the setup… Evie Crowe is a single mother with an infant son, trying to forge a new life in Texas. She’s working at a thrift store but has a corner for her own designs, hoping to launch her own fledgling business. In walks Luke Ward, a physically imposing man with a shy, quiet nature. He’s… Continue reading Merry Every After by Tessa Bailey #UnderTheMistletoe
the setup… It’s been ten years since Detective Jess Lambert moved to Black Lake and a lot has changed in her life. Eight months ago she was in an accident that had tragic results and she’s slowly making her way back. It’s her first case since, the discovery of a woman’s body in the lake… Continue reading These Still Black Waters by Christina McDonald #ChristinaMcDonald #JessLambert #BrilliancePublishing
the setup… Jamie Malek has returned home to northern Illinois spend Christmas with her father after having completing her pediatric residency in San Francisco. He’s sent her on a mission in the middle of a blizzard to borrow a copper pan from the family home of her childhood best friend (Tabitha) but it’s her younger… Continue reading Cruel Winter With You by Ali Hazelwood #AliHazelwood #VivienneLaRue #UnderTheMistletoeCollection
the setup… Interim Police Chief Josie Quinn is called to a house where the young woman was viciously beaten and in serious condition. The address is familiar to her as well as the woman. But when it becomes clear that she had recently given birth, Josie and her team get in high gear to search… Continue reading The Girl With No Name by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @hachetteuk @bookouture #DetectiveJosieQuinn
the setup… In the first book, Sonya MacTavish inherits not only the Victorian mansion in Poole’s Bay, Maine but an entire new family she hadn’t known about. And with the house came lots of ghostly guests that gives her a look into her family’s past, only one of them unwanted and dangerous. She also has… Continue reading The Mirror by Nora Roberts @norarobertsauthor @britpressley @macmillan.audio #TheLostBrideTrilogy
the setup… Julie Buckley is a successful writer married to Oliver, a plastic surgeon. Their marriage has dulled during the past year but recently she’s come to suspect he might be having an affair. After she takes steps to confirm it, Julie confides in her best friend Darby who recommends couple counseling. Julie and Oliver… Continue reading Everybody is a Liar by Liv Constantine @LivConstantine2 #BarrieKreinik @SaskiaAudio @Shayr_Stories @JenniferJAraya #DannyCampbell
the setup… Marge remembers the day when the “flamboyant” Doris and her husband Bob moved into the neighborhood almost fifty years ago. She’s been snooping on her, reporting what she sees to her husband Harold regularly. But lately Marge is beginning to think that Doris is planning to get rid of Bob and doesn’t think… Continue reading The Nosy Neighbor by Nita Prose @NitaProse @sherrislater @BrilliancePub #BusybodiesCollection
the setup… Former President of the United States John (Jack) Cutler is charged with murdering Amanda Harper, a junior lawyer in his White House Counsel’s Office…and his mistress. He asks his childhood friend Rob Jacobson, one of Washington, DC’s most renowned litigators, to take his case. Even Rob is uncertain whether he should represent him… Continue reading The President’s Lawyer by Lawrence Robbins #LawrenceRobbins @kakuralasombey @SimonAudio #ThePresidentsLawyer
the setup… Alexis Montgomery is an ER doctor at a Minneapolis hospital that bears her family name. She comes from a family of renowned surgeons and is expected to continue the family legacy, along with twin brother Derek. But one night she has a car mishap in the little town of Wakan as she’s returning… Continue reading Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez @AuthorAbbyJim @justjuliawhelan #ZacharyWebber @HachetteAudio #PartOfYourWorld
the setup… Nellie Otis is a fashion assistant at Elle, responsible for the “fashion closet” and she’s on location at their current photo shoot. After she returns from getting a drink for Marlee Price, the aging famed musician at the center of the project (she’s the replacement star for the one who fell ill), everything… Continue reading Crime of Fashion by Emma Rosenblum @EmmaRosenblum @brit_pressley @BrilliancePub #BusybodiesCollection
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