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The Stolen Child – ARC Book Review

Hide Karl in plain sight.That was the idea. It was meant to be foolproof. Who would think of finding an Aryan-looking Jewish child in the household of a high-ranking Nazi officer?What could possibly go wrong? When four-year-old Karl, Kara’s son, suddenly disappears, Kara’s worst fear becomes her painful reality. Has someone seen through her cover?Continue reading “The Stolen Child – ARC Book Review”

Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock and Big Life Lessons down on Mischief Farm – Book Review

The beloved actress and star of One Tree Hill, White Collar, and Lethal Weapon, Hilarie Burton Morgan, tells the story of leaving Hollywood for a radically different kind of life in upstate New York with her husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan—a celebration of community, family, and the value of hard work in small town America. While Hilarie Burton Morgan’sContinue reading “Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock and Big Life Lessons down on Mischief Farm – Book Review”

One By One – Book Review

Note:- I know I am mostly posting non ARC books but I have to clear my Goodreads shelf The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Turn of the Key and In a Dark, Dark Wood returns with another suspenseful thriller set on a snow-covered mountain. Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French AlpsContinue reading “One By One – Book Review”

A Summer Scandal – Book Review

Summer has never been so scandalous… When Violet moves to Swallow Beach, she inherits a small Victorian pier with an empty arcade perched on the end of it, and falls in love immediately. She wants nothing more than to rejuvenate it and make it grand again – but how? When she meets hunky Calvin, inspirationContinue reading “A Summer Scandal – Book Review”

What Alice Forgot – Book Review

How can ten years of your life just disappear? Alice is twenty-nine. She adores sleep, chocolate, and her ramshackle new house. She’s newly engaged to the wonderful Nick, and is pregnant with her first baby. But there’s just one problem.That was ten years ago . . . Alice slipped in her step-aerobics class, hit herContinue reading “What Alice Forgot – Book Review”

Dial A for Aunties – Book Review

Your family would kill to see you happy ‘Whip-smart, original and so funny. I found it impossible to put down and lost count of the number of times I laughed out loud’ Beth O’Leary, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Switch ‘ARE YOU…DEAD?’OH MY GOD. I THINK HE IS.When Meddy Chan accidentally kills her blind date, she turns to her auntiesContinue reading “Dial A for Aunties – Book Review”

The Silent Witness (Detective Amanda Steele Book 3) – ARC Book Review

It’s 4 a.m. when her mom shakes her awake. “Get up baby, we’re going to play hide and seek.” The little girl presses back into the dark space, holding her breath as she hears the shots ring out. She knows she’s next… When the bodies of a local family are discovered on a quiet streetContinue reading “The Silent Witness (Detective Amanda Steele Book 3) – ARC Book Review”

The Liar’s Child – ARC Book Review

I’ll do anything to protect my daughter… When I pick my beloved daughter Poppy up from school one afternoon, my mind races when I see the little girl holding Poppy’s hand. With the same heart-shaped face, long brown hair and dark eyes, the two girls look identical. In fact, they look like sisters. Is the secret I’veContinue reading “The Liar’s Child – ARC Book Review”

The Girl Who Survived – ARC Book Review

Germany, 1941: “We live together, or we die together.” A novel that will stay with you forever, The Girl Who Survived tells the inspiring true story of Ilse Stein, a German Jew who was imprisoned in a ghetto––and who fell in love with the man she was supposed to loathe. For eighteen-year-old Ilse life is unrecognizable. A year ago,Continue reading “The Girl Who Survived – ARC Book Review”