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Summary: Lila Bennett is a ruthless lawyer whose life is basically spinning out of control due to personal problems in her marriage and at work. This novel mimics the pattern of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Maybe in Another Life as it switches from two different plots of what would happen in Lila’s life if one …
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Summary: What happens after friends in college move onto the “real world” after graduation? This novel explores three best friends and their life from college to adulthood. Evvie, Maggie, and Topher were the best of friends in college and swore it would never change. The secrets that were kept many years ago creep …
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Summary: College student, Darby Thorne, travels home to visit her dying mother. Guilty thoughts run through her head regarding their complex relationship as she heads through a treacherous snow storm. She must stop at a rest stop where there are just a four strangers. As she heads back out to her car to …
Summary: As an English teacher, I enjoyed reading the perspective of another English teacher, Clare Cassidy, who has a special interest in Gothic novelist R.M. Holland. One of Clare's closest friends, who is a fellow English teacher at their school, is murdered, and Clare is devastated. Clare begins to receive small notes in her diary …
Continue reading "Book Review: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths"
Summary: Emily is in a serious relationship with Adam. Adam seems to be the perfect guy, except for his mother. Pammie seems to want to do anything to get Emily out of Adam's life. Emily is not ready to back down easy. This is a suspenseful read that totally threw me off with a twisted …
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Summary: What husband wouldn't want to have the perfect wife? Tim is a wealthy genius running a tech company with a perfect wife named Abbie. Abbie wakes up lacking these memories of their perfect life. She is told that she is a wonderful mother and a talented artist. Abbie is told she had a …
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Summary: Millicent and Tobias seem like a normal married couple with children that live in the suburbs. The secrets that lie within this twisted couple are crazier than your wildest dreams! The twists and turns will leave you completely speechless! My Thoughts: I can't really say much because the book has so many twists and …
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Summary: If you've never read this fabulous series, you don't know what you are missing! Gwen Proctor is a survivor of the terror her serial killer husband has put her and her children through. Now Gwen encounters another situation when a woman reaches out for help from Gwen from the small town of Wolfhunter. Gwen …
Continue reading "Book Review: Stillhouse Lake Series Book 3- Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine"
Summary: Lillian and Dave Hall were virtually strangers when their plane crashed in the South Pacific. Three survivors remained and they lived on a deserted island for two years. The novel switches from past to present and also switches narrators from Lillian to David. The public story and the private story of the saga on …
Summary: Two parallel stories run about two women.....Beth and Sabine. Beth is running from a violent husband and trying to make a fresh start. Sabine is missing and the story focuses on her husband, Jeff. The detective, Marcus, is searching for answers to Sabine’s disappearance. The twisted lies cross and cross again to reveal the …
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