My Summer Darlings by May CobbMystery/ThrillerMay 17, 2022Berkley About the book: Named A Most Anticipated Novel of 2022 by Crime Reads * Goodreads * and more!Three lifelong friends plus a dangerous, sexy new stranger in town add up to a scorching summer of manipulation, obsession, and murder, from the acclaimed author of The Hunting Wives. A woman in the forest thinks she’s going to die. I know he’s coming back for me. Jen Hansen, Kittie Spears, Continue Reading
Review: The Good Lie by A.R. Torre
The Good Lie by A.R. TorreMystery/ ThrillerJuly 20, 2021Thomas and Mercer Review by Jen The Good Lie by A.R. Torre was a terrific, twisty, addicting murder mystery. Dr. Gwen Moore is a psychiatrist who specializes in helping violent, or potentially violent, people cope with their aggressive thoughts. She basically helps murderers or would be murderers. One of her clients and his wife are found dead. She knows her client had fantasies about killing his wife. It looks at Continue Reading
Review: When No One Is Watching: A Thriller by Alyssa Cole
My love for Alyssa Cole is well established and I truly think she can write anything but this book blew me away! I know people are going to say wow this book is so timely…and yes; it’s so timely - but not because of the massive protests happening this summer, or the micro and macro aggressions that are being filmed and rightly passed around, or the horrors of police brutality, but because racial injustice and inequality has always been timely in America. What made this Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Reviews for books by Suzanne Park and Charlie Donlea
Loathe at First Sight by Suzanne ParkContemporary Romance/Women's FictionAugust 18, 2020 by AvonARC Maybe I read the blurb wrong, but I was kind of expecting an enemies to lovers romantic comedy when I requested this book for review. That is not what this book is, at least not the 25% I read. I'll be honest when I tell you that I didn't like any of these characters. Not a one. The main character, Melody Joo, is a woman working in the gaming industry and excited for the opportunity to Continue Reading
Excerpt of Untouchable by Jayne Ann Krentz
Krentz's latest romantic thriller released on January 8, 2019. Kindle Goodreads Excerpt: She heard the key in the lock. The door opened. The creep was silhouetted against the light of the hallway fixture, a balding, big-bellied man dressed in an undershirt and trousers. He did not see her sitting there in the shadows of the upper bunk. He moved into the room, heading toward the lower bunk. He reached down and started to pull the covers off of Alice’s thin, huddled Continue Reading
Review: Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber
Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber General Fiction/Mystery Thriller August 1, 2017 Gallery Books Reviewed by Tori Josie Buhrman has spent the last ten years trying to escape her family’s reputation and with good reason. After her father's murder thirteen years prior, her mother ran away to join a cult and her twin sister Lanie, once Josie’s closest friend and confidant, betrayed her in an unimaginable way. Now, Josie has finally put down roots in New York, settling into domestic life Continue Reading
Review: Devoted In Death by J.D. Robb
Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb Series: In Death, #41 Futuristic Romantic Suspense September 15, 2015 G.P. Putnam's Sons Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “He’s mine now and he’ll get my best.” Ella-Loo and her boyfriend Darryl were separated once by the state of Oklahoma but now that Darryl has been released, they vow never to be separated again. Committed soul mates, they feel the world owes them. When they get tired of waiting for it to be handed to them on a silver platter, they Continue Reading
Review: Push by Claire Wallis
Push (Push,#1) by Claire Wallis NA Romance Suspense May 1, 2014 Harlequin MIRA Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...in this perfect moment, there is always fear.” Emma Searfoss, a 22 year old engineer designer, has moved clear across the country to get away from her stepfather. Emotionally and physically abused by him since childhood, her victimization was made worse by her mother and two brothers allowing it to happen and not intervening. Blunt and in need of some anger management Continue Reading
Review: Gone to Ground by Brandilyn Collins
Gone To Ground by Brandilyn Collins Mystery Thriller Fiction March 1, 2012 B&H Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone.” -John Milton The small sleepy little town of Amaryllis, Mississippi is being terrorized by a serial killer dubbed The Closet Killer. Five murders, all older women, killed in the dead of the night with no clues. Everyone is convinced the killer lives Continue Reading