Tag: Netgalley Reviews
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You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by JENEVA ROSE
Meet Grace Evans, a New York girl trying to relax. Throwing a dart at a map is how she tells people she chose an Airbnb on a ranch in the middle of nowhere Wyoming. Both she and her host, Calvin Wells, are surprised by their instant connection. But is a hot host worth no cell…
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THE GOLDEN DOVES by MARTHA HALL KELLY
From one of my favorite books, The Lilac Girls, comes another beautifully told story about two young women who team up to survive the horrors of WWII, but to also bring to justice those who perpetuated the cruelty. Two unlikely women from two very different backgrounds. The American, Josie Anderson, and the Parisian Arlette LaRue…
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MUMMY DARLINGS by EMILY HOURICAN
A Glorious Guinness Girls Novel We have been with the Guinness girls for a bit now and I can’t seem to get enough of them. Or maybe it’s the author’s writing style. Either way it’s keeping me engaged. The girls are grown up now and we are imagining what their lives are like now. It’s…
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THE HAUNTING OF ALEJANDRA by V.CASTRO
A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her family history in this ravishing and provocative horror novel. Alejandra is depressed. Very depressed. She isn’t sure who she is besides a wife and a mother. She struggles with a lot of things and feels she…
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Things I Wish I Told My Mother by Susan Patterson and Susan DiLallo with James Patterson
I don’t know how much each of these writers wrote of this story and I don’t care. It was beautiful and I cried. Mothers and daughters. The relationship is never what we thought it would be. I read this soon after my own Mother passed and this book brought me so much peace. A mother…
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Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose
A twisty, domestic suspense debut about a clique of mothers that shatters when one of their own is murdered, bringing chaos to their curated lives. She was the perfect wife, with the perfect life. You would kill to have it… And it looks like someone did just that. Ciara Dunphy has a perfect life. It…
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WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM HERE by MARIANA LEKY
This book was translated from German. Some things may not have come across as they should. The book blurb states “A small village helps a young woman reckon with loss and love”. In a small village in Germany, a woman wakes up to an omen. Selma has dreamed of the okapi. Someone is going to…
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THE SOULMATE by SALLY HEPWORTH
From New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth, comes a twisty new domestic suspense novel in The Soulmate… The Queen of Domestic Suspense is back with another sizzling tale! The Gerards are in their dream house. It’s in a coastal town outside of Melbourne. On the side of a cliff, it is also a popular suicide spot. But…
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HELLO BEAUTIFUL by ANN NAPOLITANO
Can love make a broken person whole? That is the question. If you are thinking of reading this one, go ahead. It is that good! What is it about? This reminded me of Little Women. A more modern version. William has grown up in a house. Not a home. To William, it seems as if…
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FATEFUL WORDS by PAIGE SHELTON
A Scottish Bookshop Mystery We are back with Delaney in Edinburgh! Edwin has been mysteriously called away leaving Delaney to run a tour on short notice. But on the first night there is a body. And people acting suspiciously. Delaney has a lot on her plate and is getting no clear answers. Why would the…
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