The Vacation

Four female former college roommates go on a one-week vacation in France to celebrate their fortieth birthdays. They bring their spouses and children along. This is definitely The Vacation they will never forget. Despite being a Monday, I was desperately looking for an easy bee-itchy beach read. I needed aContinue Reading

Survival Instincts

In an attempt to bridge the looming gap between her daughter, twelve-year-old Thea, and herself, Anne rents a remote cabin for a girl’s weekend in the woods. She also brings along her own mother, Mimi. Can their combined Survival Instincts save them from this horror movie opening scene? Thea’s goalContinue Reading

The Swap

In The Swap, teenager Low Morrison has found a new best friend in former social influencer, Freya Light. Freya looked at Low like “I was not simply a misfit teenager, tall and awkward and outcast. I was a kindred spirit. Freya and I had a soul connection.” Low begins toContinue Reading

Stranger in the Lake

Charlotte, aka Charlie, finds a drowned Stranger in the Lake in front of her southern Appalachian home. Charlotte is more concerned for her recent husband, Paul. After all, his wife drowned in the same location not too long ago. Even though Paul denies knowing the stranger, Charlotte saw him talkingContinue Reading

Little Secrets

From the author of Jar of Hearts comes another twisty domestic suspense novel writ large, Little Secrets. “The FBI estimates that there are currently over thirty thousand active missing person cases for children.” Marin is shopping with her four-year-old son, Sebastian, in Seattle’s touristy Pike’s Place Market. Her husband, Derek,Continue Reading

Silent House

Who would kill an eighteen-month-old girl in a houseful of deaf people? While the police try and solve the crime, British Sign Language Interpreter, Paige Northwood, is listening to all the interviews. As a family friend, she feels obligated to solve the crime herself—with chilling consequences. Silent House is aContinue Reading

The Other Mrs.

In The Other Mrs., Sadie has several problems. She left her dream job in a Chicago ER for a family practice on a rural island in Maine. Her husband’s sister died—perhaps by her own hand— leaving him a house, bank account, and her strange goth daughter Imogene to care for.Continue Reading