My thoughts and musings about all things books & cozy living
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Continue reading →: Cover Reveal : MAYBE YOU LIED by Jennifer SaderaMaybe You Lied. Will Lockhart just lost his mother. While packing up her things he finds his long dead father’s deed to a house in upstate New York he never knew existed. He moves in. Odd things start happening immediately. His elderly neighbor has a seizure the moment she sees…
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Continue reading →: Spotlight : Shadow of Betrayal by Blaire MorganIn this chilling romantic suspense, U.S. Marshals investigator Heather York stumbles into danger at a Maine lakeside lodge, with Jordan Kyndall’s protective instincts as her only hope. A woman hunted by corruption. Heather York thought her life was ordinary—until a sudden threat pulls her into a deadly game. In Shadow…
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Continue reading →: Review: Last Dance Before Dawn by Katharine SchellmanLast Dance Before Dawn by Katharine Schellman is the final book in the Nightingale Mystery series, set in the glamorous and dangerous underground world of 1920s New York. I devoured all four books in one weekend and I am absolutely heartbroken it is over. Here is my full review and…
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Continue reading →: Review: To Find My MotherTo Find My Mother by Mary Wood is a World War Two historical fiction novel about two mothers and their daughters torn apart by Nazi occupation in Prague, fighting to survive long enough to find their way back to each other. I debated reading this one because I knew it…
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Continue reading →: Guest Appearance with author Elena TaylorEver wondered what a day in the life of a gothic suspense author actually looks like? Elena Taylor pulls back the curtain on mornings with three dogs, horses, donkeys, a giant mule, and a very helpful cat named Juni-purr. Spoiler: it is equal parts chaotic and completely magical.
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Continue reading →: Review & Giveaway : The Haunting of Emily Grace by Elena TaylorThe Haunting of Emily Grace by Elena Taylor is a gothic atmospheric suspense novel about a grieving woman, a cursed mansion on a remote island, and a haunting that is both supernatural and deeply emotional. The paperback just released and I am bringing this review back because this book deserves…
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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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