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Ellen Meister’s ‘Take My Husband’
Laurel Applebaum is a devoted daughter, wife, mother, and soon to be grandmother who works hard keeping her family thriving and comfortable with very little help from her husband, Doug.Doug, who can’t even find the impetus to fill his own pill container and stay on top of his medications and doctor’s appointments.Doug, who has taken…
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Adele Parks’ ‘Woman Last Seen’
This review was commissioned by Harper Collins. Leigh Fletcher has a wonderful life; a devoted husband, two amazing sons, and a beautiful home filled with clutter and laughter and enough energy to have spontaneous dance parties at the end of a long day- but even the happiest, most fulfilled women have their secrets. When Leigh…
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Karen Hamilton’s ‘The Ex-Husband’
This review was commissioned by Harper Collins. From the moment Charlotte begins talking, we know she is not a narrator we should wholly trust; she is very honest about this. As we navigate through the story with her, despite how much we should remember this, it is impossible not to root for her as she…
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Lisa Unger’s ‘Confessions on the 7:45’
I looked forward to reading this book for months; the idea of a woman sitting down next to a stranger on a train and spilling every nefarious secret they’re hiding in their hearts and having it come back to bite them just sounded deliciously twisted to me. It was- that part did not disappoint in…
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Kimberly Belle’s ‘Stranger in the Lake’
This review was commissioned by Harper Collins. Charlotte’s world from the outside is glittering and amazing, something to be envied, but from the moment we step over the threshold of her home we know, just as she does, that something is way off. Is it her secretive, seemingly devoted husband, his loyal friend, Micah, or…
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Kelly Rimmer’s ‘Truths I Never Told You’
This review was commissioned by Harper Collins. ‘Truths I Never Told You’ artfully explores the way that tight-knit families can mask the truth from each other, sometimes forever, or until the pin holding everything together tumbles out, allowing the truth to come to the light. In this case it is a sibling group, adults with…
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Rhenna Morgan’s ‘Hers to Tame’
This review was commissioned by Harper Collins. Set in the vibrant beauty of New Orleans, Rhenna Morgan’s ‘Hers to Tame’ doesn’t waste a moment; it gets right down to the action, while also giving us an acquaintance in Cassie and Kir that is already established (thank you, woman; there is so much nuance that lies…
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Jude Deveraux’s ‘A Forgotten Murder’
I have been a devotee of Jude Deveraux for many, many years; ‘Sweet Liar’ was actually my introduction to the world of romance and I was drawn in by Deveraux’s strong characters, her tightly woven plot lines, and how she managed to squeeze my heart in her hands the whole time, keeping me on the…
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Jennifer Hillier’s ‘Little Secrets’
This is the second Jennifer Hillier book I have read and the second one that has left me gasping in shock, in tears, stunned beyond belief, and wishing that I hadn’t read it as quickly as I did. I am actually jealous of people that will get to experience what I just did for the…