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Forty-eight hours until Christmas, Jessica Kane wakes up with blurred vision, ears ringing, and in excruciating pain. A gash in her head and blood running down her face, the last thing she remembers is going for a run and something or someone hitting her in the head. It doesn't take her long to realize she… Continue reading You Better Watch Out by James S. Murray
“Every parent’s an unreliable narrator. We think we know our kids better than anyone. But none of us can see them objectively.” Frank Szatowski is shocked when his daughter, Maggie, calls him for the first time in three years. He was convinced that their estrangement would become permanent. He’s even more surprised when she invites… Continue reading The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
“The reason I feel connected to Daisy is because she’s exactly like me.” Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She's seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up… Continue reading The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
“I’m sure Abel loved Cain right up until the very end.” Grace Evans, an overworked New Yorker looking for a total escape from her busy life, books an Airbnb on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming. When she arrives at the idyllic getaway, she's pleased to find that the owner is a handsome man… Continue reading You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose
“It’s so easy to take your life for granted. So simple to ignore the rumblings of reality, to become complacent, to think things will never change. Of course, they do, and almost always when you least expect it.” A great writer knows when to deliver a juicy plot twist. But for one author, the biggest… Continue reading A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison
“Being a girl is the best, because no one ever believes you’d do something bad. People think you’ll do nothing, which means you can do anything." In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men, seemingly randomly, were murdered with the same gun, with strange notes left behind. Beth Greer… Continue reading The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood Home in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.… Continue reading Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
"My Father's House" by Joseph O'Connor offers a compelling glimpse into the life of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, a real-life hero of World War II who risked his life to save thousands of Jews and Allied soldiers in Nazi-occupied Rome. The novel is set against the backdrop of a city under siege, where every action is… Continue reading My Father’s House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy #1) by Joseph O’Connor
"She didn't run from her dark past. She moved in." For the lucky among us, life is what you make of it; but for Dixie Wheeler, the theme music for her story was chosen by another long ago, on the day her father butchered her mother and brothers and then slashed a knife across his… Continue reading Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly
This book is riveting and dark, exploring abuse, mental health, and family dysfunction. Its intense content may be triggering but is realistic and well-written. It digs into deep fears and identity issues. It reveals how family secrets and closed doors shape children's lives and mental health. It started slowly but when it picked up, it… Continue reading The Return Of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean