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Review: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS by B.A. Paris

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS by B.A. Paris
Published by St. Martin’s Press
Publication Date: August 9, 2016
ISBN-10: 1250121000
ISBN-13: 978-1250121004
Pages: 304
Review Copy From: Personal Purchase
Edition: Kindle
My Rating: 5+

Synopsis:
Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. He’s a dedicated attorney who has never lost a case; she is a flawless homemaker, a masterful gardener and cook, and dotes on her disabled younger sister. Though they are still newlyweds, they seem to have it all. You might not want to like them, but you do. You’re hopelessly charmed by the ease and comfort of their home, by the graciousness of the dinner parties they throw. You’d like to get to know Grace better.
But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are inseparable.
Some might call this true love. Others might wonder why Grace never answers the phone. Or why she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. Or why she never seems to take anything with her when she leaves the house, not even a pen. Or why there are such high-security metal shutters on all the downstairs windows.
Some might wonder what’s really going on once the dinner party is over, and the front door has closed.
From bestselling author B. A. Paris comes the gripping thriller and international phenomenon Behind

My Thoughts and Opinion:

The adage “you don’t know what goes on behind doors” takes that to nth level with this book.

Jack and Grace seem like the perfect couple and so in love. Grace is responsible for her younger sister, who has Down’s syndrome, and Jack wants to help Grace in raising her sister, even to the extent of finding a beautiful house where Millie will some day come to live with them when they return from their honeymoon in Thailand. But Grace soon learns Jack is not the man she thought he was.

A chilling and harrowing psychological read that you won’t forget!! A white knuckle, edge of your seat novel! This, by far, will be in my year’s Top Reads!

This was the first book that I read from this author. Because it was incredible, I have already pre ordered her next novel, THE BREAKDOWN out in June!!

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#Review | The Therapist by B.A. Paris

The Therapist by B.A. Paris
Genre: Domestic Thriller, Psychological Thriller
Published by St. Martin’s Press
Publication Date: July 13, 2021
ISBN-10: ‎ 1250274125
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1250274120
Pages: 304
Review Copy From: Publisher
Edition: ARC TPB
My Rating: 5+

Synopsis (via GR)

When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they’ve dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive…

As Alice is getting to know her neighbours, she discovers a devastating secret about her new home, and begins to feel a strong connection with Nina, the therapist who lived there before.

Alice becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what happened two years before. But no one wants to talk about it. Her neighbors are keeping secrets and things are not as perfect as they seem…

My Thoughts

After reading Behind Closed Doors, I knew I had to get a copy of this book in my hands. Was it as good?

The Therapist was a read that checked off all the boxes that I love in a book.
√ Short chapters in which this reader would say “just one more chapter” and I found that I had read not one chapter but many.
√ Hooked right from the start.
√ Felt that I was part of the story and transported into it not knowing what was going on around me (ex: my husband talking to me, which I didn’t even hear him because I was so engrossed)
√ The mystery was so profound that I had no clue how this was going to end.
√Characters three dimensional, believeable and could have been any of them as the suspect.

Was this as good? HECK YES!!! This book was hard to put down!! A riveting and chilling read! Exceptional!! Captivating!!

And let’s talk about the ending. The ending!! I almost passed out because I didn’t realize how long I was holding my breath. A white knuckle read with an explosive finish!!

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    #Review | Just Married by Kiersten Modglin

    Just Married by Kiersten Modglin
    Genre: Suspense. Psychological Thriller
    Published by Bookouture
    Publication Date: July 5, 2021
    ASIN: ‎ B0949JZK8X
    Pages: 184
    Review Copy From: Publisher via NetGalley
    Edition: eARC
    My Rating: 5

    Synopsis (via GR)

    When my husband found this perfect little cabin in the woods for our honeymoon, I couldn’t wait to get away. Just us in the middle of the forest, waking up every day in the trees, ending each night in the hot tub under the stars. But now I’m not sure that I know my husband at all…

    I just wish we’d gone to the police when someone left a note on the doormat saying: She’s dead, you’re next. Ryan said I was overreacting, but I don’t understand why he won’t go to the cops now things are getting worse. Can I trust my husband?

    I’ve known about the terrible thing that Ryan did for years and it’s been tearing me apart. Last night I told him I would always keep his secret. But is the man I married hiding something else from me?

