tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37204458704416680982024-03-19T00:30:33.346-04:00Robin Loves ReadingBook reviews, blog tours, cover reveals and wrap ups. Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2303125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-36407223636966787402024-03-18T08:00:00.003-04:002024-03-18T08:00:00.130-04:00Review - A Grave Robbery<p></p><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvMWkoY2A1zxQlWvtbE5rXrbttjKNcjw7sXB4zETx322ezvjyBaIuEi-AhaPYtTnHlWxhyHFptxBekDBtwPbG5FVw4b_k9rHjW-ZQdhrb1unvMCtWpqHBV1vAO8UVZfdV-qBDAMlCfH_4nW-kHx7HPgdNFUknDY2qALRs9ANFb23KP_pS-z8i7v14qjU/s2560/IMG_6508.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1695" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvMWkoY2A1zxQlWvtbE5rXrbttjKNcjw7sXB4zETx322ezvjyBaIuEi-AhaPYtTnHlWxhyHFptxBekDBtwPbG5FVw4b_k9rHjW-ZQdhrb1unvMCtWpqHBV1vAO8UVZfdV-qBDAMlCfH_4nW-kHx7HPgdNFUknDY2qALRs9ANFb23KP_pS-z8i7v14qjU/s320/IMG_6508.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div>Title: A Grave Robbery</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author</span>: Veronica Speedwell</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b>Series: </b> Veronica Speedwell #9</span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Berkley</span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Mystery & Thrillers</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 336</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: March 12, 2024</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span style="font-family: times;">: 5 Stars </span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: times;">DESCRIPTION:</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><b>Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, in this latest historical mystery from <i>New York Times</i> bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn.</b><br /><br />Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful reclining woman and asks Stoker to incorporate a clockwork mechanism to give the Rosemorran Collection its own Sleeping Beauty in the style of Madame Tussaud’s. But when Stoker goes to cut the mannequin open to insert the mechanism, he makes a gruesome discovery: this is no wax figure. The mannequin is the beautifully preserved body of a young woman who was once very much alive. But who would do such a dreadful thing, and why? <br /><br />Sleuthing out the answer to this question sets Veronica and Stoker on their wildest adventure yet. From the underground laboratories of scientists experimenting with electricity to resurrect the dead in the vein of Frankenstein to the traveling show where Stoker once toured as an attraction, the gaslit atmosphere of London in October is the perfect setting for this investigation into the unknown. Through it all, the intrepid pair is always one step behind the latest villain—a man who has killed once and will stop at nothing to recover the body of the woman he loved. Will they unmask him in time to save his next victim? Or will they become the latest figures to be immortalized in his collection of horrors?</div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px;"><br /></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/42jorNm">Link to purchase the book </a><br /></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px;"><br /><div><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;">Madame Tussaud's was a wax museum that gained popularity in London in 1835. So when Stoker Templeton-Vane is hired by the Earl of Rosemorran to install a clockwork mechanism to Lord Rosemorran's latest acquisition, an exquisite wax mannequin, Stoker is certain he is up to the job. Meanwhile, Stoker's friend, lover and confidante, Veronica Speedwell, would rather be spending her time in her work as a lepidopterist, as butterflies and their habits is Veronica's area of expertise.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From the outset, Stoker is enamored of the wax figure. He can't get over how much the mannequin resembles his beloved Veronica. However, that is not the only shock that Stoker experiences. As Stoker and Veronica soon discover, the mannequin actually contains the wonderfully preserved body of a young woman. This is definitely no ordinary mannequin. Thus, the deducing couple set out to discover the woman's identity, as sleuthing comes quite natural to both of them.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> I have followed the enjoyable <i><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2021/03/series-review-veronica-speedwell.html">Veronica Speedwell</a></i> series from the very first book, <i style="font-weight: bold;">A Curious Beginning</i>. This historical mystery series has been captivating right from the very start. Veronica is a delightful character, and I love how her relationship with Stoker has evolved over the series. I also enjoyed how Veronica's ability to solve crimes has slowly garnered the reluctant respect of the Metropolitan Police. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another facet of this story is the history behind wax figures, and other surprising Frankenstein like inclusions. Deanna Raybourn skillfully takes each book in this series into different directions, and always entertains her readers. Quite naturally, I can't wait to see what Veronica and Stoker get into next.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Reviewer's note: This is a series that is best read in order.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;">Many thanks to Berkley and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><b>A</b></span></span><b style="font-family: times;">BOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiLkdcS3T8ftTvMsmueXDtN427Egt9O60uBmUycUCmvlhlTZVDJZ23WqiGm_Yx7Y3VepOQlz3kHO0YEIjLmFO8KrmS-3y7w4fGqHiTdwNUN2RGsUAHluybA9UW-quRMGrpw1y2zJM0os/s327/deanna-sepia.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiLkdcS3T8ftTvMsmueXDtN427Egt9O60uBmUycUCmvlhlTZVDJZ23WqiGm_Yx7Y3VepOQlz3kHO0YEIjLmFO8KrmS-3y7w4fGqHiTdwNUN2RGsUAHluybA9UW-quRMGrpw1y2zJM0os/s320/deanna-sepia.png" /></a></div><br />A sixth-generation native Texan, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Deanna Raybourn grew up in San Antonio where she met her college sweetheart. She married him on her graduation day and went on to teach high school English and history. During summer vacation at the age of twenty-three, she wrote her first novel, and after three years as a teacher, Deanna left education to have a baby and pursue writing full-time. Fourteen years and many, many rejections after her first novel, she signed two three-book deals with MIRA Books.</div><div><br /></div><div>Deanna’s debut novel, Silent in the Grave, published in January 2007. The first in the Silent series, the book introduces Lady Julia Grey, an aristocrat bent on investigating the mysterious death of her husband with the help of the enigmatic private enquiry agent Nicholas Brisbane. From the drawing rooms of the aristocracy to a Gypsy camp on Hampstead Heath, Silent in the Grave deftly captures the lush ambience of Victorian London.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The series continues with the second book, Silent in the Sanctuary (January 2008), a classic English country house murder mystery with a few twists and turns for Brisbane and Lady Julia along the way. Silent on the Moor (March 2009), set in a grim manor house on the Yorkshire moors, is the third adventure for Lady Julia and the mysterious Brisbane.</div><div><br /></div><div>March 2010 saw a departure from the series with the release of The Dead Travel Fast, a mid-Victorian Gothic thriller that features novelist Theodora Lestrange as she leaves the safety and security of her Edinburgh home for the dark woods and haunted castles of Transylvania. Deanna turns once more to Lady Julia and her companions with Dark Road to Darjeeling (October 2010) which features an exotic setting in the foothills of the Himalayas and the introduction of an arch-villain. The fifth book in the series, The Dark Enquiry, follows the return of Lady Julia and Brisbane to London for their most puzzling adventure yet. The Dark Enquiry hit the New York Times Bestseller list the week before its official release in July 2011. The digital exclusive novella Silent Night, published in November 2012, is a bright Christmas adventure set in Julia’s ancestral home in the Sussex countryside.</div><div><br /></div><div>Deanna’s next release, A Spear of Summer Grass (May 2013), chronicles the adventures of a scandalous flapper heroine in Africa and the lives she changes along the way. It is listed as one of Goodreads’ most highly anticipated books of 2013 and was preceded by Far in the Wilds, an exclusive digital prequel novella (March 2013). A Spear of Summer Grass received a starred review from Library Journal. Deanna carried on the theme of 1920s adventure with City of Jasmine (2014) and Night of a Thousand Stars (2014), but is delighted to return to Victorian London with the September 2015 hardcover release of A Curious Beginning, the first mystery featuring butterfly-hunting sleuth, Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian sidekick, Stoker. Veronica returned in 2017’s A Perilous Undertaking, and A Treacherous Curse, 2018. A Dangerous Collaboration was released in 2019, and book five, A Murderous Relation, is a March 2020 release.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: times;">Deanna’s novel Silent in the Grave won the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best First Mystery. The Lady Julia Grey series has been nominated for several other awards, including an Agatha, a Last Laugh, and two Dilys Winns. Dark Road to Darjeeling was also a finalist for the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Historical Mystery as well as a Romantic Reviews’ finalist for Best Book of 2010. A Treacherous Curse, the third Veronica Speedwell Mystery, was nominated for the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Novel.</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="http://www.deannaraybourn.com/">web</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/deannaraybourn">twitter</a> | <a href="https://instagram.com/deannaraybourn/">instagram</a></span></div></div><div><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-cNZnvIEqbHJCfvUAJX0vC0N25TWNTy6lXsZib7Uv56gmL9FSGp2mAOZ1l8_RMyUmLGcUTMph85suT3lqJJOTRACK3Vmj56Zl-qU3m6KKr6-A57l1u1rtwU3j8FXtI3NUKXmTFoAQXHaA0NdD7eecc6qnT0P91jEcqIV8FMmqliCcF2jQXTC6zLeS=s1400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-cNZnvIEqbHJCfvUAJX0vC0N25TWNTy6lXsZib7Uv56gmL9FSGp2mAOZ1l8_RMyUmLGcUTMph85suT3lqJJOTRACK3Vmj56Zl-qU3m6KKr6-A57l1u1rtwU3j8FXtI3NUKXmTFoAQXHaA0NdD7eecc6qnT0P91jEcqIV8FMmqliCcF2jQXTC6zLeS=s320" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-55199647347906496752024-03-17T08:06:00.001-04:002024-03-17T08:06:58.843-04:00Weekly WrapUp #5<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoynLb0PkcFEjFoh9Kj5_CHI8W3YtlelhAdhjb-K_5L4Kvc0OFQ7nO_r2BzHjhesX2I_hs44vIOWoGssYOGXG5dL9Jtde-cZUF4nY9scaVhz_y5pGHR-5CSzQ5JF6ZnJJx7NsbbMwSisG3lasbdfMLxs4FIaH7CUj0V7WJR7-bZ-8F8nCwWQIA5Oa6pI/s400/Sunday%20WrapUp.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoynLb0PkcFEjFoh9Kj5_CHI8W3YtlelhAdhjb-K_5L4Kvc0OFQ7nO_r2BzHjhesX2I_hs44vIOWoGssYOGXG5dL9Jtde-cZUF4nY9scaVhz_y5pGHR-5CSzQ5JF6ZnJJx7NsbbMwSisG3lasbdfMLxs4FIaH7CUj0V7WJR7-bZ-8F8nCwWQIA5Oa6pI/w355-h355/Sunday%20WrapUp.jpeg" width="355" /></span></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: Oswald;">The Sunday Post is a blog news meme that is posted here @<a href="https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/">Caffeinated Reviewer</a>. It is a chance to share news~A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. See rules here: <a href="https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/the-sunday-post-meme">Sunday Post Meme</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">*HOW WAS MY WEEK*</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;">As this week begins, as usual I have magnanimous ideas as to what my reading week will look like. But three appointments in three days, the third being day surgery, those ideas had to get set aside. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JPNT_nNrZUYKiDfiy6m-oRGtELwW0dYao_f_wfNnk3ZoAYwpIMZz45SrMdhy2l3J_maJzsCuXlT6I9KUWtRaUrDuhDgXmsS3suxq-mbUwImHtfQz84XqANlloIRY4sze_5vqn3TlOtqWYAVaIsQCIJmw95vHzT1Kq85pb3wi6mKPpytQhSXaGO-HO8w/w132-h200/IMG_6650.png" width="132" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182484343-nosy-neighbors?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3lclYUZetKamfw5-IlYiFUsbJhlBdPthp089Vlm4BowrNCublPtzbwN4wldbi27MtKPxEHJIRUfUDTF1j8SyHYKfYnqn07fkvaffXJENI6cmm2UEm4JaJamvMM3e4Ii78iLjRbswTaoMJzDaiAPo8wOzJcnh4ONdqDrdO9s1oRh-slXbjgGI_jtp4-M/w130-h200/IMG_6651.png" width="130" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195820807-just-for-the-summer?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_19" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxc-XIN5HLbqHNy_u_s8ZZwqwIIsy7JXfKMNqt93Dp4laEHmNKlu0nx9CrIAcQYpiue9CUSoRHI1OHjSuAaRaJvIj1LGHyE3aVy5yjCutbFYZxB3txiJ9jijtzRwa2TBx1JoJyS5FvvafMM45e4Pfg6woNeFiXISrdfCuN-hdl29uFxDozqNcWoezvp0/w131-h200/IMG_6652.png" width="131" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Oswald;">As you can see by the book covers just above, I have an ambitious reading week ahead of me. I hope to get all of the blog tour titles in my queue for April read this coming week, as well as a few early April ARCs.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">*NEW ARRIVALS/APPROVALS*</span></h2><div><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald; font-weight: normal;">ALL OF THESE BOOK COVERS ARE DIRECTLY LINKED TO GOODREADS</span></h4></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199797651-the-unraveling?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_22" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcn3iX1xWZP18ztsC3c-Kba0aRQfuT9OIiz1ttmBpsi59w5bo8HWxprWJF3wcNofNBfoP0ZQbxFQZcHaleSpwrIfbl1xMS2AvhoJwsurwtmSG8DwG-bk2-5Ul5sCA2JKOz0Jj1EP6ciUhzLyKaJn6Z7ouHIwEUdGuAOGKjm7xvD6q-L7BB1E9t-hlzHkY/w133-h200/IMG_6639.png" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209561415-murder-at-an-english-pub?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_24" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhJwnxWJn4APRTd0kg2aWPDI6oLqVkT0U13OV21_QKWNKAZOZKgTvKqMGOT3z0_ceei1VtPkSI0kEKDuDkW51y036w9JMryhnvegzt7wGFM6BOP45UseyW1TFMtRnh60nuAgZewqVBVrINaLU1VsH5rd42c4m3ocq0er4dTUanYvrb8SOabpl0L9HUI8/w129-h200/IMG_6629.png" width="129" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207293730-the-president-s-lawyer?ref=nav_sb_ss_3_20" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmcHh1xt5KwECJleDiFBjivw6qdQng5EdVcjSMf93pB2k68N4OPosvbvKJh8kZgNRz6VnhNkjH0LYmDoRakglisGsexa9TKG3Ig98M_83GVNmkGSE97aldCgT-44N5Vtn0tjy0PUU5HeSSsas3Wr0tplbGSk66a6ft8S3Ui1pLcIjoO4zrtWzOZ0Kf_c/w133-h200/IMG_6630.png" width="133" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196225872-sea-glass-summer" style="font-family: Oswald; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMtBmKZh6GFt-PhGrHgoTPHjjGQOs6JqQOrNjBF4OzdssxhauukQTIuPYPLAcv8ggrB6gS6KJBbsQ1HpgwzySGAfxrtikwWp0nOrT_0KbDmc6VOFbEKm-gHbYx_1YY0Fsvmyh9DbZfr85Eb2KsDVRRzV6LY4Z6vlnJL8Cbc_4yQAc5wzt3ZNosmJUTE0/w200-h200/IMG_8561.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">*MARCH 2024 READS*</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iKFkYaWgsqqGEhGpkj4ubgfVZFa0Ecn5D97tdBxvmg1qClHcN_qgPDMa50xXCTXZd4El8j-n-2Y8fbYfHVAmQ0FqfyQo5KipCmibwokyNfSwBQ2GPBy_FYTS3KQFt8YoeMx3Cm4JgvR-aGbeOBhQj8uZ1vjjJojHF8DAWv-f44H-EPD7_rr_QtsbUKI/s2254/IMG_8608.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2254" data-original-width="1290" height="676" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iKFkYaWgsqqGEhGpkj4ubgfVZFa0Ecn5D97tdBxvmg1qClHcN_qgPDMa50xXCTXZd4El8j-n-2Y8fbYfHVAmQ0FqfyQo5KipCmibwokyNfSwBQ2GPBy_FYTS3KQFt8YoeMx3Cm4JgvR-aGbeOBhQj8uZ1vjjJojHF8DAWv-f44H-EPD7_rr_QtsbUKI/w387-h676/IMG_8608.jpeg" width="387" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQm1etGEM0Tps4iduznnMRa_QKKYyskEvOhYL-Wrz5R2eCUC-8_n2puo9N7QbhT0DbCnD6xcWBqnG6bJXjWvr_FYK_6fjylu2dhr92ibnW2HJGvfVIAkjH8iYe6W9k_Knlv7k6An0SO7xbsBkh_xg7PS3jltWEDt3WpfsLDe3Uc6JJsT4IOB9x98TsfA/s1759/IMG_8609.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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As mentioned above, I did have the three appointments in a row, then I did end up also going to the lab on Friday for blood work. As I am homebound, going out four times in one week was no easy feat, but I must get some health issues attended to.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;">I am really pleased that my reading week went as well as it did. On Thursday I decided to binge read the three Karen Rose ARCs I had in my queue. One is already released, one will be later this month, and the third not until August. But one thing I am trying to do this year is to wipe out authors and/or series that are in my NetGalley queue, so over the course of this year there will be several occurrences where I read the same author more than once in the same month.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;">I got a Vevor 2000 piece puzzle table for review, and since I have five 2000 piece puzzles in my collection, I plan on breaking in my new board with one these puzzles. Having not completed a 2000 piece puzzle as of yet, I have no idea how long it will take, especially as I will be having major surgery and will be hospitalized a week from Monday.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Lastly, I am sooooo close to finishing my diamond painting! Just a little over a row left. The fun part is that I changed my "release papers" - nonstick papers that protect the sticky canvas - to those personally made for me by a friend and they are smaller than the ones I ordinarily use. So, I am pretty confident that I will finish this up early in the week.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmyH7jNujJunKSymwNd6WVfSHHW-tz9B1Y8c8PKOHYqd-079EfHwfPVRWe5DlefnwZMfC6ulV8c8hYRew6Vk1o5fu1sTTGCy8zjuhy90-DZHPJGhUMFFlfAVRWM5L-nYcfg35heDh9IPaOcg8kQhxF5A0gAUXKdfBf92RVIxrs4cDA7HO9V-wHXErag8/s1495/IMG_8612.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1495" data-original-width="1290" height="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmyH7jNujJunKSymwNd6WVfSHHW-tz9B1Y8c8PKOHYqd-079EfHwfPVRWe5DlefnwZMfC6ulV8c8hYRew6Vk1o5fu1sTTGCy8zjuhy90-DZHPJGhUMFFlfAVRWM5L-nYcfg35heDh9IPaOcg8kQhxF5A0gAUXKdfBf92RVIxrs4cDA7HO9V-wHXErag8/w387-h449/IMG_8612.jpeg" width="387" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;">So, here is to a great reading week and a great week in general. See you next Sunday!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF013PvserjL_UsP0EmomvWDCzkbxux0uYbHsnO9p8JUK_sakA2ijuyDfSXv7jDOE2naKIC5TeEFkP9OVxDuFPRq3OSIX0ZLVD9ZA2T0VHoJXfPNXq6L7MoQw3o2r6ydLbhNwVfqmURfs7BTRE-p9i3vX1SAB_k2bOcPxWH8raSAJUOik8_Cxio-MZkI/s400/IMG_6386.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><img border="0" data-original-height="65" data-original-width="400" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF013PvserjL_UsP0EmomvWDCzkbxux0uYbHsnO9p8JUK_sakA2ijuyDfSXv7jDOE2naKIC5TeEFkP9OVxDuFPRq3OSIX0ZLVD9ZA2T0VHoJXfPNXq6L7MoQw3o2r6ydLbhNwVfqmURfs7BTRE-p9i3vX1SAB_k2bOcPxWH8raSAJUOik8_Cxio-MZkI/s320/IMG_6386.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-39254559592523959632024-03-16T22:43:00.005-04:002024-03-16T22:57:47.296-04:00AUDIOBOOK REVIEW - The Last Mrs. Parrish<div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlobRZ_MF2iuSBzCWAiRhch0pUiiM-2I66ymNk7HM3eTuhkuvhGN27X-Tn4s4exM-l5jgHrsSyANeDDy7uENwrSOeBhIzPrAyQB2ekK9qSanYpxvNTPah_fvzZR2WolTX8zLaUlmRVQnOJLfZs9IGYyG7hRvc9ur7z3KRSL66nYSll7HEUQyvtYmTblzo/s500/IMG_6588.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlobRZ_MF2iuSBzCWAiRhch0pUiiM-2I66ymNk7HM3eTuhkuvhGN27X-Tn4s4exM-l5jgHrsSyANeDDy7uENwrSOeBhIzPrAyQB2ekK9qSanYpxvNTPah_fvzZR2WolTX8zLaUlmRVQnOJLfZs9IGYyG7hRvc9ur7z3KRSL66nYSll7HEUQyvtYmTblzo/s320/IMG_6588.jpeg" width="210" /></a></div>Title: The Last Mrs. Parrish</b></div><div><b>Author</b>: <span style="font-family: times;"> Liv Constantine</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Series: </span><span>Mrs. Parrish #1</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Harper Paperbacks</span></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Mystery & Thrillers<span> </span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Audiobook</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 416</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b>Length: </b>12 Hrs</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b>Narrators: </b>Suzanne Elise Freeman; Meghan Wolf</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: October 17, 2017</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;">DESCRIPTION:</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="font-weight: bold;">Some women get everything. Some women get everything they deserve.</div><div><br /></div><div>Amber Patterson is fed up. She’s tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more—a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted.</div><div><br /></div><div>To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne—a socialite and philanthropist—and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson, are a couple straight out of a fairy tale.</div><div><br /></div><div>Amber’s envy could eat her alive . . . if she didn't have a plan. Amber uses Daphne’s compassion and caring to insinuate herself into the family’s life—the first step in a meticulous scheme to undermine her. Before long, Amber is Daphne’s closest confidante, traveling to Europe with the Parrishes and their lovely young daughters, and growing closer to Jackson. But a skeleton from her past may undermine everything that Amber has worked towards, and if it is discovered, her well-laid plan may fall to pieces. </div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;">With shocking turns and dark secrets that will keep you guessing until the very end, The Last Mrs. Parrish is a fresh, juicy, and utterly addictive thriller from a diabolically imaginative talent.</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></div><div><a href="https://amzn.to/3TDw4M3"><span>Link to purchase the book</span><br /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span></span><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span><span>Envy is the name of the game in a book that definitely proves that I just don't have the time to read all the things. Where have I been when it comes to Liv Constantine and this Reese Witherspoon Sunshine Book Club Pick?! No worries, I already read the upcoming book, <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Next Mrs. Parrish</i>, set for release in June. No way was I missing the boat on that one.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Oh, the review...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>This absolutely incredible debut was a captivating read from start to finish. Amber Patterson comes across as selfish, manipulative and even cruel - and that is exactly what one learns to expect when reading this book. From the outside looking in, Daphne and Jackson Parrish are the couple who have it all. Well, Amber wants a piece of that pie. No, she wants the <i>whole</i> pie, and that means that she wants to become <i>Mrs. Jackson Parrish </i>and nothing will stop her from getting what she wants. Amber sets a plan in motion in order to get exactly what she wants. What she <i>believes</i> she deserves.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you want to read a book where you take an instant dislike to a major protagonist, look no further than this book, because Amber fits the bill. There is honestly not much more that can be said about a book that has sold over one million copies. This certainly goes a long way to show that thousands upon thousands of other readers were just as captivated as I was. I couldn't even imagine where this story could go further, and since I had an early reader copy of </span><i style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;">The Next Mrs. Parrish </i><span style="font-family: times;">I was able to find out, and find out I did. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Since I was very late to the game, I had the delicious benefit of getting this compelling read, <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Last Mrs. Parrish,</i> as an audiobook from my library, which was expertly performed by two skilled narrators. Being able to listen to this book brought an already addictive read to life in such a way as I felt as if I was watching an excellently written and well-directed movie. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div></div></div><b><span style="font-family: times;">ABOUT THE AUTHORS:</span></b></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div><b>About Liv</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Liv Constantine is the pen name of sisters Lynne Constantine and Valerie Constantine. Lynne and Valerie are Wall Street Journal and USA Today international bestselling authors with over one and a half million copies sold worldwide. They are Library Reads Hall of Fame authors. Their books have been translated into 29 languages, are available in 34 countries, and are in development for both television and film. Their books have been praised by The Washington Post, USA Today, The Sunday Times, People Magazine, and Good Morning America, among many others. Their debut novel, THE LAST MRS. PARRISH, is a Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFquMXzAI5xXtZeV7-iqw-58cGF3JXdO1EXipKJiCQO1q_XDuef6OWkqKc8m96ytoJvwcTVbXr0RJ2NxC-JfMSji3CBTi5yp3qCPpeHVTVXr3kvzJJPSkt_FtI1mDLGRrzPQ4KmZ-oKZl9lrycc9grYgK5d0vPIofciqL_srPUsSbw7nwGNPoGxNQ0cBE/s238/16360992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="200" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFquMXzAI5xXtZeV7-iqw-58cGF3JXdO1EXipKJiCQO1q_XDuef6OWkqKc8m96ytoJvwcTVbXr0RJ2NxC-JfMSji3CBTi5yp3qCPpeHVTVXr3kvzJJPSkt_FtI1mDLGRrzPQ4KmZ-oKZl9lrycc9grYgK5d0vPIofciqL_srPUsSbw7nwGNPoGxNQ0cBE/s1600/16360992.