Category: books
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Kindle essentials
This post contains affiliate links. I’m trying to go COMPLETELY digital with my books this year. It won’t be 100% of course, but in the main I’m trying! So that means I’m using my Kindle A LOT more. I’ve had the bare essentials at the start of the year, but I’ve also started collecting more…
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TALKING TO STRANGERS by Fiona Barton blog tour and excerpt
This post contains affiliate links. In 2022, Fiona Barton took a pivot with her writing in LOCAL GONE MISSING, featuring a captivating new protagonist in Detective Elise King, a successful and ambitious detective. And now, Fiona and Elise are back in TALKING TO STRANGERS. In the novel, local resident Karen Simmons is murdered on Valentine’s Day and…
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THE CONFIDENCE GAMES review and excerpt by Tess Amy
Two female con artists must pull off the ultimate heist in this rollicking caper from a dazzling new voice. Emma Oxley and Nellie Yarrow have been inseparable their whole lives. Ever since they reinvented themselves, changing their names and wiping clean their digital footprints, they have made a game of following wherever the next adventure…
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THE PARIS WIDOW by Kimberly Belle blog tour and excerpt
From USA Today bestselling author Kimberly Belle comes a deliciously twisty new thriller following a married couple vacationing in Paris whose trip takes a dark turn when the husband goes missing, dredging up secrets from both of their pasts, perfect for fans of THE PARIS APARTMENT. When Stella met Adam, she felt like she finally…
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EVERYONE IS WATCHING by Heather Gudenkauf blog tour and excerpt
About the book The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants have been chosen to compete for ten million dollars on the game show One Lucky Winner. The catch? None of them knows what (or who) to expect, and it will be live streamed all over the world. Completely secluded…
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WHAT GROWS IN THE DARK by Jaq Evans blog tour and excerpt!
ABOUT THE BOOK: The Babadook meets The Blair Witch Project in this chilling contemporary horror novel about confronting trauma. When fake spiritualist Brigit returns home to investigate the disappearance of two teenagers, the case eerily echoes her own sister’s death sixteen years earlier. This chilling tale of siblings, the emotional toll of the places you once called home,…
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A STEP PAST DARKNESS by Vera Kurian blog tour and book excerpt
ABOUT THE BOOK: I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER meets Stephen King in this character-driven thriller about a study group of six teenagers who witness something tragic in an abandoned mine, which comes back to haunt them 20 years later. SIX CLASSMATES. ONE TERRIFYING NIGHT. A MURDER TWENTY YEARS IN THE MAKING… There’s more…
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ISLAND WITCH by Amanda Jayatissa blog tour and excerpt
About the book: Set in 19th century Sri Lanka and inspired by local folklore, the daughter of a traditional demon-priest—relentlessly bullied by peers and accused of witchcraft herself—tries to solve the mysterious attacks that have been terrorizing her coastal village. Being the daughter of the village Capuwa, or demon-priest, Amara is used to keeping mostly…
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THE WEEKEND RETREAT by Tara Laskowski blog tour and book excerpt!
About the book: Every year, the illustrious Van Ness siblings, heirs to a copper fortune, gather at their lush winery estate for a joint birthday celebration. It’s a tradition they’ve followed nearly all their lives, and now they are back with their significant others for a much-needed weekend of rest and relaxation, away from the…
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THE VACATION by John Marrs blog tour and excerpt
How far would you run to escape your past? Venice Beach, Los Angeles. A paradise on earth. Tourists flock to the golden coast and the promise of Hollywood. But for eight strangers at a beach-front hostel, there is far more on their minds than an extended vacation. All of them are running from something. And…
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