    Now someone has cut the phone lines and we’re trapped here. Ryan swears he has no idea what’s going on and just wants to keep us safe. I’m here alone in the middle of the dark forest with the man I thought I could trust. My heart is racing and there’s no one I can call…

    My husband promised till death do us part. Am I about to find out what that means?

    A heart-pounding, unbelievably twisty psychological thriller that will have you sleeping with the light on! Fans of Gone Girl, Behind Closed Doors and Date Night will be utterly gripped.

    My Thoughts

    I found this author from a Facebook group I am a member of and have read a couple of her books and each one has been captivating. I hope to read all of her books, they are that good!

    Ryan surprises his wife with an overdue honeymoon in a secluded cabin in the woods. Unbeknownst to them, this cabin has a history. Or was this known when it was booked? Around town, it’s called “the murder cabin” because 2 previous guests died under suspicious circumstances and the killer was never found.

    Then the next day, after a hike and running into a homeless man, their romantic honeymoon turns into a nightmare.

    Ryan and Grace are holding secrets from the other. Secrets that could become deadly.

    I could not put this book down. Eerie twists and turns that will have the hairs on your neck standing up. A chilling, page turning read!

    Check this author out. I guarantee you will be hooked.

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    THE TURNCOAT’S WIDOW by Mally Becker | #Showcase #Interview #Giveaway

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    The Turncoat’s Widow

    by Mally Becker

    February 22 – March 19, 2021 Tour

    Synopsis:

    The Turncoat's Widow by Mally Becker

    Recently widowed, Rebecca Parcell is too busy struggling to maintain her farm in Morristown to care who wins the War for Independence. But rumors are spreading in 1780 that she’s a Loyalist sympathizer who betrayed her husband to the British—quite a tidy way to end her disastrous marriage, the village gossips whisper.

    Everyone knows that her husband was a Patriot, a hero who died aboard a British prison ship moored in New York Harbor. But “everyone” is wrong. Parcell was a British spy, and General Washington – who spent two winters in Morristown – can prove it. He swears he’ll safeguard Becca’s farm if she unravels her husband’s secrets. With a mob ready to exile her or worse in the winter of 1780, it’s an offer she can’t refuse.

    Escaped British prisoner of war Daniel Alloway was the last person to see Becca’s husband alive, and Washington throws this unlikely couple together on an espionage mission to British-occupied New York City. Moving from glittering balls to an underworld of brothels and prisons, Becca and Daniel uncover a plot that threatens the new country’s future. But will they move quickly enough to warn General Washington? And can Becca, who’s lost almost everyone she loves, fight her growing attraction to Daniel, a man who always moves on?

    Praise for The Turncoat’s Widow

    The Turncoat’s Widow has it all. A sizzling romance, meticulous research, and an exhilarating adventure. Becca Parcell is too independent for both 18th-century Morristown and her feckless English husband. Her individual plight when she is pressed into service as an unwilling spy after her husband’s death reflects the larger situation of colonists during the American Revolution, whose lives were upended by a political fight they cared nothing about. Becker balances the ruthlessness of George Washington and the underhanded charm of Alexander Hamilton with the excesses of the British, as part of a detailed picture of how the colonies were governed during a war that was far from a simple fight between two opposing nations. But historical exactitude is balanced by dashing romance between Becca and Daniel Alloway, the escaped prisoner charged with protecting her, and plot full of bold escapes and twists. A great series debut. I can’t wait for the next installment.
    – Erica Obey, author, Dazzle Paint (coming 02/2021), The Curse of the Braddock Brides, and The Horseman’s Word.

    An exciting Revolutionary-era thriller with a twisty mystery, great characters, and historical accuracy to boot.
    – Eleanor Kuhns,author of the Will Rees mysteries

    The Turncoat’s Widow reminds readers that treachery from within and without to our republic were real, and those early days for American independence from the British were fragile, the patriot cause, unpopular. This is a rousing debut novel with insights into the hardships of colonial life, the precarious place of women in society, while giving fans of historical fiction a tale with suspense, surprises, and anoutspoken and admirable heroine in Becca Parcell. Mally Becker is an author to watch.
    – Gabriel Valjan, Agatha and Anthony-nominated author of The Naming Game

    Book Details:

    Genre: Historical Suspense / Mystery
    Published by: Level Best Books
    Publication Date: February 16, 2021
    ISBN: 978-1-953789-27-3
    Purchase Links: Amazon || Goodreads

     

    Author Bio:

    Mally Becker

    Mally Becker is a writer whose historical suspense novel, The Turncoat’s Widow, will be published in February 2021 by Level Best Books. She was born in Brooklyn and began her professional career in New York City as a publicist and freelance magazine writer, then moved on, becoming an attorney and, later, an advocate for children in foster care.

