Showing posts with label Things We Do in the Dark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Things We Do in the Dark. Show all posts

Saturday, May 25, 2024

This OR That Giveaway № 150 ~ Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier OR The Winters in Bloom by Lisa Tucker #ThingsWeDoInTheDark #TheWintersInBloom

 

I have sooooo many books!

The This or That Giveaway! feature that I post every Saturday is a way for me to cull my collection and to share some of the many books I have. I get to clear off some of my shelves to make room for more books and give someone else the chance to enjoy these treasures.

Good luck and be sure to stop back next week!

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Things We Do in the Dark
by Jennifer Hillier
ARC - Published July 2022
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Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning author of the breakout novels Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts. Paris Peralta is suspected of killing her celebrity husband, and her long-hidden past now threatens to destroy her future.

When Paris Peralta is arrested in her own bathroom—covered in blood, holding a straight razor, her celebrity husband dead in the bathtub behind her—she knows she'll be charged with murder. But as bad as this looks, it's not what worries her the most. With the unwanted media attention now surrounding her, it's only a matter of time before someone from her long hidden past recognizes her and destroys the new life she's worked so hard to build, along with any chance of a future.

Twenty-five years earlier, Ruby Reyes, known as the Ice Queen, was convicted of a similar murder in a trial that riveted Canada in the early nineties. Reyes knows who Paris really is, and when she's unexpectedly released from prison, she threatens to expose all of Paris's secrets. Left with no other choice, Paris must finally confront the dark past she escaped, once and for all.

Because the only thing worse than a murder charge are two murder charges.

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The Winters in Bloom
by Lisa Tucker
ARC ~ Published September 2011

In bestselling author Lisa Tucker’s latest, a family discovers that it’s only when the walls between the present and past crumble that the future can bloom.  

Together for over a decade, Kyra and David Winter are happier than they ever thought they could be.  They have a comfortable home, stable careers, and a young son, Michael, who they love more than anything.  Yet because of their complicated histories, Kyra and David have always feared that this domestic bliss couldn’t last - that the life they created was destined to be disrupted.  And on one perfectly average summer day, it is: Michael disappears from his own backyard.

The only question is whose past has finally caught up with them: David feels sure that Michael was taken by his troubled ex-wife, while Kyra believes the kidnapper must be someone from her estranged family, someone she betrayed years ago.

As the Winters embark on a journey of time and memory to find Michael, they will be forced to admit these suspicions, revealing secrets about themselves they’ve always kept hidden.  But they will also have a chance to discover that it’s not too late to have the family they’ve dreamed of; that even if the world is full of risks, as long as they have hope, the future can bloom.

Lyrical, wise, and witty, The Winters in Bloom is Lisa Tucker’s most optimistic work to date.  This enchanting, life-affirming story will charm readers and leave them full of wonder at the stubborn strength of the human heart.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier ~ My Thoughts #ThingsWeDoInTheDark


Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 352 pages
Published July 19th 2022 by Minotaur Books

Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning author of the breakout novels Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts. Paris Peralta is suspected of killing her celebrity husband, and her long-hidden past now threatens to destroy her future.

When Paris Peralta is arrested in her own bathroom—covered in blood, holding a straight razor, her celebrity husband dead in the bathtub behind her—she knows she'll be charged with murder. But as bad as this looks, it's not what worries her the most. With the unwanted media attention now surrounding her, it's only a matter of time before someone from her long hidden past recognizes her and destroys the new life she's worked so hard to build, along with any chance of a future.

Twenty-five years earlier, Ruby Reyes, known as the Ice Queen, was convicted of a similar murder in a trial that riveted Canada in the early nineties. Reyes knows who Paris really is, and when she's unexpectedly released from prison, she threatens to expose all of Paris's secrets. Left with no other choice, Paris must finally confront the dark past she escaped, once and for all.

Because the only thing worse than a murder charge are two murder charges.


My thoughts about Things We Do in the Dark ~~

(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 lines.)

First lines—"There is a time and a place for erect nipples, but the back of a Seattle police car definitely isn't it."

Things We Do in the Dark starts out strong and never lets up! 

Paris' world is turned upside down when she is found all bloody next to her dead husband's body. But that is only just the beginning of her problems—the world is not done with her yet. Secrets and revenge fill the hearts and lives of Paris and Ruby as they battle it out with the age old question of who will triumph in the end. 

Thing We Do in the Dark will keep you in suspense until the very end and leave you very satisfied. I highly recommend it for all thriller lovers.

I received an ARC of  Things We Do in the Dark from Goodreads and this is my honest opinion.

About the author


Jennifer Hillier imagines the worst about people and then writes about it. Born and raised in Toronto, she spent eight years in the Seattle area, which is where all her books are set.

She's the USA Today bestselling author of seven psychological thrillers, including the national bestseller Little Secrets, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Anthony Award, and Jar of Hearts, which won the ITW Thriller Award for Best Hardcover Novel and was shortlisted for the Anthony and Macavity Awards.

Her earlier novels are Creep, Freak, The Butcher, and Wonderland from Gallery Books.

Things We Do in the Dark, is coming July 19, 2022 from Minotaur Books.

Connect with Jennifer

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Monday, August 1, 2022

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? ~ August 1, 2022 #IMWAYR

       

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

What I'm currently reading

Stay Awake
by Megan Goldin
Pub date August 9

Ape House
by Sara Gruen
Narrated by Paul Boehmer

What I recently finished

Things We Do in the Dark
by Jennifer Hillier

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
by Jamie Ford
Pub date August 2

What I am going to read next

Please Join Us
by Catherine McKenzie
Pub date August 23

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Sunday, July 31, 2022

July Reading Wrap Up ~ July 31, 2022 #TBR

 


Welcome to a new feature that I'm going to post at the end of each month. 

I will be posting all of the books I've read that month. It's a way to give some wonderful books some more exposure and maybe you'll see something you'd like to add to your TBR list. 

Titles are linked to my review or Goodreads.


ARCs

Corinne by Rebecca Morrow

Any Other Family by Eleanor Brown

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

Blind Love by Ashley Farley

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier 


Off of my TBR shelves

Moment in Time by Suzanne Redfearn 

November 9 by Colleen Hoover

These Tangled Vines by Julianne MacLean

Audiobooks 

Connections in Death (In Death #48) by J.D. Robb

Ape House by Sara Gruen

See anything here that grabs you?

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Monday, July 25, 2022

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? July 25, 2022 #IMWAYR

      

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

What I'm currently reading

Things We Do in the Dark
by Jennifer Hillier

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
by Jamie Ford
Pub date August 2

Ape House
by Sara Gruen
Narrated by Paul Boehmer

What I recently finished

These Tangled Vines
by Julianne MacLean

November 9
by Colleen Hoover

What I am going to read next

Stay Awake
by Megan Goldin
Pub date August 9

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Be sure to check the sidebar for all of my current giveaways!

Monday, July 18, 2022

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? July 18, 2022 #IMWAYR

     

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

What I'm currently reading

November 9
by Colleen Hoover

These Tangled Vines
by Julianne MacLean

Ape House
by Sara Gruen
Narrated by Paul Boehmer

What I recently finished

Blind Love
by Ashley Farley
Pub date July 26

The Bodyguard
by Katherine Center
Pub date July 19

Connections in Death
(In Death #48)
by J.D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen 

What I am going to read next

Things We Do in the Dark
by Jennifer Hillier
Pub date July 19

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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Be sure to check the sidebar for all of my current giveaways!
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