads): A missing baby. A fraught friendship. A secret that can never be told. On a brisk fall night in a New…

December 22, 2023December 22, 2023
Categories Book Review, Josie Silver

Josie Silver | A Winter In New York

The Plot (from Goodreads): A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love—and life—she’s been looking for in…

November 20, 2023May 1, 2024
Categories Book Review, Wendy Corsi Staub

Wendy Corsi Staub | The Other Family

The Plot (from Goodreads): The watcher sees who you are…and knows what you did. It’s the perfect home for the perfect family: pretty Nora Howell,…

October 9, 2023October 17, 2023
Categories Book Review, Clemence Michallon, Reviews with Spoilers

Clémence Michallon | The Quiet Tenant

The Plot (from Goodreads): Aidan Thomas is a hard-working family man and a somewhat beloved figure in the small upstate New York town where he…

August 12, 2023June 3, 2024
Categories Book Review, Lissette Decos

Lissette Decos | Ana Takes Manhattan

The Book:  Ana Takes Manhattan by Lissette DecosFebruary 28, 2023 by ForeverDate read: May 14, 2023 The Characters:  Ana Buy it on Bookshop.org | Amazon…

May 23, 2023September 10, 2024
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, Meredith Schorr

Meredith Schorr | As Seen On TV

The Plot (from Goodreads): Emerging journalist Adina Gellar is done with dating in New York City. If she’s learned anything from made-for-TV romance movies, it’s…

November 2, 2022February 5, 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, Casey Dembowski

Casey Dembowski | The Corey Effect

The Book:  The Corey Effect by Casey DembowskiPublished October 4th 2022 by Red Adept PublishingDate read: October 3, 2022 The Characters:  AndiCorey Buy it on…

October 4, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Darcey Bell, Reviews with Spoilers

Darcey Bell | All I Want

The Plot (from Goodreads): When Emma’s husband, Ben, falls in love with a large Victorian mansion for sale in upstate New York, he swears to…

September 7, 2022September 15, 2022
Categories Book Review, Barbara Graham, Reviews with Spoilers

Barbara Graham | What Jonah Knew

The Book:  What Jonah Knew by Barbara GrahamPublished July 5th 2022 by Harper PaperbacksDate read: July 6th, 2022 The Characters:  Helen and Henry BirdLucie, Matt,…

July 19, 2022July 21, 2022
Categories Book Review, Debbie Babitt, Reviews with Spoilers

Debbie Babitt | First Victim

The Plot (from Goodreads): The line between justice and revenge blurs when a judge takes the law into her own hands. The Honorable Alice D….

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022
Categories Book Review, Lauren Layne

Lauren Layne | Made In Manhattan

The Plot (from Goodreads): Violet Townsend has always been a people pleaser. Raised in the privileged world of Upper East Side Manhattan, she always says…

May 31, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Kate Spencer

Kate Spencer | In A New York Minute

The Plot (from Goodreads): Franny Doyle is having the worst day. She’s been laid off from her (admittedly mediocre) job, the subway doors ripped her…

April 28, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Lauren Kate

Lauren Kate | By Any Other Name

The Plot (from Goodreads): From # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about an editor, her bestselling author, and…

February 27, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Mandy McHugh, Reviews with Spoilers

Mandy McHugh | Chloe Cates Is Missing

The Plot (from Goodreads): The disappearance of a young internet celebrity ignites a firestorm of speculation on social media, and to find her a detective…

February 23, 2022August 27, 2024
Categories Book Review

Falon Ballard | Lease On Love

The Plot (from Goodreads): Beach Read meets The Flatshare in this warmly funny and delightfully sharp debut rom-com about a down-on-her-luck young woman who turns…

January 31, 2022February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Elyssa Friedland

Elyssa Friedland | Last Summer at the Golden Hotel

The Plot (from Goodreads): A family reunion for the ages when two clans convene for the summer at their beloved getaway in the Catskills–perfect for…

December 31, 2021February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Geoff Rodkey, Reviews with Spoilers

Geoff Rodkey | Lights Out In Lincolnwood

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s Tuesday morning in Lincolnwood, New Jersey, and all four members of the Altman family are busy ignoring each other en…

December 26, 2021February 24, 2022
Categories Book Review, Alafair Burke, Reviews with Spoilers

Alafair Burke | Find Me

The Plot (from Goodreads): She calls herself Hope Miller, but she has no idea who she actually is. Fifteen years ago, she was found in…

December 8, 2021May 21, 2024
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Categories Book Review

Anita Hughes | A Magical New York Christmas

The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s Christmas week when 26-year-old Sabrina Post knocks on the door of the Vanderbilt suite at the Plaza Hotel in New…

December 7, 2021February 5, 2023
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Categories Book Review, Elizabeth Neep

Elizabeth Neep | Twelve Days to Save Christmas

The Plot (from Goodreads): On the first day of Christmas, my true love… dumped me. Poppy loves Christmas and always goes all out to make…