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Lynne</b></div><div>Lynne is a former marketing executive with a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University. She has explored coral reefs all over the world, sunken wrecks in the South Pacific, and fallen in love with angelfish in the Caribbean. When Lynne’s not writing, you can find her curled up with her Labrador and Golden Retrievers reading a good book or walking the beach thinking up devious plans for her characters.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lynne also writes The Jack Logan series under the pen name L.C. Shaw. To learn more about her other books, visit lcshawauthor.com or connect with her on Instagram or Twitter @LCShawAuthor.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lynne serves as the Vice President, Education and Members Services of International Thriller Writers.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Valerie</b></div><div>Valerie has always loved books and spent many nights reading by the light of her bedside lamp until 3 a.m. She lives with her husband and their brilliant Cavalier King Charles DaVinci.</div><div><br /></div><div>Early in her career she served as a White House Assistant in the President’s Scheduling and Advance Office planning presidential trips and travel and has visited over forty foreign countries. When she’s not writing, you won’t find her, as she and her husband will be traveling to some faraway destination. Valerie has a degree in English Literature from University of Maryland where she graduated summa cum laude.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://livconstantine.com/">web</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/LivConstantine2">X</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/livconstantine2/">instagram</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s1600/Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s320/Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-1384800533295778462024-03-13T00:33:00.000-04:002024-03-13T00:33:21.959-04:00Review - A Country Wedding Murder<div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMzNGMM-j8hYjyTyddzteMI-oHhZt6CXsw5dUHXvs9aIfzuH25PEJVOE5ujWnnAyr8jO5FQz-ShsmAoRtXZFpTtf_WAKKpFdU4l2vXZ35mbCwZWBZbuy2NK7BiOVD-Eya9X4alSPQUWYHembhDzgSG5Cf2qllirYKj8zZe0ExsqZRZJL1v115hv5QE_Y/s500/201910596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMzNGMM-j8hYjyTyddzteMI-oHhZt6CXsw5dUHXvs9aIfzuH25PEJVOE5ujWnnAyr8jO5FQz-ShsmAoRtXZFpTtf_WAKKpFdU4l2vXZ35mbCwZWBZbuy2NK7BiOVD-Eya9X4alSPQUWYHembhDzgSG5Cf2qllirYKj8zZe0ExsqZRZJL1v115hv5QE_Y/s320/201910596.jpg" width="209" /></a></div>Title: A Country Wedding Murder</span></b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author</span>: Katie Gayle</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><b>Series: </b> Julia Bird Mysteries #5</span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Bookouture</span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Cozy Mystery</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 238</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: March 13, 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars</span></span></div></div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />DESCRIPTION:</span></b><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><b>The joyous crowd applauds as the happy couple strides down the aisle. This Cotswolds country wedding has everything – friends and family, beautiful flowers and… murder?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>When <b>Julia Bird’</b>s ex-husband <b>Peter</b> and his lovely partner <b>Christopher</b> decide to get married in Berrywick, Julia is delighted – after all, who doesn't love a country wedding? Little does Julia know that normally calm and collected Christopher will turn into a full-on Groomzilla – and that by the end of the night, someone will end up dead.</div><div><br /></div><div>The morning after the big day, the jolly nuptial mood turns grim when Julia discovers the lifeless body of the caterer, <b>Desmond</b>. Someone locked him in the cold truck and the poor man froze to death. Now looking for a murderer, all eyes are on Christopher who, mid-tantrum, had publicly threatened to kill him. Convinced that Christopher is innocent, Julia vows to find the real culprit.</div><div><br /></div><div>Julia soon discovers Desmond had a long list of enemies as she races against the clock to clear Christopher’s name. Could his death be the work of the respected wedding planner who was heard exchanging choice words with the victim? Or perhaps it was his wife – ‘til death do them part – who didn’t shed a single tear at his funeral?</div><div><br /></div><div>But just when Julia thinks she’s cracked the case, her prime suspect is found dead with a knife in their back. Can Julia find the murderer before they strike again?</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>An utterly gripping, charming cosy mystery set in the English countryside. Fans of M.C. Beaton, Faith Martin and Betty Rowlands will love the Julia Bird Mysteries.</b></div></span></div></div><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Julia Bird is soon to attend the wedding of her ex-husband Peter. With only a few glitches, the wedding takes place and the happy couple look forward to their future together. However, the next morning, the body of the caterer is discovered. His name was Desmond and he was shut in his refrigerator truck for an extended period of time, thus the man froze to death. Definitely foul play and Julia is determined to seek answers. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Peter's new husband Christopher is one of the very first suspects that the police look into, and Julia is now bound and determined to prove Christopher's innocence, while also finding the actual killer. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Just as Julia and the local police close in on the most likely suspect, another murder occurs, and they just might be back at square one. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">While all of this is going on, Julia is delighted that her daughter Jess is in town for the wedding. The two have a lot of time to make up for, and Julia strives to get closer to Jess. Julia and Jess's relationship makes this cozy mystery even more engaging as this adds another layer to a series that has been enjoyable right from the very start. Also, Julia's warm relationship with the local doctor Sean is also nice to read. Oh, this review would be remiss if I were not to mention Jake, Julia's wonderful chocolate Labrador Retriever. It was quite humorous to almost see Jake with a conscience when it came to his loyalty to Julia while clearly enamored with Jess. Yes, a fun story throughout.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCZ_GNHpll_dBcGAVPEgwoX0utZPUGaRvpC3LjdvsK9XLhxGTsgwYnGgEMjM8aZJ1DH2SXeH1ZCRXw_hg6c5aPswppb9y2eTahTwytUtJHPvnfaJ2fYBDMvLjmth4oMyDWsGbm5SkBJiCMOlIoFKTsfn1byGgiQ9p8Y1av5h1acEwSIoZkeEo2Tgx_Mo/s5818/IMG_3865.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5818" data-original-width="3879" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCZ_GNHpll_dBcGAVPEgwoX0utZPUGaRvpC3LjdvsK9XLhxGTsgwYnGgEMjM8aZJ1DH2SXeH1ZCRXw_hg6c5aPswppb9y2eTahTwytUtJHPvnfaJ2fYBDMvLjmth4oMyDWsGbm5SkBJiCMOlIoFKTsfn1byGgiQ9p8Y1av5h1acEwSIoZkeEo2Tgx_Mo/w133-h200/IMG_3865.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div>Katie Gayle is the writing partnership of best-selling South African writers, Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel. Kate and Gail have, between them, written over ten books of various genres, but with Katie Gayle, they both make their debut in the cozy mystery genre. Both Gail and Kate live in Johannesburg, with husbands, children, dogs and cats. Unlike their sleuth Epiphany Bloom, neither of them have ever stolen a cat from the vet.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KatieGayleWriter">https://www.facebook.com/KatieGayleWriter</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/KatieGayleBooks">https://twitter.com/KatieGayleBooks</a><br /><br /></span><div data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sign up to be the first to hear about new releases from Katie Gayle here: <a data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-originalfontsize="13px" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bookouture.com/katie-gayle&source=gmail&ust=1662026842229000&usg=AOvVaw0hOKsj_uAlGBd6ezsVYdlD" href="https://www.bookouture.com/katie-gayle" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-color: rgb(45, 127, 249); 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxlM2XRZZ3KPM4Vk0lSnup8loZNW1fOXXEmmqiKDD5pL2fJ62G87qVM6hudKBgg6Q8JE3X7LTsSX5xPGda5Ev8phTR-eRgSlb4SQ3clVZ6ipRrpdJ8DTVfN4ox-YNHsNtRZSCzZwEF6NO7BAQh3jWxmFVTSFu-0KyJHeYnCUk7r8RP3j7FwKQ8GIXE3c/s400/IMG_6465.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxlM2XRZZ3KPM4Vk0lSnup8loZNW1fOXXEmmqiKDD5pL2fJ62G87qVM6hudKBgg6Q8JE3X7LTsSX5xPGda5Ev8phTR-eRgSlb4SQ3clVZ6ipRrpdJ8DTVfN4ox-YNHsNtRZSCzZwEF6NO7BAQh3jWxmFVTSFu-0KyJHeYnCUk7r8RP3j7FwKQ8GIXE3c/s320/IMG_6465.jpeg" width="207" /></a></div><b>Title: Take Two, Birdie Maxwell</b></div><div><b>Author</b>: <span style="font-family: times;"> Allison Winn Scotch</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Berkley Romance</span></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Romance</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 368</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: March 5, 2024</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;">DESCRIPTION:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></div><b>Hollywood’s biggest rom-com star tries to recover from her damaged reputation by staging her own rom-com and following a lead on a lost love.</b><br /> <br />Birdie Maxwell thought she’d gotten everything she wanted out of life: fame, adoration, and an A-list Hollywood career. But after an on-set feud goes viral, she leaves L.A. for the one place no one would think to find her: her hometown. There, she’s startled to stumble upon a love letter from a former boyfriend asking for a second chance--but there’s just one problem: the letter was unsigned and she’s not sure which ex sent it. Still, a public reunion with an ex-boyfriend could turn the wave of public opinion back in her favor. Life imitating art. What could go wrong? <br /><br />Elliot O’Brien, star reporter, knows life isn’t an actual rom-com. Case in point: He’s spent two decades suppressing his long-simmering feelings for his twin sister’s best friend, Birdie. But with his journalism career cratering and Birdie back in their hometown at the same time he is, he realizes chronicling her search for her long-ago ex may be his opportunity to right some wrongs.<br /><br />As they hit the road in an ancient RV, Birdie and Elliot retrace her romantic history for clues as to who wrote the letter and come face to face with their own romantic missteps, all while grappling with whether happy endings are found only on the big screen--or whether their own happily-ever-after could be closer than they both ever imagined.<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BRMKNWZ7/ref=x_gr_bb_kindle?caller=Goodreads&tag=x_gr_bb_kindle-20"><span>Link to purchase the book</span><br /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span></span></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span><span>A rom-com within a rom-com within a rom-com. Birdie Maxwell. Elliot O’Brien. Both have a need for professional salvation - Birdie, to restore her damaged reputation, Elliot to get back in good graces with his editor and to salvage his career as a reporter. As <i>America's Sweetheart</i>, Birdie always got her guy. However, her acting career is crashing quickly. Elliot is not doing so great himself professionally.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>At some point, Birdie received an anonymous letter from someone not only saying they are not only her ex, but that they want a second chance. Birdie's publicist Imani knows exactly how to spin this situation to Birdie's advantage. Meanwhile, forced to flee back to her hometown, Birdie reconnects with her best friend Mona. Birdie also runs into Mona's twin brother Elliot, <i>the </i>one man Birdie never once stopped thinking about. As things turn out, Elliot needs to play an advantage as well. Just as Imani wants to use the letter when it comes to Birdie's career, Elliot's editor Francesca has a pitch of her own - or so it seems.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>This second-chance romance takes the word trope to a new level. With Imani and Francesca each puppeteering their clients, Birdie and Elliot take flight on a whirlwind jaunt with hopes of finding the author of that anonymous letter. Both of their careers can be catapulted during this search - but there is a catch. And it is a big one at that. Both Birdie and Elliot have real feelings for one another - yet neither is prepared to own up to those feelings.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>So, traveling in an old RV, with stop after stop, Birdie and Elliot are revisiting her past loves to see if they authored that letter. With family and friends who have the best of intentions, only time will tell whether or not Birdie and Elliot will find their way to each other, and find the true happiness that has eluded them for nearly two decades.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Do you love tropes as much as I do? Well, then definitely do not pass up <i style="font-weight: bold;">Take Two, Birdie Maxwell</i>. This was a truly delightful read, with charming characters and an equally charming plot. This book brought smile after smile to my face, even when I deduced the twist, but the book still gained great favor from me, earning a well-deserved 5 Star rating.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Many thanks to Berkley Romance </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">and to NetGalley for this ARC for review.</span><span style="font-family: times;"> This is my honest opinion.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span><span><br /></span></span></div></div></div><b><span style="font-family: times;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfatTKd7xb0Cfq1O-1bN5QCwyRujBctOxSyuuTWXZjQ-VdtZ_vArYogBStniez2hAFyv7FLPGPDQEhLIZlFvdQVBO6ywzLl822n49xSW0M6ZewJqauSkwIAEjzYXUTjxk4VT7t1gJ_3XTPXICyHX2vpvJLwD79dhuDXtEaTJz1T1V7Eb0LwjEJ8De4bg/s266/344525.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="177" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfatTKd7xb0Cfq1O-1bN5QCwyRujBctOxSyuuTWXZjQ-VdtZ_vArYogBStniez2hAFyv7FLPGPDQEhLIZlFvdQVBO6ywzLl822n49xSW0M6ZewJqauSkwIAEjzYXUTjxk4VT7t1gJ_3XTPXICyHX2vpvJLwD79dhuDXtEaTJz1T1V7Eb0LwjEJ8De4bg/w133-h200/344525.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>A little about me…</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div>I had a perfectly normal, wonderful childhood spent in Charlottesville, Virginia and then later, Seattle, where I had a funny slightly-Southern drawl but otherwise found my calling among all the flannel and the grey skies. My mom was a teacher who encouraged us to read a lot (and used to send vocab words in the mail to camp over the summer), so I suppose the seeds of literature, coupled with an active imagination (hello, I could have SO been an actress) led me to one day believe that I could write fiction.</div><div><br /></div><div>While earning my keep as a freelance magazine writer (all of those "10 Ways to a Better Life" articles you read? I wrote them on every subject, as well as had the good fortune to write hundreds of celebrity profiles, which I genuinely adored and met some amazing and talented people), I tucked away pockets of time toward a novel. Which, four years later, I finally finished. It was terrible. But I wrote another one that proved less so, and now, a decade later, I'm almost a dozen books deep. </div><div><br /></div><div>My ninth novel, The Rewind, pitched as THE HANGOVER meets WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, and is a return to my romantic comedy roots, was published November 1, 2022 by Berkley Books. It’s also currently in development at Netflix. (Yay!) My tenth book, Take Two, Birdie Maxwell, pitched as NOTTING HILL meets THE PROPOSAL, will be out in late 2023. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Other Tidbits</b></div><div><br /></div><div>My eighth novel, BETWEEN ME AND YOU, is currently in development with Kerry Washington’s production company and Audible.com. Stay tuned for the romantic comedy podcast in 2023. </div><div><br /></div><div>I graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Honors History and Concentration in Marketing from the Wharton School of Business.</div><div><br /></div><div>When I'm not planted in front of the computer (go ahead: send me a note!), I'm hiking, running, doing yoga, reading, listening to music, negotiating with my teenagers, or hanging out with my family and our pooches, Hugo and Mr. Peanut.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="http://www.allisonwinn.com/">web</a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/aswinn">twitter</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/allisonwinnscotch">facebook</a><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s1600/Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s320/Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-46569766846259876642024-03-12T07:30:00.002-04:002024-03-12T10:27:44.257-04:00Review - Happily Never After<p></p><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPKKHVfRj-SX4YnVE1kLx-DN47IBapLvAX8Ku28yxaqrXiw1nmgvJbM2rRIHKxBOhsHe94_ttiNU7PKF5OejyJDpOCU-eyFQ_HjgWOshD3nfsSoBsJ6PyQ4lI_AKdOxf8qN3cNWBdHeR1PWYXm4FLUK1IFbC3KTvOb62DvrIqPO1IZKfiwYpFGxyRCFM/s2560/IMG_6470.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPKKHVfRj-SX4YnVE1kLx-DN47IBapLvAX8Ku28yxaqrXiw1nmgvJbM2rRIHKxBOhsHe94_ttiNU7PKF5OejyJDpOCU-eyFQ_HjgWOshD3nfsSoBsJ6PyQ4lI_AKdOxf8qN3cNWBdHeR1PWYXm4FLUK1IFbC3KTvOb62DvrIqPO1IZKfiwYpFGxyRCFM/s320/IMG_6470.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div>Title: Happily Never After</span></b><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author</span>: Lynn Painter</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Berkley </span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Romance</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 304</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: March 12, 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 4 Stars</span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">DESCRIPTION:</span></b><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Their name? The objectors.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Their job? To break off weddings as hired.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Their dilemma? They might just be in love with each other.</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">When Sophie Steinbeck finds out just before her nuptials that her fiancé has cheated yet again, she desperately wants to call it off. But because her future father-in-law is her dad’s cutthroat boss, she doesn’t want to be the one to do it. Her savior comes in the form of a professional objector, whose purpose is to show up at weddings and proclaim the words no couple (usually) wants to hear at their ceremony: “I object!”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">During anti-wedding festivities that night, Sophie learns more about Max the Objector’s job. It makes perfect sense to her: he saves people from wasting their lives, from hurting each other. He’s a modern-day hero. And Sophie wants in.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The two love cynics start working together, going from wedding to wedding, and Sophie’s having more fun than she’s had in ages. She looks forward to every nerve-racking ceremony saving the lovesick souls of the betrothed masses. As Sophie and Max spend more time together, however, they realize that their physical chemistry is off the charts, leading them to dabble in a little hookup session or two—but it’s totally fine, because they definitely do not have feelings for each other. Love doesn’t exist, after all.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">And then everything changes. A groom-to-be hires Sophie to object, but his fiancée is the woman who broke Max’s heart. As Max wrestles with whether he can be a party to his ex’s getting hurt, Sophie grapples with the sudden realization that she may have fallen hard for her partner in crime.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://amzn.to/48IkZx">Link to purchase the book</a></span></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The wedding that did not take place. The Objector. Who or what is The Objector? This is someone named Max who earns quite a pretty penny when the routine question is asked whether or not a wedding should take place. Max makes his objection at Sophie Steinbeck's wedding. As it stands, her fiancé had been cheating on her and she is more than relieved to be able to call off the wedding. <br /><br />Three months pass and beyond drinks the night the wedding did not take place, Sophie and Max had not seen one another. However, Max has another job as an Objector coming up and needs Sophie to play his second. If she agrees, she can earn a lot of money.<br /><br />As a friendship grows between Sophie and Max as they work together to stop a few weddings here and there, that friendship grows into more. However, as each of them is completely jaded about love, emotion definitely will not come into play even when the couple get closer and closer. Or will it? After all, sparks won't create real emotional feelings, or so it seems. Lynn Painter has written quite an enjoyable read, one that kept me entertained right from the start.<br /><br />Many thanks to Berkley and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.<br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKr-YlL6btREQSboaFixKULA1J_ntQR_WU-asj4E-CO74YzDgAJBjob_gGVO3hqRvvpOxH5oEq8c30gp6vdAhhw-0m98NbwHCVsswKmtN-PRGrGqYMbkeBVpvuquYwvfl8olSytUUSJnv0jWFk-t_QVwHDEyG-N_rs-3pE4brcTfil13rYMD3UaWL9/s266/6B864794-DD5E-40C0-81BD-60BC28E8724E.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="177" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKr-YlL6btREQSboaFixKULA1J_ntQR_WU-asj4E-CO74YzDgAJBjob_gGVO3hqRvvpOxH5oEq8c30gp6vdAhhw-0m98NbwHCVsswKmtN-PRGrGqYMbkeBVpvuquYwvfl8olSytUUSJnv0jWFk-t_QVwHDEyG-N_rs-3pE4brcTfil13rYMD3UaWL9/w133-h200/6B864794-DD5E-40C0-81BD-60BC28E8724E.jpeg" width="133" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Lynn Painter lives in Omaha, Nebraska, with her husband and pack of wild kids. She is a community columnist for the <i>Omaha World-Herald</i>, as well as a regular blogger for their parenting section. When she isn’t reading or writing, she can be found eating her feelings and shotgunning cans of Red Bull.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/LAPainter">twitter</a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); font-family: arial; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3MZY6uMpCkAob4laKhJc7vKOZ7MAcOg8B62ylWuefRGuJPmpYZ5y8Tw7bpy5fjGCAJAKsnHF8LqyoVdqZm4SRRZZBiAZC8EjgzmTKqAEXhfsKa6t54GcadPqzlUyXZwZgB8dmhj1iEQ/s1400/Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3MZY6uMpCkAob4laKhJc7vKOZ7MAcOg8B62ylWuefRGuJPmpYZ5y8Tw7bpy5fjGCAJAKsnHF8LqyoVdqZm4SRRZZBiAZC8EjgzmTKqAEXhfsKa6t54GcadPqzlUyXZwZgB8dmhj1iEQ/s320/Signature.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-22214751925342623112024-03-10T07:00:00.006-04:002024-03-11T09:19:51.348-04:00WEEKLY WRAPUP #4 - 2024<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"> <a href="#" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoynLb0PkcFEjFoh9Kj5_CHI8W3YtlelhAdhjb-K_5L4Kvc0OFQ7nO_r2BzHjhesX2I_hs44vIOWoGssYOGXG5dL9Jtde-cZUF4nY9scaVhz_y5pGHR-5CSzQ5JF6ZnJJx7NsbbMwSisG3lasbdfMLxs4FIaH7CUj0V7WJR7-bZ-8F8nCwWQIA5Oa6pI/w355-h355/Sunday%20WrapUp.jpeg" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oswald;">The Sunday Post is a blog news meme that is posted here @<a href="https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/">Caffeinated Reviewer</a>. It is a chance to share news~A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. See rules here: <a href="https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/the-sunday-post-meme">Sunday Post Meme</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">*HOW WAS MY WEEK*</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;">This week started off good even though my medication insurance issue didn't get resolved until Thursday, but I was determined to continue my goal of reading at least one book each morning while diamond painting. Another goal that I have is to increase my NetGalley percentage by at least one percent each month, so I am working on mixing up reading current, upcoming and backlog ARCs each week. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">*LAST WEEK ON MY BLOG*</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/03/blog-tour-sapphire-daughter.html">The Sapphire Daughter</a> by Soraya Lane<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/03/review-along-shore.html">Along the Shore</a> by Rochelle Alers<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/03/review-wrong-family.html">The Wrong Family</a> by Tarryn Fisher<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/03/blog-tour-murder-at-island-hotel.html">Murder at the Highland Hotel</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/03/review-cant-we-be-friends.html">Can’t We Be Friends</a> by Denny S. 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Landau<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">*WHAT’S ON MY CURRENTLY READING SHELF?