    As a volunteer, she used her legal background to create a digest of letters from US Supreme Court Justices owned by the Morristown National Park. That’s where she found a copy of an indictment for the Revolutionary War crime of traveling from New Jersey to New York City “without permission or passport.” It led her to the idea for her story.

    ​A winner of the Leon B. Burstein/MWA-NY Scholarship for Mystery Writing, Mally lives with her husband in the wilds of New Jersey where they hike, kayak, look forward to visits from their son, and poke around the region’s historical sites.

    Q&A with Mally Becker

    What was the inspiration for this book?

    A Revolutionary War-era document I found inspired my story. I thought I’d be clearing trails when I volunteered at the Morristown National Historical Park here in New Jersey. Instead, I found myself sifting through one of the Park’s old collection of letters. That’s where I found a 240-year-old indictment that accused a local man of the crime of traveling from New Jersey to New York City “without permission or passport.”

    I’ve lived in New York City or its suburbs for most of my life. The idea that heading into the city was ever a crime stopped me in my tracks. I was almost offended! So I took that allegation of a Revolutionary War-era crime to one of the Park’s historians for an explanation.
    I learned that not all colonists supported independence during the War for Independence and that the local government made travel without its permission a crime because of all the spies and smugglers slipping between New Jersey and British-held New York City.
    A divided nation? Spies and smuggling? Suddenly, I had a plot.

    What has been the biggest challenge in your writing career?

    Closing the door on the world and my family for hours at a time to write was my biggest challenge. I still have to remind myself that the story I want to tell is worth the time I need to give it. And that requires faith even when the story is little more than a glimmer in my mind!

    What do you absolutely need while writing?

    Coffee, a comfortable chair near a window, and paper and a pen next to the computer for notes. Then, more coffee.

    Do you adhere to a strict routine when writing or write when the ideas are flowing?

    Neither! I don’t adhere to a strict routine, and I don’t wait for creative lightening to strike. I find that ideas only flow if I’m doing the messy work of writing almost daily. Otherwise, I lose track of who said what to whom and what happens next. But there are days when I start at 7:30 am and others when I begin at 2 pm.

    Who is your favorite character from your book and why?

    I love this question, although it’s a bit like asking a parent which of their kids is their favorite! I have a crush on Daniel Alloway, I wish I were more like my heroine, Becca Parcell, and I’d love to spend more time with my book’s version of Alexander Hamilton.

    But John Mason is my favorite character. He actually led a group of thieves that preyed on British and Americans alike during the American Revolution. Since I didn’t find a lot of detail about his life, I got to create my own version of the thief. Mason is joyous, intelligent and goes after what he wants without artifice, but his motivation in helping Becca and her mother-in-law is unclear, at least for most of the story. Why do I like him the most? Because I based his personality on my husband’s.

    Tell us why we should read your book.

    The American Revolution can feel so distant, as frozen in time as those formal, lifeless portraits from the era. I hope that my book–a historical mystery, wrapped in a romance, wrapped in a spy story–entertains readers and brings the late 18th century to life.

    Give us an interesting fun fact or a few about your book?

    Becca Parcell accepts a cup of hot chocolate from her nemesis in one scene of The Turncoat’s Widow, and the scent of chocolate and cayenne pepper fill the air. Yes, cayenne pepper. Chocolate was common in the colonies, I learned, and hot chocolate was considered an adult drink. It was often spiced with pepper, anise, or cardamom. I first drank it that way on a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia. I enjoyed the spicy hot chocolate, but, to be honest, still prefer mine with marshmallows!

    Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?

    There are so many books you could have chosen to read. I’m grateful to you for choosing The Turncoat’s Widow. If you enjoy the book, I hope you’ll leave a review on Amazon, Goodreads or your own social media channels. And please keep in touch about what I’m planning next through Facebook or my website, www.mallybecker.com.