December 5, 2021February 5, 2023
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Categories Book Review, Alafair Burke, Reviews with Spoilers

Alafair Burke | The Wife

The Plot (from Goodreads): When Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton, she assumed their romance would be a short-lived…

October 24, 2021May 21, 2024
Categories Book Review, Alexis Daria

Alexis Daria | A Lot Like Adios (Primas of Power #2)

The Plot (from Goodreads): After burning out in her corporate marketing career, Michelle Amato has built a thriving freelance business as a graphic designer. So…

September 20, 2021September 10, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Alexis Daria

Alexis Daria | You Had Me At Hola (Primas of Power #1)

The Book:  You Had Me At Hola by Alexis Daria (Primas of Power #1) Published August 4, 2020 by AvonDate read: August 26, 2021 The…

September 12, 2021September 10, 2024
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Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Tracey Lange

Tracey Lange | We Are The Brennans

The Plot (from Goodreads): When twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, bruised and battered after a drunk driving accident she caused,…

September 3, 2021July 3, 2022
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Categories Book Review, Georgia Clark

Georgia Clark | It Had To Be You

The Plot (from Goodreads): For the past twenty years, Liv and Eliot Goldenhorn have run In Love in New York, Brooklyn’s beloved wedding-planning business. When…

July 12, 2021February 5, 2023
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Categories Book Review, Jenny Lee, Reviews with Spoilers

Jenny Lee | Anna K

The Plot (from Goodreads): Meet Anna K. At seventeen, she is at the top of Manhattan and Greenwich society (even if she prefers the company…

May 9, 2021August 23, 2023
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Categories Casey Dembowski, Book Review

Casey Dembowski | When We’re Thirty

The Plot (from Goodreads): Two friends. One pact. The performance of their lives. Hannah Abbott is stuck in a dead-end relationship and at a job…

April 27, 2021February 5, 2023
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Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Tessa Wegert

Tessa Wegert | The Dead Season

The Plot (from Goodreads): Senior Investigator Shana Merchant has spent years running from her past. But she never imagined a murder case would drive her…

April 26, 2021April 11, 2022
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Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Tessa Wegert

Tessa Wegert | Death in the Family

The Plot (from Goodreads): Thirteen months ago, former NYPD detective Shana Merchant barely survived being abducted by a serial killer. Now hoping to leave grisly…

April 17, 2021April 11, 2022
Categories Alison Gaylin, Speedy Spoilers

Alison Gaylin | If I Die Tonight | Ten-Second Spoilers

Summary Late one night in the quiet Hudson Valley town of Havenkill, a distraught woman stumbles into the police station—and lives are changed forever. Aimee…

April 14, 2021December 4, 2021
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Categories Book Review, Lea Geller

Lea Geller | The Truth and Other Hidden Things

The Plot (from Goodreads): On the same day Bells Walker learns that her IUD has failed, her husband Harry is denied tenure at his Manhattan…

April 9, 2021February 5, 2023
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Categories Book Review, David Gordon, Reviews with Spoilers

David Gordon | Against The Law

Post by Patrick Callan The Plot (from Goodreads): Joe is an ex-Special Forces operative with a bad case of PTSD and some substance abuse issues,…

March 24, 2021December 4, 2021
Categories Aimee Molloy, Speedy Spoilers

Aimee Molloy | The Perfect Mother | Ten-Second Spoilers

Summary They call themselves the May Mothers—a collection of new moms who gave birth in the same month. Twice a week, with strollers in tow,…

March 17, 2021December 4, 2021
Categories Book Review, Mary Dixie Carter, Reviews with Spoilers

Mary Dixie Carter | The Photographer

Thank you to Minotaur Press for providing me with a free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. The Photographer will be available on…

February 27, 2021April 5, 2022
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Categories Book Review, Reviews with Spoilers, Sarah Langan

Sarah Langan | Good Neighbors

Thank you to Atria Books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. The Plot (from Goodreads): Welcome to Maple Street, a picture-perfect…

February 10, 2021August 9, 2022
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Categories Book Review, Alyssa Cole, Reviews with Spoilers

Alyssa Cole | When No One Is Watching

The Plot (from Goodreads): Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting…

January 27, 2021August 9, 2022
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Categories Book Review, Leslie Archer, Reviews with Spoilers

Leslie Archer | Until We Are Lost

Summary of Until We Are Lost (from Goodreads): When Tara Peary’s twin sister Sophie goes missing, Tara dives into New York’s underbelly to find her….

January 12, 2021December 4, 2021
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Categories Book Review, Cecily von Ziegesar

Cecily von Ziegesar | Cobble Hill

The Plot (from Goodreads): Welcome to Cobble Hill. In this eclectic Brooklyn neighborhood, private storms brew amongst four married couples and their children. There’s ex-groupie…

December 19, 2020February 5, 2023
Categories Book Review, Kacen Callender

Kacen Callender | Felix Ever After

The Plot (from Goodreads): Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s…

December 12, 2020March 18, 2024

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