Helen has it all... Daniel is the perfect husband. Rory is the perfect brother. Serena is the perfect sister-in-law. And Rachel? Rachel is the perfect nightmare. When Helen, finally pregnant after years of tragedy, attends her first antenatal class, she is expecting her loving architect husband to arrive soon after, along with her confident, charming brother Rory and his pregnant wife, the effortlessly beautiful Serena. What she is not expecting is Rachel. Extroverted, brash, unsettling single mother-to-be Rachel, who just wants to be Helen's friend. Who just wants to get know Helen and her friends and her family. Who just wants to know everything about them. Every little secret… Masterfully…
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Book Review – The Last Thing I Told You by Emily Arsenault
I hear myself whispering. Not again. Not again. Why did I ever come back here? Surely because of you. Because I thought of something I’d always meant to tell you. Because you were the only one I ever really wanted to tell it to… Therapist Dr. Mark Fabian is dead—bludgeoned in his office. But that doesn’t stop former patient Nadine Raines from talking to him—in her head. Why did she come back to her hometown after so many years away? Everyone here thinks she’s crazy.
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Book Review – The Banker’s Wife – Cristina Alger
On an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered in the Alps. Among the disappeared is Matthew Werner, a banking insider at Swiss United, a powerful offshore bank. His young widow, Annabel, is left grappling with the secrets he left behind, including an encrypted laptop and a shady client list. As she begins a desperate search for answers, she determines that Matthew’s death was no accident, and that she is now in the crosshairs of his powerful enemies.
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Book Review – Tell Me You’re Mine by Elisabeth Norebäck
Where is the line between hope and madness? Three women: one who believes she has found her long lost daughter, one terrified she’s about to lose her child, and one determined to understand who she truly is.
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Book Review – The Last Time I Lied – Riley Sager
The Last Time I Lied – Riley Sager Published: July 3, 2018 by Dutton, Penguin Publishing Group Swathi’s Rating: 4.5/5 Verdict: An edge-of-your-seat thriller full of twists and intrigue Hey Guys, Here is the review of one of the much anticipated book of the year, The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager. Here is how the story goes… Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. But the games ended the night Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin into the darkness. The last she—or anyone—saw of…
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Book Review – Those Other Women – Nicola Moriarty
Those Other Women – Nicola Moriarty Published July 26th 2018 by William Morrow (HarperCollins) Swathi’s rating: 4/5 Verdict: A brutally honest page turner, and a must-read for contemporary women. This book had been a getaway experience from the series of crime thrillers I’ve been reading. When I read the description of this book at edelweiss, I thought it would be a change to read a contemporary women’s fiction, and my mood matches the tone of the book. So I was good to go with it. As soon as I started a few chapters, I had my doubts. Am I wasting my time on this? I’ve so many thrillers waiting for me, should…
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Book Review – Slowly We Die – Emelie Schepp
Slowly We Die – Emelie Schepp Published July 23rd 2018 by HQ Fiction Swathi’s rating: 3.5/5 Verdict: A fresh angled medical thriller set in a Scandinavian backdrop I’ve been hearing a lot about this book, which led me request a copy. Thanks to MIRA (HarperCollins) and Harlequin Sales for the ARC. Being a huge fan of Tess Gerritsen, I’ve been used to enjoy reading medical thrillers. This book is similar to a medical thriller, with a fresh angle to it. Mainly because it is set in a Scandinavian backdrop. The book is a sequel to Jana Berzelius series, a criminal prosecutor with a tough past that keeps haunting her. A…