    Tell us a little about yourself and your background?
    My husband and I met in a boatyard, and we owned a sailboat before we owned a house. A former attorney, volunteer advocate for foster children, and freelance writer, I live with my husband in Warren, New Jersey, where we raised our wonderful son. The Turncoat’s Widow, featuring Becca Parcell, is my first novel.

    What’s next that we can look forward to?
    I’m working on the next historical mystery in the Becca Parcell series, which will be published next year.

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    Read an excerpt:

    Chapter One

    Morristown – January 1780

    There was a nervous rustling in the white-washed meeting house, a disturbance of air like the sound of sparrows taking wing.

    Becca Parcell peered over the balcony’s rough, wood railing, blinking away the fog of half-sleep. She had been dreaming of the figures in her account book and wondering whether there would be enough money for seed this spring.

    “I didn’t hear what ….” she whispered to Philip’s mother.

    Lady Augusta Georgiana Stokes Parcell, known simply as Lady Augusta, covered Becca’s hand with her own. “Philip. They’re speaking of Philip.”

    Becca couldn’t tell whether it was her hand or Augusta’s that trembled.

    “The Bible says, if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee, does it not?” The preacher’s voice was soft, yet it carried to every corner of the congregation. “They’re here. Amongst us. Neighbors who toast the King behind closed doors. Neighbors with no love of liberty.”

    Philip was a Patriot. He had died a hero. Everyone knew. Minister Townsend couldn’t be talking about him.

    The minister raised his eyes to hers. With his long thin arms and legs and round belly, he reminded her of a spider. She twisted her lips into the semblance of a smile as if to say “you don’t scare me.” But he did.

    “Which of your neighbors celebrates each time a Patriot dies?” Townsend’s voice rose like smoke to the rafters, took on strength and caught fire. “Their presence here is an abomination.” He rapped the podium with a flat palm, the sound bruising in the quiet church. “Then cast them out. Now.”

    Men pounded the floor with their feet.

    Becca flinched. It wouldn’t take much to tip the congregation into violence. Everyone had lost someone or something to this endless war. It had been going on for almost five years.

    Townsend’s thin arm rose, pointing to her.

    Becca’s breath caught.

    “And what of widows like Mrs. Parcell? Left alone, no longer guided by the wise direction of their husbands.”

    Guided? Becca pulled her hand from Augusta’s. She rubbed her thumb along the palm of her hand, feeling the rough calluses stamped there. She had learned the rhythm of the scythe at the end of the summer, how to twist and swing low until her hands were so stiff that she’d struggle to free them from the handle. She’d fallen into a dreamless sleep each night during the harvest too exhausted even to dream of Philip. She, Augusta and their servant Annie were doing just fine.

    “He hardly slept at home, as I hear it,” a woman behind her sniffed to a neighbor.

    Becca’s spine straightened.

    “No wonder there were no babes,” the second woman murmured.

    Becca twisted and nodded a smile to Mrs. Huber and Mrs. Harrington. Their mouths pursed into surprised tight circles. She’d heard them murmur, their mouths hidden by fluttering fans: About her lack of social graces; her friendship with servants; her awkward silence in company. “What else could you expect from her?” they would say, snapping shut their fans.

    Relief washed through Becca, nonetheless. This was merely the old gossip, not the new rumors.

    “Some of you thought Mr. Parcell was just another smuggler.” The pastor’s voice boomed.

    A few in the congregation chuckled. It was illegal to sell food to the British in New York – the “London Trade” some called it — but most turned a blind eye. Even Patriots need hard currency to live, Becca recalled Philip saying.

    “He only married her for the dowry,” Mrs. Huber hissed.

    Becca’s hand curved into a fist.

    Augusta cleared her throat, and Becca forced herself to relax.

    “Perhaps some of you thought Mr. Parcell was still a Tory,” the minister said.

    The chuckling died.

    “He came to his senses, though. He was, after all, one of us,” Minister Townsend continued.

    One of us. Invitations from the finer families had trickled away after Philip’s death.

    “We all know his story,” Townsend continued. “He smuggled whiskey into New York City. And what a perfect disguise his aristocratic roots provided.” The minister lifted his nose in the air as if mimicking a dandy.
    “The British thought he was one of them, at least until the end.” The minister’s voice swooped as if telling a story around a campfire. “He brought home information about the British troops in the City.”

