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A Map to Paradise by Susan Meissner #bookreview #historicalfiction @berkleypub

Overview 1956, Malibu, California: Something is not right on Paradise Circle. With her name on the Hollywood blacklist and her life on hold, starlet Melanie Cole has little choice in company. There is her next-door neighbor, Elwood, but the screenwriter’s agoraphobia … Continue reading

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The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry @atriabooks #bookreview

Overview Indie Next April 2025 Pick • LibraryReads March 2025 Pick “Brilliant, riveting, so beautifully written, impossible to put down.” —Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author Inspired by a true literary mystery, New York Times bestselling author of the mesmerizing The Secret Book of Flora … Continue reading

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The Fisherman’s Gift by Julia R. Kelly @simonschuster #bookreview #historicalfiction

Overview The Light Between Oceans meets The Snow Child in this novel set in a Scottish village in the weeks after a young boy mysteriously washes up on shore, causing the buried secrets of the insular community to come to light and rekindling … Continue reading

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The Good Samaritan by Toni Halleen #bookreview @harperperennial

Overview A college professor is offered a chance at redemption—if he can figure out the right thing to do in this thoughtful psychological thriller from the author of The Surrogate. Sociology professor Matthew Larkin is barely holding on. After the death … Continue reading

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The Younger Woman by Cate Ray #audiobookreview #bookreview @harlequinbooks

Overview A woman’s confession about her husband sparks a dangerous cat-and-mouse game in this riveting domestic thriller Gabby and Fred have just begun to adapt to their new life as empty nesters when Gabby makes a stunning realization: she can’t … Continue reading

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Counting Backwards by Jacqueline Friedman #bookreview @harpermusebooks

Overview Jacqueline Friedland’s ripped-from-the-headlines story is an Erin Brockovich for our times.” –Jill Santopolo, New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost “. . . a riveting, compelling story–but it’s also an important one, reminding us that history’s darkest aspects can … Continue reading

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The Jackals Mistress by Chris Bohjalian #historicalfiction #bookreview @doubledaybooks

Overview In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she’s willing to risk for the life of a … Continue reading

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A Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall @simonschuster #bookreview #reesesbookclub

Overview A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK  “Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall is an unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives…but it’s also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last … Continue reading

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Expect Great Things!: How the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women by Vandalism Krefft #audiobook #nonfiction @hachetteaudio

Overview A fun and fascinating social history of the famed Katharine Gibbs School, which from the 1910s to the 1960s, trained women for executive secretary positions but surreptitiously was instilling the self-confidence and strategic know-how necessary for them to claim … Continue reading

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Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano #bookreview @minotaurbooks

Overview From New York Times bestseller and Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave—the hugely anticipated next installment in the fan-favorite Finlay Donovan series. Finlay Donovan may have skeletons in her closet . . . but at least there’s … Continue reading

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