Category: Adult Fiction

Adult Fiction, Netgalley Reviews, Thriller

The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

Michelle

Ages 18+

Amber. Daphne. Daisy Ann. And of course, Jackson. They’re back, and what are they up to now? Jackson and Daphne are divorced and he has just gotten out of jail for tax evasion, and Amber is living her best life as a prominent socialite. However, Daphne’s daughter runs away from home to be with her father, and Daphne reluctantly agrees to return to Bishops Harbor to let him have supervised visits. This highly awaited second book was twisty, propulsive. Highly recommend!

Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book. 

Adult Fiction, Netgalley Reviews, Thriller

The Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

Michelle

Ages 18+

Scriiiiiitch. Ethan Marsh keeps hearing the sound of the tent being ripped as he was sleeping in as a ten-year-old boy in his supposedly safe backyard with his best friend Billy in his dreams as a now forty-year-old man. This dream haunts him every night. He does everything he does to quell them: therapy, journaling, you name it. But he can’t get that sound out of his head. Follow Ethan as Sager takes us on this journey back and forth from 1994 to present day as Ethan tries to figure out what happened to his best friend Billy thirty years ago. This book was thrilling and a definite page-turner that you don’t want to miss!

Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.

Adult Fiction, Netgalley Reviews

The Haters by Robyn Harding

Michelle

Ages 18+

This was an unputdownable book! Although a touch long and reminded me a bit of “The Series of Unfortunate Events,” this book was propulsive and I couldn’t stop reading it! I have been a long-time fan of Harding’s work, and this one definitely didn’t disappoint!

Camryn Lane is a debut author who has written her first novel, but there is an online troll who has written many one-star reviews about her work. Not only that, but it seems they have escalated and want to ruin her real-life relationships as well. Camryn becomes as obsessed to fight the troll, but at what cost will she go to stop them?

Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.

Adult Fiction, Thriller

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

Michelle

Ages 18+

The first in a series, The Housemaid follows Millie, an ex-con who had been living in her car just as her luck changes, and she gets hired to be a live-in housekeeper for the Winchester family. Nina and her husband Andrew are well-to-do, and they have a daughter who also needs to be cared for. Nina is very hard on Millie, but Andrew seems like a nice guy. Millie just wants to keep her job, however, so is constantly apologizing to Nina for the mistakes she makes. Perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window and The Girl on the Train, this book is filled with twists that will keep readers turning the pages!   

Adult Fiction, Thriller

All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

Michelle

Ages 18+

Isabelle Drake’s toddler son Mason was taken out of his crib while Isabelle and her husband slept in the next room. That was a year ago, and she hasn’t slept a wink since. The case had gone cold quickly due to lack of evidence, but Isabelle is determined for Mason to return to her.  Isabelle agrees to be interviewed by a true crime podcaster. She is hesitant to do so, however, because of his interest in her past. Can she trust him? And worse, because of her insomnia, can she even trust herself? 

Adult Fiction, Thriller

Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

Michelle

Ages 18+

Jake and Nina Hayes are good friends with Christian and Lily Scott. The two women are teachers at the same school, and the couples socialize a lot. However, when Jake Hayes goes missing, Lily Scott confesses her fear to Christian that she may have been the last person to see Jake. Part mystery and part thriller, I couldn’t turn the book’s pages fast enough!  

Adult Fiction, LGBTQ+, Romance

The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann

Michelle

Ages 18+

Joy is in love with her best friend Malcolm, but he doesn’t know it…yet. The two have been friends since college, and Joy almost lost him when he got engaged to Caroline, but then Caroline broke his heart. Currently, Malcolm is really interested in Summer, and is planning a trip with her, but asks Joy to come along so she can get to know Summer better. Summer’s ex Fox is also along for the ride. While trying to keep Fox at bay, Joy’s real plan is to finally tell Malcolm how she feels. What could go wrong?    

Adult Fiction, Books

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson

Michelle

Ages 18+

Maggie Banks’ best friend owns a struggling bookshop in Bell River and Maggie has been tasked with running it for a while. What she finds when she arrives, however, is not what she expects – bestsellers to be flying off the shelves. She encounters a literary society that wants to keep the bookstore stuck in the past. Maggie decides to take matters into her own hands by starting a secret book club and starts selling forbidden books. Keeping things under wraps is nearly impossible, though, and she has to decide which types of books are more important – the ones that tell the town’s history, or ones that might revive it.