    Becca shifted on the bench. She hadn’t known about her husband’s bravery until after his death. It had baffled her. Philip never spoke of politics.

    Townsend lifted one finger to his chin as if he had a new thought. “But who told the British where Mr. Parcell would be on the day he was captured? Who told the Redcoats that Mr. Parcell was a spy for independence?”

    Becca forgot to breathe. He wouldn’t dare.

    “It must have been someone who knew him well.” The minister’s gaze moved slowly through the congregation and came to rest on Becca. His eyes were the color of creosote, dark and burning. “Very, very well.”
    Mrs. Coddington, who sat to Becca’s left, pulled the hem of her black silk gown close to avoid contact. Men in the front pews swiveled and stared.

    “I would never. I didn’t.” Becca’s corset gouged her ribcage.

    “Speak up, Mrs. Parcell. We can’t hear you,” the minister said in a singsong voice.

    Townsend might as well strip her naked before the entire town. Respectable women didn’t speak in public. He means to humiliate me.

    “Stand up, Mrs. Parcell.” His voice boomed. “We all want to hear.”

    She didn’t remember standing. But there she was, the fingers of her right hand curled as it held the hunting bow she’d used since she was a child. Becca turned back to the minister. “Hogwash.” If they didn’t think she was a lady, she need not act like one. “Your independence is a wickedly unfair thing if it lets you accuse me without proof.”

    Gasps cascaded throughout the darkening church.

    From the balcony, where slaves and servants sat, she heard two coughs, explosive as gun fire. She twisted. Carl scowled down at her in warning. His white halo of hair, fine as duckling feathers, seemed to stand on end. He had worked for her father and helped to raise her. He had taught her numbers and mathematics. She couldn’t remember life without him.

    “Accuse? Accuse you of what, Mrs. Parcell?” The minister opened his arms to the congregation. “What have we accused you of?”

    Becca didn’t feel the chill now. “Of killing my husband. If this is what your new nation stands for – neighbors accusing neighbors, dividing us with lies – I’ll have none of it. “Five years into this endless war, is anyone better off for Congress’ Declaration of Independence? Independence won’t pay for food. It won’t bring my husband home.”

    It was as if she’d burst into flames. “What has the war brought any of us? Heartache, is all. Curse your independence. Curse you for ….”

    Augusta yanked on Becca’s gown with such force that she teetered, then rocked back onto the bench.

    The church erupted in shouts, a crashing wave of sound meant to crush her.

    Becca’s breath came in short puffs. What had she done?

    “Now that’s just grief speaking, gentlemen. Mrs. Parcell is still mourning her husband. No need to get worked up.” The voice rose from the front row. She recognized Thomas Lockwood’s slow, confident drawl.
    She craned her neck to watch Thomas, with his wheat-colored hair and wide shoulders. His broad stance reminded her of a captain at the wheel. He was a gentleman, a friend of General Washington. They’ll listen to him, she thought.

    “Our minister doesn’t mean to accuse Mrs. Parcell of anything, now do you, sir?”

    The two men stared at each other. A minister depended on the good will of gentlemen like Thomas Lockwood.
    The pastor blinked first. He shook his head.

    Becca’s breathing slowed.

    “There now. As I said.” Lockwood’s voice calmed the room.

    Then Mr. Baldwin stood slowly. Wrinkles crisscrossed his cheeks. He’d sent his three boys to fight with the Continental Army in ’75. Only one body came home to be buried. The other two were never found. He pointed at Becca with fingers twisted by arthritis. “Mrs. Parcell didn’t help when the women raised money for the soldiers last month.”

    A woman at the end of Becca’s pew sobbed quietly. It was Mrs. Baldwin.

    “You didn’t invite me.” Becca searched the closed faces for proof that someone believed her.

    “Is she on our side or theirs?” another woman called.

    The congregation quieted again. But it was the charged silence between two claps of thunder, and the Assembly waited for a fresh explosion in the dim light of the tired winter afternoon.

    With that, Augusta’s imperious voice sliced through the silence: “Someone help my daughter-in-law. She’s not well. I believe she’s about to faint.”

    Becca might be rash, but she wasn’t stupid, and she knew a command when she heard one. She shut her eyes and fell gracelessly into the aisle. Her head and shoulder thumped against the rough pine floorboards.

    Mrs. Coddington gasped. So did Becca, from the sharp pain in her cheek and shoulder.

