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Sweetpea Book Review

Title: SWEETPEA Author: C.J. Skuse ISBN: 9780008620080 Publisher: Harper Collins – HQ Pages: 432 Source: Private copy BUDDY READ The last person who called me ‘Sweetpea’ ended up dead… Rhiannon is your average girl next door, settled with her boyfriend and little dog…but she’s got a killer secret. By day her job as an editorial […]

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The Hunter Book Review

Title: THE HUNTER – Robert Hunter #0.5 Author: Chris Carter ISBN: 9781471128004 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 80 Source: Private Copy Meet Robert Hunter, the youngest Homicide Detective the Los Angeles Police has ever recruited, on his first day. As a rookie, he is given a simple suicide investigation to cut his teeth on. But

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Every Last Lie Book Review

Title: Every Last Lie Author: Mary Kubica ISBN: 9780778319986 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 336 Source: Private Copy “The bad man, Daddy. The bad man is after us.”  Clara Solberg’s world shatters when her husband and their four-year-old daughter are in a car crash, killing Nick while Maisie is remarkably unharmed. The crash is ruled an

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Mine Book Review

Title: Mine Author: A.K Rose ISBN: 9780645401752 Publisher: Independently published Pages: 471 Source: Private copy Family is everything… I always knew my father was a cold, heartless bastard. But the moment he took Elle Castlemaine and her pathetic daughter into our home, barely a month after our mom died, he unleashed something savage inside me.

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Pretty Baby Book Review

Title: PRETTY BABY Author: Mary Kubica Narrators: Cassandra Campbell, Tom Taylorson and Jorjeana Marie ISBN: 9781504609821 Publisher: Blackstone Audio Duration: 12hours, 7 minutes She sees the teenage girl on the train platform, standing in the pouring rain, clutching an infant in her arms. She boards a train and is whisked away. But she can’t get

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Hooked Book Review

Title: Hooked Author: Emily McIntire ISBN: 9781737508328 Publisher: Bloom Books Pages: 312 Source: Private Copy James has always had one agenda: destroy his enemy, Peter Michaels. When Peter’s twenty-year-old daughter Wendy shows up in James’s bar, he sees his way in. Seduce the girl and use her for his revenge. It’s the perfect plan until

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September in a Nutshell

That’s a Wrap! The end of September is here, and already there are glimpses of Christmas decorations and reminders of the new year ahead. Social media is buzzing with posts about 2025 planners and holiday ideas. Am I the only one not quite ready for all of that? There are still three full months left

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City of Thieves Book Review

Title: City of Thieves Author: David Benioff ISBN: 9780340822319 Publisher: New English Library Pages: 310 Source: Private Copy During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at

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