Category: Thriller

  • Hollow

    Hollow

    Author: Celina MyersPublisher: Hanover Square PressPublished: December 17, 2021 I waited far too long to read this! I love a good vampire story (True Blood, anyone?), but I’m very picky about the type of vampire story I will read. I was drawn to this cover, but the story kept me engaged. I read this while on…

  • The Gatepost

    The Gatepost

    Author: Tim WeedPublisher: Podium EntertainmentPublished: May 26, 2026 As an obsessive reader of all the Carlos Castaneda books, I was pleasantly surprised to find this book about a daughter’s (Esme) quest to discover what happened to her father (Gregory), when he disappeared 20 years ago, when she was 12 years old. Once touted for his “bestselling…

  • The One Day You Were My Husband

    The One Day You Were My Husband

    Author: Rosie WalshPublisher: Pamela Dorman Books/Viking PenguinPublished: June 4, 2026Goodreads Win: 1 out of 16,928 entries! The overarching story is a love story, spanning over a decade, between Carrie and Johan. Do you ever think about the one who got away? Carrie and Johan did. But in between, Johan was arrested in Thailand (did he or…

  • Everyone I Love is Dead

    Everyone I Love is Dead

    Author: Amber Leigh LarrainPublisher: IndiePublished: March 13, 2026 If everyone close to you died, year after year, on the same day, would you believe you were cursed? Brittany certainly does, and most people don’t believe that – until after one too many deaths – they do. And the nail in the coffin (so to speak) is…

  • The New Boyfriend

    The New Boyfriend

    Author: Mikayla DavidsPublisher: IndiePublished: March 11, 2026 By now you all know how much I fangirl Mikayla Davids. And the hits keep on coming! Meet cute in a bookstore. How perfect is that? When Nancy’s first online date ghosts her at their restaurant meetup, this handsome guy comes to her rescue. He likes books and wine.…

  • The Commune

    The Commune

    Author: Danny DaganPublisher: Guffy Pen PressPublished: March 6, 2026 It started out as a great idea. After getting a large inheritance, Dorothy set up a commune near Synner’s Crag Farm In Northumberland, England. There would be a few select people, no phones, no solar, no electric, and they would grow their own food. But the crops…

  • Reasons to Lie

    Reasons to Lie

    Author: Emily ListfieldPublisher: Thomas & MercerPublished: February 24, 2026 It’s always fun to read the backstory of rich, glamorous families, especially when you have outliers in their midst. And Abby definitely doesn’t fit the mold. She’s a single mom and artistic. Her daughter attends the elite school on scholarship. Hollis is hiding a secret and is…

  • Be Mine

    Be Mine

    Author: Lizzy BarberPublisher: Datura BooksPublished: May 27, 2025 “It is only by breaking down the barriers of the past that we can progress through the gates of the future.”Elixir Manifesto The list of how they do that is exhaustive: • 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨• 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯• 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴• 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯• 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺• 𝘋𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯• 𝘙@𝘱𝘦 Told through multiple timelines, extracts from a…

  • The Better Mother

    The Better Mother

    Author: Jennifer van der KleutPublisher: Crooked Lane BooksPublished: February 10, 2026 Birth Announcement (Just kidding! Book Review 🙂 Everything is going well for Savannah at last. She’s pretty much over the breakup with her boyfriend, her career looks to be headed on track, and she’s comfy in her new apartment. She’s started dating. And there’s the…

  • We Were Never Friends

    We Were Never Friends

    Author: Kaira RoudaPublisher: Poisoned Pen PressPublished: February 3, 2026 This author’s books are ones I go to when I’ve just come off a series of hard-hitting thrillers or horror books, or a deeply moving nonfiction book. Her writing is just fun, soap opera, housewives of (locality) material. Not a lot for the reader to think about.…