Summary: Lowen is an author who has not had much success. She is approached by Jeremy Crawford, who is the husband of a bestselling author. His wife, Verity, was in an accident and cannot finish her series of books. Lowen contemplates her offer and eventually accepts the offer to write Verity's remaining books. Lowen heads …
Book review: The Assistant by Marni Mann
Summary: Jesse runs a multimillion dollar company until her father passes away from a tragic disease. Jesse wishes to take time away from the strenuous job to spend time with her family. She goes through an extensive interview process to find the perfect assistant for her husband, Emory, and to help as a nanny for …
Book review: Date Night by Samantha Hayes
Summary: Can you imagine coming home from a date night and your babysitter missing?? Libby and her husband return from a date night to find that their babysitter is missing without a trace. Does it have anything to do with the threatening note that Libby received on her car days prior? This novel is a …
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Book review: The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda
Summary: Avery Greer lives in a small beachtown in Maine that encompasses two worlds: the wealthy vacationers and the locals. Avery is a local girl living in the town when she meets Sadie Loman who comes from a wealthy family owning many properties in town. Every summer Sadie and Avery have fun and are together …
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Book Review: The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
Summary: Jules, Sylvia, Vincent, and Sam are required to attend a "team building" activity that begins in an elevator. The foursome believes it is an escape room activity. They work in finance in a firm on Wall Street. The novel examines each character's background specifically throughout separate chapters to let the reader know what happened …
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Book Review: Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
Summary:Jules Larsen applies for a job that has very specific stipulations. No visitors, no talking to other guests, no overnights away from the apartment; all Jules has to do is basically live in the apartment and she will receive a large weekly salary. Jules is stuck in a place where she doesn't have much of …
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Book review: The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty
Summary: Ellen O'Farrell has not had much luck with love in her life. Professionally, she is a professional hypnotherapist working out of her home, but personally she still was looking for love. Ellen meets Patrick at the beginning of the novel and is happy with where the relationship is heading. He is a widowed single …
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Book review: Mine by Courtney Cole
Summary: During a fierce Florida hurricane, Tessa opens her husband's iPad to find inappropriate photos of a much younger woman. Her husband, Ethan, is stuck in another city due to the hurricane. Tessa wonders what to do and lures the younger woman, Lindsey, over to their house in the midst of the hurricane. They are …
Book Review: Only Ever Her by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
Summary: Annie Taft's wedding is just a few days away, but Annie has disappeared. Everything was prepared for this to be a perfect southern wedding in her South Carolina town. Why did Annie vanish? Were there second thoughts? Did it have anything to do with the fact that her mother's supposed killer was being released …
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Book Review: Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween by Lisa Morton
Summary: Lisa Morton takes the readers through the past hundreds of years to explore how the world has celebrated Halloween and how the Celtic celebration of Samhain in addition to All Souls' Day in the Catholic religion helped to shape Halloween in America. Many aspects of Halloween are considered such as horror movies, haunted houses, …
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