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    • Contemporary
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  • Peril in Pink is the first in a debut cozy mystery series by Sydney Leigh, featuring two friends who open a bed and breakfast that is decked out in pink
    Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Peril in Pink | Sydney Leigh | Hudson Valley B&B #1

    / March 20, 2024

    Everything is coming up rosé for innkeeper Jess Byrne until a murder on opening weekend gives her B&B’s killer vibe a whole new meaning. Schitt’s Creek meets Only Murders in the Building in…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: A Friend in the Dark | Samantha M. Bailey

    / March 20, 2024

    Who among us hasn’t had a moment in life where we felt a bit lost and sought solace in someone from our past? Samantha M. Bailey’s newest psychological thriller A Friend in the…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Romance

    Contemporary Romance Review: In a Not So Perfect World | Neely Tubati Alexander

    / March 19, 2024

    If the cheery cover to In a Not So Perfect World by Neely Tubati Alexander didn’t pull you in already, then hopefully this glowing, gushing review will convince you that this is the…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: A Midnight Puzzle | Gigi Pandian | Secret Staircase Mystery #3

    / March 19, 2024

    Gigi Pandian’s A Midnight Puzzle is a fun, relatively light mystery centering around a family of magicians. This premise feels fresh—as a frequent mystery reader I don’t think I’ve come across something like…

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  • Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: Listen for the Lie | Amy Tintera

    / March 18, 2024

    I have an idea… Let’s kill… I will never not chuckle when I think about that line and I will never not hear it in the outstanding narration by January LaVoy. Let’s back…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: The Engagement Party | Darby Kane

    / March 17, 2024

    Trapped on an island with a group of college friends (and two guests) who are hiding dark secrets from their past, someone seems to know those secrets and be enacting revenge one-by-one… Darby…

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  • Reviews include Bringing Down the Duke and A Rogue of One's Own by Evie Dunmore. Both books have engaging cover designs featuring colorful drawings of the ladies and dukes
    Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Romance

    Historical Romance Review: Evie Dunmore | Bringing Down the Duke | A Rogue of One’s Own | A League of Extraordinary Women Books 1 and 2

    / March 16, 2024

    I have been wanting to start Evie Dunmore’s A League of Extraordinary Women series for some time but for me, historical romances tend to be a mood-read. In other words, this is a…

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  • The photo shows the cover of Are You Sara? A debut psychological thriller by S.C. Lallil. The cover is predominently black with glimpes of a colorful city street.
    Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: Are you Sara? | S.C. Lalli

    / March 15, 2024

    A captivating novel exploring whether there really is a difference between who we are and the roles we play. S.C. Lalli is the abbreviated name that popular contemporary fiction and romance author Sonya…

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  • Reputation is a novel by Sarah Vaughan and audiobook narrated by Julie Teal
    Book Review,  Crime Fiction,  Fiction,  Suspense

    Book Review: Reputation | Sarah Vaughan

    / March 14, 2024

    With social media firmly engrained as a fixture in our society, many issues that already existed are becoming more pervasive. People’s political beliefs are broadcast to the world (or at least their social…

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  • The Resort by Sara Ochs is a debut psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping ending
    Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: The Resort | Sara Ochs

    / March 13, 2024

    That feeling after finishing a book with a seriously twisted ending is unlike anything else! My mind is buzzing—I turned the final page of Sara Ochs’ debut thriller, The Resort and started paging…

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Hi! I'm Mackenzie, the Ph.D. student behind the book reviews and blog. Reading books has always been my favorite pastime and I love sharing my thoughts about them with the world. Now I should probably get back to writing that dissertation...

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