After surviving a near-fatal accident, Emily and her husband Freddie move from bustling London to the quiet, picturesque Larkin Lodge on Dartmoor. The grand house should be a place of healing, but for Emily, it quickly becomes a source of anxiety. Strange occurrences plague her whenever she’s alone—books falling, fires going out, a constant sense…
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The Busybody Book Club
In The Busybody Book Club, five wildly different members of a dysfunctional village book club are thrown together to solve a real-life mystery when one of their own vanishes—and a dead body is found at his house. Nova Davies, new to town and trying to save the struggling community center, inadvertently finds herself at the…
The Amalfi Curse
We just booked our trip to Italy for a wedding and so of course I had to read an Italy story this weekend. Set against the dazzling coastline of Positano, The Amalfi Cure follows Haven Ambrose, a daring nautical archaeologist searching for a hidden cache of gemstones her late father once glimpsed beneath the sea….
Rock Paper Scissors
Everything seems to be going wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Wright. Attempting to save their marriage they’re headed to Scotland for a weekend away. When a snow store leaves them cutoff from the rest of the world, the lies they’ve been telling each other are about to come uncovered. I spent the first few chapters…
Daisy Darker
By the time she was 13, Daisy Darker’s heart has stopped multiple times. With an incurable heart disease, her life has been anything but normal. As Nana’s favorite granddaughter, and who she based her award-winning children’s books on, Daisy is the only who routinely visits. With Nana’s 80th birthday coming up though, the family will…
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
Both Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt have been invited to spend Christmas with an unknown reclusive fan in the English countryside. Neither knows what to expect, & Maggie definitely didn’t expect to have to spend Christmas with her worst enemy. Even finding out said reclusive fan, is world renown and her favorite author Eleanor Ashley,…
Things Don’t Break on Their Own
Robyn and Cat are hosting their sibling dinner party. In attendance is Robyn’s brother Michael and his new girlfriend Liv, a psychiatrist specialized in false memories. Cat’s brother Nate brings his new French girlfriend Claudette. Willa, Robyn’s high school friend, with her fiancé Jamie, is also present. As the night progresses, it’s obvious that Willa…
The Trap
Lucy’s sister, Nicky is missing and has been for over a year. Lucy, unable to come to terms with her disappearance is convinced that she is the third victim in a string of kidnappings in her small Irish town. As Lucy continues to put herself in even more dangerous positions, Angela a civilian for the…
56 Days
When a Ciara and Oliver start seeing each other days before Covid-19 reached its peak, they decide to move in together to be able to continue to see each other. In their bubble they both see a unique opportunity to develop their relationship, but it also might make keeping their own secrets that much more…
How to Age Disgracefully
I’m very into grumpy/quirky older characters living their best lives lately, and man did How to Age Disgracefully fit right into that. Lydia is finally back at work with a parttime job running the Senior Citizens Social Club at the local community center. That is until the center is at risk of being shut down….