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Count My Lies

April 4, 2025

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Sloane can’t help herself—she’s a compulsive liar. When she sees a handsome man at the park helping his hurt daughter she immediately offers her services as a nurse. She’s actually a manicurist, but in Count My Lies this is just the first strand of a web she spins to get the life of her dreams. From this seemingly unplanned meeting Sloane slowly insinuates herself in the ... Read More...

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March Reading Recap

March 31, 2025

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Hello, fellow readers! I’m not sure I’ll get to say this again, but despite a completely miserable and toxic month in the news, my March reading was calmly solid. I only had one book I didn't finish, am fully immersed in a fabulous fantasy series, and read six books that were successful (3.5 stars or above).   I have a bit of an unusual situation with this book. ... Read More...

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Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh

March 26, 2025

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I’m switching gears from heart-warming to heart-pounding with Witness 8 the latest in the Eddie Flynn mystery series. When the body of a wealthy woman is found dead in her home in an exclusive Manhattan neighborhood it leaves the rest of the neighbors stunned that such a thing could happen. That the murderer turns out to be one of their own, a renowned pediatric surgeon, is ... Read More...

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The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis

February 13, 2025

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A novel that includes the Egyptian wing of the Metropolitan Museum, Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, and ancient Egypt is not one I’m likely to miss out on. Fiona Davis’s The Stolen Queen follows two women and two timelines right up until they intersect on the night of the Met Gala in 1978 when a priceless Egyptian heirloom is stolen. Charlotte Cross is a young woman who refuses ... Read More...

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The Bones Beneath My Skin

February 11, 2025

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After losing his job Nathan finds himself at loose ends. With no attachments in his life he decides to head to the remote cabin in Oregon that his parents left to him to lick his wounds and regroup. But author TJ Klune is having none of that in The Bones Beneath My Skin so when Nathan arrives at his house it’s to find two unusual squatters living there. Any peace and quiet he’d ... Read More...

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More 2024 Reading I Loved

December 30, 2024

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I’m back with more books I loved in 2024. On Friday I shared the fact that almost all my 5-star favorite books for the year were backlist, but I still wanted to give a shoutout to this wide variety of new releases I thought were wonderful. Each provided me with the escape I wanted in a year that was a lot to handle.   Mysteries and thrillers came on strong for me ... Read More...

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