Book review – The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/ 5  Casey Fletcher, is an actress that has escaped to the solitude of her family lakehouse in Vermont after the death of her husband and being fired from her Broadway show. She saves Katherine Royce in the lake (wife of Tom Royce, her neighbor across the lake). They become fast friends after

Book Review – The Murder of Mr Wickham by Claudia Gray

My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/ 5  A murder mystery with all of Jane Austen’s leading characters and the death of the infamous Mr. Wickham. Mr. Knightley and Emma host a summer party at their home, inviting their family and friends to stay – when Mr. Wickham shows up unannounced. Due to turbulent weather, he spends the night

Book Review – The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/ 5  I chose this horror/thriller as my August Book of the Month after seeing all the hype for it. Mario just lost his daughter to leukemia and his wife Melisa leaves him soon after. In debt and in despair, he takes on local hit jobs from his friend Brian to make ends

Book Review – Does It Hurt ? by H.D. Carlton

My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/ 5  I’ve been hearing so much about this book the last few weeks and with such a deep reading slump, I wanted to reach something that was riveting and exciting.  This is a dark, erotic thriller/suspense about a lonely fugitive named Sawyer, who is on the run from her past (and from

Book Review – Love of my Life by Rosie Walsh

My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/ 5  A dual POV mystery thriller involving Emma and her husband Leo. Upon writing an obituary for her in the case of her death (since she has cancer), he finds that stories of her past are not lining up with what she told him when they met. From her education to even

Book Review – One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke

My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/ 5  This is a multi POV mystery thriller that takes place over a hen weekend aka bachelorette party in the Greek Islands. Lexie brought her best friends from school: Robyn and Bella (who don’t get along anymore); Ana, her newer friend from Yoga, Fen (Bella’s gf) and Eleanor, her future sister in

Book Review – Can’t Look Away by Carola Lovering

My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/ 5  This is a multi POV story essentially about obsessive love and how it can endanger and hurt those that you care about. Shifting between two different timelines, Molly meets lead singer Jake Danner at a concert in the 2010s while he is performing and they fall in love quickly and they

Book Review – The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐.5 / 5  A multi POV thriller about a heart surgeon Stephen Aston who is engaged to marry his interior decorator, Heather. The caveat is he is still married to current wife Pam who is currently suffering from Alzheimers. His two adult daughters Tully and Rachel are obviously suspicious of Heather’s motives and

Book Review – Be Still My Heart by Emily Mcintire and Sav R. Miller

My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5  This book blends my two favorite genres: romance and suspenseful thriller.  Bonus points for a grumpy lobster “fisherman” & Ex -Navy Seal and enemies to lovers /overprotective trope. The story takes place on Skelm Island, an hour from Portland, Maine about a mysterious case of bodies being found throughout the

Book Review – The Resting Place by Camilla Sten

My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐⭐/ 5 stars  Eleanor walks into a gruesome scene, face to face, with her grandmother’s killer, but due to her prosopagnosia (facial blindness), she is unable to identify who the culprit is. After her grandmother’s death, she finds out that she is left with a secret estate in the Swedish woods – which