the setup… Jane Trevally is outside Rosebery Hall, her crumbling family estate in Dorset, when she comes upon a little white Westie terrier without his owner. She learns it belongs to a young girl visiting in town who seems to have disappeared but the dog’s chip identifies the owner as living in Hampstead. When she… Continue reading It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell @lisajewelluk @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #ItCouldHaveBeenHer
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. If HPR writes it, I will… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – Mother Daughter Sister Stranger by Hank Phillippi Ryan @hankpryan @minotaur_books @minotaurbooks.bsky.social @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #MotherDaughterSisterStranget #CantWaitWednesday
the setup… To most people, Travis is an ordinary, indistinct man living in a quiet, indistinct English town. He walks through the neighborhood everyday, connecting with strangers and familiar faces alike. See, Travis is Death and appears when someone is nearing the end of their time in this world. He doesn’t look the role, attractive… Continue reading Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves @authorbenreeves @mikefranklandvo @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #EverythingWasBeautifulAndNothingHurt
the setup… Eight years ago, Autumn Thatcher’s life changed in one tragic moment when her boyfriend Waylon Cartwright crashed the car carrying her and four of their friends. He didn’t survive and neither did her best friend, Jennifer whose boyfriend Charlie Barnes has never recovered from her loss, his dreams shattered, and he blames Autumn.… Continue reading Shattered Dreams by Natasha Madison @natashamauthor @voice.of.greg @savannahpeachwood @blackstonepublishing @blackstonepublishing.bsky.social #Dreams #ShatteredDreams
Saturdays at the Café is a weekly feature hosted here to talk about and discuss the books I’ve discovered during the past week, added to my shelf and am excited about reading. They may be new/scheduled releases I’ve seen on NetGalley, at the library, or from publishers or they may be older titles my friends… Continue reading Saturdays at the Café
I’m excited to be participating in the 2026 collaboration of book bloggers’ recommendations for summer reading. It’s organized and hosted by Carol @ Reading Ladies Book Club and I’m grateful that she not only undertakes this each year but lets me join in. Check out this year’s post which offers a wide array of genres… Continue reading Summer’s One Must Read Book 2026 Collaboration @readingladiesbc.bsky.social #BookSky
the setup… Riley Fletcher is out on her morning run, just starting to enjoy the sensation of her body kicking in and the lovely atmosphere. Suddenly she’s struck in the head from behind and her next memory is waking and finding herself bound, gagged and bleeding in a cabin in the woods. Her abductor is… Continue reading Run for Your Life by Lucinda Berry @lucindaberryauthor #ElenaRey @amazonpublishing @brilliancepublishing #RunForYourLife
the setup… It’s been a year since Claire Karadec’s world fell apart. She’s forty-six years old and her marriage disintegrated in public as she learned of her husband’s affair at a charitable event and moments later caught him in the act! Humiliated, alone and rudderless, Claire finally decides to take a big step forward in… Continue reading Brighter Than Before by Courtney Walsh @courtneywalsh @pattimurin @thomasnelsonfiction #BrighterThanBefore
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. We are back in Baltimore at… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – Longtime Listener by B. K. Borison @authorbkborison @berkleypub @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #Heartstrings #LongTimeListener #CantWaitWednesday
the setup… It’s the summer of 1974 and Chip Bishop just graduated from high school but was also handed devastating health news. Facing a terminal illness, he leaves his family for a time and heads to The Red Maple Inn in the Poconos. Fast forward to the summer of 1975, Chip’s grieving younger sister Maggie… Continue reading The Top of the World by Ethan Joella @joellawriting @ryando_vo #miahutchinsonshaw @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #TheTopOfTheWorld
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