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After absolutely loving Shield of Sparrows, I couldn't wait to dive into Rites of the Starling—and it did not disappoint. I loved this one almost as much as the first book. Now I desperately need book three... preferably yesterday! One of my favorite things about this installment is that it finally answers many of the… Continue reading Rites of the Starling (Shield of Sparrows #2) by Devney Perry
If you read the blurb or even the author's warnings you should already know that Pen Pal is not a conventional romance. Which is also why I did not fully want to provide a blurb for this novel since it was marketed very badly. I went into this novel with a completely difference point of… Continue reading Pen Pal by J.T. Geissinger
I've read Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's previous two novels, so Lake Effect was an automatic pick for me—and it absolutely delivered the kind of layered family story I've come to expect from her. Set between the late 1970s and the present, this novel explores love, desire, family secrets, and the lasting impact of the choices we… Continue reading Lake Effect by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
In 1985, Edward Shank famously gunned down the Beacon Hill Butcher, ending the serial killer’s reign of terror over the city of Seattle. But now in his eighties, Edward’s action-packed glory days are long behind him. The decorated former Seattle police chief has given up his high-maintenance Victorian home to his grandson Matt for a… Continue reading The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier
In 1964, four remarkable young women at a prestigious university became the subjects of parapsychology experiments by a visionary scientist. On the cusp of a historic breakthrough, the women mysteriously vanished and the program was erased from history. Decades later, Riley Bell, newly divorced and desperate for a fresh start, accepts a caretaker job for… Continue reading The Women in White by Sarah Pekkanen
Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear. The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her… Continue reading Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Prince of Swords somehow manages to raise the stakes in every possible way, and now I'm left desperately needing book three! Elise Kova has once again delivered a fantasy romance that is absolutely impossible to put down, and she knows exactly how to end a book so you're immediately begging for the next installment. This… Continue reading Prince of Swords by Elise Kova (Arcana Academy #2)
In everyone’s life, there’s a split-second decision that can change everything... For Larissa, it came when choosing which guy to ride home with after a concert. That night, she had no idea she’d met the perfect man. She and Chris are great together, co-parenting a slightly unhinged rescue Yorkie, sharing their favorite books, and judging… Continue reading The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez
In 1919, Kitty Weekes, pretty, resourceful, and on the run, falsifies her background to obtain a nursing position at Portis House, a remote hospital for soldiers left shell-shocked by the horrors of the Great War. Hiding the shame of their mental instability in what was once a magnificent private estate, the patients suffer from nervous… Continue reading Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James
2000: Isabelle Whitmore vanishes at Sherman Ranch in Anhalt, Texas, without a trace. 2025: The annual Lone Star Princess Pageant looms, bringing long-standing grudges to the surface. Ingrid fled Anhalt in the wake of her sister Isabelle’s disappearance and has now returned, just in time for a construction crew to start digging up Sherman Ranch; the pageant brings up… Continue reading Pretty Dead Things by Kelsey Cox