*</span></h2><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald; font-weight: normal;">ALL OF THESE BOOK COVERS ARE DIRECTLY LINKED TO GOODREADS:</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198563729-the-next-mrs-parrish" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="1903" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0xuguEIAbbfAWeJGMfXncxsEXYNF5ECa3l7eBnxBPRIYLO7gmMsnWTKZy-cuXpGDjO9pikhPjA6AY0OkVzn4LRcG1suK41OEERv5mzbEcLgnIRbGdHi-4A1XZf-NA3vnqH10V2n0EzNTAWB3Ex0swx2V77Hluo1ZupflF_RFSbjT3gwkBCQSuEulD2w/w134-h200/198563729.jpg" width="134" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/181350350-cheater?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pZd9kMhBukFWkKx43AJaYyzOBQu4_j4vN1JAvsvVim1WrfUDyLy0xP-oWUwdmv7Q55W8BgDH_PdAxSCHri5wx_ML0Vsj168BayVghogH5YLs3RFhxPkFhMtFlCxs2hjl3YOlaoa6hHojf7kPxgQQ0p6I8WMpFRnqhmwXTbXIgxRH3r1ABgE4dxrO0y0/w200-h200/IMG_6591.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /><span>I am also doing a buddy read of Bleak House by Charles Dickens. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEttd_3XOo4TUjCemhapm0Y6fLXTVeMjics6croU0kJpDhHZJP30-vRhPa6wUzFbw6edHvfiCub78L-0oAN7hu_BlfCTKizkbbCyCjF1wPDBjzGua6kknGHRGsF8781Xswtv2jBhUZk96GR08mWt0v7JPAey5THPb58BBffZk_nIKLWizADs6GxAs52Q/s475/IMG_6539.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEttd_3XOo4TUjCemhapm0Y6fLXTVeMjics6croU0kJpDhHZJP30-vRhPa6wUzFbw6edHvfiCub78L-0oAN7hu_BlfCTKizkbbCyCjF1wPDBjzGua6kknGHRGsF8781Xswtv2jBhUZk96GR08mWt0v7JPAey5THPb58BBffZk_nIKLWizADs6GxAs52Q/w129-h200/IMG_6539.jpeg" width="129" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">*FINAL THOUGHTS*</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Despite a couple of my meds being short for a couple of weeks, I count it as a good week. I was able to read ten books, and this was with a lot of napping. I did make great progress on my new diamond painting as well. It is called Family Circus and the artist is Richard Lorenz. The company is Diamond Art Club. I have not worked on jigsaw puzzles all week, although I did receive a 2000 piece puzzle board with drawers to review on my YouTube channel. I do plan on reviewing the puzzle board next week. Here is the diamond painting progress so far:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVfL9oTlXY2yAQkvL8SQzxBdIXIhke0cJnx2u3lt_kRKaycd1hcNqyipR1L4oolwpnJNGv4jGSuV9HODBFqnqzIs40MA8S0QuNl7xdATqrRHEcTsgyvnGYS0NfzOJ-I68IvofVF3idWradldzN-DQ0K695z8VeSqp2uMe7LdnjDOT0h0FPU5iLskIgIQ/s3453/IMG_8529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3022" data-original-width="3453" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVfL9oTlXY2yAQkvL8SQzxBdIXIhke0cJnx2u3lt_kRKaycd1hcNqyipR1L4oolwpnJNGv4jGSuV9HODBFqnqzIs40MA8S0QuNl7xdATqrRHEcTsgyvnGYS0NfzOJ-I68IvofVF3idWradldzN-DQ0K695z8VeSqp2uMe7LdnjDOT0h0FPU5iLskIgIQ/w400-h350/IMG_8529.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Did you notice my beautiful cats? They were printed by a friend as a surprise after she scoured my Facebook feed to look for my cat photos. She then printed them on special paper, which we call release papers. These papers protect the canvas as we are working on it. A very thoughtful gift.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Since I am having a couple of surgeries this month - a minor on Wednesday and a very serious one on March 25 - I plan on finishing this diamond painting in the next two weeks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">I had another win this week. My friend Jan Farnsworth has been telling me about a book tracking app called Bookly. I finally gave it a shot and I love how the statistics look.</span></div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jD8ieVC6co9T3UGH9FG2RdBejLMzJgzsAlWwkXJRSgSn0popJe5ptmEW9trW9olZ9wbZyOX3hNdMYXJ22ZblMYMOcLXkQklEMV6cr6dGDDxQdXSI-c9gn73zwt-GvcBpraUGqsUSxC93D13D-jmMhkEnRCZBcqFx8mj64ydrcoXxZ_u1fF9mpwRskWI/s2796/IMG_8540.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="1290" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jD8ieVC6co9T3UGH9FG2RdBejLMzJgzsAlWwkXJRSgSn0popJe5ptmEW9trW9olZ9wbZyOX3hNdMYXJ22ZblMYMOcLXkQklEMV6cr6dGDDxQdXSI-c9gn73zwt-GvcBpraUGqsUSxC93D13D-jmMhkEnRCZBcqFx8mj64ydrcoXxZ_u1fF9mpwRskWI/w185-h400/IMG_8540.png" width="185" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oJQf6ZvXtarnwKlXYRZ0nDWjxABj2BXdtwfPzNaScqIwNNt16PsRrwaiIbMObD1BdJjDaEBAqwFVokEzfJP90mBRbDhmFZUZp5GMsNTi8Uwr6m79wOSj4eeezrVIplKVPqodbHja8tSt-RKmUHgVLqXPVy4sI8xu-A0CdFxGqkAOfI6yrSuTdPjq4YY/s2148/IMG_50E21C0ED9D9-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2148" data-original-width="1452" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oJQf6ZvXtarnwKlXYRZ0nDWjxABj2BXdtwfPzNaScqIwNNt16PsRrwaiIbMObD1BdJjDaEBAqwFVokEzfJP90mBRbDhmFZUZp5GMsNTi8Uwr6m79wOSj4eeezrVIplKVPqodbHja8tSt-RKmUHgVLqXPVy4sI8xu-A0CdFxGqkAOfI6yrSuTdPjq4YY/s320/IMG_50E21C0ED9D9-1.jpeg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, my meds are straight, and I am looking forward to next week. I think the days of two books a day are out of reach right now, but as long as I can read at least one NetGalley ARC each day, I will be happy. I will continue to track my reading with Bookly as it is really nice to see these snapshots. Happy reading everyone!</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF013PvserjL_UsP0EmomvWDCzkbxux0uYbHsnO9p8JUK_sakA2ijuyDfSXv7jDOE2naKIC5TeEFkP9OVxDuFPRq3OSIX0ZLVD9ZA2T0VHoJXfPNXq6L7MoQw3o2r6ydLbhNwVfqmURfs7BTRE-p9i3vX1SAB_k2bOcPxWH8raSAJUOik8_Cxio-MZkI/s400/IMG_6386.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><img border="0" data-original-height="65" data-original-width="400" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF013PvserjL_UsP0EmomvWDCzkbxux0uYbHsnO9p8JUK_sakA2ijuyDfSXv7jDOE2naKIC5TeEFkP9OVxDuFPRq3OSIX0ZLVD9ZA2T0VHoJXfPNXq6L7MoQw3o2r6ydLbhNwVfqmURfs7BTRE-p9i3vX1SAB_k2bOcPxWH8raSAJUOik8_Cxio-MZkI/s320/IMG_6386.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-26367400566389811132024-03-10T04:00:00.001-04:002024-03-10T04:00:00.130-04:00BLOG TOUR - Her Last Hour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hW0OeVzNITDlfvWjLcx_mK-yc2vHekprsGEDHisk2IOnSVtNi2GZyfHd2sQKUPrwd2i5roPDcWLU8qs4EZdOcoW5AkZJOnGpic5e58opgEI7W-o0BU11DAoyLwEVoNjngWNiyYGIArhirI6fOrzLuhc0detbdRqZR-jzCaE5Q1hjuuSpU149esROIpo/s1600/IMG_6549.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hW0OeVzNITDlfvWjLcx_mK-yc2vHekprsGEDHisk2IOnSVtNi2GZyfHd2sQKUPrwd2i5roPDcWLU8qs4EZdOcoW5AkZJOnGpic5e58opgEI7W-o0BU11DAoyLwEVoNjngWNiyYGIArhirI6fOrzLuhc0detbdRqZR-jzCaE5Q1hjuuSpU149esROIpo/w225-h400/IMG_6549.png" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-family: times;">DESCRIPTION:</span></b><div><span style="font-family: times;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><b data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><b data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; word-spacing: 1px;"><b><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="10.5pt" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;">She can hear the faint lapping of waves nearby as she tries to open her swollen blue eyes. But all she can see is darkness, there is nothing but the suffocating sand that surrounds her. As her consciousness fades, she wishes she had never trusted him…</span></b><span style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.875rem;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When </span><b><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.875rem;">Ruby Evans</span></b><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.875rem;"> is abducted on her way home from volunteering at a nursing home in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, </span><b><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.875rem;">Detective Casey White</span></b><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.875rem;">’s heart breaks for the inconsolable mother. Terrible memories flood back of when her own darling daughter was taken twenty years ago. Pushing her own pain aside, Casey vows to find Ruby and bring her home.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />After desperately searching the road where Ruby was last seen, Casey receives a letter from someone claiming to be the kidnapper. In cursive red letters, she is warned that she has less than twenty-four hours to find Ruby alive. And when forensics reveal the letter was written in blood, Casey knows this isn’t a hoax.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Working around the clock, Casey is devastated when her team hit another dead end, and she’s shattered when Ruby’s body is discovered buried on the beach—she’s too late.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Now looking for a twisted killer, Casey is shocked when she receives a call from an evil predator she put behind bars ten years ago. He says he knows who the killer is, and will help Casey in exchange for his freedom. Casey refuses, but when she receives another letter, she is forced to reconsider. Because the killer promises the next victim will be someone much closer to her, and the clock is ticking.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />With only hours left, Casey has to decide if she’s prepared to free one evil monster to catch another, and if she doesn’t, will her loved ones pay the ultimate price?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.875rem;">An absolutely addictive crime thriller that will have you racing through the pages! Fans of Robert Dugoni, Lisa Regan and Kendra Elliot will be totally hooked.</span></b></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-originalfontsize="12pt" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0cm; word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #0f1111; font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-originalfontsize="12pt" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0cm; word-spacing: 1px;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #0f1111; font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: times;">BUY LINK: </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-originalfontsize="12pt" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0cm; word-spacing: 1px;"><a data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://geni.us/B0CPFQC3K3social&source=gmail&ust=1709294750223000&usg=AOvVaw09I8xP8aU4i3ZOYQ2XJ0Vb" href="https://geni.us/B0CPFQC3K3social" style="color: #467886; font-size: 1rem;" target="_blank">https://geni.us/<wbr></wbr>B0CPFQC3K3social</a></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><b data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-originalfontsize="12pt" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></p></span></div></div><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPEd38NfuA33FlknZQ3m4oMCZ_Y6jb-9GSVxjpg0BzxGNTQ9gu243LeQDovcn9n_J18FMEs3KjBN5PDqGwPTSlCzUmSS6WL00kniVAY_nDHzWrt8_Gb2JVSnVhXSK4Nw5src3kNpIQhFW8zS4adVEkMCy38Kc5T2-ipxxSpKJqPMZGxJAs5p0MTY-6ko/s500/IMG_6387.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPEd38NfuA33FlknZQ3m4oMCZ_Y6jb-9GSVxjpg0BzxGNTQ9gu243LeQDovcn9n_J18FMEs3KjBN5PDqGwPTSlCzUmSS6WL00kniVAY_nDHzWrt8_Gb2JVSnVhXSK4Nw5src3kNpIQhFW8zS4adVEkMCy38Kc5T2-ipxxSpKJqPMZGxJAs5p0MTY-6ko/s320/IMG_6387.jpeg" width="209" /></a></div>Title: Her Last Hour</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author</span>: B. R. Spangler</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b>Series: </b> Detective Casey White #11</span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Bookouture </span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Mystery & Thrillers </span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC </span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 276</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: March 7, 2024</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;">Detective Casey White has a witness to the kidnapping of a teenager named Ruby Fields. There is an Amber Alert issued. As not only is Tracy Fields part of Casey's team, she is Casey's child, who was kidnapped while she was a only a few years old, she</span></span><span style="font-family: times;"> feels a connection to the missing teenager. Even though Casey looked for Tracy for years, it still gives Casey chills that she gets to work alongside Tracy, who is now a crime scene investigator. This past between them makes Ruby's case even more sensitive to Casey.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;">When a literal message in a bottle is delivered stating that there will indeed be a murder victim, likely Ruby Fields, it becomes a race against time. Can Casey and her team find the killer before he sets his sights on yet another innocent victim? There is more than needing to be answered. Casey knows that there must be a special meaning in that message. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">With regard to Casey's personal life, she is in a wonderful relationship with </span><span style="font-family: times;">Jericho Flynn, who works for the Marine Control. The couple now have two foster children they had saved and there is an adoption hearing pending.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">What an amazing series by B.R. Spangler. This is one series that might be best read in order as Casey's life over the years has changed. When considering her relationship with Tracey, Jericho, their two foster children and her team, the continuity does a fine job creating a wonderful backdrop for a thoroughly engaging series. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3m4XPK9GEXVi_rrtuZAJuGx57jiykHcCOgFLBXFVzxW70IBaUEe5V-YYpLYCdoj16-uySk6P3kfH27daBVntujikpspHRs6wTIdrKwwGJnf1Ae7lTCPxJ1R7LwO076yf7tiGyKHhPO5ttjO6VPeDpIn28CtNTP9N6Xck4DHDJl53Y7bZ7J1pG8DgI/s2152/AE95E77A-AE87-4525-8C51-273979AA8BEE.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="1946" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3m4XPK9GEXVi_rrtuZAJuGx57jiykHcCOgFLBXFVzxW70IBaUEe5V-YYpLYCdoj16-uySk6P3kfH27daBVntujikpspHRs6wTIdrKwwGJnf1Ae7lTCPxJ1R7LwO076yf7tiGyKHhPO5ttjO6VPeDpIn28CtNTP9N6Xck4DHDJl53Y7bZ7J1pG8DgI/w181-h200/AE95E77A-AE87-4525-8C51-273979AA8BEE.jpeg" width="181" /></span></a></div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 1rem;">By day, B.R. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihScFrYwi7CIy4EdKn2rgXJUDzIeqIuZ4Z4PR728xHZMqvtZ3LSd-gxuUsaoixkYe_OFj39GX_ymM4b411iRo2XyMC5ciFfW2D0gVHHurny_F3tOQBrX-Obh6lbIzHA6RZlke7QxE2JpPR52zAJahB3wpqTUsHj7TQpOcPkx0bQgTgT25Am3qWLsdAPig/s1600/IMG_6511.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihScFrYwi7CIy4EdKn2rgXJUDzIeqIuZ4Z4PR728xHZMqvtZ3LSd-gxuUsaoixkYe_OFj39GX_ymM4b411iRo2XyMC5ciFfW2D0gVHHurny_F3tOQBrX-Obh6lbIzHA6RZlke7QxE2JpPR52zAJahB3wpqTUsHj7TQpOcPkx0bQgTgT25Am3qWLsdAPig/w225-h400/IMG_6511.png" width="225" /></a></div><br />DESCRIPTION:</b><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="10.5pt" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-spacing: 0px;">Lake Geneva, 1951: Delphine looked up at Florian, her fingers grazing his cheek as she pressed her mouth to his, the sapphire tiara sparkling beside them. “Yes,” she whispered against his lips. “I will marry you. If you can find a way, then I promise you. I will marry you.”</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></p><b>London, present day. Georgia</b> holds the rare pink sapphire in her hands, watching it glitter in the morning light. It was left for her at Hope’s House, a home for unmarried mothers whose babies were adopted. But how is it connected to the secrets of her family’s complicated history? <br /><br />Georgia tries to forget about the sapphire, her heart too bruised by past hurts. But when she discovers the gemstone was part of a priceless tiara owned by the Italian royal family, she is drawn in by the mystery surrounding it. Her only way of finding answers is to travel to Lake Geneva to meet with the man who inherited the stunning tiara from his grandfather. <br /><br />When she arrives at the breathtaking lakeside city, handsome <b>Luca</b> tells her he’s been searching for the missing stone for years and is eager to piece together how it arrived at Hope’s House. As they spend sun-drenched days together, Georgia and Luca grow closer and uncover the passionate, forbidden love story of Delphine and Florian, whose tragic romance forced Delphine to make a heartbreaking decision with devastating consequences…<br /><br />As Georgia comes to terms with the decades-old secret, will it shatter everything she thought she knew about herself? Or will Delphine’s courage inspire her to open up her own heart and build a new life with Luca?<br /><br /><b>A completely gripping and escapist read about family mysteries and true love that lasts a lifetime, that will leave you spellbound. The perfect read for fans of Lucinda Riley, Victoria Hislop and Santa Montefiore.</b><br /><br />This novel can be enjoyed as a standalone.<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="10.5pt" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0f1111; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">BUY LINK:</span></b></p><p><span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-size: 17px; word-spacing: 1px;"> </span><a data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://geni.us/B0CKW3Q7W8social&source=gmail&ust=1709294750271000&usg=AOvVaw1-UCXq5qzNgghEBGqaJDzs" href="https://geni.us/B0CKW3Q7W8social" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(70, 120, 134); color: #467886; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; word-spacing: 1px;" target="_blank">https://geni.us/<wbr style="border-color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"></wbr>B0CKW3Q7W8social</a></p><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpp_pNm8xukeSLKAnhD9VVIpDN_Je9ya5VvWDIi-40Xm_AUCY9yx-Mb7dEXA8Lgi9xpWDLseETZB8DTilNC76OPEtTqB2C1Ul3Krs47VWlwWvAAy8o4yDvLaQahJY5IwQo-6nkQLbw8whkdu8lvggf2Y5GP-aS2uMswj1w1Lj-C8wiDWN-yXUMTf2z4E/s2750/IMG_6510.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2750" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpp_pNm8xukeSLKAnhD9VVIpDN_Je9ya5VvWDIi-40Xm_AUCY9yx-Mb7dEXA8Lgi9xpWDLseETZB8DTilNC76OPEtTqB2C1Ul3Krs47VWlwWvAAy8o4yDvLaQahJY5IwQo-6nkQLbw8whkdu8lvggf2Y5GP-aS2uMswj1w1Lj-C8wiDWN-yXUMTf2z4E/s320/IMG_6510.png" width="233" /></a></div><br />Title: The Sapphire Daughter</b></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author</span>: Soraya M. Lane</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><b>Series: </b> The Lost Daughters #4</span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Bookouture</span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Historical Fiction</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 294</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: March 8, 2024</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><b style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In present day London, Georgia comes in possession of a pink sapphire that she decides to get appraised. Leaving it with the jeweler, she doesn't expect much. When she returns, she quickly finds out that not only is the sapphire quite valuable, it has a history that is very important. This leads Georgia to Lake Geneva.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As this story is told in two timelines, it also goes back to Lake Geneva in 1951. Delphine has two children and is a very unhappy marriage. If it were up to her she and her family would be happy and united, but her husband has other ideas. After a while she meets and falls in love with Florian. Although divorce would be difficult at that time, Delphine and Florian begin to make plans for their future. Tragically, things do not turn out that way and Delphine finds herself temporarily residing at Hope's House, a home for unwed mothers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">While Georgia is in Lake Geneva, she meets Luca, a man who inherited a stunning sapphire tiara from his grandfather. This tiara had been missing a single sapphire, and as it turns out, it is the very sapphire that Georgia has in her possession.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hope's House has a big role in what Georgia learned and what Delphine experienced all those years before. In fact, Hope's House played a big role in each woman's story in this <i>Lost Daughters</i> series by Soraya Lane. Each story was a delight and it was very interesting to see these dual timeline stories. I really enjoyed both Georgia and Delphine's story, although Delphine's story was one of loss and sadness. Georgia's story had more light, and this pulled this book together in quite a satisfying manner. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As Georgia is not the only woman who had received a mysterious box connected to Hope’s House, I cannot wait for the next book in this warm and engaging series. Each story was truly lovely, and with excellent writing and satisfying endings, this series is a true winner for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERhXPV8WL447eohK6wRKCCptOceiNhv4ercYKmwEtkKG_Q5evoQ_H_imdoJJcX79akRvYzSVw-mn78GG6SW1M7Ha8kxhVukRvfnF4radNicNKWRsBVQuw9JZriFuRvDGGvaayV0vdm12JN3j-m0c4zNRRBCkdg-IFZriJD09jXntYFJn11bsQCjp5/s6185/LATEST%20HEAD%20SHOT.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6185" data-original-width="4125" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERhXPV8WL447eohK6wRKCCptOceiNhv4ercYKmwEtkKG_Q5evoQ_H_imdoJJcX79akRvYzSVw-mn78GG6SW1M7Ha8kxhVukRvfnF4radNicNKWRsBVQuw9JZriFuRvDGGvaayV0vdm12JN3j-m0c4zNRRBCkdg-IFZriJD09jXntYFJn11bsQCjp5/w133-h200/LATEST%20HEAD%20SHOT.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>Soraya Lane graduated with a law degree before realising that law wasn't the career for her and that her future was in writing. She is the author of historical and contemporary women's fiction, including the #1 Kindle bestselling novels <b style="font-style: italic;">The Last Correspondent </b>and<b style="font-style: italic;"> The Secrets We Left Behind</b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Soraya lives on a small farm in her native New Zealand with her husband, their two young sons and a collection of four legged friends. When she's not writing, she loves to be outside playing make-believe with her children or snuggled up inside reading.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Author social media</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SorayaLaneAuthor">https://www.facebook.com/SorayaLaneAuthor</a>Instagram @SorayaLaneAuthor</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Website: </span><a href="https://www.sorayalane.com">https://www.sorayalane.com</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Newsletter sign up:</span></p><p><a href="https://www.bookouture.com/soraya-lane-email-sign-up/"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">https://www.bookouture.com/soraya-lane-email-sign-up/</span></a></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-cNZnvIEqbHJCfvUAJX0vC0N25TWNTy6lXsZib7Uv56gmL9FSGp2mAOZ1l8_RMyUmLGcUTMph85suT3lqJJOTRACK3Vmj56Zl-qU3m6KKr6-A57l1u1rtwU3j8FXtI3NUKXmTFoAQXHaA0NdD7eecc6qnT0P91jEcqIV8FMmqliCcF2jQXTC6zLeS=s1400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-cNZnvIEqbHJCfvUAJX0vC0N25TWNTy6lXsZib7Uv56gmL9FSGp2mAOZ1l8_RMyUmLGcUTMph85suT3lqJJOTRACK3Vmj56Zl-qU3m6KKr6-A57l1u1rtwU3j8FXtI3NUKXmTFoAQXHaA0NdD7eecc6qnT0P91jEcqIV8FMmqliCcF2jQXTC6zLeS=s320" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-45338570568673682002024-03-09T03:35:00.005-05:002024-03-09T03:37:11.793-05:00Review - Along the Shore<div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IDhVc7d9g-Eoekbz3In1GG1fkg3I0faNdZbfOkDoNwhV7OrjJxnPi5IsrnDmcKXVgnGXjxWz3eUHr2SZxizYlF8tiiM6Ph4NlG_x6Pn0xCur_57pmHl0enYFE0h3xeW0mLaApQlHOdI-EfIY7-WxDc9Su4jwAnmwDQcG3rgSA6YzAAHUwtaDZb9xWE0/s2326/IMG_6502.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2326" data-original-width="1550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IDhVc7d9g-Eoekbz3In1GG1fkg3I0faNdZbfOkDoNwhV7OrjJxnPi5IsrnDmcKXVgnGXjxWz3eUHr2SZxizYlF8tiiM6Ph4NlG_x6Pn0xCur_57pmHl0enYFE0h3xeW0mLaApQlHOdI-EfIY7-WxDc9Su4jwAnmwDQcG3rgSA6YzAAHUwtaDZb9xWE0/s320/IMG_6502.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div>Title: Along the Shore</b></div><div><b>Author</b>: <span style="font-family: times;"> Rochelle Alers</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Series: </span><span>The Book Club #3</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Dafina</span></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Women's Fiction</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 328</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: July 26, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 4 Stars</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;">DESCRIPTION:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></div><b><i>Set on a charming North Carolina island, the latest novel in national bestselling author Rochelle Alers’ unforgettable, heartfelt Book Club series tells of one woman whose past comes calling—even as a new beginning beckons. Perfect for fans of warm, sexy, community-oriented fiction featuring diverse, multicultural characters in the vein of Tracey Livesay, Sherryl Woods and Brenda Jackson.</i></b><br /><br />Cherie Renee Thompson is finally ready to dive into change. After two summers vacationing on Coates Island, she’s now a permanent resident, studying to be a teacher, and has formed invaluable friendships with two remarkable women, Kayana and Leah. Their summer book club, which meets weekly at the Seaside Café, has taught Cherie to seize the day. And as the ex-mistress of a powerful politician consistently unable to commit, Cherie is determined not to waste any more time—or try romance again…<br /><br />When Cherie meets new sheriff and ex-army veteran Reese Matthews, there’s an immediate, undeniable spark between them. For his part, Reese has survived ongoing loss and believes that Cherie is as open and uncomplicated as she appears—until her former flame returns. Free of his responsibilities, he’s offering Cherie the luxurious life he always promised…<br /><br />Now, in a summer of glowing potential, tranquil days, and book club meetings filled with insight and caring, Cherie must weigh past dreams against new chances, search her heart for what’s real—and what will fulfill her most.