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Release Date:  October 9, 2018 Publisher:  Penguin Audio Format:  Audio Length:  22 hours 7 minutes Narrator:  Paul Nugent Genre:  Mystery/thriller Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life - he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden - and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.  A spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today,  The Witch Elm  asks what we become, and what w...

Release Date:  March 28, 2018 Publisher:  Red Adept Publishing Format:  ebook Pages:  278 pages Genre:   womens fiction Buy:  Kindle  |  paperback Synopsis: In the fall of 1967, Faye Smith’s family moves to Florida to work in the orange groves, and she has to start a new school… again. She tries out for the track team, knowing her mother would never approve because of Faye’s epilepsy. When Faye discovers she has a talent for distance running, she and her friend Francie decide to enter the Boston Marathon, even though women aren’t allowed to compete. Desperate to climb out of the rut of poverty, Faye is determined to take part and win a college scholarship. After the school bully tries to run her down with his car, a strange memory surfaces—a scene Faye doesn’t recognize. Her parents insist that it’s a symptom of her epilepsy, but Faye thinks they might be lying, especially when it keeps happening. To get her life on the right path, she’...

Release Date:  June 25, 2019 Publisher:  Penguin Group Format:  ebook Pages:  400 pages Genre:   Womens Fiction Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback  |  Audio Synopsis: Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. They're best friends, lovers—unshakable. But then their son gets sick and the doctors put the question of his survival into their hands. For the first time, Max and Pip can't agree. They each want a different future for their son.  Review:  This book is tough, but not overly so.  What would you do if your child was terminally ill? Would you make the decision to let them go or would you fight to give them a little more time, even if that time is spent confined to a wheelchair, and unable to communicate? Max and Pip have different opinions on what would be best for the their son Max. This leads to court hearings and a huge strain on their marriage. There doesn't seem to be any right decision and about halfway t...

Release Date:  February 26, 2019 Publisher:  Red Adept Publishing Format:  ebook Pages:  344 pages Genre:   Chic Lit, romance Buy:  Kindle  |  paperback Synopsis: Fordham Price is juggling her job at a publisher, her precocious 10-year-old daughter, and her feisty mother. She wants to find time for men, but a stream of dating disasters has her relationship status stuck at single. As if her Latte wasn’t already overflowing, a co-worker gets pregnant, sticking Fordham on the hook for the company’s latest reality read from their popular series. She must supplement her own romantic misadventures with tales of cynical cat-ladies, identical-twin husbands, spunky monks, and creepy web-crawlers. As she wades through submissions, one from a widower gives her tingles in all the places she forgot existed. His words draw her in until she finds herself daydreaming about him more than she’d care to admit… Review:  Fordham is a single mother t...

Release Date:  June 11, 2019 Publisher:  Berkley Format:  ebook Pages:  368 pages Genre:   thriller Buy:  Kindle  |  Hardcover  |  Audio Synopsis: Lowland Way is the suburban dream. The houses are beautiful, the neighbors get along, and the kids play together on weekends. But when Darren and Jodie move into the house on the corner, they donʼt follow the rules. They blast music at all hours, begin an unsightly renovation, and run a used-car business from their yard. It doesn’t take long for an all-out war to start brewing. Then, early one Saturday, a horrific death shocks the street. As police search for witnesses, accusations start flying—and everyone has something to hide. Review:  I read Louise Candlish's last novel "Our House" and this one shows how little it takes to make average everyday people do things that seem out of character. When Darren and Jodie move into the close knit community of Lowland Way they disr...