BLURB: You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his…
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The Second Blind Son – Review
Wow!! As a rule, I don’t read fantasy, but Amy Harmon makes it so delectable time and time again. Her words completely transported me to the world of Saylok. I loved being able to head back to this world, with the concurrent storyline to The First Girl Child. We were able to visit the characters…
The Safe Place – Review
So many thanks to Minotaur Books for the chance to read this novel! I happened to receive this book in the mail yesterday, and since I didn’t have anything else in particular to read, I decided to jump right in. What a perfect summer read this ended up being! I absolutely loved the creepy, suspenseful…
Moments Like This – Review
BLURB: Book One in the From Kona with Love series depicting multicultural romance, love, loss, and redemption woven into a family saga set in the beautiful islands of Hawaii. Though connected, each installment can be read as a standalone. After Andrea “Andie” Matthews chooses her career over a marriage proposal and then loses a promotion…
Fury – Review
BLURB:Revenge is an euphoric thing. Trust me on this. Nothing compares to the release you get when you ruin someone’s life. When they’ve stolen important things. Things that didn’t belong to them. Things I revel in making them pay for. What? Have I offended you? I’m not here to appeal to your delicate senses. I…
The Long Walk – Review
BLURB: In the near future, when America has become a police state, 100 boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. Among them is 16-year-old Ray Garraty, and he knows the rules – keep a steady walking pace of four…
The Daughters of Foxcote Manor – Review
BLURB: Outside a remote manor house in an idyllic wood, a baby girl is found. The Harrington family takes her in and disbelief quickly turns to joy. They’re grieving a terrible tragedy of their own and the beautiful baby fills them with hope, lighting up the house’s dark, dusty corners. Desperate not to lose her…
Home Before Dark – Review
BLURB: What was it like? Living in that house. Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later…
Heart Bones – Review
BLURB: Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah Grim’s parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself. With only two short months separating her from the future she’s built…
The Switch – Review
BLURB: Eileen is sick of being 79. Leena’s tired of life in her twenties. Maybe it’s time they swapped places… When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen’s house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about…
Thunder and Rain – Review
BLURB: Third generation Texas Ranger Tyler Steele is the last of a dying breed– a modern day cowboy hero living in a world that doesn’t quite understand his powerful sense of right and wrong and instinct to defend those who can’t defend themselves. Despite his strong moral compass, Ty has trouble seeing his greatest weakness….
A Breath of Snow and Ashes – Review
BLURB: A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire. The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North…
His & Hers – Review
Many thanks to Libro.fm for the chance to listen to this book early! BLURB: There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, His & Hers. Which means someone is always lying. Anna Andrews finally has what she wants. Almost. She’s worked hard to become the main TV presenter of the BBC’s…
The Letter – Review
BLURB: Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and…
The Dilemma – Review
Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for the chance to read this book early. BLURB: It’s Livia’s fortieth birthday and tonight she’s having a party, a party she’s been planning for a long time. The only person missing will be her daughter, Marnie. But Livia has a secret, a secret she’s been keeping…
Black Rabbit Hall – Review
Eve Chase is a vastly underrated author in America, in my opinion. Her haunting stories centered around large estates in England with hidden secrets never fail to capture my heart and imagination. Now I’m wondering why it took me so long to finally check this book off my list! BLURB: Ghosts are everywhere, not just…
The Guest List – Review
So many thanks to Libro.fm for the chance to listen to this audiobook early! BLURB: Set on a remote island off the Irish coast, this is one guest list no one would want to be on, just as no one would have wanted an invitation to the New Year’s Eve party in Foley’s previous novel,…
Normal People – Review
BLURB: At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her housekeeping job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two…
28 Summers – Review
So many thanks to Libro.fm for allowing me to listen to the advance audio! BLURB: When Mallory Blessing’s son, Link, receives deathbed instructions from his mother to call a number on a slip of paper in her desk drawer, he’s not sure what to expect. But he certainly does not expect Jake McCloud to answer….
Unloved – Review
My Beat the Backlist Challenge is making my reading year so sweet! I decided to snag Unloved with a gift card I won from The Book Bee last week. It has been on my Goodreads “Want to Read” shelf for years and I’ve heard nothing but amazing things about the story. Luckily, this was exactly…
Ashes Books & Bobs 