<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://amzn.to/3VrY0nN">Link to purchase the book</a></span><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span></span><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span><span>Cherie Renee Thompson is no stranger to Coates Island. In fact, she has visiting the island more than once, and she decides to make it her permanent homes. She plans on going back to school for her teaching degree, and can't think of a better place than Coates Island to jumpstart her life. During her previous visits to the island, Cherie formed strong friendships with two if the island residents, Kayana and Leah. The ladies met when they formed a book club during the first summer they were together. Over those last two summers, both Kayana and Leah have found love, even though they each had their own baggage. Things are not so different for Cherie. In fact, her past is still something that she is working through.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>When Cherie meets the town's new sheriff, Reese Matthews, she has an undeniable attraction to the handsome man, and he feels quite the same. However, Cherie experienced hurt and pain in her past, and is not so sure she can trust herself to feel anything for Reese. Reese also had some pain in his past, but there is just something about Cherie that brings light to Reese's eyes. </span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><i style="font-weight: bold;">Along the Shore</i> is the delightful and emotional third book in the <i>Book Club</i> series. In fact, I read the first two books, <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Seaside Café </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Beach House</i>, just before reading this book, <i style="font-weight: bold;">Along the Shore</i>. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the books in this series, especially as the characters are bibliophiles like myself. <i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Many thanks to Dafina </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">and to NetGalley for this ARC for review.</span><span style="font-family: times;"> This is my honest opinion.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span><span><div style="color: #454545; font-family: "times new roman";"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></div><div style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHthUo2OXhd_OFGVnqR07_cwc9riAl6UoxjUxe0Tt1hcZbSgLEyvvQjgE959DpDmwm3Binr1JXIbpIFUKt4oB8wPpZp97ebKajANJXye_Ax7k2rmh3ZRp1dTWSvVnuzojxQxxE7s09eA/s1600/Author+photo_Rochelle+Alers.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="374" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHthUo2OXhd_OFGVnqR07_cwc9riAl6UoxjUxe0Tt1hcZbSgLEyvvQjgE959DpDmwm3Binr1JXIbpIFUKt4oB8wPpZp97ebKajANJXye_Ax7k2rmh3ZRp1dTWSvVnuzojxQxxE7s09eA/s320/Author+photo_Rochelle+Alers.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><span style="color: black;">Hailed by readers and booksellers alike as one of today's most popular African-American authors of women's fiction, Ms. Alers is a regular on bestsellers list, and has been a recipient of numerous awards, including the Vivian Stephens Award for Excellence in Romance Writing and a Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award. Visit her Web site www.rochellealers.com</span></div><div style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></div><div style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Author links: </span><br /><span style="color: black;"> Instagram: </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rochelle_alers/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/rochelle_alers/?hl=en</a><span style="color: black;"> </span><br /><span style="color: black;"> Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/rochellealers?lang=en">https://twitter.com/rochellealers?lang=en</a><span style="color: black;"> </span><br /><span style="color: black;"> Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rochelle.alers">https://www.facebook.com/rochelle.alers</a><span style="color: black;"> </span><br /> Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/107119.Rochelle_Alers">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/107119.Rochelle_Alers</a><span style="color: black;"> </span><br /></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s1600/Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s320/Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-50065074489883865812024-03-09T02:39:00.006-05:002024-03-09T02:42:08.822-05:00Review - The Wrong Family<p></p><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8YaUbxRYdVGqJ_bK4tiiua62NFwlhrK_MYjJXin9vaQV07B4luG0O-mPMGfPmQSX-iZXqekLwRxjbTnvlEVMLgLjubUlr_sc6jqGiRXmLMC7LpkeWoweRooSjz90qpEpE2Aop1QehUuPrd7N4ipUBhqcg2Iq05lPyRozGRPtl9Kob3HsyDKI5gseOuU/s2560/IMG_6584.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1706" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8YaUbxRYdVGqJ_bK4tiiua62NFwlhrK_MYjJXin9vaQV07B4luG0O-mPMGfPmQSX-iZXqekLwRxjbTnvlEVMLgLjubUlr_sc6jqGiRXmLMC7LpkeWoweRooSjz90qpEpE2Aop1QehUuPrd7N4ipUBhqcg2Iq05lPyRozGRPtl9Kob3HsyDKI5gseOuU/s320/IMG_6584.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div>Title</b>: <b>The Wrong Family</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author</span>: Tarryn Fisher</span></div></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Mystery/Thriller</span></div></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span>: Graydon House</span></div></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span>: Kindle ARC</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> December 29, 2020</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: 336</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars</span></span></div></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div><div style="color: #454545; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">DESCRIPTION:</span></div><div style="color: #454545; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have you ever been wrong about someone?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Juno was wrong about Winnie Crouch.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before moving in with the Crouch family, Juno thought Winnie and her husband, Nigel, had the perfect marriage, the perfect son—the perfect life. Only now that she’s living in their beautiful house, she sees the cracks in the crumbling facade are too deep to ignore.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Still, she isn’t one to judge. After her grim diagnosis, the retired therapist simply wants a place to live out the rest of her days in peace. But that peace is shattered the day Juno overhears a chilling conversation between Winnie and Nigel…</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She shouldn’t get involved.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She <i>really</i> shouldn’t.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But this could be her chance to make a few things right.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Because if you thought Juno didn’t have a secret of her own, then you were wrong about her, too.</span></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #454545; font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3TcfK3u">Link to purchase the book</a></span></div></div><div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #454545;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div style="color: #454545;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>She had chosen the wrong family. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Taking residence with the Crouch family proves to be more than Juno could have ever imagined. She first learns of the Winnie and Nigel Crouch after meeting their son Sam, a thirteen-year-old boy who ultimately changes the course of Juno's life, a life with an ever approaching expiration date, as Juno is suffering from a very serious illness. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sam confides in Juno and as a retired therapist, Juno finds a kinship with Sam. Juno was once a successful therapist, married and with two sons. However, her life has taken on drastic changes over the years and, needing a place to live, Juno moves in with the Crouch family. After overhearing a discussion between Winnie and Nigel, it quickly becomes abundantly clear that </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the perfect little family is anything but. In fact, a discovery that Juno is determined to explore soon will change everything for the Crouch family.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Secrets and deceit are the fiber of this thrilling story by Tarryn Fisher. Not only do the Crouches have a huge secret, but Juno has a whopper of her own. This story takes the reader down a rabbit hole filled with twists and turns and more than a few surprises. Keep reading until the very end, because you just might find yourself just as shocked as I was.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Many thanks to Graydon House and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.</span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #454545;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div></div><div><div style="color: #454545; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="color: #454545;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97-gO57HnHpvzugB2bVBI3EOffKFdS3LccLIbPvN_Z6hKf6AoR2dfPLwaWA4Qh7aq_HD6JTiy8FJRSwsIr76A9uHgPQO2HAUCM_sfLRGmZSIGJ7_Gdsy1OFJiU2Z3cUoN8S67VvfpthA/s1600/tarryn.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="353" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97-gO57HnHpvzugB2bVBI3EOffKFdS3LccLIbPvN_Z6hKf6AoR2dfPLwaWA4Qh7aq_HD6JTiy8FJRSwsIr76A9uHgPQO2HAUCM_sfLRGmZSIGJ7_Gdsy1OFJiU2Z3cUoN8S67VvfpthA/s200/tarryn.png" width="162" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #454545; font-family: verdana;">Tarryn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She lives in Seattle with her children and husband. Her heart is dark but she loves you with it anyway. Tarryn is the founder of Guise of the Villain, a fashion blog, and has written twelve published novels. Tarryn is a Slytherin.</span></div><div style="color: #454545; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="color: #454545; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.tarrynfisher.com/" target="_blank">web</a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tarryn__fisher" target="_blank">twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tarrynfisher/" target="_blank">instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authortarrynfisher/" target="_blank">facebook</a></span></div></div><div style="color: #454545; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="color: #454545; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #454545;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s1600/Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s320/Signature.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-28260226289626372582024-03-08T04:00:00.005-05:002024-03-08T22:55:06.922-05:00BLOG TOUR - Murder at the Island Hotel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuYrReAQvWi6uLqkIoJ61OnXL4ZjhU7_jPIENMDsb0oWwjXwqCA5HA9IeQX8QNHl5LQmmzQERdSPyH4xjJBEdp3kQ3Pz1xLtJZCVyxnAwnM7OY_T4eSKTP8HZ8TtGLzcaHnvRicPnHTxXxEpcGN1pZyzLv25qNBUgpMe2Ltr1py7keCTcmzOU80-eaJTQ/s1600/IMG_6462.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuYrReAQvWi6uLqkIoJ61OnXL4ZjhU7_jPIENMDsb0oWwjXwqCA5HA9IeQX8QNHl5LQmmzQERdSPyH4xjJBEdp3kQ3Pz1xLtJZCVyxnAwnM7OY_T4eSKTP8HZ8TtGLzcaHnvRicPnHTxXxEpcGN1pZyzLv25qNBUgpMe2Ltr1py7keCTcmzOU80-eaJTQ/w400-h225/IMG_6462.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><b style="caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b><p><b style="caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">DESCRIPTION: </span></b></p><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 700;">A gorgeous island off the English coast, a beautiful hotel perched on the cliffs, a group of glamourous friends… and a suspicious death? Kitty Underhay’s invitation didn’t mention murder!</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 700;">Spring, 1936</span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;">. As the boat draws into the harbour of Bird Island, Kitty is absolutely delighted to see the stunning hotel for the first time. She and her friend Alice have been asked to join the distinguished guests before the hotel officially opens its doors, but they have barely unpacked when the owner is found dead in his own study…<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Sir Norman’s death looks like suicide. But Kitty isn’t convinced – she cannot find a note, and he is left-handed but was shot on the right side of his head. Kitty tries to reach the police, but a violent storm engulfs the island and the power goes out. </span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 700;">Kitty and Alice need to move quickly before anyone else finds death on their dinner menu!</span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />With several old friends amongst their suspects, Kitty decides the investigation should stay secret. But it’s not until Kitty uncovers Sir Norman’s financial difficulties that she’s on the killer’s trail. </span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 700;">Can Kitty and Alice catch the culprit in time for tea, or will they become the next guests on the murderer’s list?</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 700;">Fans of T.E. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejWJyiQFvhu7I-ndh3iQsL7fKp1HGUIKOD5VBFI0MwYfm6JRXcgFCSShRrqSVPpHUtg-Qv-lKKEVcWY6mMfTYYAfl2vVO09I9nFHt1TKtx6U9BRSW_ZFFD1RzG4QNHu8juz7SIswjIT6LMVt5jdmXJLWkOmGSR43uenMXvo4WF2V1GIotAccbYg_LwNM/s500/IMG_6372.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejWJyiQFvhu7I-ndh3iQsL7fKp1HGUIKOD5VBFI0MwYfm6JRXcgFCSShRrqSVPpHUtg-Qv-lKKEVcWY6mMfTYYAfl2vVO09I9nFHt1TKtx6U9BRSW_ZFFD1RzG4QNHu8juz7SIswjIT6LMVt5jdmXJLWkOmGSR43uenMXvo4WF2V1GIotAccbYg_LwNM/s320/IMG_6372.jpeg" width="210" /></a></div>Title: Murder at the Island Hotel</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author</span>: Helena Dixon</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><b>Series: </b> Miss Underhay #15</span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Bookouture </span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Cozy Mystery</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC </span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 296</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: March 4, 2024</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Kitty Underhay's agreement to assist in inspections of new members of the Torbay Hoteliers' Association was tainted by a sudden death. Kitty and her friend Alice arrive at a beautiful island and are excited to see the grand hotel that has recently been refurbished.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The invitation that Kitty received was sent by Sir Norman Whittier, the Bird Hotel's proprietor. Quite familiiar about how all things run in hotels, as Kitty's grandmother runs the Dolphin Hotel, a place where Kitty worked for years, she agrees to attend the grand opening. Although Alice is a chambermaid at the Dolphin, she is also Kitty's dear friend.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Kitty is equally impressed with the Bird Hotel and with with Sir Norman. However, when he dies by an apparent suicide, Kitty is highly doubtful that this is the case. Many times over Kitty has proved more than effective as a private investigator, and so she is determined to find the real cause of Sir Norman's death, as well as the person responsible. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Always careful not to show her hand, Kitty knows exactly what questions to ask or works well when it comes to eliminating suspects. Danger grows close more than once for Kitty, especially as more deaths might be on the horizon. Her husband Matt arrives on the island to see about Kitty, as well as to participate in the investigation at hand. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Kitty remains intrepid, and there is a small peek into her married life with Matt. I am very much looking forward to book 16 in this engaging series and I would love to see what their next case brings, as well as how they are growing in their marriage. Also, Alice's future is interesting to follow and I hope Kitty's dog Bertie continues to make appearances. 15</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> books in and Kitty is as delightful as ever. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the previous books in this charming series, and love feeling as if I am a part of Kitty's various adventures. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvJf8YWrcg9gx0MbxRjuqKoEzr5Tjg3PryAUPAioePjz3QNGwVnNnJLsNuTn34tbwH5tcQqmWikGs10k4I2uTIrxEMTAIHugs5Ew-1hb5vNaAYh4m7uhuKM1mdBr6zs57G7WdcL_F0W19S8dqX97ELfr4Y_KVQ3FPqqtqJVSP-BTmqYIBHrKed_OY/s4666/579A470F-4F33-4176-83AA-B76D5461102A.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3732" data-original-width="4666" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvJf8YWrcg9gx0MbxRjuqKoEzr5Tjg3PryAUPAioePjz3QNGwVnNnJLsNuTn34tbwH5tcQqmWikGs10k4I2uTIrxEMTAIHugs5Ew-1hb5vNaAYh4m7uhuKM1mdBr6zs57G7WdcL_F0W19S8dqX97ELfr4Y_KVQ3FPqqtqJVSP-BTmqYIBHrKed_OY/w200-h160/579A470F-4F33-4176-83AA-B76D5461102A.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div>Helena Dixon splits her time between the Black Country and Devon. Married to the same man for over thirty five years she has three daughters, a cactus called Spike, and a crazy cockapoo. She is allergic to adhesives, apples, tinsel and housework. Her addictions of choice are coffee and reality TV. She was winner of The Romance Prize in 2007 and Love Story of the Year 2010 as Nell Dixon. She now writes historical 1930's set cozy crime. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNC57xn8xkG-eLyDZwTMCUoxEbN068IpCQrHzTwQPiUE_0YwrCCp2yG8QJD1GJTxtysdTx4YBX0NeHmiiiYaE-uNciK3QtMAePvpAEMNSI159MXerL92d-bsP9nUAPc2FT9dUT5oRAz2ppjmPUYeI8bzh_e2ulrm0icy8KQggxIs5bXOSmQV7OrUYu7kI/s2400/173957810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1594" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNC57xn8xkG-eLyDZwTMCUoxEbN068IpCQrHzTwQPiUE_0YwrCCp2yG8QJD1GJTxtysdTx4YBX0NeHmiiiYaE-uNciK3QtMAePvpAEMNSI159MXerL92d-bsP9nUAPc2FT9dUT5oRAz2ppjmPUYeI8bzh_e2ulrm0icy8KQggxIs5bXOSmQV7OrUYu7kI/s320/173957810.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Title: Can't We Be Friends</b><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author</span>: Denny S. Bryce & Eliza Knight</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: William Morrow Paperbacks</span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Historical Fiction</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 384</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: </span><span style="font-family: times;">March 5, 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars</span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><b>DESCRIPTION:</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and <i><b>USA Today</b></i> bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a brilliant novel that uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the Queen of Jazz, and iconic movie star Marilyn Monroe. </div><div><br /></div><div>One woman was recognized as the premiere singer of her era with perfect pitch and tireless ambition. </div><div><br /></div><div>One woman was the most glamorous star in Hollywood, a sex symbol who took the world by storm.</div><div><br /></div><div>And their friendship was fast and firm… </div><div><br /></div><div>1952: Ella Fitzgerald is a renowned jazz singer whose only roadblock to longevity is society’s attitude toward women and race. Marilyn Monroe’s star is rising despite ongoing battles with movie studio bigwigs and boyfriends. When she needs help with her singing, she wants only the best—and the best is the brilliant Ella Fitzgerald. But Ella isn’t a singing teacher and declines—then the two women meet, and to everyone’s surprise but their own, they become fast friends. </div><div><br /></div><div>On the surface, what could they have in common? Yet each was underestimated by the men in their lives—husbands, managers, hangers-on. And both were determined to gain. Each fought for professional independence and personal agency in a time when women were expected to surrender control to those same men. </div><div><br /></div><div>This novel reveals and celebrates their surprising bond over a decade and serves as a poignant reminder of how true friendship can cross differences to bolster and sustain us through haunting heartbreak and wild success.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/41UC7hK">Link to purchase the book</a></div><div><div><b><br /></b><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;">Two women going in different directions in life, and both famous. Ella Fitzgerald, the Queen of Jazz, and Marilyn Monroe, a movie star. When Marilyn Monroe has an upcoming part in a movie where she will be singing, she appeals to Ella Fitzgerald in a series of letters to be her mentor. Marilyn Monroe has long idolized Ella Fitzgerald, and she is certain that she can learn much from her.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />At first, Ella's cousin and assistant answers Marilyn's letters, as Ella is no teacher, and she has a lot on her plate. She experiences both bigotry and sexism, and this is despite her incredible talent. She is also judged for being a full-figured woman. However, her talent is second to none and she works hard at her career, all while her personal life goes through many changes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not only does Ella have her battles, Marilyn does as well. Her relationships are filled with trouble and with more than one marriage and divorce, Marilyn continues to reach for happiness. With regard to her career, she is thriving...if only she could feel confident in her singing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After a bevy of letters from Marilyn, Ella eventually responds personally. This is the beginning of an incredible friendship. While the women are literally as different as night and day, the time they spend together grows more special each time they meet. As they lived in a time where women were not treated as fairly as men, and this included the salaries paid to them compared to their male counterparts, each woman fought for her career. <span style="font-family: times;">Their friendship continued to thrive, but tragically, Marilyn died young, at the age of 36 years of age, as she lost her battle with drugs.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Although this book is written as historical fiction, with more than a bit of literary license, it proved to be an excellent read. It was like looking into a window during the 1950s when the two women were friends. This book proved the intense research the authors must have done as they penned this marvelous book. Not only was this a stellar read, the authors' notes at the end provide even more insight. I thank both Ms. Bryce and Ms. Knight for writing this incredible book. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;">Many thanks to William Morrow Paperbacks and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><b><span style="font-family: times;">ABOUT THE AUTHORS:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IVKiyYhhglHh8nOwIYpeBQQ-uHyNf9eom3qf4ik8QsKOOTLcS5_Wjf7iSPY4dQsZ3vT_IbY0uxraOk9Ze4PB74_mM1zQ8tdtgXQgOltcwTorR-5EucZOo1NqTeYzQ2ChktsPP8iGb6gyhovhFQmEasHjKbdwyHpDKCb1aHaH8d-0F0CMhOTNNb9nXfc/s2560/Denny-S.-Bryce-Head-Shot-w-Chair-scaled.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1709" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IVKiyYhhglHh8nOwIYpeBQQ-uHyNf9eom3qf4ik8QsKOOTLcS5_Wjf7iSPY4dQsZ3vT_IbY0uxraOk9Ze4PB74_mM1zQ8tdtgXQgOltcwTorR-5EucZOo1NqTeYzQ2ChktsPP8iGb6gyhovhFQmEasHjKbdwyHpDKCb1aHaH8d-0F0CMhOTNNb9nXfc/w134-h200/Denny-S.-Bryce-Head-Shot-w-Chair-scaled.jpeg" width="134" /></a></div>Denny S. Bryce is the bestselling, award-winning author of three novels: THE OTHER PRINCESS, A FACE IN THE SUN, and WILD WOMEN AND THE BLUES. She is also an NPR book critic, an adjunct professor at Drexel University, and a freelance writer who has written for Harper’s Bazaar and <i><b>USA Today</b></i>. She is a member of the Historical Novel Society, Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and Tall Poppy Writers. She is represented by Wendy Sherman at Wendy Sherman Associates Literary Management.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://dennysbryce.com/">web</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dennysbryceauthor">facebook</a> | <a href="https://instagram.com/dennysbryce/">instagram</a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/@DennySBryce">X</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmHyVhLfI5mOZLRQO8r5ScYDiZsn3q-BzHaDpSzCkggeCrBvc5M4dENevLkaMdlFVCyI_CJJUWsUHOmo9to24BRju9YfA8APNfFzkdgrgCwvoLc2Bc8VrEgx0YH3GS9uKG1AyaFW5nbZEnsKuT7wNQrwdnEJOEOO_tHhPANSK2ApRvWzPFT_-PwQwMTM/s300/Eliza-Knight-Author-Photo-2020-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmHyVhLfI5mOZLRQO8r5ScYDiZsn3q-BzHaDpSzCkggeCrBvc5M4dENevLkaMdlFVCyI_CJJUWsUHOmo9to24BRju9YfA8APNfFzkdgrgCwvoLc2Bc8VrEgx0YH3GS9uKG1AyaFW5nbZEnsKuT7wNQrwdnEJOEOO_tHhPANSK2ApRvWzPFT_-PwQwMTM/w200-h200/Eliza-Knight-Author-Photo-2020-300x300.jpg" width="200" />0</a></div>Eliza Knight is an award-winning and<b><i> USA Today</i></b> bestselling author.</div><div><br /></div><div>Her love of history began as a young girl when she traipsed the halls of Versailles and ran through the fields in Southern France. She can still remember standing before the great golden palace, and imagining what life must have been like. Join Eliza (sometimes as E.) on riveting historical journeys that cross landscapes around the world.