Title: Bring Me Back Author: BA Paris Genre: Suspense Publisher: St. Martin's Press Source: eARC via NetGalley Length: 336p Publishing Date: 19 June 2018 "That was the statement I gave to police, sitting in the police station somewhere off the A1 in France. It was the truth. But not quite the whole truth." What if you … Continue reading Revenge is served cold in BA Paris’ ‘Bring Me Back’
Title: We Were Mothers Author: Katie Sise Genre: Domestic Thriller Publisher: Little A Source: eARC via NetGalley Length: 337 pages Available: 1 October 2018 "All Cora wanted was for George and Lucy to feel safe in the world, to know there was nothing that could compromise their family. Not even Jeremy." In a small suburban village outside of … Continue reading Secrets are worth killing for in Katie Sise’s ‘We Were Mothers’
Title: Nightingale Author: Amy Lukavics Genre: YA Horror Publisher: Harlequin Teen Source: eARC via NetGalley Length: 384 pages Available: 25 September 2018 "At least here I won't have to continue living how I was. I won't have to break myself into pieces just to show them I can." June Harding is living the life every young woman 1951 dreams of … Continue reading American culture is the real horror in Amy Lukavics’ ‘Nightingale’
Title: With You Always Author: Rena Olsen Genre: Psychological Suspense Publisher: Putnam Source: eARC via NetGalley Length: 352 pages Available: 7 August 2018 "We fell together, as bright and dramatic as the meteor falling to its fiery death above us." Julia Hawthorne, fresh out of a messy break-up, is completely focused on her career. It's fate that brings her face-to-face … Continue reading Rena Olsen’s ‘With You Always’ is a must-read for #DomesticAbuseAwarenessMonth
Title: Baby Teeth Author: Zoje Stage Genre: Psychological Suspense Publisher: St. Martin's Source: eARC via NetGalley Length: 363 pages Available: 17 July 2018 "Baby Hanna had simple, intuitive needs. Girl Hanna was a box within a box, each layer wrapped in a bow that was really a trickster's knot." The tense relationships between mothers and daughters are not uncommon in … Continue reading Mother and daughter wage a chilling war in Zoje Stage’s ‘Baby Teeth’
Title: Her Pretty Face Author: Robyn Harding Genre: Psychological Suspense Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press Source: eARC via NetGalley Length: 352 pages Available: 10 July 2018 "Had she been normal, she would have never committed the heinous act that she had. She had put her own parents through hell; she didn't deserve an easy child." Frances Metcalf is a woman whose … Continue reading Robyn Harding pushes the lines between fantasy and reality in ‘Her Pretty Face’
Somewhere in the depths of my e-mails, I have confirmations that my applications have been submitted. That my short stories have been submitted. That, while this is a great book, this isn't the right fit for an agent. Somewhere in the depths of my e-mails, I have pieces of hope surrounded by landmines. I have … Continue reading Dear Lake Effect
