Ages 18+
The main character doesn’t remember who she is, let alone her first name. She arrives at the train station and realizes her bag has been stolen – so she doesn’t have I.D. to help her. She does remember where she lives, however. She goes to her home, only to find a couple living there who say that it’s their home, and don’t recognize her either. Will she ever figure out who she is? This thriller gripped me from the first page to the last.
Ages 18+
Olive is very close to her best friends, but when they start to marry and have kids, she feels less connected to them. What’s more, she’s decided she has no desire to have children of her own one day. She’s absolutely sure of it. Fast paced and moving, I would recommend Gannon’s debut novel to all my friends.
Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.
Ages 18+
Emily is a psychologist at NYU, helping college students. She’s married and desperately wants a child with her husband Ezra. She also has a past – she was once in a band with her boyfriend Rob, and she is haunted by the fact that her present very closely mirrors her past. Then she hears a song on the radio about the woman who got away – and the melody is very familiar to her. She wonders – who is she really meant to be?
Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.
Ages 18+
Cassie and Alex are mother and daughter, respectively. They participate in a mother-daughter science experiment where Alex receives Cassie’s memories from when she was in her early twenties. However, Cassie can’t remember specific details of when she was pregnant with Alex at that time. Alex slowly receives the memories overtime, and the experience isn’t what either woman expected.
Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.
Ages 18+
Addison is about to get married, but she’s nervous because she doesn’t really know who she is. A few years ago she was rescued by a kindly man who found her by the side of the road, but her memory never returned, so she made up a name and an identity.
In Boston, Julian is trying to figure out where his wife Cassandra is and why she would have disappeared two years ago and leave him and their seven-year-old daughter behind.
Constantine’s new novel is psychologically twisty and page-turny!
Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.
Ages 18+
Ever since listening to James Franco narrate The Dead Zone by Stephen King, I have been more interested in audiobooks lately. I love going for walks and listening to them at the same time. Tom Hanks narrated The Dutch House and it was excellent. It was my first experience with an Ann Patchett book and I very much enjoyed the story. Narrated by one of the main character, Danny, we are taken through his life living at the Dutch House with his father and sister Maeve as well as life after he gets married and has his own children. A family saga filled with secrets and intrigue, The Dutch House is not to be missed!
Ages 18+
I listened to the audiobook version of this book and absolutely loved it! Johnny Smith had a hockey accident on the ice as a child, and then a car accident as an adult which left him in a coma for almost 5 years. His life not only drastically changed after he woke up from the coma, but he was given a special ability to see things both past and future just by touching people. Now he is on a case helping out the local sheriff, and a hometown hero.
Ages 18+
Mitchell’s Inn in upstate New York seems like the perfect winter getaway. It has everything you’d want – it’s cozy and remote – then all hell breaks loose when the power goes out and someone turns up dead. The hotel guests are shocked, but not as shocked as when more bodies start turning up. Lapena’s modern day take on Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, you’ll be guessing until the end!
Ages 18+
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell is a stunning debut. Switching back and forth between 2000, when Vanessa is 15 years old, and 2017, when Vanessa is 32, the novel chronicles a teen’s illicit relationship with her teacher and the aftermath that follows years later. Vanessa thought she would have to take it to her grave, but now she has a chance 17 years later. Does she remain silent, or speak up?
Ages 18+
Sisters Eliza and Sophie Roth own a Brooklyn jewelry shop together. Eliza loves joking around and putting diamond rings on her ring finger. One night she accidentally posts a photo of her wearing a diamond ring on Instagram. At first she is horrified, but then, after the sales start rolling in, that a glimpse of her life is good for business. She is then faced with a choice: does she come clean or continue with the biggest lie of her life?
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