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Book Review – My Mother’s Choice by Ali Mercer

After a long time I am back with a book review! Just received an advanced copy of My Mother’s Secret by Ali Mercer and many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me an advanced copy! Nobody talks about my mother. Absolutely nobody. I have no idea what she was like. I’d always thought theyContinue reading “Book Review – My Mother’s Choice by Ali Mercer”

South of the Buttonwood Tree-Book Review #southofthebuttonwoodtree #heatherwebber

Hello all! Back with an honest book review, South of the Buttonwood Tree which will be released on 21st July, written by Heather Webber. Here’s my review! Blue Bishop has a knack for finding lost things. While growing up in charming small-town Buttonwood, Alabama, she’s happened across lost wallets, jewelry, pets, her wandering neighbor, andContinue reading “South of the Buttonwood Tree-Book Review #southofthebuttonwoodtree #heatherwebber”

Don’t Turn Around – Book Review #dontturnaround #jessicabarry

Hey all! Third book review of the week. A gripping thriller Don’t Turn Around by Jessica Barry. The riveting follow up to Jessica Barry’s debut Freefall—a controversial, of-the-moment thriller about two women fighting for their right to live.  322 miles of road. 6 hours. 2 strangers. 1 killer. Too many secrets. Midnight. Cait Monaghan and RebeccaContinue reading “Don’t Turn Around – Book Review #dontturnaround #jessicabarry”

Book Review- The Silent Dolls #TheSilentDolls #NetGalley

Hey all! Thanks to Netgalley I manage to get a free copy of this book, The Silent Dolls by Rita Herron and the first book of the Detective Ellie Reeves series!!! Here is my review Silent tears trickle down her cheeks as she curls inside the tiny cave-like space. She lies on her side, darknessContinue reading “Book Review- The Silent Dolls #TheSilentDolls #NetGalley”

The Sunset Sisters- Book Review #TheSunsetSisters #CeceliaLyra

Hey all, just finished reading the Sunset Sisters by Cecelia Lyra, her debut book. Check it out! Two sisters. A surprising inheritance. A summer that changes everything. As children, half-sisters Cassie and Julie were nearly inseparable, bonded through happy, lazy summers playing barefoot in the surf and sleeping out on the porch of their grandmother’sContinue reading “The Sunset Sisters- Book Review #TheSunsetSisters #CeceliaLyra”

July TBR List – Part 2

Hello all! Here is the second list of books I am reading and will be on the blog soon! The Sunset Sisters – Cecelia Lyra Two sisters. A surprising inheritance. A summer that changes everything. As children, half-sisters Cassie and Julie were nearly inseparable, bonded through happy, lazy summers playing barefoot in the surf andContinue reading “July TBR List – Part 2”

Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop- Book Review

Another one of cozy romance books I just finished–Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop by Rebecca Raisin The trip of a lifetime! Rosie Lewis has her life together. A swanky job as a Michelin-Starred Sous Chef, a loving husband and future children scheduled for exactly January 2021. That’s until she comes home one day to find her husband’sContinue reading “Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop- Book Review”

An American Marriage – Book Review

Hey, just finished another book, An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. Here is my review! Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. Until one day they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrestedContinue reading “An American Marriage – Book Review”

I Know Your Secret – Book Review

Hey all! I am back after a long time!!! Anyway so I just finished I know Your Secret by Ruth Heald and here is my review! She thinks she knows me. She believes my marriage is falling apart at the seams, that my husband can barely look me in the eyes. She thinks I’m desperateContinue reading “I Know Your Secret – Book Review”