</div><div><br /></div><div>While not reading, writing or researching for her latest book, she chases after her three children. In her spare time (if there is such a thing…) she likes daydreaming, wine-tasting, traveling, hiking, staring at the stars, watching movies, shopping and visiting with family and friends.</div><div><br /></div><div>She is the creator of the popular historical blog, History Undressed and a co-host on the History, Books and Wine podcast.</div><div><br /></div><div>She lives atop a small mountain with her own knight in shining armor, three princesses, two very naughty Newfies, and a turtle named Fish.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.elizaknight.com/">web</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/elizaknight">X</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Elizaknightfiction">facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/elizaknightfiction/">instagram</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3MZY6uMpCkAob4laKhJc7vKOZ7MAcOg8B62ylWuefRGuJPmpYZ5y8Tw7bpy5fjGCAJAKsnHF8LqyoVdqZm4SRRZZBiAZC8EjgzmTKqAEXhfsKa6t54GcadPqzlUyXZwZgB8dmhj1iEQ/s1400/Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3MZY6uMpCkAob4laKhJc7vKOZ7MAcOg8B62ylWuefRGuJPmpYZ5y8Tw7bpy5fjGCAJAKsnHF8LqyoVdqZm4SRRZZBiAZC8EjgzmTKqAEXhfsKa6t54GcadPqzlUyXZwZgB8dmhj1iEQ/s320/Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-13206987539022934592024-03-05T08:30:00.009-05:002024-03-05T08:30:00.142-05:00Review - The Inmate<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE4QpZaXxy1VOUJF3JFYdLHm2ED86p3mv6pGtHzZ3EfKg8Y767H5MhmN0rN_duH2CJkLdSyg0G2XRLt1qsQ8pgL_hq6Juo6WxilAA6G8MIGwSc6IWOzt79mt7LJefWnfVJsvwJEAkmJk4BkIpW5-iBti2JIfnaY9SJSHCB1PT78Dp94QTSA5MMUUrCPf0/s2500/61149872.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1563" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE4QpZaXxy1VOUJF3JFYdLHm2ED86p3mv6pGtHzZ3EfKg8Y767H5MhmN0rN_duH2CJkLdSyg0G2XRLt1qsQ8pgL_hq6Juo6WxilAA6G8MIGwSc6IWOzt79mt7LJefWnfVJsvwJEAkmJk4BkIpW5-iBti2JIfnaY9SJSHCB1PT78Dp94QTSA5MMUUrCPf0/s320/61149872.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Title: The Inmate</b><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><b>Author</b>: <span style="font-family: times;"> Freida McFadden</span></div><div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Mystery & Thrillers</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Publisher</b>: Poisoned Pen Press</span></div></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 336</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: March 5, 2024</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars</span></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">*First published June 13, 2022</div></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;">DESCRIPTION:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></span><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px;">There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men’s maximum-security prison:<br /><br />1) Treat all prisoners with respect.<br /><br />2) Never reveal any personal information.<br /><br />3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates.<br /><br />But none of the staff at the prison knows Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary’s most notorious and dangerous inmates.<br /><br />And they certainly don’t know that Shane was Brooke’s high school sweetheart—the star quarterback who is now spending the rest of his life in prison for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke's testimony was what put him there.<br /><br />But Shane knows.<br /><br />And he will never forget.</div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px;"><br /><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; margin: 0cm 0cm 10.5pt; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3SQnfgq">Link to purchase the book</a><br /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-weight: 700; margin: 0cm 0cm 10.5pt; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY REVIEW:</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; margin: 0cm 0cm 10.5pt; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: times;">For reasons unclear to Brooke Sullivan, she had been unable to find a job once she moved back into her childhood home with her ten-year-old son. The job she was able to get with a one-year contract was at a maximum security prison. The prison has a few rules, one of which is not to become too friendly with the inmates. This definitely might become a problem for Brooke because, as a nurse practitioner, she can't dictate which prisoners she will come in contact with. This could be quite problematic for Brooke as her high school sweetheart, Shane Nelson, is one of the prisoners, and she played a key role in his sentencing.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; margin: 0cm 0cm 10.5pt; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;">Watching Brooke working hard at doing her job, but also very protective of her son, the series of events in this story was more than intriguing, especially when it came to struggling to trust the different protagonists in this story. Having the story go back and forth from past to present really grabbed my attention. And then, the twists! Even though I thought I figured things out. I was truly shocked at the twists. Fabulous job, Ms. McFadden!</p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; margin: 0cm 0cm 10.5pt; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many thanks to Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.</span></p></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-weight: 700; margin: 0cm 0cm 10.5pt; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-weight: normal;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzNaQwVD5lZI9eSzHvbDe4rW7nc0oTiejvblXuMLCCsGra4BEefiWJYN96yxzVF2h4LW9fiZEUhgXBUXQm7iz2mX1ToK0OTbR-JQeYRsZs1Na15Qw7uODjq383UBaBx5ht9JdCOaDH7IkDGe6gNCidHWDCgRCiDaB6nSOs7Q_SpJHtwd9Ww_Pv-0M/s500/AD1AEE82-54CC-49A5-9225-B44500939D59.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzNaQwVD5lZI9eSzHvbDe4rW7nc0oTiejvblXuMLCCsGra4BEefiWJYN96yxzVF2h4LW9fiZEUhgXBUXQm7iz2mX1ToK0OTbR-JQeYRsZs1Na15Qw7uODjq383UBaBx5ht9JdCOaDH7IkDGe6gNCidHWDCgRCiDaB6nSOs7Q_SpJHtwd9Ww_Pv-0M/w200-h200/AD1AEE82-54CC-49A5-9225-B44500939D59.jpeg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: times;">#1 Amazon bestselling author Freida McFadden is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury who has penned multiple Kindle bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humor novels. She lives with her family and black cat in a centuries-old three-story home overlooking the ocean, with staircases that creak and moan with each step, and nobody could hear you if you scream. Unless you scream really loudly, maybe.</span><p></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-weight: 700; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-weight: normal;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: times;">To hear Freida talk more about herself in the third person, visit her website: <a data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.freidamcfadden.com/&source=gmail&ust=1676370824848000&usg=AOvVaw1tWC2NRv4lR44M5v_ib8c7" href="https://www.freidamcfadden.com/" style="border-color: rgb(66, 133, 244); color: #4285f4;" target="_blank">https://www.freidamcfadden.<wbr style="border-color: rgb(66, 133, 244);"></wbr>com/</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); 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word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: times; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-cNZnvIEqbHJCfvUAJX0vC0N25TWNTy6lXsZib7Uv56gmL9FSGp2mAOZ1l8_RMyUmLGcUTMph85suT3lqJJOTRACK3Vmj56Zl-qU3m6KKr6-A57l1u1rtwU3j8FXtI3NUKXmTFoAQXHaA0NdD7eecc6qnT0P91jEcqIV8FMmqliCcF2jQXTC6zLeS=s1400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-cNZnvIEqbHJCfvUAJX0vC0N25TWNTy6lXsZib7Uv56gmL9FSGp2mAOZ1l8_RMyUmLGcUTMph85suT3lqJJOTRACK3Vmj56Zl-qU3m6KKr6-A57l1u1rtwU3j8FXtI3NUKXmTFoAQXHaA0NdD7eecc6qnT0P91jEcqIV8FMmqliCcF2jQXTC6zLeS=s320" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-72288081764219037692024-03-05T08:00:00.000-05:002024-03-05T08:00:00.148-05:00Review - Bye, Baby<div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYT4sL0cMjylDany5xB4s0EvQedzsPo0Ni6VSRZT1b3kplg5SeO9kaG521-B7qPInB-KvWuUNy4OW-jUqc0dQFdqsa4eZrq7eCX_D74rZWKBkxHCkrpZ788Tz5l1Hw9qKEkBCDKGBgn10dGyKIUfqfctCSQASk-6Uzl-J7tDJ-anld9NYctnfFWRPh8k/s2847/127305890%20(1).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2847" data-original-width="1852" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYT4sL0cMjylDany5xB4s0EvQedzsPo0Ni6VSRZT1b3kplg5SeO9kaG521-B7qPInB-KvWuUNy4OW-jUqc0dQFdqsa4eZrq7eCX_D74rZWKBkxHCkrpZ788Tz5l1Hw9qKEkBCDKGBgn10dGyKIUfqfctCSQASk-6Uzl-J7tDJ-anld9NYctnfFWRPh8k/s320/127305890%20(1).jpg" width="208" /></a></div>Title: Bye, Baby</b></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author</span>: Carola Lovering</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: St. Martin's Press</span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Psychological Thriller</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle and Audiobook ARCs</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Narrators: </b>Helen Laseer; Karissa Vacker; Zachary Webber</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span style="font-family: times;"> 352</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: March 5, 2024</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 4 Stars </span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><b>DESCRIPTION:</b><div><br /></div><div><div>A missing baby. A fraught friendship. A secret that can never be told.</div><div><br /></div><div>On a brisk fall night in a New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie West hears terrified screams. It's her lifelong best friend Cassie Barnwell, one floor above, and she's just realized her infant daughter has gone missing. Billie is shaken as she looks down into her own arms to see the baby, remembering—with a jolt of fear—that she is responsible for the kidnapping that has instantly shattered Cassie’s world.</div><div><br /></div><div>So begins the story of Billie and Cassie's friendship--both in recent weeks, and since they met twenty-three years ago, in their small Hudson Valley hometown the summer before seventh grade. Once fiercely bonded by their secrets, including a traumatic, unspeakable incident in high school, Cassie and Billie have drifted apart in adulthood, no longer the inseparable pair they used to be. Cassie is married to a wealthy man, has recently become a mother, and is building a following as a fashion and lifestyle influencer. She is desperate to leave her past behind--including Billie, who is single and childless, and no longer fits into her world. Hurt and rejected by Cassie’s new priorities, Billie will do anything to restore their friendship, even as she hides the truth about what really happened the night the baby was taken.</div><div><br /></div><div>Told in alternating perspectives in Lovering’s signature suspenseful style, Bye Baby confronts the myriad ways friendships change and evolve over time, the lingering echoes of childhood trauma, and the impact of women’s choices on their lifelong relationships.</div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/49pTqu9">Link to purchase the book</a></div><div><div><b><br /></b><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cassie Adler is the very busy mother of a </span><span style="font-family: times;">four-month-old daughter. More than that, she runs a boutique and is well on her way to becoming a major social media influencer. Seemingly happily married to husband Grant, what more could Cassie ask for in life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">In order to understand what Cassie stands to lose, the story goes back to her younger years when Cassie and her friend Billie West were the best of friends. Things remained that way for years, but something pulled the women apart and their lives have taken on different directions. As far as Billie is concerned, Cassie should <i>want</i> to be a part of her life and has never been able to let go of that desire.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">While I first got <i style="font-weight: bold;">Bye, Baby</i> as an eARC, I was approved for the audiobook ALC, and boy did this make this engaging story all that more compelling. With three narrators, the story flowed easily from differing perspectives and brought the past and present together in spectacular fashion. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This story of friendship, secrets and very sad childhood trauma had a powerful impact on me as a reader. As a survivor of the trauma that this book contained, the choices both Cassie and Billie made were easy to understand. However, the choices they made at one time in their lives would no doubt have a powerful impact on their lives as adults. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">While this latest offering from Carola Lovering did factor in Cassie's missing baby, the story told so much more. In fact, I loved how the women in this book were written. There was not much to love about Cassie, yet you just had to find out what happened. Billie and her story was incredibly sad and many times I wanted to reach through the pages and to give her a hug. Kudos to Ms. Lovering for writing a story that grabbed me from beginning to end. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many thanks to St. Martin's Press and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><b><span style="font-family: times;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDelHNJxoc7qjm4OqYEjZZ5dhkOepWOSaG_3f5rul4nRa0H7pnxnzPp8Rr1UJBXkAGzhAbILh6U8NehMWNesguL0BkRM47uMpmfAT_tRjoSDT2a7MUEQOi32nVdcQB7oi_XxruY2Uh1D_Ygbh_m9PYDdmKF-55ILq3ofWgLcdIMHfJay7mlAPhXNsn/s750/CTL+author+headshot+final.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="750" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDelHNJxoc7qjm4OqYEjZZ5dhkOepWOSaG_3f5rul4nRa0H7pnxnzPp8Rr1UJBXkAGzhAbILh6U8NehMWNesguL0BkRM47uMpmfAT_tRjoSDT2a7MUEQOi32nVdcQB7oi_XxruY2Uh1D_Ygbh_m9PYDdmKF-55ILq3ofWgLcdIMHfJay7mlAPhXNsn/w200-h193/CTL+author+headshot+final.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Carola Lovering is the author of the novels Tell Me Lies, Too Good to Be True and Can’t Look Away. She is a graduate of Colorado College, and her work has appeared in New York Magazine (The Cut), Marie Claire, W Magazine, National Geographic, Outside, and Yoga Journal, among other publications. Her novel, Tell Me Lies, is currently being adapted into a television series for Hulu that will air in 2022. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and son.</div><div> </div></div><div><a href="http://www.carolalovering.com/">web</a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/carolatlovering">twitter</a> | <a href="http://instagram.com/carolatlovering">instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/carolatlovering">facebook</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3MZY6uMpCkAob4laKhJc7vKOZ7MAcOg8B62ylWuefRGuJPmpYZ5y8Tw7bpy5fjGCAJAKsnHF8LqyoVdqZm4SRRZZBiAZC8EjgzmTKqAEXhfsKa6t54GcadPqzlUyXZwZgB8dmhj1iEQ/s1400/Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3MZY6uMpCkAob4laKhJc7vKOZ7MAcOg8B62ylWuefRGuJPmpYZ5y8Tw7bpy5fjGCAJAKsnHF8LqyoVdqZm4SRRZZBiAZC8EjgzmTKqAEXhfsKa6t54GcadPqzlUyXZwZgB8dmhj1iEQ/s320/Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-15327441574551657802024-03-05T07:30:00.000-05:002024-03-05T07:30:00.146-05:00Review - The New Couple In 5B<b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHadgVyuHE3qIyNZbxoSNLbzHU1fEKpRcDWqdd02qVjQcmFOiTPTdctuMYC2BfmKEyyq_-O00G3Cpfw6bj028t6v2lldwtBnAgcXU3ZSrc4lUROJxkbYCHRmrduFYD2G_7NhyphenhyphennSvxiT5T43awhmcoL2rw0micvbeF8Lkkyoufd3hjpCfbVixEdIB3MJs/s522/128007059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="345" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHadgVyuHE3qIyNZbxoSNLbzHU1fEKpRcDWqdd02qVjQcmFOiTPTdctuMYC2BfmKEyyq_-O00G3Cpfw6bj028t6v2lldwtBnAgcXU3ZSrc4lUROJxkbYCHRmrduFYD2G_7NhyphenhyphennSvxiT5T43awhmcoL2rw0micvbeF8Lkkyoufd3hjpCfbVixEdIB3MJs/s320/128007059.jpg" width="211" /></a></div>Title: The Couple in 5B</b><div><b>Author</b>: <span style="font-family: times;"> Lisa Unger</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Park Row</span></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Mystery & Thrillers</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Audio and Kindle ARC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 384</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b>Length: </b>12 hr 8 min</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b>Narrator: </b>Vivienne Leheny</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: March 5, 2024</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 4 Stars</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;">DESCRIPTION:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="font-weight: bold;">A couple inherits an apartment with a spine-tingling past in this binge-worthy thriller from the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rosie and Chad Lowan are barely making ends meet in New York City when they receive life-changing news: Chad’s late uncle has left them his luxury apartment at the historic Windermere in glamorous Murray Hill. With its prewar elegance and impeccably uniformed doorman, the building is the epitome of old New York charm. One would almost never suspect the dark history lurking behind its perfectly maintained facade.</div><div><br /></div><div>At first, the building and its eclectic tenants couldn’t feel more welcoming. But as the Lowans settle into their new home, Rosie starts to suspect that there’s more to the Windermere than meets the eye. Why is the doorman ever-present? Why are there cameras everywhere? And why have so many gruesome crimes occurred there throughout the years? When one of the neighbors turns up dead, Rosie must get to the truth about the Windermere before she, too, falls under its dangerous spell.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><a href="https://amzn.to/3wdqBm7"><span>Link to purchase the book</span><br /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span></span><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Inheriting an apartment from Chad Lowan's uncle should make him and his wife Rosie happy. This is not just any apartment. It is more luxurious than they can believe. Chad took good care of his uncle before his passing, yet his cousin is furious that her father did not leave the expensive apartment to her. The apartment is worth millions, so while Chad's cousin is furious, Chad and Rosie are more than pleased.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>As Rosie and Chad begin to settle in, problems hit hard and fast. In fact, there are some mysterious occurrences. One thing Rosie finds strange is their ever-present doorman. He always seems on the job, day or night, and this is very odd to Rosie. Then factor in the history of the apartment building itself. There is more than just any history. In fact, the building's history is shrouded in mystery and it proves to be a rather dark one at that.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>When I first got this book, I got it as a Kindle ARC, as every book by Lisa Unger is an absolute must read. However, I was then able to get it as an audiobook for review, and I must say that I definitely enjoyed this book more as I was able to listen to the excellent narration.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">With a creepy vibe, this story kept me riveted from beginning to end. It was intriguing to see behind the actions of the characters and the twists that were in this story. I must admit that I was surprised that this book had a strong paranormal vibe to it and that is something that I try and avoid. However, as a fan of Unger's I stuck with this book and found it impossible to put down.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Many thanks to Park Row </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">and to NetGalley for this ARC for review.</span><span style="font-family: times;"> This is my honest opinion.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b><span style="font-family: times;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b></span></span></div></div></div><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: quot;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlmKqJLRXH_npWG4PyC2Jy7iO1Q1i5VWiRVYATkpTqPtTWGB4OyS7GxfNzSxwKNxoEtqB5TT1mq6WZjcM_VTF1eB77tqK6bECbYJtvjb0dvAPoTBnBsgKtLxqCxay41BietgJW4FzvHQ/s266/lisa+unger+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="190" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlmKqJLRXH_npWG4PyC2Jy7iO1Q1i5VWiRVYATkpTqPtTWGB4OyS7GxfNzSxwKNxoEtqB5TT1mq6WZjcM_VTF1eB77tqK6bECbYJtvjb0dvAPoTBnBsgKtLxqCxay41BietgJW4FzvHQ/w143-h200/lisa+unger+%25281%2529.jpg" width="143" /></a></div>Lisa Unger is the <i>New York Times</i> and internationally bestselling author of seventeen novels, including THE STRANGER INSIDE. With millions of readers worldwide and books published in twenty-six languages, Lisa Unger is widely regarded as a master of suspense. In 2019, she received two Edgar Award nominations, an honor held by only a few writers including Ruth Rendell and Agatha Christie. The Edgar-nominated UNDER MY SKIN is also a finalist for the prestigious Hammett Prize, and the Macavity Award for Best Novel. And the original short story THE SLEEP TIGHT MOTEL is a #1 bestselling single.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #454545; font-family: quot;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #454545; font-family: quot;"><div style="text-align: left;">Unger's critically acclaimed books have been voted "Best of the Year" or top picks by the Today show, Good Morning America, Entertainment Weekly, Amazon, IndieBound and many others. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Travel+Leisure. She lives on the west coast of Florida with her family.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><a href="http://www.lisaunger.com/">web</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authorlisaunger">facebook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/lisaunger">twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/launger/">instagram</a><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3MZY6uMpCkAob4laKhJc7vKOZ7MAcOg8B62ylWuefRGuJPmpYZ5y8Tw7bpy5fjGCAJAKsnHF8LqyoVdqZm4SRRZZBiAZC8EjgzmTKqAEXhfsKa6t54GcadPqzlUyXZwZgB8dmhj1iEQ/s1400/Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3MZY6uMpCkAob4laKhJc7vKOZ7MAcOg8B62ylWuefRGuJPmpYZ5y8Tw7bpy5fjGCAJAKsnHF8LqyoVdqZm4SRRZZBiAZC8EjgzmTKqAEXhfsKa6t54GcadPqzlUyXZwZgB8dmhj1iEQ/s320/Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-62088144910273609962024-03-03T08:30:00.002-05:002024-03-03T09:01:49.118-05:00WEEKLY WRAPUP #3 - 2024<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoynLb0PkcFEjFoh9Kj5_CHI8W3YtlelhAdhjb-K_5L4Kvc0OFQ7nO_r2BzHjhesX2I_hs44vIOWoGssYOGXG5dL9Jtde-cZUF4nY9scaVhz_y5pGHR-5CSzQ5JF6ZnJJx7NsbbMwSisG3lasbdfMLxs4FIaH7CUj0V7WJR7-bZ-8F8nCwWQIA5Oa6pI/s400/Sunday%20WrapUp.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoynLb0PkcFEjFoh9Kj5_CHI8W3YtlelhAdhjb-K_5L4Kvc0OFQ7nO_r2BzHjhesX2I_hs44vIOWoGssYOGXG5dL9Jtde-cZUF4nY9scaVhz_y5pGHR-5CSzQ5JF6ZnJJx7NsbbMwSisG3lasbdfMLxs4FIaH7CUj0V7WJR7-bZ-8F8nCwWQIA5Oa6pI/w355-h355/Sunday%20WrapUp.jpeg" width="355" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">*HOW WAS MY WEEK*</div></h2></span></div><p><span style="font-family: Oswald;">The Sunday Post is a blog news meme that is posted here @<a href="https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/">Caffeinated Reviewer</a>. It is a chance to share news~A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. See rules here: <a href="https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/2024/03/sunday-post-617-in-like-a-lion.html">Sunday Post Meme </a></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">*LAST WEEK ON MY BLOG*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/03/blog-tour-partner-plot.html">The Partner Plot</a><span> by Kristina Forest </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/03/blog-tour-gift-from-cottage-by-loch.html">A Gift from the Cottage by the Loch</a> by Kennedy Kerr<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/03/february-2024-wrapup.html">February 2024 WrapUp</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/review-under-storm.html">Under the Storm</a> by Christoffer Carllson<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/blog-tour-her-feud.html">Her Feud</a> by Emma Tallon<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/review-house-built-by-slaves.html">A House Built by Slaves</a> by Jonathan W. White</span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">*NEW ARRIVALS/APPROVALS*</span></div></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">ALL OF THESE BOOK COVERS ARE DIRECTLY LINKED TO GOODREADS:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">I got this book from Audible<br /></span><span style="font-family: Oswald;">for a group buddy read:</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31242.Bleak_House?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="308" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKlbVMwzrlLYYL1B4GvKI3CqspHwpp0hxoBQV2ZtOp8dadZuG8pFDKQ4u8uDEnr_MXiEeRZ8AkYoELFYpfQyirnQip4hnFwlJfDLzqzp1o0HJMaOhsUlWyFwz4Ty4XFsYzPiQb9RYzTExCxM8RYKxLv-OPq6iXulAszSYCvMMmRh5BTHFBtiFFcjEhkM/w129-h200/IMG_6539.jpeg" width="129" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"> Bleak House</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"> Charles Dickens</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></b></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Oswald;">These are NetGalley ARCs that I have been approved for:</span></b></h4><div><b><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202241027-buried-too-deep?