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Review We Were Never Here

Title: WE WERE NEVER HERE Author: ANDREA BARTZ ISBN: 9780241557655 Publisher: Penguin Fiction Pages: 305 Source: Private Copy Emily is having the time of her life–she’s in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip, and the women are feeling closer than ever. But on the last night of […]

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Review Three Reasons for Revenge

Title: THREE REASONS FOR REVENGE Author: DERVLA McTIERNAN ISBN: 9780008408060 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 336 Source: NetGalley Someone’s been watching. Someone’s been waiting.Alexis Turner walks into the police station to report an assault. By the end of the day, she is nowhere to be found.Soon after she disappears, three identical packages arrive at three very

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Review Our Beautiful Mess

Title: OUR BEAUTIFUL MESS Author: ADELE PARKS ISBN: 9780008586386 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 439 Source: Private Copy Connie can’t wait to have all her daughters back home for the holidays. It’s not just the excitement of the girls being together under one roof; uni student Fran is bringing a new boyfriend to stay. The empty

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Review Cruel Truth

Title: CRUEL TRUTH – DI Kelly Porter #13 Author: RACHEL LYNCH ISBN: 9781835981238 Publisher: Canelo Pages: 316 Source: NetGalley Even beauty has a dark side. It’s a stunning summer evening in the Lake District. The day has been hot and long, and tourists are only just leaving Rydal Water. One solitary rowing boat remains, face

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Review The Guest

Title: THE GUEST Author: BA PARIS ISBN: 97813997140305 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Pages: 358 Source: Private Copy Iris and Gabriel have just got home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their dearest friends, Laure, is in their house – sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris’ clothes, even rearranging the furniture.

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Review The Bestseller

Title: THE BESTSELLER Author: JENNY KNIGHTSBY ISBN: 9781036436316 Publisher: Headline Pages: 400 Source: NetGalley YOU TOLD HER YOUR DARKEST SECRETS.NOW MILLIONS WILL READ THEM . . .Therapist Helena Salve knows that client confidentiality is the number one unbreakable rule of her job. But the constant stories of coercive control and threat she hears from her

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March in a Nutshell

That’s a Wrap! Just like that, the first quarter of 2026 is behind us. How are you doing with your reading goals? I’ve found that now that both girls have moved out, I suddenly have a lot more time to myself—and I’m definitely reading more because of it. As I’m writing this post, I’m already

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Review Final Girls

Title: FINAL GIRLS Author: RILEY SAGER ISBN: 9781785034039 Publisher: Random House Pages: 343 Source:  Private Copy Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to

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