In Too Deep by Samantha Hayes

In Too Deep by Samantha Hayes

Months earlier, Gina Forrester’s husband Rick went out to buy a newspaper, and never came back. Samantha Hayes’s In Too Deep begins with Gina trying to put the pieces of her life back together, but unable to move on because she just. doesn’t. know. Did someone murder Rick? Did he commit suicide? Did he just…

Prom Mom by Laura Lippman

Prom Mom by Laura Lippman

Prom Mom takes themes incredibly prevalent in women’s fiction and twists them upside down, making a potent point about revenge, accountability, and pigeonholing. The returning bad girl, the reformed bad boy, the innocent wife – they collide here and live and breathe and twist in the wind. The end result is something incredibly powerful. Amber…

Verity by Colleen Hoover

Verity by Colleen Hoover

from The New York Times in October 2022: Colleen Hoover has sold more books this year than Dr. Seuss. She’s sold more books than James Patterson and John Grisham — combined. To say she’s currently the best-selling novelist in the United States, to even compare her to other successful authors who have landed several books…

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

The Villa is an inky-dark look at two sets of best friends coping with some jaw-dropping betrayals. It unfortunately sports some predictable twists, and then takes far too many distracting excursions along its primrose pathway, all of which keeps it from pulling a higher grade. Motivational author Chess Chandler (WIP: Swipe Right on Life!) and…

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

As we head into the holiday season, Daisy Darker reminds us that some families should forgo the traditional reunions. In fact, some families should never have been formed at all. The Darkers have not gathered at Seaglass, their mansion by the Cornish coast, for ages, but this is a milestone year – Nana is turning…

Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

Stay Awake is as flat as a wooden board when it comes to style and presentation. It does effectively evoke sympathy for its hapless heroine, but its monomaniacal plot and dry storytelling do it a disservice.  Liv Reese is in the middle of a nightmare.  Waking up abruptly in the back of a taxi, she…

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