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxIG4aJUGTZ1ZT9UIb9NRvmXhhR0Bl_-AbUIWbWxfsY1NhU8AdikOioVxzBAJf520PWvQ30GoeuVrFP5tzSyT30Cd40RDuDBA9a4dQKZSqo9yp_Owe8E5iqp2TnX4qJF3hchZEI7hMraDHQve3CckSJ1ANdmUCH0i7AyADF1zjtP8HwXY4o5HLbS5y8E/w133-h200/IMG_6458.png" width="133" /></a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/197088047-no-safe-place?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hneQAZwFcK&rank=1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="256" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKFvkohCpt84tyxPaOziTkfRKARtQ381AfTcb4sCTv5y5LQAZKnxyx6sr_ZIbwUICWeppMP8-osxI8QakHK1cnZDj_SN9fP0j3U2MVY46LqU16YLTn8mAyXlvfAJ2HgDZRHGWqtZqYXli_qMTJde_sIbNPRjrd69G3uhvQIEyDs0K3hKrA6PzujbsZvI/w127-h200/IMG_6544.png" width="127" /></a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205460354-the-home-front-girls?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_24" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHap-snNU2rZtMGO0LGeCd3YqblFxhRZmArLC0Q9P4Jhx4APhQh1w-iSqIexUVU_wYmuTJ1IuwItWN4RJsMJ5fJbErzkFX09KxB6WpcGmHqbpy2aYyS1ODgWOB9ByiUga5gQW_PuW0kvMiJimfw38waw2_Jv3d7AdCFAu5qXk12Kt0ZeScwNc7nS_8Cc/w129-h200/IMG_6546.png" width="129" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"> Buried Too Deep No Safe Place The Home Front Girls</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"> Karen Rose Michael Ledwidge<span> Susanna Bavin</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/205951516-bride-and-groom?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtx9Vy2S0xMO0RJsPlnv8wfhmx0GBIYQYzTDn6wQFGM5phYDmjCNoQ_HtDQCfeitVxY4licBllHEyINE8kCUnX269AKcibQE1O3_qhhQsJhE9H6sQn-SKWmyORFTxED7XOShPsI7dclyBgV7IFtqYmXq1ikdAbVcgs0RQ6OsrxZvjXYUMd5MabcGtxsrQ/w131-h200/IMG_6548.png" width="131" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"> Bride and Groom</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"> Rona Halsall</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><b>These four audiobooks are from the Libro.fm ALC program:</b></span></h4><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196700456-happily-never-after?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_15" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1120" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qWR_bT6u_J7PZ5DrN0BW0qfb-PV1sT66fmooexKuRdPv8jOlKRgVK6ldCY-3R1H4qm0fsqeh9hbacEigzbDTct4mAFEsNTvT31ycC6gwcDyN2YHlAq0Z-i4GTB84GNcSHo_I9hR9FMMNKZ9YOynXAYErR2n0fttaixoF4B2V2z6ERkiBNfYXNcHltZE/w200-h200/IMG_6540.jpeg" width="200" /></span></a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/136340537-good-half-gone?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1120" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYydmI4kLxHMaR-JS2P0WtMfSl8sI8c3bnSwBcmsFWLrekQX9mp_AoYrm1UBrj1zs9FAyfxFOpcLTFOQbfVGmk-znq0MxFpUSaGSzGUgKsSNfzcYuI5yUxzEHZrRWnpIEq0X0r8ZLX8N1yC7TwufgJKir7DChFoeSnEQ9MIv0MBiWmjfXyqztxzBUg24/w200-h200/IMG_6541.jpeg" width="200" /></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"> Happily Never After Good Half Gone</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"> Lynn Painter Tarryn Fisher</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195641259-not-my-baby?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1120" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQe4hRiltZTd_x6jKPfjGiI8lsXEB3cTuliBkaEyRxvYxcUbgnAJ3GQkN51e_9OUXEbAHmsnT_aDNOHS4CspkF1i-muVK4Gymyk_A0dnr13aq_E7L64mEjcqXwyA6DRsWCWDrpOMnZCnFkzZHu1QyRT43N8R3yTJ6UqsckzgQ8pys6D4f900jpUte5Tus/w200-h200/IMG_6542.jpeg" width="200" /></span></a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202514148-a-man-downstairs?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_16" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1120" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsLiZx_m19G2GiXGS6s1de7BOAcZdqz6jNVzRKTYcj2N5afCOFFSxkGtvB3ymW77nFc0SOA0fQj_x6vQQKp7NFmyNGjIpqVK37VG_mMOZthWuQMrSEVGKARi29qI1BFm9LL0oxu4pjneP947lQoFOQgTWbusxhxoCWZnf2v7wva-sIeecr8IG6768cDQ/w200-h200/IMG_6543.jpeg" width="200" /></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"> Not My Baby A Man Downstairs</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"> Anya Mora Nicole Lundrigan</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*WHAT’S ON MY CURRENTLY READING SHELF?*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">ALL OF THESE BOOK COVERS ARE DIRECTLY LINKED TO GOODREADS:</span></div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>(These are the books that I definitely want to read in March)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><div class="bookalike review" id="review_2677314296" style="border: 2px solid transparent; 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float: left; height: 150px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px; position: relative; width: 110px;"><div class="field cover" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; text-align: center; width: 110px;"><div class="value"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55510715-my-sweet-girl" style="color: #00635d; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="My Sweet Girl" id="cover_review_4234492241" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1617242968l/55510715._SX98_.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 5px 5px 5px; max-height: 150px; max-width: 100px;" title="My Sweet Girl" /></a></div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px;" /></div></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">*MARCH 2024 READS*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimN9j4LeCHXMWZImxIZvWDaCRDh0X6VpTS5neZ5yv0TFZoOaM9Y1wQa71W58QTFgDvBva5W17YnKxfQaidetbgVs6nP4AVFuIdOqFW3byNil9mmNxly0D15cvOy6xHQFceKk7x-8YHTr6ob99phkUzA8uypgCj3h6Pc3w-SCz5Je3oBNlvXBmZFpuXHLE/s400/IMG_6469.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="264" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimN9j4LeCHXMWZImxIZvWDaCRDh0X6VpTS5neZ5yv0TFZoOaM9Y1wQa71W58QTFgDvBva5W17YnKxfQaidetbgVs6nP4AVFuIdOqFW3byNil9mmNxly0D15cvOy6xHQFceKk7x-8YHTr6ob99phkUzA8uypgCj3h6Pc3w-SCz5Je3oBNlvXBmZFpuXHLE/w132-h200/IMG_6469.jpeg" width="132" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubofFUcnFLrs_0O6B1x5sUGWEENes7_sDHkwc3ILJFtzSHsjSfDG2R0azTWzMWVnn8nGaEY0Cok-Xm46TtuHbeXo8upk9MQjAUfuGWO_znZrD9w375WqRN5lMMkpX9mUfFrsXGRTIZDCgg4IjZcrv__ItKufAd-ic0ilj_82NkIh5rYIhixLg-2X4QeQ/s500/IMG_6468.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubofFUcnFLrs_0O6B1x5sUGWEENes7_sDHkwc3ILJFtzSHsjSfDG2R0azTWzMWVnn8nGaEY0Cok-Xm46TtuHbeXo8upk9MQjAUfuGWO_znZrD9w375WqRN5lMMkpX9mUfFrsXGRTIZDCgg4IjZcrv__ItKufAd-ic0ilj_82NkIh5rYIhixLg-2X4QeQ/w131-h200/IMG_6468.jpeg" width="131" /></a></span></div></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">*FINAL THOUGHTS*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div></h2><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;">While I haven’t written as many reviews as I would have liked, I am thrilled that I made it to 100 reads for 2024 as of February 29. One of my most important meds has had an insurance hangup and it has really impaired my ability to be as productive as I have been for the last couple of months. I am looking forward to that getting resolved as soon as possible so I can get more reviews written and try to read all of my March and April ARCs in the next two weeks.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Here is a collage of my first 100 reads:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtD8eBsJkmdmSt9lvgjZB4G-xFRZ81H1AEc7XXHZs3nqHasGDH_kflMHVtmnlGFh4vCbXvmA9-fu334_x-w0ZaLf6rekClfEmPYpPTPn7k-sd1WpYWforV6V_17bLkY6j6Ur9WvTC9AZwJiA8knrqgb9y7ldMGCDq07GRdIs_pbiLQU9MRGHtCb6tWWU/s1920/IMG_6525.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtD8eBsJkmdmSt9lvgjZB4G-xFRZ81H1AEc7XXHZs3nqHasGDH_kflMHVtmnlGFh4vCbXvmA9-fu334_x-w0ZaLf6rekClfEmPYpPTPn7k-sd1WpYWforV6V_17bLkY6j6Ur9WvTC9AZwJiA8knrqgb9y7ldMGCDq07GRdIs_pbiLQU9MRGHtCb6tWWU/w478-h359/IMG_6525.jpeg" width="478" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">I did complete one diamond painting as well as a jigsaw puzzle:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbdNypOlWvaGeSaNVkxzK4J7z4UTL0FTlOwrrNSytjQDZwokak7Jbr2w8aym7Xn2KlU99K4g3oUPNNBnTMI1LjeKokmK1vj5ZFKb-ufV7ycSL95BmhUxIWlt99gIrks4tjZHq0rJ2BbQ96jJEYV0PJd_nbfYld4UMevcj-qJorxS6kWt2QvF1pRfW-IQ/s1992/Scan%20Feb%2012,%202024%20at%208.39%20AM%20page%2033.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1992" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbdNypOlWvaGeSaNVkxzK4J7z4UTL0FTlOwrrNSytjQDZwokak7Jbr2w8aym7Xn2KlU99K4g3oUPNNBnTMI1LjeKokmK1vj5ZFKb-ufV7ycSL95BmhUxIWlt99gIrks4tjZHq0rJ2BbQ96jJEYV0PJd_nbfYld4UMevcj-qJorxS6kWt2QvF1pRfW-IQ/w400-h284/Scan%20Feb%2012,%202024%20at%208.39%20AM%20page%2033.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Hanging Out in the Game Room </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">from Diamond Art Club</span></div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-19IlImoMEFQ-QY4omX0VTXPtRun6Z26TVQx1AUXzyZ7ekI8fvJA6kl5-KYxEeiFT-ghptXt9JDBA7fsGcsSAQIW9_oZPJCdQgx_bhbBhU4ldmKgCO14d5w0gNvd6YWix86sIvXoHfzHmlMfgD9Hfia2HohDXNoXFm9LD9Thrx4QyZItkK4s5Rx-4m8/s3430/Scan%20Feb%2022,%202024%20at%208.58%20PM%20page%2011.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2433" data-original-width="3430" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-19IlImoMEFQ-QY4omX0VTXPtRun6Z26TVQx1AUXzyZ7ekI8fvJA6kl5-KYxEeiFT-ghptXt9JDBA7fsGcsSAQIW9_oZPJCdQgx_bhbBhU4ldmKgCO14d5w0gNvd6YWix86sIvXoHfzHmlMfgD9Hfia2HohDXNoXFm9LD9Thrx4QyZItkK4s5Rx-4m8/w400-h284/Scan%20Feb%2022,%202024%20at%208.58%20PM%20page%2011.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Next by Charlse Wysocki</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">I have begun a new diamond painting, just yesterday. I also began a group buddy read of Bleak House by Charles Dickens. But basically, I have just been watching a lot of TV. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyOlypcAUPU9HHeycZ4iZyhUYBtW1RvXbnnnSSnADafVSOLnTCowofoVRMf7vkVx3Qzn-yr0qsG25eFIlHi5CzHVlSLAZ_d8HPC_bItPHqZGziQV8gXEiA5yVcSwbhlCETOlzquVk96wiDXdF4C7GWcWW3oaBnZF3IGB51KBYSXzcwJUSKfrbucBXw-8/s2048/IMG_6530.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyOlypcAUPU9HHeycZ4iZyhUYBtW1RvXbnnnSSnADafVSOLnTCowofoVRMf7vkVx3Qzn-yr0qsG25eFIlHi5CzHVlSLAZ_d8HPC_bItPHqZGziQV8gXEiA5yVcSwbhlCETOlzquVk96wiDXdF4C7GWcWW3oaBnZF3IGB51KBYSXzcwJUSKfrbucBXw-8/w300-h400/IMG_6530.png" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Family Circus by Richard Lorenz</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">from Diamond Art Club</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">I have some upcoming surgeries this month so I really hope to get back to reading in the next few days as well as catching up on my book reviews. </span></div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF013PvserjL_UsP0EmomvWDCzkbxux0uYbHsnO9p8JUK_sakA2ijuyDfSXv7jDOE2naKIC5TeEFkP9OVxDuFPRq3OSIX0ZLVD9ZA2T0VHoJXfPNXq6L7MoQw3o2r6ydLbhNwVfqmURfs7BTRE-p9i3vX1SAB_k2bOcPxWH8raSAJUOik8_Cxio-MZkI/s400/IMG_6386.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><img border="0" data-original-height="65" data-original-width="400" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF013PvserjL_UsP0EmomvWDCzkbxux0uYbHsnO9p8JUK_sakA2ijuyDfSXv7jDOE2naKIC5TeEFkP9OVxDuFPRq3OSIX0ZLVD9ZA2T0VHoJXfPNXq6L7MoQw3o2r6ydLbhNwVfqmURfs7BTRE-p9i3vX1SAB_k2bOcPxWH8raSAJUOik8_Cxio-MZkI/s320/IMG_6386.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-48239239526642232112024-03-03T02:11:00.000-05:002024-03-03T02:11:49.693-05:00Review - Leave No Trace<div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5KHWzASsuGAxYjbBZRChDt0Ar8Oj4MHU5CX2zh-nLmi22ungAok_UcI-WBT4MxC-3qIIbmqJcFPyT5TBwWAQZdOEgmA80IAKctukhlzumKFfvwPklqGbqoSeXO9V34FxetYl3hgfx2aBAv65p2-d2t-XioeM_4iGaUzuM3UBGYdrm5baomdfniaRExc/s400/126919617%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5KHWzASsuGAxYjbBZRChDt0Ar8Oj4MHU5CX2zh-nLmi22ungAok_UcI-WBT4MxC-3qIIbmqJcFPyT5TBwWAQZdOEgmA80IAKctukhlzumKFfvwPklqGbqoSeXO9V34FxetYl3hgfx2aBAv65p2-d2t-XioeM_4iGaUzuM3UBGYdrm5baomdfniaRExc/s320/126919617%20(1).jpg" width="211" /></a></div>Title: Leave No Trace</b></div><div><b>Author</b>: <span style="font-family: times;"> A. J. Landau, Jon Land, Jeff Ayers</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Series: </span><span>National Park Thrillers #1</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Minotaur Books</span></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Mystery & Thrillers</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 352</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: February 27, 2024</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 4 Stars</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;">DESCRIPTION:</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div>In a daring, brutal act of terrorism, an explosion rocks and topples the Statue of Liberty. Special Agent Michael Walker of the National Park Service is awakened by his boss with that news and sent to New York as the agent-in-charge. Not long after he lands, he learns two things - one that Gina Delgado of the FBI has been placed in charge of the investigation as the lead of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and two, that threats of a second terrorism attack are already being called into the media. While barred from the meetings of the Joint Task Force for his lack of security clearance, Walker finds a young boy among the survivors with a critical piece of information - a video linking the attackers to the assault.</div><div><br /></div><div>As a radical domestic terrorist group, led by a shadowy figure known only as Jeremiah, threatens further attacks against America's cultural symbols, powerful forces within the government are misleading the investigation to further their own radical agenda.</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></div><div><a href="https://amzn.to/3wHmdMw"><span>Link to purchase the book</span><br /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span></span><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span><span>This chilling read is all about domestic terrorism, with the first target being the bombing at the Statue of Liberty. Chilling indeed. The Statue of Liberty has been an American icon since the late 1800s and was only the first of many planned targets that could destroy the very fiber of life in America if these planned attacks all came to fruition.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Our principal protagonists are Gina Delgado, Special Agent in Charge at the FBI and National Park Service Special Agent Michael Walker. Michael has no idea what he is walking into. His job is very important to him, after he lost his wife and more during an attack years previously. Michael's job is hindered for more than one reason, and part of that reason is lack of security clearance when it comes to the Joint Terrorism Task Force. Gina also has her challenges as they seek to locate the terrorists before more innocent lives could be lost.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Michael doesn't miss a thing, and manages to protect a witness as he works independently, as well as with Gina when it comes to looking for the terrorists. Michael is an amazing character, a man who lost a foot at the same time he lost his wife, but managed to overcome the impossible to continue his work with the National Park Services, albeit in a different capacity.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Danger, political intrigue and vendettas are part and parcel of this engaging read. The story started off strong with danger and action, with quite a bit of drama mixed in. Personally, I found the first half of this book more exciting than the second half, but found myself really drawn into the story beyond the travesty of domestic terrorism, as a lot of it took place across different national parks, highlighting dangers that were almost unimaginable. I can't wait to see what next lies in store for Michael and hopefully Gina.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Many thanks to Minotaur Books </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">and to NetGalley for this ARC for review.</span><span style="font-family: times;"> This is my honest opinion.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div></div></div><b><span style="font-family: times;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">A. J. Landau is the pseudonym for two authors: Jon Land, the award-winning, bestselling author and co-author of more than 50 books, and Jeff Ayers, a reviewer, former librarian and author. Land lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and Jeff Ayers lives in Seattle, Washington.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s1600/Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s320/Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-59874037481171465432024-03-02T09:00:00.002-05:002024-03-02T09:00:00.142-05:00BLOG TOUR - The Partner Plot<p></p><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZz_-Sucvz05ogftsKd5CI-ORzyUwAp46ffsqYR8bSC18QA4jJJlLpoaXExJIU4Jde2L-eV2STxthk1fRQ2LDUrN6FS-5vl7AtNdR0hyphenhyphenNLA_Q0xwpRJq0bw22u55FI_K6rinl0KiBvIr__bSSLY36UZFdflJ6otzynu_k5_EkDxHH0h4ZFyUDlu7FiSI4/s2560/IMG_6455.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1664" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZz_-Sucvz05ogftsKd5CI-ORzyUwAp46ffsqYR8bSC18QA4jJJlLpoaXExJIU4Jde2L-eV2STxthk1fRQ2LDUrN6FS-5vl7AtNdR0hyphenhyphenNLA_Q0xwpRJq0bw22u55FI_K6rinl0KiBvIr__bSSLY36UZFdflJ6otzynu_k5_EkDxHH0h4ZFyUDlu7FiSI4/s320/IMG_6455.jpeg" width="208" /></a></div>Title: The Partner Plot</b><div><b>Author</b>: <span style="font-family: times;"> Kristina Forest</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Berkley Books</span></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Multicultural Romance</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 416</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: February 27, 2024</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;">DESCRIPTION:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div>Two former high school sweethearts get a second chance in this marriage of convenience romance by Kristina Forest, author of The Neighbor Favor.</div><div><br /></div><div>To Violet Greene, fashion is everything. As a successful celebrity stylist, she travels all over the world, living out her dreams. Professionally, she’s thriving, but her personal life is in shambles. After surviving a very public breakup with her ex-fiancé six months ago, Violet is now determined to focus on her career. But life hands her something—or rather, someone—that might derail everything…</div><div><br /></div><div>Xavier Wright did not expect to run into his high school girlfriend Violet—the girl he once thought he’d marry—on a birthday trip to Vegas. As a high school teacher and basketball coach, he rarely leaves his New Jersey hometown, so what were the chances? But when the initial shock wears off, they decide to celebrate together. They feel young and reckless as they party the night away—and reckless they clearly were when the following morning, they wake up beside each other with rings on their fingers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Their impulsive nuptials might be a blessing in disguise, though, when they realize that both of their careers could benefit from the marriage. So they play the part of a blissfully wedded couple. Yet when their passion comes hurling back, they realize their feelings are just as real as they were back when they were teens. But are their lives too different to stick it through or will they finally get a happy ending?</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><a href="https://amzn.to/3OVILPL"><span>Link to purchase the book</span><br /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span></span><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Last year, Kristina regaled readers with Lily Greene's story with <a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2023/03/blog-tour-neighbor-favor.html"><b>The Neighbor Favor</b></a>. In this book, <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Partner Plot</i>, readers will be just as entertained with Violet's story. Violet has quite a successful career as a celebrity stylist. As a teenager, Violet fell hard for Xavier Wright, and the two thought they would be together forever. That is not how things worked out, however, and the two went their separate ways. A chance meeting in Vegas a decade later changes the course of Violet and Xavier's lives.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">The catchphrase, <i>What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas</i><b>, </b>are not words that Violet and Xavier can live by. In fact, one drunk night shapes the course of their lives forever. Meanwhile, both Violet and Xavier have career aspirations and that drunk night could actually end up having good results for the both of them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">So, what actually happened that fateful night? Well, the couple got married, but not really. However, it does not take either of them long to realize that they could play the fake marriage to their advantage. But to catch those feelings of old? Never to be happen. But, <b>never say never.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is always a treat to get the chance to read and review BIPOC romances, especially when the stories include engaging characters. One thing about this book by Kristina Forest, as well as her previous title, is the strong family bond the Greene family has, especially that between Violet and her two sisters. Lily and Iris. In fact, I look forward to <i><b>The Love Lyric</b>, </i>which will be Iris's story. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span><span>Many thanks to Berkley Books </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">and to NetGalley for this ARC for review.</span><span style="font-family: times;"> This is my honest opinion.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span><span><br /></span></span></div></div></div><b><span style="font-family: times;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOn1tNkfqJ5TXjkzPcvd6wME9VTEbQ3VXg5xuHDqzQ0cF1FUayn9_5mbHIVFak3ekJpzoqkjSuk_4vbqex1yh9GevZcmmX0zvSMQig_NAU106DJBxlLLl6Gw4ughvFQqGGUlQMQZ7kXrO5YVCQc32m0WioQdezSI6Xsv1Kl5E_HKcBS4ivnEx9QSQ6/s1200/07D1264E-5629-4ED3-B2C4-577659E554B0.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOn1tNkfqJ5TXjkzPcvd6wME9VTEbQ3VXg5xuHDqzQ0cF1FUayn9_5mbHIVFak3ekJpzoqkjSuk_4vbqex1yh9GevZcmmX0zvSMQig_NAU106DJBxlLLl6Gw4ughvFQqGGUlQMQZ7kXrO5YVCQc32m0WioQdezSI6Xsv1Kl5E_HKcBS4ivnEx9QSQ6/w200-h133/07D1264E-5629-4ED3-B2C4-577659E554B0.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div>Kristina Forest is the critically acclaimed author of romance books for both teens and adults, including I Wanna Be Where You Are, Now That I've Found You, and Zyla & Kai. Her adult romance debut, The Neighbor Favor, will publish with Berkley on February 28, 2023. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing at The New School and she lives in New Jersey, where she can often be found rearranging her bookshelf.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="poppins-extralight, poppins, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(9, 47, 55); color: #092f37; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="http://www.kristinaforest.com/">web</a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/KristinaForest">twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kristinaforest_/">instagram</a><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s1600/Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s320/Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-26898521495988127652024-03-02T04:00:00.009-05:002024-03-02T04:00:00.349-05:00BLOG TOUR - A Gift from the Cottage by the Loch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYpC50y7gG6MDw54TbaYghUC5qRnJ8PwiHYqZ4pp0C5zGMkaF-OOXvMaedou6cT9PTlu9fH7NLQoRJPBo4G2jczR60QQpRVFf_cysDfSNts4iNhKVkfqxrMseB3PMezwd7GsMDtwcte467tLi_GQR_Wiu5eS6RUSFvP8yNZlodfdUHrK8vb9WEkcVgGM/s1600/IMG_6433.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYpC50y7gG6MDw54TbaYghUC5qRnJ8PwiHYqZ4pp0C5zGMkaF-OOXvMaedou6cT9PTlu9fH7NLQoRJPBo4G2jczR60QQpRVFf_cysDfSNts4iNhKVkfqxrMseB3PMezwd7GsMDtwcte467tLi_GQR_Wiu5eS6RUSFvP8yNZlodfdUHrK8vb9WEkcVgGM/w400-h225/IMG_6433.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div><p data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-originalfontsize="13px" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></p><p data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-originalfontsize="13px" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">DESCRIPTION:</span></b></p><p data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-originalfontsize="13px" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-originalfontsize="13px" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;">Turning to face the glittering loch, Bel clasps the worn notepaper tightly in her hand. Will these hastily scrawled words, written decades ago, destroy the new life in the Highlands she’s risked her heart for?</span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 0.875rem; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When </span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;">Bel Tipton</span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 0.875rem; text-size-adjust: auto;"> catches her husband cheating on her, the devastating betrayal sends her running to her sister Sally in the beautiful village of Loch Cameron. Bel needs Sally’s warm laugh and sage advice now more than ever, and she knows curling up with her on the sofa and gossiping late into the night will make her feel whole again.