the setup… It’s Parents Weekend at the University of Santa Clara and four families are planning to be with their kids for dinner and cocktails the first night. Libby, Blane, Felix and Stella are all first year students who are residents of Campisi Hall and hang out together, along with Mark whose parents won’t be… Continue reading Parents Weekend by Alex Finlay @alexfinlayauthor @brittpressley @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social @netgalley #ParentsWeekend
the setup… It’s the Fourth of July and seven-year old Michael and his older brother Thomas are on the beach waiting for the fireworks to start when Thomas talks him into stealing one of the rockets. It ends in a nightmare where Michael barely survives and is left with permanent scars on his chest, ending… Continue reading Michael Without Apology by Catherine Ryan Hyde @catherineryanhydethewriter @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social @michael.l.crouch @brilliancepublishing #MichaelWithoutApology
the setup… He’s got beautiful amber eyes, is charming and a dead ringer for Chris Hemsworth. But he’s a murderer, finding his victims on the MatchStrike online dating site where he’s profiled as a widowed father but in actuality is a married man. Meghan, Brecia and Skye all had the misfortune of trusting that charm… Continue reading Ask for Andrea by Noelle Ilhi @noelleihliauthor #allisondelaney @simonmaverickaudio @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #AskForAndrea
the setup… Margot Bradley is a successful romance novelist with a host of bestselling books. But deep down, she feels a bit disingenuous about writing happily ever afters since she doesn’t believe in them. Her own experiences have left her broken-hearted and jaded about romance. Margot has a secret Happily Never After document she uses… Continue reading Any Trope but You by Victoria Lavine @victorialavinewrites @jsvilinsky @thevoiceoftimpaige @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social @librofm @libro.fm #AnyTropeButYou
the setup… Sarah Morgan has moved on since she unsuccessfully defended her husband Adam in his trial for murdering mistress Kelly Summers eleven years ago. She married Bob Miller, has a nine-year old daughter Summer and left the prestigious law firm where she was a named partner and opened her own practice and foundation. Sarah… Continue reading The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose @jenevaroseauthor @mozhannavabi @realadamlw @arquinaudiobooks @blackstonepublishing @blackstonepub.bsky.social #Perfect #ThePerfectDivorce
the setup… Hana Babic lives a solitary and quiet life in Saint Paul, working as a librarian and living in a small farmhouse. When Detective David Claypool comes to see her at the library with the news that her best friend Amina Junuzovíc was murdered, Hana fears their past has somehow found them in the… Continue reading The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens @aeskens @alleneskens.bsky.social #IlvanaMuratovic @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #TheQuietLibrarian
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
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
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
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
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