the setup… It started ten years ago when C. accidentally sent T. an email meant for his calculus teacher on Valentine’s Day. They got a little chatty about it with T. admitting that the email was the only one she’d received from a guy. One year later on February 14, C. sent T. a Happy… Continue reading The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren @ChristinaLauren @marli_vo
the setup… Things are working out exactly as Evie Porter planned. She’s in a relationship with Ryan Sumner, has moved in and most of his circle of friends has accepted that she’s now important in his life. The problem? Evie Porter isn’t her name and one of his former friends has shown up with a… Continue reading First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston @ashley_elston @SaskiaAudio @PRHAudio @ReesesBookClub
the setup… It’s the spring of 2020 and also the early rages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lara’s three daughters, Maisie, Emily and Nell, have returned to their family cherry orchard and home in Northern Michigan to shelter in place. While the four of them are picking cherries, the girls beg Lara to tell them about… Continue reading Tom Lake by Ann Patchett #AnnPatchett #MerylStreep @HarperAudio @ReesesBookClub
the setup… There’s a serial killer at large in Minneapolis who calls himself maddog. He preys on attractive women with dark hair, the “Chosen,” and after brutally murdering them, leaves a note with one of his “rules” for eluding capture. Lieutenant Lucas Davenport, a seasoned investigator with unorthodox methods, is brought in to work with… Continue reading Rules of Prey by John Sandford @J_Sandford #RichardFerrone @recordedbooks
the setup… Beckett Porter, the co-owner and farm operations manager for Lovelight Farms, is at a business conference in Maine when he stops in a bar that first night and encounters a beautiful woman sitting alone. Atypical of his normal behavior, he approaches her, signaling his interest. Soon they spent the next two nights together… Continue reading In the Weeds by B. K. Borison
the setup… Sam and Nick are focused on their wedding plans now that it’s a week away but of course she is also drawn into two cold cases that are pretty dangerous. And, both she and Nick are coping with a loss they hadn’t seen coming. Thankfully, the wedding planner Nick hired is turning out… Continue reading Fatal Destiny by Marie Force #MarieForce #EvaKaminsky @Dreamscapemedia
the setup… Five years ago, Megan O’Sullivan left her fiancé Isaac Quinn waiting at the altar and ran away to Dublin. Now her brother who lives in New Zealand is coming home for Christmas and her mother wants her there, too. Christian Fitzpatrick is dreading going home for the holidays, too, as his three siblings… Continue reading Snowed In by Catherine Walsh @CatWalshWriter @colm_gleeson #RoisonRankin @HachetteUK @bookouture
the setup… Madeline Martin is the owner of a successful business in upstate New York called The Next Chapter Bookshop. She leads a quiet life, caring for her father who is still recovering from a stroke and enjoying her role in the community. That is until Harley Granger walks into her bookstore a few days… Continue reading Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger @lisaunger #JenniferPickens @HighBridgeAudio
the setup… It’s 2011 and Izzy Astor is a college freshman returning home to New York after the Thanksgiving holiday. She’s afraid of flying and her seat mate, Nate Phelan is on his way to Fort Benning for basic training and though it’s his first flight, makes it his mission to ease her anxiety. That… Continue reading In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros @RebeccaYarros @robins_carly @TEDDYHAMILTON14 @BrilliancePub
the setup… Dorrance University psychology Professor Joe Lyons is conducting a study on lying and deception using five graduate students to assist and college student as subjects. It’s controversial and edgy so when one of the tests runs afoul, one of the graduate students ends up dead in the middle of an impending snowstorm. The… Continue reading This is How We End Things by R. J. Jacobs @RJJacobsAuthor @VoiceChelsea @HighBridgeAudio
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