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Summary: The morning after a fun 40th birthday party with her husband and friends, Celia vanishes. In her cards she received a note telling her she doesn’t deserve the life she has. What follows next are flashbacks to Celia’s disturbing childhood alternating with the present day search for Celia as well as Celia’s account of …
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Summary: Chess and Emily have been best friends for over 30 years, but due to some life changing events, the friendship has been strained. Emily is going through a recent breakup with her husband after a mysterious illness. Chess has quickly became a famous author. Chess invites Emily to a villa in Italy with her …
Summary: Twenty years ago Haley worked as a nanny for David and Julie in Thailand. After a tumultuous relationship with the family, baby Chloe disappears one night. Haley now is married to Lars with her own family. One day a young woman appears at Haley’s door, and Haley can’t help but notice the similarities between …
Summary: Louisa is enjoying the typical suburban mom life, and her son Joe is starting at an upper class school. She is pleased to have a made a new friend named Darcy. Darcy's son, Tyler, and Joe become friends as well. As their friendship develops, some things start to seem off about Darcy. She is …
Continue reading "Book review: The Best Friend by Shalini Boland"
Summary: Casey Fletcher is a recent widow and actress who is featured in the tabloids often for every problem that she’s experienced. Casey decides to head to their lakeside retreat to get away from the paparazzi. Across the lake, Katherine and Tom live in the beautiful glass home. The couple is just as beautiful as …
Continue reading "Book review: The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager"
Summary: Mallory Quinn is finally in a good place after a tragic past that led to drug use. With the help of her sponsor, she found an amazing job as a nanny in an affluent suburb in New Jersey. Mallory adores the little boy she babysits for and loves the town. As Mallory falls into …
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Summary: Jen awaits the arrival of her teenage son late one night. As she looks out the window, she sees her son murder a man right in her yard. He is arrested. They go to the police station. She goes to bed exhausted at home. And wakes up and it is the prior day…….. Was …
Continue reading "Book review: Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister"
Summary: Amelie begins a job working for billionaire Ned Hawthorne. When she’s asked to accompany him on a trip to Las Vegas, she is thrilled to be riding in a private jet and traveling like the rich and famous. After a whirlwind of events, Amelie leaves Las Vegas married to Ned. Not long after the …
Summary: Carrie Soto is one of those athletes that goes down in history as arguably the best woman athlete in her lifetime. She earned over 20 Grand Slams and broke countless records. Six years after retiring, Carrie attends the 1994 US Open with her father watching her record being broken by Nicki Chan. She then …
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Summary: Oh the Sinclair family…….another summer, another scandal. Visit the private island in New England again This summer occurs many years prior when Caroline Sinclair and her two sisters return to Clairmont House for another summer filled with drama and scandal. My Thoughts: Call me crazy but I loved We Were Liars! I was so …
Continue reading "Book review: Family of Liars by E Lockhart (We Were Liars #0)"
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