the setup… It’s been five years since James Hamilton walked away from Harper Ritchie after she begged him to give them a chance. Now the former Marine is the owner and head chef of The Edge, London’s well-renowned and Michelin starred restaurant. Harper shows up in his kitchen to interview for the chef de partie… Continue reading The Unwilling Bride by L. Steele @authorl.steele @shaneeastreads @evelyn_rose_narrator @hambright_pr #TheHamiltons #TheUnwillingBride
the setup… Harper Richie is an aspiring chef living in London who is toiling away as a dishwasher while waiting for her break. She and her best friend Phoenix Hamilton are out on the dance floor at a nightclub when James Hamilton shows up. He’s Phoenix’s oldest over protective brother (she has five). He’s not… Continue reading The Unwilling Love by L. Steele @authorl.steele @shaneastreads @evelyn_rose_narrator #LaxmiHariharan #TheHamiltons #TheUnwilling Love
the setup… It’s 1985 Los Angeles and Hallie Pitney’s dreams of being a journalist with a major byline seem to be fading fast. She’s barely subsisting on tired stories sold to gossip rags, facing eviction from her apartment. Then she receives a tip about a legendary Hollywood actor, one that could put her into the… Continue reading The Line by Tim Weaver @timweaverbooks @kristin_athers @brilliancepublishing #DeadlyAmbition #TheLine
the setup… Hannah Brennan is a young artist trying to breakthrough the art community in New York City. An influential friend of her late mother is willing to give her a shot but the painting she submits for review doesn’t meet the woman’s expectations. A mysterious woman she meets at an estate sale gives her… Continue reading The Silent Muse by Lauren Ling Brown @laurenlingbrown @laurenlingbrown.bsky.social @jessnahikian @brilliancepublishing #DeadlyAmbition #TheSilentMuse
the setup… DI Kim Stone is called to the scene of the latest murder victim, Ashley Reynolds, a married social worker with a seven year old daughter. After close inspection, she was killed with a knife and left on her back while the murderer stood until she died. By all accounts, she was well liked… Continue reading Wicked Women by Angela Marsons #AngelaMarsons @jancramervoice @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DIKimStone #WickedWomen
the setup… Lenora Sforza is a delivery driver, an ideal job for someone who lives her life driven by order and routine. She’s meticulous about following her schedule and patterns so when she arrives at Anne Bridges home, the woman isn’t there to greet her as is her normal behavior. Lenora finds her bludgeoned to… Continue reading A Fatal Delivery by Lauren Oliver @lauren_oliver_books @hlaserwolf @brilliancepublishing #DeadlyAmbition #AFatalDelivery
the setup… It’s been two years since Detective Mitch Haskell’s wife Angela was found dead in their home with their infant son Andrew nearby. Her death was ruled a suicide but Mitch knows she was murdered by Roland Malone, a New Orleans restauranteur who is also the lethal henchman used by Oz, the head of… Continue reading Bloodlust by Sandra Brown @sandrabrownauthor @kyfermadness @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social @grandcentralpub @grandcentralpub.bsky.social #Blood #Bloodlust
the setup… Rachel Redden is worried that husband Jake is losing his interest in her and their marriage so she devises a plan to “wake up” those dormant feelings. She stages their bedroom and bathroom to appear as if she’d been taken and then disappears. But as she waits to be “rescued,” things don’t even… Continue reading You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone by A. R. Torre @alessandratorre4 @sarahbgoer @eleddielo @brilliancepublishing #DeadlyAmbition #YoullMissMeWhenImGone
the setup… Walter Nash is now Dillon Hope, a man completely transformed and bearing no likeness to his former self. He’s formidable in every way…physically and mentally…and hellbent on avenging the death of his daughter. Nash is also working as an FBI informant and when we last saw him, he had infiltrated Victoria Steer’s enterprise,… Continue reading Hope Rises by David Baldacci @davidbaldacciauthor @hachetteaudio @hachetteaudio.bsky.social #WalterNash #HopeRises
the setup… It’s the late 1980s and Michelle Carver is back home in Los Angeles for the summer from Juilliard. She’s the daughter of a wealthy real estate magnate and has sneaked away from her controlling parents to avoid another suffocating event. When she’s forced to stop for gas, she mistakes Scott McKallister for an… Continue reading What Lasts by J. Bengtsson @j._bengtsson @greyspromo #Cake #WhatLasts
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