    Women in the surrounding rows scooted back in surprise, their boots shuffling with a shh-shh sound.

    “Lady Augusta,” Mrs. Coddington huffed.

    Independence be damned. All of Morristown seemed to enjoy using Augusta’s family title, her former title, as often as possible.

    “Lady Augusta,” she repeated. “I’ve had my suspicions about that girl since the day she married your son. I don’t know why you haven’t sent her back to her people.”

    “She has no ‘people,’ Mrs. Coddington. She has me,” Augusta’s voice was as frosty as the air in the church. “And if I had doubts about Rebecca, do you think I’d live with her?”

    Becca imagined Augusta’s raised eyebrows, her delicate lifted chin. She couldn’t have borne it if her mother-in-law believed the minister’s lies.

    Augusta’s featherlight touch stroked her forehead. “Well done,” she murmured. “Now rise slowly. And don’t lean on me. I might just topple over.”

    “We are eager to hear the rest of the service on this Sabbath day, Minister Townsend. Do continue,” Thomas Lockwood called.

    Becca stood, her petite mother-in-law’s arm around her waist. The parishioners at the edges of the aisles averted their eyes as the two women passed.

    As they stepped into the stark, brittle daylight, one last question shred the silence they left behind: “Do you think she turned her husband over to the British?”

    Someone else answered. “It must be true. Everyone says so.

    ***

    Excerpt from The Turncoat’s Widow by Mally Becker. Copyright 2021 by Mally Becker. Reproduced with permission from Mally Becker. All rights reserved.

     

     

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    March 2018 Blog Discussion

    I am taking part in the 2018 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight!

    The last Saturday of the month, I will be recapping the books I have read for the month, what I thought and the links to my reviews, and what I hope to read the following month.

    March Books Read


    Click on titles to see my reviews

    BRING ME BACK by B.A. Paris (click on titles for my reviews)
    Comments: Having read her previous books, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS and THE BREAKDOWN, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy. I was not disappointed.

    LIE TO ME by J.T. Ellison
    Comments: Another psychological thriller that I wanted to read and another psychological thriller that I enjoyed!

    THE GOOD WIDOW by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
    Comments: This book has been hiding in my Kindle for about a year, and having seen a lot of buzz about it and it fulfilled two of my Challenge requirements, I thought it was time to read it. So glad I did!

    HIDING by Jenny Morton Potts (Review will be posted on May 1st.)
    Comments: This was a “new to me” author. I liked her writing style and it held me captive!

    Current Read

    KEEP THE MIDNIGHT OUT by Alex Gray
    Comments: I am addicted to this series!

    Upcoming April TBRs

    BURN ONE DOWN by Jeffrey A. Cooper
    Comments: This will be the first book that I plan on reading by this author

    THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn
    Comments: I hope that I can get to this book this month

    Your Turn

    • What did you finish reading this month?
    • What book(s) should I add to my TBR list?

    BRING ME BACK by B.A. Paris (Review)

    BRING ME BACK by B.A. Paris
    Published by: St. Martins’s Press
    Publication Date: June 19, 2018
    ASIN: B077DWMPRY
    Pages: 304
    Review Copy From: St. Martin’s Press/NetGalley
    Edition: eARC
    My Rating: 5

    Synopsis (via GR)

    A young British couple are driving through France on holiday when they stop for gas. He runs in to pay, she stays in the car. When he returns her car door has been left open, but she’s not inside. No one ever sees her again.

    Ten years later he’s engaged to be married; he’s happy, and his past is only a tiny part his life now. Until he comes home from work and finds his new wife-to-be is sitting on their sofa. She’s turning something over in her fingers, holding it up to the light. Something that would have no worth to anyone else, something only he and she would know about because his wife is the sister of his missing first love.

    As more and more questions are raised, their marriage becomes strained. Has his first love somehow come back to him after all this time? Or is the person who took her playing games with his mind?

    My Thoughts

    After reading Ms. Paris’ previous novels, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS and THE BREAKDOWN, I was anxiously waiting for BRING ME BACK to be available.

    I apologize in advance as this review is going to be very vague so as not to give away any spoilers.

    Twelve years ago Finn and Layla, as the synopsis states, are driving through France where they stop for gas. When he returns to the car, Layla is gone. No sign of her!! When the authorities are brought into the investigation, Finn doesn’t tell the “whole story” of what happened prior to Layla going missing. And all the years since, he can’t get her out of his mind.

