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BOOK REVIEW: Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

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Publication Date:  April 1, 2018 Format:  Paperback Genre:   YA Fiction Publisher:  Ember Length:  448 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she’s already lost more than most people do in a lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don’t have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you.  Every new scar hardens Charlie’s heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts enough to not care anymore, which is sometimes what has to happen before you can find your way back from the edge.  A deeply moving portrai...

ARC AUDIO BOOK REVIEW: Overkill by Sandra Brown

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  Publication Date:  August 16, 2022 Format:  Audio Genre:   Romantic Thriller Narrators: Kyf Brewer Publisher:  Grand Central Publishing Length:  10 hours 10 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Zach Bridger hasn’t seen his ex-wife, Rebecca Pratt, for some time—not since their volatile marriage imploded—so he’s shocked to receive a life-altering call about her. Rebecca has been placed on life support after a violent assault, and he—despite their divorce—has medical power-of-attorney. Zach is asked to make an impossible choice: keep her on life support or take her off of it. Buckling under the weight of the responsibility and the glare of public scrutiny, Zach ultimately walks...