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
the setup… It begins with a November bonfire night where a woman wakes to find herself tied up and in the center of the bonfire. She doesn’t know how she got there but when her phone rings, she’s able to engage through the device in her ear. The voice on the other end, who she… Continue reading You Killed Me First by John Marrs @johmarrs.author @elizabethknowelden @moiraquirk @grshalan @rachelberesfordvoice #clarecorbett #deepasamuel #fajeralkaisi #stevewest @brilliancepublishing #YouKilledMeFirst
the setup… Sloane Caraway is a nail technician living in Brooklyn with her mother. That’s her truth but most of what she shares about herself is a lie. She’s been doing it all her life, mostly to just make herself more interesting to people. During one of her lunch breaks in the park, she comes… Continue reading Count My Lies by Sophie Stava @sophiejstava @andreweiden @devonsorvaribrand @devonsorvaribrand.bsky.social @tremaineiac @simon.audio @simonaudio.bsky.social #CountMyLies
the setup… Samantha Diaz walks into Dr. Xavier Rush’s veterinary clinic with a stray kitten in her bosom. She needs her checked out and he’s the best. First impressions are great on both sides but when he diagnoses the kitten with a serious condition that’s expensive and risky to remedy, her opinion of him plummets… Continue reading Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez @authorabbyjimenez @yolakin @mattlanter @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social @librofm #SayYoullRememberMe
the setup… Anne is a married mother of nine-year old twins living in a tiny Manhattan apartment. She’s a ghostwriter who has dreams of becoming a writer but with all her responsibilities it feels elusive. That is until she’s hired by Melody Wells to ghostwrite her new motivational book. Melody is a mist of serenity… Continue reading The Sublet by Greer Hendricks @greerhendricks @karissavacker @brilliancepublishing #TheSublet
the setup… This story opens one minute after the end of the final book in the Fatal series…when Vice President Nick Cappuano receives the call that the President has died. In that one moment, everything changes for him and his wife, Metro Police Lieutenant Samantha (Sam) Holland. The Secret Service detail doubles, they’re hustled to… Continue reading State of Affairs by Marie Force @marieforceauthor @evakaminskyaudiobooks #FirstFamily #StateOfAffairs
the setup… Lenny Bellamy is reeling from the recent death of best friend Lou from ovarian cancer. Lou was her “person,” friends since kindergarten and her roommate. Now at twenty-seven years old, Lenny is bouncing from one short-term babysitting assignment to another and unable to go back to their apartment, preferring to spend nights on… Continue reading Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone @carabastone @finkeboutit @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #PromiseMeSunshine
the setup… David Sheehan pounds on the door of Martine Dumont, a lawyer and former family friend of his wife Angie. He desperately needs her help to deal with the monstrous tragedy that’s just happened in his home. Their fourteen-year old son Nico is dead and their thirteen-year old daughter Nora called 911 and said… Continue reading Penitence by Kristin Koval @kristinkovalwriter @plummertherese @macmillan.audio @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #Penitence
the setup… Sami Kierce is now a private investigator in New York City, married to Molly and father of their infant son Henry. A former police detective forced to leave in disgrace, he’s working off debts by doing low level surveillance assignments for a law firm and teaching a criminology class to a small group… Continue reading Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben @harlancoben @harlancoben.bsky.social @vikasadam @vikasadam.bsky.social @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social @netgalley @netgalley.bsky.social #SamiKierce #NobodysFool
the setup… Margo Millet has no dreamy illusions about life. As the daughter of Cheyenne, a former Hooter’s waitress, and Jinx, an ex-pro wrestler who had another family, she’s always relied on herself to survive. Margo manages to hold down a job at a bar and enroll in community college as a step towards something.… Continue reading Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe @rufithorpe @ellefanning @harperaudio #MargosGotMoneyTroubles
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