Release Day! Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle #DearWife

Happy Release Day!!



Congrats Kimberly
on the release today of
Dear Wife!

Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle
Print and e-book, 384 pages
Published June 25th 2019 by Park Row

From the bestselling author of The Marriage Lie and Three Days Missing comes a riveting new novel of suspense about a woman who, in a fight for survival, must decide just how far she'll go to escape the person she once loved

Beth Murphy is on the run...

For nearly a year, Beth has been planning for this day. A day some people might call any other Wednesday, but Beth prefers to see it as her new beginning--one with a new look, new name and new city. Beth has given her plan significant thought, because one small slip and her violent husband will find her.

Sabine Hardison is missing...

A couple hundred miles away, Jeffrey returns home from a work trip to find his wife, Sabine, is missing. Wherever she is, she's taken almost nothing with her. Her abandoned car is the only evidence the police have, and all signs point to foul play.

As the police search for leads, the case becomes more and more convoluted. Sabine's carefully laid plans for her future indicate trouble at home, and a husband who would be better off with her gone. The detective on the case will stop at nothing to find out what happened and bring this missing woman home. Where is Sabine? And who is Beth? The only thing that's certain is that someone is lying and the truth won't stay buried for long.

    

I'm reading Dear Wife right now and let me tell you, it is sooooo good! I can't wait to dive back into it after work today. 

About the author

Kimberly Belle is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of five novels, including the forthcoming domestic suspense, Dear Wife (June 2019). Her third novel, The Marriage Lie, was a semifinalist in the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Mystery & Thriller, and her work has been translated into a dozen languages. A graduate of Agnes Scott College, Belle divides her time between Atlanta and Amsterdam. ~ Goodreads

Connect with Kimberly

Website | Facebook | Goodreads | Twitter | Amazon

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? June 24, 2019

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's an opportunity to visit other blogs and to comment on their reads. And ... you can add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

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Another busy weekend full of kids and kiddos. I took two of the kiddos to see Toy Story 4 on Saturday. We loved it! And then I made tacos for the group. On Sunday, we went to our annual kite festival. Those huge kites are amazing. The downer was that they took the kites down about an hour after we got there, 3 hours early, because of the threat of rain. The kiddos had fun flying their little Dollar Tree kites though, so all was good. And I did get some reading in, even with all that. 

On Tuesday, I'm heading to Colorado with my daughter and DIL, coming back on Sunday. It will be nice to get away with the two of them. And I love Colorado! 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a good week. Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading


Dear Wife
by Kimberly Belle
Pub date 6/25


Before the Rain Falls
by Camille Di Maio
Narrated by Dara Rosenberg

What I recently finished

Circle in the Sand
(Oceanic Dreams #3)
by Tracy Krimmer

A Season of Surprises at the Villa des Violettes 

(Book 2)

by Patricia Sands

Time of My Life: A Romantic Comedy

(Oceanic Dreams #2)

by Laura Heffernan

Queen Bee
(Lowcountry Tales #12)
by Dorothea Benton Frank

What I am going to read next

I Thought It Was You
(Oceanic Dreams #4)
by Kirsty McManus
Pub date 7/1

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Book Spotlight Giveaway! In Another Life by Julie Christine Johnson #InAnotherLife

I have sooooo many books! The Book Spotlight Giveaway feature that I post every Saturday is a way for me to clear my shelves and to share some of the many books I have. This feature is a way for my to cull my collection and to give someone else the opportunity to enjoy these treasures.

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Good luck and be sure to stop back next week!

In Another Life

In Another Life by Julie Christine Johnson 
Paperback, 356 pages
Published February 2nd 2016 by Sourcebooks Landmark

Historian Lia Carrer has finally returned to southern France, determined to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. But instead of finding solace in the region's quiet hills and medieval ruins, she falls in love with Raoul, a man whose very existence challenges everything she knows about life--and about her husband's death. As Raoul reveals the story of his past to Lia, she becomes entangled in the echoes of an ancient murder, resulting in a haunting and suspenseful journey that reminds Lia that the dead may not be as far from us as we think.

Steeped in the rich history and romantic landscape of rural France, In Another Life is a story of love that conquers time and the lost loves that haunt us all.

About the author

Julie's short stories and essays have appeared in several journals, including Emerge Literary Journal; Mud Season Review; Cirque: A Literary Journal of the North Pacific Rim; Cobalt; River Poets Journal, in the print anthologies Stories for Sendai; Up, Do: Flash Fiction by Women Writers; and Three Minus One: Stories of Love and Loss; and featured on the flash fiction podcast No Extra Words.

She holds undergraduate degrees in French and Psychology and a Master’s in International Affairs. Julie leads writing workshops and seminars and offers story/developmental editing and writer coaching services.

Named a "standout debut" by the Library Journal, "Very highly recommended" by Historical Novels Review and declared "Delicate and haunting, romantic and mystical" by bestselling author Greer Macallister, Julie's debut novel In Another Life went into a second printing three days after its February 2, 2016 release.

