Audiobook, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction

The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff @sarahdamoff @ferdellecapistrano @joyosmanski #LeeOsorio @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm

the setup… Lillian Wright and Ryan Brighton meet in a library and before they know it, are deeply in love and marry. They want to combine their names but it sounds comical so they become the Bright family. They open his art gallery and she leaves her bank job to help manage the marketing. Later… Continue reading The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff @sarahdamoff @ferdellecapistrano @joyosmanski #LeeOsorio @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm

Bookish Stuff, Meme

Can’t Wait Wednesday – The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen @sarahpekkanen @stmartinspress @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #TheLockedWard #CantWaitWednesday

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. A new twisty thriller from one… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen @sarahpekkanen @stmartinspress @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #TheLockedWard #CantWaitWednesday

Audiobook, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Romance

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry @emilyhenrywrites @justjuliawhelan @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #GreatBigBeautifulLife

the setup… Alice Scott is an aspiring biographer currently working for a publication in Los Angeles. She’s landed the interview of a lifetime…Margaret Ives, heiress to the Ives media empire who was once known as the Tabloid Princess and hasn’t been seen in two decades. When Alice arrives at Margaret’s home in Little Crescent Island,… Continue reading Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry @emilyhenrywrites @justjuliawhelan @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #GreatBigBeautifulLife

Audiobook, Historical Fiction

Strangers in Time by David Baldacci @davidbaldacciauthor @davidbaldacci.bsky.social @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social @grandcentralpub @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #StrangersInTime

the setup… It’s 1944 London, the height of Germany’s bombing campaign and the city is under siege. Charlie Matters is fourteen-years old and lives in the East End with his grandmother, his only remaining relative. Unknown to her, he spends his days stealing things they need to survive instead of going to school. Molly Wakefield… Continue reading Strangers in Time by David Baldacci @davidbaldacciauthor @davidbaldacci.bsky.social @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social @grandcentralpub @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #StrangersInTime

Audiobook, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Her Silent Cry by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #HerSilentCry

the setup… Detective Josie Quinn is babysitting her friend Misty’s two-year old son Harris and they’re having fun in the park. Her attention is drawn to a seven-year old little girl named Lucy who is heading for a collision with Harris on the slides until Josie and the child’s mother, Amy Ross, intervene. Amy collects… Continue reading Her Silent Cry by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #HerSilentCry

Historical Mystery

Who Will Remember by C. S. Harris @authorc.s.harris @berkleypub @berkleypub.bsky.social @netgalley #SebastianStCyr #WhoWillRemember

the setup… It’s the summer of 1816 and the end of the Napoleonic Wars. It’s also what’s called the Year Without Summer, pummeling countries around the world with incessant rain, ruining crops. There’s unrest in England with soldiers returning home with no work prospects or pensions and rampant poverty and hunger. A young boy comes… Continue reading Who Will Remember by C. S. Harris @authorc.s.harris @berkleypub @berkleypub.bsky.social @netgalley #SebastianStCyr #WhoWillRemember

Bookish Stuff, Meme

Can’t Wait Wednesday – We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter @karinslaughterauthor @karinslaughter.com @williammorrowbooks @williammorrow.bsky.social @harperaudio #WeAreAllGuiltyHere #CantWaitWednesday

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. A new series from one of… Continue reading Can’t Wait Wednesday – We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter @karinslaughterauthor @karinslaughter.com @williammorrowbooks @williammorrow.bsky.social @harperaudio #WeAreAllGuiltyHere #CantWaitWednesday

Audiobook, Contemporary Romance

My Darling Bride by Ilsa Madden-Mills @ilsamaddenmills #sebastianyork @savannahpeachwood @brilliancepublishing #TheDarlings #MyDarlingBride

the setup… Emmaline (Emmy) Darling runs a bookstore and helps take care of her younger sister, brother and niece. But she’s now in a desperate situation in a seedy motel called the Iguana somewhere in the Arizona desert. She’s running from her abusive ex-boyfriend Kian and now is being threatened by an over amorous motel… Continue reading My Darling Bride by Ilsa Madden-Mills @ilsamaddenmills #sebastianyork @savannahpeachwood @brilliancepublishing #TheDarlings #MyDarlingBride