    He finally moves on, when Ellen, Layla’s sister enters his life. They are getting married! But when the announcement is printed in the local papers, he gets the shock of his life. He is receiving signs, emails, and even a sighting that Layla is alive. Is she really? Or is somebody playing a cruel joke because he is marrying Ellen? What happened that fateful night twelve years ago?

    The story is told in Finn and Layla’s POV.

    B.A. Paris does it again!!! She delivers a turn paging psychological thriller that had me turning the pages as quick as I could. I had a difficult time putting this book down!

    I absolutely loved this book! A chilling read with an ending that was shocking!

    If you like fast-paced psychological thrillers, I highly recommend you pick up a copy!

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    February 2018 Blog Discussion

    I am taking part in the 2018 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight!

    The last Saturday of the month, I will be recapping the books I have read for the month, what I thought and the links to my reviews, and what I hope to read the following month.

    I was truly hoping to finish more books this month but being a short month, having an uninvited virus visit us and been so busy with the tours at Partners In Crime Tours, I didn’t get a lot of reading done. And speaking of that, we have so many great books that are touring, which you can see HERE. If you see any books that you might be interested in or would like to become a host, you can sign up HERE. Would love to have you on the team!

    Now for this month’s reads:

    February Books Read

    THE SHEPHERD’S CALCULUS by C.S. Farrelly
    Comments: This was the first book I read by this author and was very impressed. My review will be posted on March 12th. If you want to check it out, click on the title, for the GR synopsis.

    WHITE WITCH by Larry D. Thompson
    Comments: Known for his legal thrillers, this book had a bit of a spin, which kept me glued to the pages. My review will be posted on March 16th. But check it out on GR, click the title.

    Comments:I was given the honor of reading a pre ARC from an author. I will disclose the title and author at a later date.

    CURRENT READ

    WHAT LIES BELOW by Barbara Taylor Sissel
    Comments: I am a big fan of this author. I was thrilled when she emailed me the other day asking if I would like to recieve and review an e ARC of her newest novel.

    UPCOMING MARCH TBRs

    BRING ME BACK by B.A. Paris
    Comments:I have read this author’s previous books and was excited to receive an ARC. You can see my reviews for BEHIND CLOSED DOORS and THE BREAKDOWN by clicking on the titles

    THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn
    Comments: So much buzz about this one and hopefully will read it in March

    Comments: What did you finish reading in February? What book(s) do you recommend? What book should I add to my TBR list?

    THE BREAKDOWN by B.A. Paris (Review)

    THE BREAKDOWN by B.A. Paris
    Published by: St. Martin’s Press
    Publication Date: July 18, 2017
    ISBN-10: 1250122465
    ISBN-13: 978-1250122469
    Pages: 336
    Review Copy From: Publisher
    Edition: HC
    My Rating: 5

    Synopsis:

    If you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust?

    Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods, on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, with the woman sitting inside―the woman who was killed. She’s been trying to put the crime out of her mind; what could she have done, really? It’s a dangerous road to be on in the middle of a storm. Her husband would be furious if he knew she’d broken her promise not to take that shortcut home. And she probably would only have been hurt herself if she’d stopped.

    But since then, she’s been forgetting every little thing: where she left the car, if she took her pills, the alarm code, why she ordered a pram when she doesn’t have a baby.

    The only thing she can’t forget is that woman, the woman she might have saved, and the terrible nagging guilt.

    Or the silent calls she’s receiving, or the feeling that someone’s watching her

    My Thoughts and Opinion:

    If you are a fan of psychological thrillers, then this is an author you need to read! I read BEHIND CLOSED DOORS and could not put it down. And once I read the last page, I was anxiously waiting for this book to become available. Did it compare?

    On her way home, Cass takes a shorter route, however, her husband tells her not to. Sher sees a stranded car and pulls over but is a bit ambivalent about helping, especially after the warning from her husband. And then the shocking news the following day, a woman has been murdered on the same road. Was the driver of the car she saw the victim? Should she contact the police? But then, how is she going to look especially since she didn’t help? Then the calls start. An open line but nothing is said. Is this the murderer?

    B.A Paris does it again! Another riveting and chilling read! The only negative, I now have to wait for her next book! Highly recommend!

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