Ages 18+
Theo and Kit are two bisexual exes who swear they’re over each other – except they’re totally not. Then they accidentally find themselves on the same European food and wine tour, and they are trapped with each other for three weeks. Not so bad, right? Get ready for a tons of sex, food and gorgeous views in this wild ride of a romance novel.
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Ages 18+
Like Mother, Like Daughter is McCreight’s thrilling new novel about two people who are both hiding secrets, and each don’t know what the other’s are. When Cleo, a college student, finds her mother’s bloody shoe under the bed and her mother gone from the house, she knows something terrible has happened to her, but what? She doesn’t entirely trust the police to do their jobs, and takes it upon herself to find out what happened to her mother. This was a pulse-pounding, duel point of view ride not to be missed!
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Ages 18+
Diana lived in the small town of Fairhill, Vermont. That is, until she was murdered and her body was dumped in a cornfield, and everyone and their mother becomes a suspect. This book was propulsive, I’ll give the author that, but there were way too many characters to keep track of, and it became too much in the end. I loved Lapena’s last one, Everyone Here Is Lying, but this one just didn’t do it for me. I am a Lapena completist, though, so I will read anything she writes.
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Ages 18+
A child’s body is discovered after a devastating flood in the center of a small Quebec town called Marly. It is discovered to be that of nine-year-old Michelle Fortier, who went missing in 1979. Stephanie O’Malley is back in Marly after having vowed never to return to her hometown and is determined to find out the truth about what happened to Michelle. This book was suspenseful, propulsive and not to be missed!
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Ages 18+
Cary and Shiloh have known each other since their school days, and they meet back up at a mutual friend’s wedding in 2006. Going back and forth from their high school days to now, Rowell tells us Shiloh and Cary’s story, but will they end up together? This book was slow for me in the beginning and I almost gave up on it, but I stuck with it and I’m glad I did.
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Ages 18+
Four freshmen become inseparable friends at the beginning of their college careers even though they come from different worlds: Lainey is a California party girl, Tyson is from D.C. and hopes to become a lawyer one day, Hannah is a Southern belle and Summer is a recruited athlete from the Midwest. Tragedy strikes their small group, however, and their lives are forever changed. Now, years later, the friends reunite to help Hannah through a horrific break-up just before her wedding, and she knows she can rely on her friends in her time of need. This book was both heartbreaking and uplifting, and I give it all the stars!
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Ages 18+
This book was unputdownable, propulsive, and just plain sexy. I loved it!
Cassidy is offered her dream job in Hollywood thanks to her best friend. She moves from Texas after a horrible heartbreak, and is now working as an assistant for actress Marisol Torres and her husband Nate Sterling. She starts out doing simple errands for them like grocery shopping and re-organizing Marisol’s closet, but as she gets closer to the couple, things heat up, and she gets entangled in their web. I couldn’t put this book down. Highly recommend!
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Ages 18+
The sixth in the Lily Dale Mysteries series, this latest installment felt a bit stale and repetitive.
Still filled with the same quirky characters, this book follows Bella as she leaves Chicago with her son after her former mother-in-law’s wedding. Back in Lily Dale, Bella sees her husband Sam, but she can’t have seen him, because he’s dead…or is he?
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Ages 18+
In August 1975, Barbara Van Laar vanishes from her summer camp in the Adirondacks. This was fourteen years after her older brother Bear, had gone missing from the same camp, never to be found again. The premise seems intriguing and I was excited to read this one, but I was bored with it about halfway through. Unfortunately this book didn’t work for me.
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Ages 18+
Technically the fourth in the Meant To Be series, this book can be read as a stand alone. It is a retelling of Disney’s Tangled. A bit saccharine, it was a cute story about Ren, a book-smart girl who is sheltered by her parents. She then goes away to college and meets bad-boy Fitz, who is assigned to show her around campus. They end up on a road-trip together and the story goes from there. It dragged a bit in the middle, but ultimately was a triumph in the end.
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