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The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke

June 27, 2025June 20, 2025 melanie

Clem gets a call that is every mother’s worst nightmare. Her nineteen-year-old daughter Erin is unconscious in the hospital after a hiking trip with her friends on the remote Orkney Islands that met a horrifying end, leaving her boyfriend dead and her best friend missing. When Erin wakes, she doesn’t recognize her mother. And she… Continue reading The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke

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Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

June 21, 2025June 3, 2025 melanie

Martha is a florist living in a neighboring town with her infant daughter and her devoted husband Alistair. But lately, Alistair has been traveling more and more frequently for work, disappearing for days at a time. When Martha questions him about his frequent absences, he always has a legitimate explanation, but Martha can’t share the… Continue reading Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

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Things I Wanted to Say by Monica Murphy

June 19, 2025June 2, 2025 melanie

“She’s a drug and I’m hopelessly addicted.” Whit Lancaster burst into my life like a storm. Dark and thunderous, furious and fierce. Cold, heartless, and devastatingly beautiful, like the statues in our prep school gardens. The school with his family name on the sign. He can do no wrong here. This is his domain.He’s a… Continue reading Things I Wanted to Say by Monica Murphy

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The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers

June 17, 2025June 2, 2025 melanie

“Sisterhood is knowing someone fully and loving them anyway.” Nicole “Nic” Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four, she lives alone in a dinky apartment in her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana, she’s just gotten a DWI, and she works the same dead-end job she’s been working since high school, a job she only has because… Continue reading The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers

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The Goal by Elle Kennedy

June 15, 2025June 2, 2025 melanie

“My goal, once upon a time, was to succeed. I didn’t realize that success wasn’t grades or scholarships or achievements, but the people I was lucky enough to have in my life.” College senior Sabrina James has her whole future planned out: graduate from college, kick butt in law school, and land a high-paying job… Continue reading The Goal by Elle Kennedy

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Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox

June 12, 2025May 28, 2025 melanie

Today is Sophie Matthews’s sixteenth birthday party, an exclusive black-tie bash in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, where secrets are as deep-rooted as the sprawling live oaks. Sophie’s dad has spared no expense, and his renovated cliffside mansion, once thought haunted, is now hosting the event of the season. Then, just before the… Continue reading Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox

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Someone in the Attic by Andrea Mara

June 10, 2025May 28, 2025 melanie

"You're not afraid of being alone in the dark. You're afraid you're not alone." Anya is enjoying a relaxing bath when she hears a noise coming from the ceiling. Through the open bathroom door, she sees the attic hatch swing down, and a masked figure drops to the floor. Thirty seconds later, Anya is dead.Across town, Anya's… Continue reading Someone in the Attic by Andrea Mara

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Fire Night by Penelope Douglas

June 8, 2025May 28, 2025 melanie

“A good parent has happy kids,” she whispered in my ear. “Our kids are so happy.” The clock at St. Killian’s chimes as whispers float in the dark staircase above.Snow falls from the black sky beyond the windows, and candles glow, the flames lighting up the longest night of the year.⁣Devil’s Night isn’t the only… Continue reading Fire Night by Penelope Douglas

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Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

June 6, 2025May 28, 2025 melanie

“Weak people revenge, strong people forgive, and intelligent people ignore.” After years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker’s entire family is assembling for Nana’s 80th birthday party in Nana’s crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. Finally back together one last time, when the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the… Continue reading Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

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Powerful by Lauren Roberts

June 4, 2025May 28, 2025 melanie

“See you in the sky.” Adena and Paedyn have always been inseparable. Fate brought them together when they were young, but friendship ensured they would always protect each other and the home they built in the slums of Loot. But now Paedyn, an Ordinary, has been selected for the Purging Trials, which means almost certain… Continue reading Powerful by Lauren Roberts

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