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Continue reading →: Review: Bad Moon RisingBad Moon Rising by Berni Stevens is a witty, fast-paced paranormal romance set in the London nightlife scene with werewolves, vampires, rock bands, and the kind of found family loyalty that makes this genre so addicting. Completely readable as a standalone even though it is book three in a series.…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Haunting of Willows CottageThe Haunting of Willows Cottage by Isobel Blackthorn is the gothic Scottish mystery conclusion to the Strathbairn Trilogy, complete with a haunted cottage, dark family secrets, and a landscape that practically breathes atmosphere. A note before you read my review though, start with book one. Here is why.
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Continue reading →: Review: Butterfly SummerButterfly Summer by Toni De Palma is one of the most emotionally moving books I have ever read. A Hollywood producer returns to the Italian island where she spent a transformative and heartbreaking summer at seventeen, and what she finds there changes everything. Character heavy, relationship heavy, and deeply human.…
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Continue reading →: Review: They Came At NightThey Came at Night by Westley Smith is a visceral, relentless, deeply human horror novel that I read cover to cover in a single day because there was absolutely no other option. A trauma survivor, a family road trip, a cabin in the woods, and a horror that unfolds in…
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Continue reading →: Review: Murder At Raven’s GateMurder at Raven’s Gate by Louise Marley is a gothic atmospheric mystery wrapped in folklore, soldier spirits, and the question of whether the haunting is real or something far more sinister. A beautifully constructed procedural with genuine eerie charm. Here is my full review.
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Continue reading →: Review: Pretty Dead ThingsPretty Dead Things by Liv Lowry is a gothic psychological thriller set in a decaying Everglades estate that pulled me into a hypnotic reading state and did not let me go until long after the last page. Repressed memories, a mother who is both victim and monster, sisters shaped by…
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Continue reading →: Book Review & Giveaway : The Bush Tea MurderBush Tea Murder by Ashley Ruth M Bernier is a cozy Caribbean mystery that does something genuinely creative with structure, weaving a series of layered mini mysteries through a richly cultural Saint Thomas setting before bringing them all together. The cover is as warm and inviting as the book itself.
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Continue reading →: Review: Rumors, Romance, and Rhubarb Crumble by Rosie GreenRumours, Romance and Rhubarb Crumble by Rosie Green is my cozy come home read between all the dark and intense books on my TBR. Warm, sweet, and feel-good with a quiet mystery underneath the surface and a surprisingly real theme about empathy and boundaries running through the whole story. Here…
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Continue reading →: Review: One Of Them Is Lying, CL SwatmanOne of Them Is Lying by CL Swatman is a clever, layered thriller about a stormy weekend, a dead body, and a house full of people with secrets they will do anything to protect. The first half asks for your patience. The second half makes every page worth it. Here…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Housewife by Valerie KeoghThe Housewife by Valerie Keogh is a psychological domestic suspense thriller built around one of the most unsettling questions a book can ask. How do you trust your gut when you are not sure your gut is sane? I went in expecting a good thriller and came out with a…
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