Turning pages, chasing twists
Summary: Jane Harris lives in a beautiful home in a gated community in Orange County. Her family looked like the perfect family until tragedy struck last year, and her oldest daughter died in a tragic way. For about a year, Jane was drugged with anti-depressants. She decides that she’s going to change that now right …
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Summary: Blythe Conner wants to break the cycle of motherhood in her line of women and be a good mother. When Blythe and Fox give birth to Violet, they fall in love with her. But as the days pass, Blythe questions Violet. Blythe starts to wonder if maybe she’s just exhausted from being a mother …
Summary: Selena Murphy takes the 7:45 train home from work one evening and when it stops for no reason, she starts talking with a fellow commuter. Once Selena and Martha start talking, both confess secrets to each other. Martha is having an affair with her boss; Selena caught her husband having an affair with their …
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Summary: Invisible Girl is a novel similar to Lisa Jewell’s other novels in which characters are intertwined and end up with connections by the end of the novel. A young girl disappears after being seen on the night of February 14th. The novel follows several characters from the street where Saffrye was last seen before …
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Summary: Natalie is a struggling art student living in New York City. Her roommates are not too happy at the fact that Natalie is behind on the bills. Natalie’s friend in art school suggests she join her working for a sugar daddy website that she’s been making thousands of dollars from. Eventually Natalie meets Gabe …
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Summary: June Moody was unexpectedly single after her boyfriend ran off to Amsterdam with a much younger woman. June hadn't planned on attending the girls weekend at her college nemesis' estate, but now she really needed a change of scenery from her job as an English professor and her lonely home. June travels to the …
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Summary: Jane begins her story in Birmingham, Alabama as a dog walker in a wealthy gated community called Thornfield Estates. Jane meets the rich and eccentric housewives while walking their dogs and even swiping a diamond or a bracelet here and there from their homes. One rainy day Jane runs into Eddie. Eddie is a …
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Summary: David Koepp has written or co-written some of the most successful films, such as Mission Impossible, Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, and many others. He also has written many novels. This short story is only available on Audible and is narrated by Kevin Bacon. I have to be honest.......that’s why I chose to listen to it! …
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Summary: When Juno moves in with the Crouch family, she assumes their family is quite perfect. Nothing is farther from the truth. Just like Juno, Winnie and Nigel have their own deep, dark, and disturbing secrets. As Juno eavesdrops on conversations, she eventually hears one that chills her to the bone. Juno cannot help herself …
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Summary: Fern and Rose are twin sisters but as different as can be. Rose has always been more of a mother to Fern than her own mother. Rose protects Fern and takes care of her, even as adults. Rose has protected a very dark secret about Fern for their entire lives. Fern is becoming more …
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