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Bel did not expect her rented cottage overlooking the loch to come with handsome gardener </span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;">Christian McDougal</span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 0.875rem; text-size-adjust: auto;">,</span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 0.875rem; text-size-adjust: auto;">and she’s determined to be unmoved by his flirty smile and broad shoulders. The last thing she needs is another man she can’t trust. But when Bel sees an empty storefront on the high street for rent, it’s Christian who notices how her eyes light up. He encourages her to set up a business in the village and she realises he’s everything her ex was not.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;">Then Bel hears a rumour in town that Christian is not all he seems. </span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 0.875rem; text-size-adjust: auto;">And, clearing out her store, she finds a collection of letters tied with a worn blue ribbon stashed on a high shelf in the back room. The letters reveal a devastating secret that shook the village generations ago, and Christian’s family are at the heart of it…<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;">Will trusting Christian with her already fragile heart mean Bel loses everything once again? Or is Christian and the village of Loch Cameron the gift she needs to turn her life around?</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: #313131; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 0.875rem; font-weight: 700;">Fans of Susanne O’Leary, Debbie Macomber and Pamela Kelley will be utterly swept away by this gripping page-turner about family secrets from </span><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-originalfontsize="14px" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); 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-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-family: times; word-spacing: 1px;">BUY LINK:</b></p><p style="border-color: rgb(220, 161, 13); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a data-originalcomputedfontsize="13" data-removefontsize="true" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://geni.us/B0CP3YPYLFsocial&source=gmail&ust=1708623113099000&usg=AOvVaw0uKsGvZcvDTTlmWbTAALLn" href="https://geni.us/B0CP3YPYLFsocial" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-color: rgb(22, 110, 225); box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">https://geni.us/B0CP3YPYLFsocial</a></p><div style="font-weight: bold;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"></p></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4NQ8WNveCpk_TGzcbU8zxypkchMCyn5aJ4etvXmEszwTEfG7yyPMvLEPtiJPrdl9uRa6DLfWm_ci6h_EPLGW4LDrIKs5FK4POcj6uaDU0FRsvFCiY9UZvEWmvCdcg9-sRQOtnPRrsd9sn7wHpCEeHVeZHj8iqnCMgc4yLq2soy_mN6waXD4CJxtWSrg/s2750/IMG_6434.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2750" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4NQ8WNveCpk_TGzcbU8zxypkchMCyn5aJ4etvXmEszwTEfG7yyPMvLEPtiJPrdl9uRa6DLfWm_ci6h_EPLGW4LDrIKs5FK4POcj6uaDU0FRsvFCiY9UZvEWmvCdcg9-sRQOtnPRrsd9sn7wHpCEeHVeZHj8iqnCMgc4yLq2soy_mN6waXD4CJxtWSrg/s320/IMG_6434.png" width="233" /></a></div><br />Title: A Gift from the </b></span><b>Cottage by the Loch</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author</span>: Kennedy Kerr</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b>Series: </b> Loch Cameron Book #4</span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Bookouture </span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Women’s Fiction; Romance </span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC </span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 246</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: February 28, 2024 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><b>MY THOUGHTS:</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><div>Bel has had the <i>Day From Hell</i>. Her life is falling apart. She has lost her job of eight years and she caught her husband red-handed having an affair. On the same day. And it wasn’t even noon yet.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bel left as soon as she could. She had to go somewhere so she headed north. After hours of driving, she ended up in the small village of Loch Cameron in Scotland, and to her sister Sally.</div><div><br /></div><div>Having visited the village before, Bel had appreciated the calm serenity it held. She feels that now, especially since life as she knew it was over. She had hoped to stay with Sally and her wife Bess, but due to renovations, Bel will be staying in a small cottage that is owned by the elderly, Gretchen. The cottage is beautiful and Bel starts to relax almost immediately.</div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, her partner keeps trying to contact her. However, having been unhappy for years, Bel is determined to ignore him and begins to think about which direction her life will go in. Bel's relationship with Sally isn't the greatest, but Bel needs her. More than that, Bel truly misses their father, someone she had a very special relationship with.</div><div><br /></div><div>This fourth book in the<i> Loch Cameron</i> series is just so sweet. I loved Bel and her desire to start anew. There were other enjoyable characters in this book, like the gardener, Christian. Then there are recurring characters from previous books in the series, which gives it a very homey feel. Not sure whose story is next in this delightful series, but I am eager to continue.</div><div><br /></div><div>Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.</div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; font-family: times; text-align: center; word-spacing: 1px;"> </span></div><div><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #313131; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); clear: both; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); word-spacing: 1px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtIbHeCotUYXnaDadq_RFaFD7o3rgRT7k8WKMaUcSeKW0r9xe52YEjpTvcrBGZtreLZXf4RjcJdvcFDdFfHeUd6J_f6zFAXUXb7HM9erQKI5l_tagIX2PXCCmLWipilIhh1FScfuuyPX5hF6P2W1C3wSBfNHDFUwLvMaUcmREKuD09H5BLYuyfHmXkNE/s300/IMG_6432.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtIbHeCotUYXnaDadq_RFaFD7o3rgRT7k8WKMaUcSeKW0r9xe52YEjpTvcrBGZtreLZXf4RjcJdvcFDdFfHeUd6J_f6zFAXUXb7HM9erQKI5l_tagIX2PXCCmLWipilIhh1FScfuuyPX5hF6P2W1C3wSBfNHDFUwLvMaUcmREKuD09H5BLYuyfHmXkNE/w200-h200/IMG_6432.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div>Kennedy Kerr is a </span><i style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">USA Today </i><span>Bestselling fiction author. She adores beaches, lochs and stone circles, and loves writing about small communities, mysteries and family secrets. She has a very cuddly cat called Twinkle who spends her days sleeping: Kennedy aspires to having Twinkle's nap schedule one day.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); word-spacing: 1px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Kennedy also loves cooking and baking all types of food, which is almost as much fun as eating it. Her favourite foods include (but are not limited to) Indian food, Victoria sponge, breakfast pastries with coffee and sushi. The only thing she's not particularly keen on is artichoke, and she'd eat it, anyway.</span></div></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); word-spacing: 1px;">Author Social Media Links</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kennedykerrauthor/" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">https://www.facebook.com/kennedykerrauthor/</a></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/KennedyKerr5" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">https://twitter.com/KennedyKerr5</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kennedykerrauthor/" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">https://www.instagram.com/kennedykerrauthor/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bookouture Email Sign Up: <a href="https://www.bookouture.com/kennedy-kerr" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">https://www.bookouture.com/kennedy-kerr</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">Pages read: 16,043</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">Avg pages per day: 573</span></p><div><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;"><br /></span></div><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">36 Mystery/Thrillers and/or Psychological Thrillers </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">7 Cozy Mysteries </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">4 Romances</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24.6px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">43 NetGalley Reviews</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">31 Blog Posts</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">12 Blog Posts Scheduled</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24.6px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">Publisher Breakdown</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">15 Bookouture</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">12 Minotaur</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">7 Berkley </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">14 Miscellaneous </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24.6px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">33 Series Titles</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">15 Standalone Titles</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24.6px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">February was a bit of a slower reading month than January. I began a new medication which has a side effect of fatigue and I definitely experienced that. More than that, I realized that I was putting a lot of pressure with the initial goal I set to read up to two books per day. So what I did each morning was to read a book and if I felt up to it after a nap midday I would start a second book.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24.6px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;">My favorite book of February was The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger. I really don’t have a least favorite for the month. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 24.6px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;"></span><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="t1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-variant-caps: normal;"><tbody><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Cross Down</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">James Patterson</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Alex Cross Must Die</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">James Patterson</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Little Witness</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">S. A. Dunphy</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Only the Children</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">S. A. Dunphy</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">City Under One Roof</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Iris Yamashita</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Village in the Dark</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Iris Yamashita</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The New Couple in 5B</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Lisa Unger</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Perfect Nanny</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Shari J. Ryan</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Under Lock & Skeleton Key</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Gigi Pandian</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Raven Thief</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Gigi Pandian</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Guest</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">B.A. Paris</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">A Midnight Puzzle</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Gigi Pandian</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Spy and I</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Tiana Smith</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Gone for Good</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Joanna Schaffhausen</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Long Gone</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Joanna Schaffhausen</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Dead and Gone</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Joanna Schaffhausen</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Custody Battle</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Ellie Monaco</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">After That Night</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Karin Slaughter</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Girl, Forgotten</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Karin Slaughter</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Vanishing Season</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Joanna Schaffhausen</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Library Murders</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Merryn Allingham</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">No Mercy</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Joanna Schaffhausen</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">All the Best Lies</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Joanna Schaffhausen</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Every Waking Hour</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Joanna Schaffhausen</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Last Seen Alive</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Joanna Schaffhausen</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s4" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Yours </span><span class="s4" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Truly</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Abby Jiminez</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Sapphire Daughter</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Soraya Lane</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Wife's Mistake</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Lorna Dounaeva</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Murder at the Island Hotel</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Helena Dixon</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Last Hour</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">B. R. Spangler</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Our Sister's Grave</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">B. R. Spangler</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Then She's Gone</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Willow Rose</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Play Group</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Leah Mercer</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Fatal First Edition</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Jenn McKinlay</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Nowhere Like Home</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Sara Shepard</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Her Last Words</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Carolyn Arnold</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Making Memories at the Cornish Cove</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Kim Nash</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Missing Before Daylight</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Carolyn Arnold</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Bye, Baby</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Carola Lovering</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">A House Built By Slaves</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Jonathan W. White</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Under the Storm</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Christoffer Carlsson</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Partner Plot</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Kristina Forest</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Hollow</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Kiersten Modglin</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Inmate</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Freida McFadden</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">A Death in Venice</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Verity Bright</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Take Two, Birdie Maxwell</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Allison Winn Scotch</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">A Grave Robbery</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Deanna Raybourn</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Everyone Is Watching</span></p></td><td class="td1" style="border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding: 1px 5px;" valign="top"><p class="p4" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Heather Gudenkauf</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9UCaFzHm4fP2LhJonEVkWRuyS4309xT47HDgWCFf_fFd4heJd7idmIuNFv90_FEPtJC2aZC6izGMxQ6XmsI9qI8i38WIIe0Psxm7_wjTC4XCdWaRioRThrotf4lRMhrxFP3EPlJlaRXJdEG5iLoNgOjw3Dyzpw1pEFsKndfSK-Kb3HYfUzCibPEvGOE/s2048/IMG_6516.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="2048" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9UCaFzHm4fP2LhJonEVkWRuyS4309xT47HDgWCFf_fFd4heJd7idmIuNFv90_FEPtJC2aZC6izGMxQ6XmsI9qI8i38WIIe0Psxm7_wjTC4XCdWaRioRThrotf4lRMhrxFP3EPlJlaRXJdEG5iLoNgOjw3Dyzpw1pEFsKndfSK-Kb3HYfUzCibPEvGOE/w400-h165/IMG_6516.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Fv71Dd-EJvTRc6p-kf4OHyaON9xIerExw3F_MmYFeZGdiqn8eVfzCOSyILbaIL7e_O43x2UTS9GF2jyitRtQan4D1WocvQH6O6OcVfC4YNEffvWF9MX0UgT5ZTRA2UCiPMeJYrmlY3hGk_U7sKeAGFQgqzAldo-jikT6esQxIjeCYz9YfMh1XSdHJzI/s2400/165940203.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1556" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Fv71Dd-EJvTRc6p-kf4OHyaON9xIerExw3F_MmYFeZGdiqn8eVfzCOSyILbaIL7e_O43x2UTS9GF2jyitRtQan4D1WocvQH6O6OcVfC4YNEffvWF9MX0UgT5ZTRA2UCiPMeJYrmlY3hGk_U7sKeAGFQgqzAldo-jikT6esQxIjeCYz9YfMh1XSdHJzI/s320/165940203.jpg" width="207" /></span></a></div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Title: Under the Storm</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Author</b>: <span> Christoffer Carlsson</span></span></div><div><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Series: </span><span>Hallandsvitten #1</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Hogarth</span></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Mystery & Thrillers</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 416</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: February 27, 2024</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 4 Stars</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*First published March 1, 2019</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-weight: bold;">DESCRIPTION:</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><b>A farmhouse mysteriously goes up in flames with someone trapped inside and a community is never the same in the aftermath—both a page-turning whodunit and a deeply touching coming-of-age story by one of Sweden’s top criminologists and “a rising star in Scandinavian crime fiction” ( Reviews)</b></div><div><br /></div><div>On a cold November night in rural Sweden, a farmhouse burns to the ground. Inside, a young woman is found dead—murdered. To the people of Marbäck, the fire becomes a before and after. For ten-year-old Isak, it sets in motion something he cannot control, igniting his future into an inferno.</div><div><br /></div><div>The police immediately focus their attention on Edvard, the boyfriend of the murdered woman and Isak’s beloved uncle. After a quick investigation, Edvard is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, and Marbäck believes it can return to its innocence. Vidar, the rookie officer who first responded to the fire, prides himself on having helped solve the murder. Little does he know this will become the defining case of his career and that it will drive him to the brink of professional and personal disaster—and link his fate to young Isak’s.</div><div><br /></div><div>A celebrated professor of criminology, Christoffer Carlsson digs deep into the psyches of ordinary people and shows how one crime can haunt a community for decades. A #1 international bestseller, Under the Storm is already a modern classic of Scandinavian crime fiction and shows why many regard Carlsson as one of the great crime writers of his generation.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><a href="https://amzn.to/3T9YCfY"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Link to purchase the book</span><br /></span></a></div></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span></span><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When a young woman is found dead after the fire of a farmhouse, her death is quickly ruled a murder. Residents of Marbäck are shaken, but no one more so than ten-year-old Isak. Isak is devastated as his beloved uncle Edvard is arrested, tried and convicted of the woman's murder. At the time there was a rookie cop named Vidar who was one of the first on the scene of the fire. For years, Vidar had strong doubts of Edvard's innocence and this led Vidar to many difficulties over the years. This included Vidar eventually leaving the police force.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span style="color: #1e1915;">Isak's parents were having difficulties while he was young, and Edvard had been a wonderful influence on him. With Edvard's imprisonment, Isak's years as a child and then young adult become wrought with difficulties. Meanwhile, Vidar never once stops looking for answers.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span style="color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span><span style="color: #1e1915;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Under the Storm</i> was set in Sweden and written by a brilliant author who truly understands criminology, especially when it came to Vidar's continued investigation of the murder, even up to two decades later. As this is the first book in a series, one translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles. I do look forward to following this series, and hope to see more of Vidar.<br /></span></span><span><br /></span><span>Many thanks to Hogarth </span></span><span>and to NetGalley for this ARC for review.</span><span> This is my honest opinion.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s1600/Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s320/Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-86336499163009496792024-02-28T04:00:00.001-05:002024-02-28T04:00:00.136-05:00BLOG TOUR - Her Feud<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxbSmKeLvdeIDWITczn6i4iqYAJNrn7jratCcrbNFbIAHCA3ZWqSem8QagzBF7U5L9APK9aQicqtvqsUEhOmOQAt0qlrtYaQuv8pauGKR6gjqb6Len9PY_NfPpqlbGECBaxr0x1UMvW4FfHnB_sipUz85RYXSc5J0mdYWjHJdLlIMxbL2UeTE3ABt3mU/s1600/HER%20FEUD%20Emma%20Tallon%20books-on-tour%20(1)%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxbSmKeLvdeIDWITczn6i4iqYAJNrn7jratCcrbNFbIAHCA3ZWqSem8QagzBF7U5L9APK9aQicqtvqsUEhOmOQAt0qlrtYaQuv8pauGKR6gjqb6Len9PY_NfPpqlbGECBaxr0x1UMvW4FfHnB_sipUz85RYXSc5J0mdYWjHJdLlIMxbL2UeTE3ABt3mU/w400-h225/HER%20FEUD%20Emma%20Tallon%20books-on-tour%20(1)%20(1).png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" div="" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>DESCRIPTION:</span></div><div class="separator" div="" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" div="" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" div="" style="clear: both;"><b>Fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers will love this nail-biting gangland crime thriller from bestselling author Emma Tallon.</b></div><div class="separator" div="" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" div="" style="clear: both;">Family is everything to <b>Lily Drew</b> and she’s always battled to keep hers together. But following the death of her only daughter,<b> Ruby</b>, and after losing her son, <b>Connor,</b> to a rival firm, Lily feels like everything she’s fought so hard to protect is about to fall apart: and when a turf war between two rival gangs starts on the Drew’s doorstep, <b>Lily must pick a side…</b></div><div class="separator" div="" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" div="" style="clear: both;">The right choice could take the firm to a whole new level and bring her beloved son back into the fold. But get it wrong and <b>her empire could come crashing down, and all of their lives could be in danger.</b></div><div class="separator" div="" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" div="" style="clear: both;">When Lily makes a bold decision and goes up against the most powerful firm in the city, she puts all of her men on the case. But the job goes wrong, and when one of London’s most dangerous crime bosses comes after the family, hellbent on revenge, Lily’s heart pounds. Did she just put everyone she loves in danger? <b>And when the bitter feud ends, what will be left of the Drews??</b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></span></div><div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; word-spacing: 1px;"><span style="font-family: times;">BUY LINK:</span></b><br /><a href="https://geni.us/B0CPLZ52NRsocial">https://geni.us/B0CPLZ52NRsocial</a> </div><div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px;"><span style="color: #e4af0a;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: times; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></span></span><div><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidl4t3e5Xaz9oqHEGgdYDkrAcpmEWprMXhbgf64LpcVyqBpkPXNBXM3qzbfHrpaLNncc60VosCIYqBqHvr7KmGWJZYZCCPOkwH8Vk7dt8aczMD6n1vQe2bjGqvYp4US2924RBp8KxKVJbpZJ8MO761rA7S66drQwbF92hARvxBC1PaC5nbdhloT6fXrI0/s500/IMG_6161.