Goodreads Release date: July 4, 2023 Publisher: Berkley Romance Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: Chandler Cohen has never felt more like the ghost in "ghostwriter" until she attends a signing for a book she wrote—and the author doesn’t even recognize her. The evening turns more promising when she meets a charming man at the bar and … Continue reading Review: Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Month: June 2023
Review: Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
Goodreads Release date: July 11, 2023 Publisher: St. Martins Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: Love isn’t blind, it’s just little blurry. Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Literally! One minute she’s celebrating the biggest achievement of her life—placing as a finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition—the next, she’s lying in … Continue reading Review: Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
Try Not to Breathe by David Bell
In this gripping thriller, the lines between family and danger blur as Avery Rogers, a former police officer, races against time to rescue her estranged half-sister from a web of deceit and violence.
Audiobook Review: The Summer Girl by Elle Kennedy
Goodreads Release date: July 18, 2023 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: College student Cassie Soul hasn’t spent an entire summer in Avalon Bay in years, not since her parents divorced and her mother spitefully whisked her away to Boston. Now that her grandmother is selling the boardwalk hotel that’s been in their family … Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Summer Girl by Elle Kennedy
Review: Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen
Goodreads Release date: July 4, 2023 Publisher: Atria Genre: Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will do whatever it takes to protect their no-frills nail salon after a new high end salon opens up—even if it tears the family apart. Perfect for readers of Olga … Continue reading Review: Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen
Forever Hold Your Peace by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
Goodreads Release date: July 11, 2023 Publisher: Alcove Genre: Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: Father of the Bride meets Bride Wars in Forever Hold Your Peace, in which two ex-best friends find themselves shockingly entangled after more than two decades apart, for fans of Good Company.When their newly engaged kids ask all four divorced parents to meet … Continue reading Forever Hold Your Peace by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
Review: The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon
Goodreads Release date: June 20, 2023 Publisher: Knopf Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: A PULSE-POUNDING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER NARRATED BY THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM: HIS 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, HIS GIRLFRIEND—AND THE ONE VICTIM HE HAS SPARED. Aidan Thomas is a hard-working family man and a somewhat beloved figure in the small upstate New York town … Continue reading Review: The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon
Review: What the Neighbors Saw by Melissa Adelman
Goodreads Release date: June 20, 2023 Publisher: Minotaur Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Desperate Housewives meets The Couple Next Door in a chilling story of murder and intrigue set in a well-to-do DC suburb.Sometimes the darkest acts occur in the most beautiful houses…When Alexis and her husband Sam buy a neglected Cape Cod house in an exclusive … Continue reading Review: What the Neighbors Saw by Melissa Adelman
Review: The Block Party by Jamie Day
Goodreads Release date: July 18, 2023 Publisher: St. Martins Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: This summer, meet your neighbors.The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are entangled in a web of secrets and scandal utterly unknown to the outside world, and even to each other.On the night of the annual Summer block party, there has … Continue reading Review: The Block Party by Jamie Day
Review: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Goodreads Release date: June Publisher: Berkley Romance Genre: Contemporary Romance Synopsis: Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it. So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: stay busy, work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase … Continue reading Review: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston