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
the setup… It’s the summer of 1816 and the end of the Napoleonic Wars. It’s also what’s called the Year Without Summer, pummeling countries around the world with incessant rain, ruining crops. There’s unrest in England with soldiers returning home with no work prospects or pensions and rampant poverty and hunger. A young boy comes… Continue reading Who Will Remember by C. S. Harris @authorc.s.harris @berkleypub @berkleypub.bsky.social @netgalley #SebastianStCyr #WhoWillRemember
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… Lady Portia Frain is the youngest of the three sisters and the last still at home with their theater obsessed father. Her life cause is the rescue and care of animals in distressful circumstances. During one nightly escapade to free a dog from the owner using him in illegal dogfights, Portia finds herself… Continue reading The Duke Says I Do by Anna Campbell @annacampbelloz @annacampbelloz.bsky.social #ScoundrelsofMayfair #TheDukeSaysIDo
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
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