Goodreads Release date: July 11, 2023 Publisher: Berkley Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: She's back in her affluent hometown for the first time in years and determined to unravel the secrets of her mother's death hidden in the unpublished memoir she left behind...even if it kills her... After her troublemaker mother's mysterious death, Kira fled her wealthy … Continue reading Review: A Likable Woman by May Cobb
Review: The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard
Goodreads Release date: August 1, 2023 Publisher: Blackstone Genre: Thriller/Mystery Synopsis: From award-winning, internationally bestselling crime writer Catherine Ryan Howard comes The Trap: an unsettling mystery inspired by a series of still-unsolved disappearances in Ireland in the 90s, wherein one young woman risks everything to catch a faceless killer.One year ago, Lucy’s sister, Nicki, left … Continue reading Review: The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard
Review: Her Too by Bonnie Kistler
Goodreads Release date: July 4, 2023 Publisher: Harper Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Defending an accused rapist, a high-powered lawyer learns firsthand the terrible truth about her client . . . a discovery that propels her on a quest for justice and revenge in this addictively readable thriller from the author of The Cage. Kelly McCann is a … Continue reading Review: Her Too by Bonnie Kistler
Review: None of This is True by Lisa Jewel
Goodreads Release date: August 8, 2023 Publisher: Atria Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie … Continue reading Review: None of This is True by Lisa Jewel
Review: Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon
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
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