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="327" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidl4t3e5Xaz9oqHEGgdYDkrAcpmEWprMXhbgf64LpcVyqBpkPXNBXM3qzbfHrpaLNncc60VosCIYqBqHvr7KmGWJZYZCCPOkwH8Vk7dt8aczMD6n1vQe2bjGqvYp4US2924RBp8KxKVJbpZJ8MO761rA7S66drQwbF92hARvxBC1PaC5nbdhloT6fXrI0/s320/IMG_6161.jpeg" width="209" /></a></div>Title: Her Feud</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Author</span>: Emma Tallon</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b>Series: </b> Drew Crime Family #7</span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Bookouture</span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Mystery & Thrillers</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Kindle ARC </span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 377</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: February 27, 2024</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>“A wounded bear is a dangerous creature." </i>No other words could more aptly describe Lily Drew and what she is facing..</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">A turf war is about to be underway. Which side will Lily choose? Her twin sons Killian and Connor are now on different sides. Killian stayed with his mother's crime firm, along with his cousin Scarlett. Connor went to a rival firm, run by Ray. Ray is not only the twins' father, something only recently revealed, but he and Lily have been in love for three decades, despite being on opposite sides, with the conflicts between them never letting up</span><span style="font-family: times;">. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">So Killian and Lily are a mess. They both miss Connor desperately, but business and pride seem to have gotten in the way. Whether or not they will ever reunite with Connor remains to be seen. Meanwhile, as Killian is about to marry, yet another turf war is at hand. This war could end a lot of lives, but not before sweeping major disaster and tragedy along the way.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">This final installment of the <i>Drew Crime Family</i> series starts at break-net speed and never once loses its grip. </span><span style="font-family: times;">This thrilling read shows more than one Drew is on borrowed time, and the story maintains a fever pitch throughout. This story comes to an end with a tense and satisfying conclusion, both to the book and to the series. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emma Tallon has not only written this stellar seven-book series, but her previous series, the <i>Anna Davis and Freddie Tyler</i> series is just as compelling, just as addictive and just as riveting as this one. I implore the reader of this book to read to the VERY end, because we have met some new characters in this book, <b>Her Feud</b><i> ... </i>enough said. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div></div></div><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><b>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</b></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq80_-cv005UJAEikg5x6ixHsp5VNkD3kXJo-nTIurDFRyL3sRIH4qeSLfeXnauFh5qhy63KAP0JQPpnyQYetQm6HfYrM38MSZBqPslJn_kEoKV0LxHqppv6zbwmzzTqZ3lhm4d6kARlbS75LwxyXDgXz-fVzIaH0-LxShsus2W1vSl9jmCTVHqQN4/s450/CBADB9F6-6744-457A-AA51-E69943BB8A18.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq80_-cv005UJAEikg5x6ixHsp5VNkD3kXJo-nTIurDFRyL3sRIH4qeSLfeXnauFh5qhy63KAP0JQPpnyQYetQm6HfYrM38MSZBqPslJn_kEoKV0LxHqppv6zbwmzzTqZ3lhm4d6kARlbS75LwxyXDgXz-fVzIaH0-LxShsus2W1vSl9jmCTVHqQN4/w200-h200/CBADB9F6-6744-457A-AA51-E69943BB8A18.jpeg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;">Emma Tallon is a British author of gripping, gritty, organised-crime thrillers. <span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(253, 255, 255); color: #0f1111; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;">With a number of bestsellers published by Bookouture since early 2017, Emma continues to write full time and has many ideas in the pipeline for future novels.</span></span></div><span><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><b style="border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49);"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); 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color: #0f1111; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times;">For more information on Emma or to join her mailing list, please go to: <a data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.emmatallon.com/&source=gmail&ust=1669219199020000&usg=AOvVaw2E3eTf7J5Zgs-WAW4uTMLa" href="http://www.emmatallon.com/" style="border-color: rgb(66, 133, 244); color: #4285f4;" target="_blank">www.emmatallon.com</a></span></p></div><div><div data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); caret-color: rgb(212, 212, 213); color: #313131; text-size-adjust: auto; word-spacing: 1px;"></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-cNZnvIEqbHJCfvUAJX0vC0N25TWNTy6lXsZib7Uv56gmL9FSGp2mAOZ1l8_RMyUmLGcUTMph85suT3lqJJOTRACK3Vmj56Zl-qU3m6KKr6-A57l1u1rtwU3j8FXtI3NUKXmTFoAQXHaA0NdD7eecc6qnT0P91jEcqIV8FMmqliCcF2jQXTC6zLeS=s1400" style="font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-cNZnvIEqbHJCfvUAJX0vC0N25TWNTy6lXsZib7Uv56gmL9FSGp2mAOZ1l8_RMyUmLGcUTMph85suT3lqJJOTRACK3Vmj56Zl-qU3m6KKr6-A57l1u1rtwU3j8FXtI3NUKXmTFoAQXHaA0NdD7eecc6qnT0P91jEcqIV8FMmqliCcF2jQXTC6zLeS=s320" width="320" /></a> </p>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-36693856456063890572024-02-26T15:08:00.004-05:002024-02-26T15:08:22.489-05:00Review - A House Built by Slaves<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmNd5pIdNahy__YBq5jYgUq4_KSwn2c4c6edlkJnvu9nYQ2XxdJWYqqWQgGOISOeRMTqCKNs2hldmo21iiRk_qoeZLZAbWcVp2e6-y0sl539raPyRymtzMZZ_IoApTPeCvNfqPcDoZUch-KloRiJjCSCWlUR6CxOsLHQ1_VF-4FnJ0jctBDt06l0oVCM/s255/cover318013-medium%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="255" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmNd5pIdNahy__YBq5jYgUq4_KSwn2c4c6edlkJnvu9nYQ2XxdJWYqqWQgGOISOeRMTqCKNs2hldmo21iiRk_qoeZLZAbWcVp2e6-y0sl539raPyRymtzMZZ_IoApTPeCvNfqPcDoZUch-KloRiJjCSCWlUR6CxOsLHQ1_VF-4FnJ0jctBDt06l0oVCM/s1600/cover318013-medium%20(1).png" width="255" /></a></div><b>Title: A House Built by Slave</b></div><div><b>Author</b>: <span style="font-family: times;"> Jonathan W. White</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher</span><span>: Post Hypnotic Press</span></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre</span>: Biographies & Memoirs; History</span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Format</span><span>: Audiobook ALC</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No. of Pages:</span><span> 240</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b>Length: </b>9 hr 31 min</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b>Narrator: </b>Jesse Lipscombe</span></span></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date of Publication</span>: December 21, 2023</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Rating</span><span>: 5 Stars</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">*First published February 15, 2022</div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;">DESCRIPTION:</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="font-weight: bold;">The forgotten but essential story of how President Lincoln welcomed African Americans to his White House in our nation’s most divided and war-torn era.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jonathan White illuminates why Lincoln’s then-unprecedented welcome of African Americans to the White House transformed the trajectory of race relations in the United States. From his 1862 meetings with Black Christian ministers, Lincoln began inviting African Americans of every background to his home, from ex-slaves from the Deep South to champions of abolitionism such as Frederick Douglass. More than a good-will gesture, the president would confer with his guests about the essential issues of citizenship and voting rights. Drawing from an array of primary sources, White reveals how Lincoln used the White House as the stage to amplify African American voices. Even 155 years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln’s inclusion of African Americans remains a necessary example in a country still struggling from racial divisions today.</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></div><div><a href="https://amzn.to/3UPlZNe"><span>Link to purchase the book</span><br /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span></span><br /></span><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span><span>For the last couple of years, memoirs have become an interest of mine. When I saw the audiobook of <i style="font-weight: bold;">A House Built by Slaves</i> pop up on NetGalley, I was immediately intrigued. In fact, the remainder of the title shows as <b><i>"African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House."</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>During the years between 1861 and 1865, the Civil War was raging in America. At the same time, the president at that time, Abraham Lincoln, was engaged in a different fight, that of welcoming African Americans to the White House, forever changing most of America's hold on slavery. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>What was interesting to me - okay, I have been out of school for decades - was (re)learning about colonization. In fact, for a time Lincoln was a strong advocate of colonization. He began meeting with African Americans at the White House, but had wanted to implement a way to have Blacks migrate to other countries. In fact, Lincoln once said, <i>"your race are suffering, in my judgment, the greatest wrong inflicted on any people...but on the broad continent, not a single man of your race is made at the equal of a single of ours."</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>However, Lincoln continued to meet with various guests at the White House and soon his decisions, if not his very words, began to take on a transformation. Citizenship of African Americans, as well as voting rights, became matters of importance to Lincoln. In fact, on January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the <b>Emancipation Proclamation</b>, which stated, <i>"that all persons held as as slaves...are, and henceforward shall be free." </i>These were not mere words of Lincoln's, but his actions showed even more concern for a race that was experiencing so much turmoil.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Jonathan W. White does quite a remarkable job exploring the various ways in which Lincoln used his platform at the White House to initiate change for African Americans. I thought it was a good note in the book that Lincoln could not simply initiate policy even though he was President of the United States. It took years for the Proclamation to be signed, and today, 155 years later, African Americans are still struggling in many respects.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>A lot of the focus in White's book was about how often Lincoln met with African Americans at the White House and how these frequent meetings went a long way when it came to changing Lincoln's attitude and reference to Blacks. Of course, Lincoln faced many an objection to his changing views of Blacks, even to the point of being assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. The freedoms and kindness that Lincoln showed Blacks did not extend to future presidents for decades.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>It is hard to believe that this book was only 240 pages. White did an excellent job reminding readers like myself of what our forbearers experienced and what many are still dealing with during our present day.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Many thanks to Post Hypnotic Press </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">and to NetGalley for this ARC for review.</span><span style="font-family: times;"> This is my honest opinion.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><br /></span><span><br /></span></span></div></div></div><b><span style="font-family: times;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b></div></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbz5THmUl-wnZmnNTIkqQB4xvQkZK2fhyphenhyphenwN-9-GjPR3mzI3n0_gOCMYZ6CCqvm54YI2k-7w6-Cl8-AR1hahN8stDZs4J5jh5hx43dqhD5-8Z01f6RYq02IXmhfjtCcdUI0-C4VIXg9Q5vhXEQ7SvYR1UWn1hQKOntf8B2_ZXqxaCJ3xV2Sy5eRmufhq6o/s379/new-headshot.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="377" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbz5THmUl-wnZmnNTIkqQB4xvQkZK2fhyphenhyphenwN-9-GjPR3mzI3n0_gOCMYZ6CCqvm54YI2k-7w6-Cl8-AR1hahN8stDZs4J5jh5hx43dqhD5-8Z01f6RYq02IXmhfjtCcdUI0-C4VIXg9Q5vhXEQ7SvYR1UWn1hQKOntf8B2_ZXqxaCJ3xV2Sy5eRmufhq6o/w199-h200/new-headshot.jpeg" width="199" /></a></div>Jonathan W. White is professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University. He is author or editor of 17 books and more than 100 articles, essays and reviews about the Civil War, slavery and emancipation, African American history, Abraham Lincoln, and the U.S. Constitution. His book Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln was named a best book of 2014 by Civil War Monitor, was a finalist for both the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize and the Jefferson Davis Prize, and won the Abraham Lincoln Institute's 2015 book prize. Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War was named a best book of 2017 by Civil War Monitor. His 2018 book, "Our Little Monitor": The Greatest Invention of the Civil War, co-authored with Anna Gibson Holloway, was a finalist for the Indie Book Awards and honorable mention for the John Lyman Book Award. He is a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians, serves on the Boards of Directors of the Abraham Lincoln Institute and the Abraham Lincoln Association, and is the Vice Chair of The Lincoln Forum. He also serves on the Ford’s Theatre Advisory Council, the editorial board of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, and as editor of both Lincoln Lore and The Lincoln Forum Bulletin. In 2019 he won the Outstanding Faculty Award of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the highest award given to faculty in the Commonwealth. His recent books include My Work Among the Freedmen: The Civil War and Reconstruction Letters of Harriet M. Buss (2021), which he co-edited with his student, Lydia Davis; To Address You As My Friend: African Americans' Letters to Abraham Lincoln (2021); A House Built By Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House (2022), which was co-winner with Jon Meacham of the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize; Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade (2023); and (2023), which he co-edited with Brian Matthew Jordan. In 2024, he published his first children's book, My Day with Abe Lincoln.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="http://www.jonathanwhite.org/">web</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/CivilWarJon">X</a><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s1600/Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1400" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuE-3a0IT9gTNnKfBEusB3yeafvIW_uMl2DtLbSuWdxkr_Zn3sk7saQJoPrI6V2p4LpLxmtCpdtcQ0fv5fiH6er-OuHq9vxiowpjxyEPK-hgTLLJfHxqsJA92sGImGoDo8M98BHiJgyhw/s320/Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div></div></div></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720445870441668098.post-16614075737096736692024-02-25T13:17:00.007-05:002024-02-25T13:23:36.336-05:00WEEKLY WRAPUP #2 - 2024<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlj3YgHTcwsT3mX6uOZ1rOOxwDHiWQpf8TkC-p-EvlHm9INzgDVDQVNf-qqHVdaCj02WVeGRliwa_Uw9wimZUvy75I1_z6ZE_EVABAfFWmM17cXmxAD7sUANKr1ynXopgW3C4HZKYV5-04ixtDX8fX59pcgWYZsJF35Ez1r-ojPaXwBJPyluTrJD0LwA/s400/Sunday%20WrapUp.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlj3YgHTcwsT3mX6uOZ1rOOxwDHiWQpf8TkC-p-EvlHm9INzgDVDQVNf-qqHVdaCj02WVeGRliwa_Uw9wimZUvy75I1_z6ZE_EVABAfFWmM17cXmxAD7sUANKr1ynXopgW3C4HZKYV5-04ixtDX8fX59pcgWYZsJF35Ez1r-ojPaXwBJPyluTrJD0LwA/s320/Sunday%20WrapUp.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: Oswald; font-size: medium;">The Sunday Post is a blog news meme that is posted here @<a href="https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/">Caffeinated Reviewer</a>. It is a chance to share news~A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on your blog for the week ahead. Join in weekly, bi-weekly or for a monthly wrap up. See rules here: <a href="https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/2024/02/sunday-post-616-behind.html">Sunday Post Meme</a>.</span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;">*HOW WAS MY WEEK*</span></h2><div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 19.46px;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 19.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 19.46px;">Well, my Sunday began with disappointment. I was about halfway done with my eeBoo jigsaw puzzle but I hit the tray and it crashed to the floor. Hubby picked it all up for me, but I don't even want to look at it at the moment. Thus, I am spending the morning diamond painting. As my drafting table is kitty corner to my desk, I did take a moment to write a couple of book reviews. Then I put on my first book for this week, </span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px; text-decoration: underline;">Murder at the Island Hotel</span><span class="s1" style="font-size: 19.46px;">by Helena Dixon. I ended up having a good reading day by reading four books.</span></span></p></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;">*LAST WEEK ON MY BLOG*</span></h2><div><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/blog-tour-custody-battle.html">The Custody Battle</a> by Ellie Monago<br /></div><div><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/review-missing-before-daylight.html">Missing Before Daylight</a> by Carolyn Arnold<br /></div><div><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/cover-reveal-hollow.html">Cover Reveal - The Hollow</a> by Kiersten Modglin<br /></div><div><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/review-her-last-words.html">Her Last Words</a> by Carolyn Arnold<br /></div><div><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/review-nowhere-like-home.html">Nowhere Like Home</a> by Sara Shepard<br /></div><div><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/review-boy-who-cried-bear.html">The Boy Who Cried Bear</a> by Kelley Armstrong<br /></div><div><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/review-guest.html">The Guest</a> by B. A. Paris<br /></div><div><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/blog-tour-library-murders.html">The Library Murders</a> by Merryn Allingham<br /></div><div><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/review-fatal-first-edition.html">Fatal First Edition</a> by Jenn McKinlay<br /></div><div><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/blog-tour-spy-i.html">The Spy and I</a> by Tiana Smith<br /></div><div><a href="https://www.robinlovesreading.com/2024/02/review-wifes-mistake.html">The Wife's Mistake</a> by Lorna Dounaeva<br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;">*WHAT’S ON MY CURRENTLY READING SHELF?*</span></h2><div><b style="text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;">ALL OF THESE BOOK COVERS ARE DIRECTLY LINKED TO GOODREADS:</b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165938562-the-partner-plot?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=sltbBZ0GqD&rank=1" style="clear: left; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVl-hTDv64-Emb0vqsuy_hyV9y0FnxWJIgwqk2O6XgRSwKUke6rSAZsSlaO7NEVCPZfhrvKlsbJehBHaV464rE2IkjjtXknhZQhRRV8PsTHcFgknqnhozc75djzyTZKkL2z1ItEs7dPLe7OEINT8vdril9JJfRnrRCcCENV1nY-BynLUV51GvrQ9tRO0/w129-h200/202067903%20(1).jpg" width="129" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127975602-everyone-is-watching?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="296" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgyL3dY_wfFzhpLZ0eKC4qcyHSW_3U9JGshtZp8GLj3C2WncGy12MSN4porDnu975NVpR9phWUiwCJerBS0ljZ43Rkb91A1gdjwpiMPQ3AXh5emuZtzRjxOH9D8n3lIzATKCLlCnVuSIQOsxU0g1_4xURGqBW6Y7ZvRT49mDb0PH1sgy7TUFa4JK-WEM/w133-h200/127975602%20(1).jpg" width="133" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_wnkmn1wSd5zQc5__ImD-osVqx8G3_PkyI6RFvPuQwalmN_HKOoDdXYkPITFy7t4GoTelmCxBIvxHZuEx3btcnnUtAEdPaIsdfUhAVCThvOl8PgtrlZzB04d5joWOInV6ph3mXwrez2O7oWDV2z1yTjgzg7XWB7eu4p2Sb1LwFWIbhPf19yAGFGJDxM/s500/205951516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_wnkmn1wSd5zQc5__ImD-osVqx8G3_PkyI6RFvPuQwalmN_HKOoDdXYkPITFy7t4GoTelmCxBIvxHZuEx3btcnnUtAEdPaIsdfUhAVCThvOl8PgtrlZzB04d5joWOInV6ph3mXwrez2O7oWDV2z1yTjgzg7XWB7eu4p2Sb1LwFWIbhPf19yAGFGJDxM/w131-h200/205951516.jpg" width="131" /></a><div><br /></div><div> </div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;">*NEW ARRIVALS/APPROVALS*</span></h2><div><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>ALL OF THESE BOOK COVERS ARE DIRECTLY LINKED TO GOODREADS:</b></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/181350350-cheater?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBevzIp5WIz2Q344llUIBz6XJITeTUmanHEknDP3z-WnL4Yb3lDyTBCsDr7t62rVpM1pjm9hZuD92hb4xjftylyybh3VwOMqrkDuMNU8h07p80oQLfWdQG6dAHoRZliyV6W9fxx9QHAnP2Z0uYL_3SfA1_BULC1H0M13KBVVmBbyI_j85lk22Bz1ohur8/w133-h200/cover299714-medium.png" width="133" /></a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58493383-a-house-built-by-slaves" style="clear: left; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;">*FEBRUARY 2024 READS*</span></h2><div><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVfAyEKFop34lvuULUawtbi3iM0tas7BOljTIyGxkIO6ZI3KrmkhiT1DCtKa7SREpe3atDqzmdj1z58LgINVdG2vZ6o1Gx0MsVx3Nd30-1-smwvR3nioik6yvTI4lcLOWNJc8mDZyBwA_p_6ARCby3FwMf6a9alC8gRhOCZSb_6EefLGveHERZtlgtBs/s1597/IMG_6445.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1597" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVfAyEKFop34lvuULUawtbi3iM0tas7BOljTIyGxkIO6ZI3KrmkhiT1DCtKa7SREpe3atDqzmdj1z58LgINVdG2vZ6o1Gx0MsVx3Nd30-1-smwvR3nioik6yvTI4lcLOWNJc8mDZyBwA_p_6ARCby3FwMf6a9alC8gRhOCZSb_6EefLGveHERZtlgtBs/w385-h400/IMG_6445.jpeg" width="385" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I did listen to a book each morning while I diamond painted, and here is my progress with that project:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkv1sG0fdY5agDJRRDt4D9-E0xOXhK7h_8TlnDmU0Za5GGL6yP3BlN3dSc0BC7Q3CEw5Q0MQx1YfPZl6jUlaxCJQbH8m_DOjXmuVfJMtTT2kVNvIvODNPeYLFMndBBhlf7wkM5QNR-udKJlBIRG3FtRmn-mJu5OeiTGPpE53UW0XtAgNUk4QLdRdp-tsI/s3429/FullSizeRender.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="3429" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkv1sG0fdY5agDJRRDt4D9-E0xOXhK7h_8TlnDmU0Za5GGL6yP3BlN3dSc0BC7Q3CEw5Q0MQx1YfPZl6jUlaxCJQbH8m_DOjXmuVfJMtTT2kVNvIvODNPeYLFMndBBhlf7wkM5QNR-udKJlBIRG3FtRmn-mJu5OeiTGPpE53UW0XtAgNUk4QLdRdp-tsI/w400-h296/FullSizeRender.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald; font-size: medium;">I usually get a jigsaw puzzle done every other day, but this past week I only got one finished, and just a portion of another. The first puzzle here shows some missing pieces as it got knocked over and I had difficulty retrieving all of the pieces. This second puzzle I have been working on very slowly as I have some health issues and have had a few difficult days. I have some surgeries coming up next month so I plan on getting all of my March ARCs read this coming week and also a few April ARCs, with the hopes of getting some of my blog tours done early.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Oswald; font-size: medium;">Here are the two jigsaw puzzles that I mentioned:</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-eiEF7FKLTAf8u8E-Gl3rZKlhnBzwCcam6rM36lBDQNSsml2w5oi25yhZXBUCuJObPS1h5cRbwh7YV-0rHCFDb-Jvq-x-2MBJHYa2tHY-BtzBdmDm_4VPx0cUGKSQN4dXOIqSsHZ1ZrY6tYlcuPiKQFY2R413PqPiakLq9bDkOqoQHzwSvl97-XhQNY/s1363/IMG_8425.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="1290" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-eiEF7FKLTAf8u8E-Gl3rZKlhnBzwCcam6rM36lBDQNSsml2w5oi25yhZXBUCuJObPS1h5cRbwh7YV-0rHCFDb-Jvq-x-2MBJHYa2tHY-BtzBdmDm_4VPx0cUGKSQN4dXOIqSsHZ1ZrY6tYlcuPiKQFY2R413PqPiakLq9bDkOqoQHzwSvl97-XhQNY/s320/IMG_8425.jpeg" width="303" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ygch3UcuNspbbZUqjCKPHzcFiyiYD3JySLJbA11exwI7K29b_UO1mvteZyEnbteSg6NrldSWHtM8SxtGtpxoJikKdrB4lS3N33sTtfMp4Cx0UOB09_JOMQQOz9r0EMbuuwH5eFNSzUHJFyQEVwh7CnBgBJBvYjZsDlGX8dKcW4lcr9vmIyxWy81DKbA/s1290/IMG_8424.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="1290" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ygch3UcuNspbbZUqjCKPHzcFiyiYD3JySLJbA11exwI7K29b_UO1mvteZyEnbteSg6NrldSWHtM8SxtGtpxoJikKdrB4lS3N33sTtfMp4Cx0UOB09_JOMQQOz9r0EMbuuwH5eFNSzUHJFyQEVwh7CnBgBJBvYjZsDlGX8dKcW4lcr9vmIyxWy81DKbA/s320/IMG_8424.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF013PvserjL_UsP0EmomvWDCzkbxux0uYbHsnO9p8JUK_sakA2ijuyDfSXv7jDOE2naKIC5TeEFkP9OVxDuFPRq3OSIX0ZLVD9ZA2T0VHoJXfPNXq6L7MoQw3o2r6ydLbhNwVfqmURfs7BTRE-p9i3vX1SAB_k2bOcPxWH8raSAJUOik8_Cxio-MZkI/s400/IMG_6386.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="65" data-original-width="400" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF013PvserjL_UsP0EmomvWDCzkbxux0uYbHsnO9p8JUK_sakA2ijuyDfSXv7jDOE2naKIC5TeEFkP9OVxDuFPRq3OSIX0ZLVD9ZA2T0VHoJXfPNXq6L7MoQw3o2r6ydLbhNwVfqmURfs7BTRE-p9i3vX1SAB_k2bOcPxWH8raSAJUOik8_Cxio-MZkI/s320/IMG_6386.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Robin Loves Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06218277913071859532noreply@blogger.com2