A finalist for The Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature, judged by PEN/Faulkner author and Man Booker Award nominee Karen Joy Fowler, Julie's second novel The Crows of Beara was acquired by Ashland Creek Press and will take flight on September 15, 2017.

A hiker, yogi, and wine geek, Julie makes her home on the Olympic Peninsula of northwest Washington state.  ~ Goodreads

Connect with Julie

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

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Oceanic Dreams Series! Wonderful, Fun Summer Reads

The Oceanic Dreams Series...

...eight romantic comedy novellas 

set on a Caribbean cruise.

                     

This is an entertaining series, set on the Oceanic Aphrodite, a cruise ship full of entertainment—and maybe some love. Who knows? The eight books are scheduled to be released throughout the summer and will have you waiting with baited breath for the next one. Books 1-3 are already out but you can still catch up. 

I've already read books 1 and 2 and I loved them!! They were so much fun and perfect for summertime reading. They are light and quick reads—just what I look for in the summer. I can't wait to read the rest!

And all of the story titles are song titles. Isn't that fun? 

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Oceanic Dreams Series on Amazon

Oceanic Dreams Series on Goodeads

Series website

Check out the trailer for a sneak-peek

at all eight books in the series

The Authors

Holly Kerr 

Facebook | Amazon | Website 

Laura Heffernan 

Facebook | Amazon | Website

Tracy Krimmer 

Facebook | Amazon | Website

Kirsty McManus 

Facebook | Amazon | Website

Holly Tierney-Bedord 

Facebook | Amazon | Website

Delancey Stewart 

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Monique McDonell 

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Sophie-Leigh Robbins

Facebook | Amazon | Website

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Release Day! The Body Lies by Jo Baker ~ My Thoughts #TheBodyLies

Happy Release Day!!



Congrats Jo
on the release today of
The Body Lies!

The Body Lies: A novel by Jo Baker 
Print and e-book, 288 pages
Published June 18th 2019 by Knopf

A dark, thrilling new novel from the best-selling author of Longbourn, a work of riveting psychological suspense that grapples with how to live as a woman in the world--or in the pages of a book--when the stakes are dangerously high.

When a young writer accepts a job at a university in the remote English countryside, it's meant to be a fresh start, away from the bustle of London and the scene of a violent assault she is desperate to forget. But despite the distractions of her new life and the demands of single motherhood, her nerves continue to jangle.

To make matters worse, a vicious debate about violence against women inflames the tensions and mounting rivalries in her creative-writing class. When a troubled student starts turning in chapters that blur the lines between fiction and reality, the professor recognizes herself as the main character in his book--and he has written her a horrific fate. Will she be able to stop life imitating art before it's too late?

At once a breathless cat-and-mouse game and a layered interrogation of the fetishization of the female body, The Body Lies gives us an essential story for our time that will have you checking the locks on your doors. 

    

My thoughts about The Body Lies~~

(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first line.)

First lines—"The beck is frozen into silence. Snow falls. It muffles the roads, bundles up the houses, deepens the meadows, turns the river black by contrast." 

Jo Baker is a new-to-me author but this cover grabbed my attention. Then the synopsis just screamed 'Read me!!'. I'm so glad I did even though it sort of creeped me out. But since that was probably the author's purpose, she achieved her objective—mission accomplished.

I have to admit that the story seemed to start out a little slowly for me but I realize that that was just the author setting up the story. Once it got rolling, this story became a definite page-turner, clear up to the exciting end.

I received a copy of The Body Lies via First to Read and this is my honest opinion of the book.

About the author

Jo Baker is the author of six novels, most recently Longbourn and A Country Road, A Tree. She has also written for BBC Radio 4, and her short stories have been included in a number of anthologies. She lives in Lancaster, England, with her husband, the playwright and screenwriter Daragh Carville, and their two children.  ~ Goodreads

Connect with Jo

Website | Goodreads | Facebook | Twitter

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? June

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's an opportunity to visit other blogs and to comment on their reads. And ... you can add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

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Well, we had a pretty exciting weekend. Our community had two tornado warnings on Saturday. Luckily, I don't think either time there was a touch down so there was little to no damage. As luck would have it, we were on the road both time, leaving and coming back from a short road trip. Hubby was really sorry to have missed it as he is a storm-chaser wanna-be. 

With it being Father's Day on Sunday, we also had a weekend full of kids and grandkiddos. This week is shaping up to being super busy too. I'm ready to have a do-nothing, relaxing weekend. 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a good week. Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading


Queen Bee
(Lowcountry Tales #12)
by Dorothea Benton Frank

Before the Rain Falls
by Camille Di Maio
Narrated by Dara Rosenberg

What I recently finished

The Body Lies: A novel

by Jo Baker

Pub date 6/18

My thoughts will be posted tomorrow.

Whisper Me This
by Kerry Anne King
Narrated by Teri Clark Linden


I Saw Him Standing There
(Oceanic Dreams #1)
by Holly Kerr
This is book 1 in a fun new series. Check it out!


The Two Lila Bennetts
by Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
Pub date 7/23

What I am going to read next

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
(The Art of Hearing Heartbeats #1)
by Jan-Philipp Sendker
This is our book club pick this month. Have you read it?

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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