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    Review: The House Swap by Keri Beevis

    August 27, 2026
    Review: The House Swap by Keri Beevis

    The House Swap by Keri Beevis follows Poppy, who trades homes with a man she has never met in person to escape to a quiet villa in Crete with her best friend. When her friend disappears without warning, Poppy is left alone with neighbors who seem to know too much,…

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    Moonset on Desert Sands by Sherri Dodd ~ Review

    August 25, 2026
    Moonset on Desert Sands by Sherri Dodd ~ Review

    Moonset on Desert Sands by Sherri Dodd is a paranormal cozy mystery that balances dark magic, murder, and real human connection with warmth and wit. When a string of fainting spells forces Arista back to the place she once fled, she must face heartbreak, danger, and the return of her…

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    Bookish Candles, Bookish Moments — Chalkboard Candle Co

    August 14, 2026
    Bookish Candles, Bookish Moments — Chalkboard Candle Co

    Chalkboard Candle Co found me at the perfect time, and now Bookworm, The Library, and All-Nighter have a permanent spot on my reading shelf. Coconut wax, bookish names, and a scent that makes every reading session feel a little more like a ritual.

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    Review: Try To Keep Up by Shay Knudsen

    August 13, 2026
    Review: Try To Keep Up by Shay Knudsen

    Try To Keep Up by Shay Knudsen is a psychological thriller that lives entirely inside the uncertainty of an unreliable reality, following a nanny trying to protect a fifteen-year-old girl whose identity shifts by the day. Intense, believable, and genuinely thrilling in the way it handles real psychology. Here is…

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    Review: The Girl Before Me by Diana Wilkinson

    July 30, 2026
    Review: The Girl Before Me by Diana Wilkinson

    The Girl Before Me by Diana Wilkinson is a psychological thriller about a woman who moves into a new apartment only to learn her predecessor, who looked just like her, was murdered there and her killer was never found. Suspenseful and intriguing with a dark final twist that is not…

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    Review: Her Silence by ST Ashman

    July 28, 2026
    Review: Her Silence by ST Ashman

    Her Silence by S.T. Ashman is a psychological thriller told almost entirely without its own protagonist’s voice, leaving readers to sit in the jury seat and decide for themselves what really happened the night Lacey went silent. Clever, unsettling, and anchored by a genuinely beautiful thread about how far family…

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    Review: She Never Came Back by Patricia Dixon

    July 23, 2026
    Review: She Never Came Back by Patricia Dixon

    She Never Came Back by Patricia Dixon is a raw, gut-wrenching psychological thriller about a missing sister, a cold case seventeen years old, and the buried truth someone will do anything to keep hidden. This one lingered with me long after I closed the book. Content note for themes of…

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    Review & Giveaway : Kill To Keep by Elena Taylor

    July 16, 2026
    Review & Giveaway : Kill To Keep by Elena Taylor

    Kill To Keep by Elena Taylor is a police procedural with real heart, following Sheriff Bet Rivers as she investigates a murder at a traveling carnival while grappling with her father’s legacy and a secret someone is willing to kill to protect. Not my usual genre, but Elena Taylor always…

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    Guest Appearance with author Elena Taylor

    July 15, 2026
    Guest Appearance with author Elena Taylor

    Elena Taylor stops by the blog to answer a question I have always wondered about her writing. Are her characters and storylines based on real people? Her answer involves a real bar fight, a play about a real murder, and a fascinating idea about writers tapping into a shared human…

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    Review: The Secret of the Lantern Keepers by Jenni Keer

    July 14, 2026
    Review: The Secret of the Lantern Keepers by Jenni Keer

    The Secret of the Lantern Keepers by Jenni Keer is a gothic historical mystery set in a Victorian asylum on the edge of the Cornish moors, where a woman must pretend to be mad to uncover a murderer before he finds her first. Compassionate, atmospheric, and genuinely paranormal. Here is…

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