Mailbox Monday

Monday:
THE WOMAN I WAS BEFORE by Kerry Fisher ~ eBook from Bookouture via NetGalley
THE GIRL ACROSS THE STREET by Vicki Pattis ~ eBook from Bookouture via NetGalley
LOST YOU by Haylen Beck ~ eBook from Crown Publishing via NetGalley
DIAPERS< DRAMA, AND DECEIT by Erina Bridget Ring ~ Signed PB from Author
BEFORE SHE KNEW HIM by Peter Swanson ~ ARC TPB from Harper Collins
Tuesday:
I’LL NEVER TELL by Catherine McKenzie ~ eBook from Lake Union Publishing via NetGalley
Thursday:
SWANN’S DOWN by Charles Salzberg ~ ARC TPB from Author
Saturday:
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS Kristi Belcamino ~ eBook via BookFunnel

This year, one of the Challenges I signed up for is Blog All About It, hosted by The Herd Presents. The guideline is basically a blogging prompt challenge. Each month there’s a different prompt that you can interpret as you’d like then create a blog post around it. The 2019 list of prompts can be seen here on my Challenge Page. I will be posting for this Challenge on the 2nd Saturday of each month.

Pink was never a favorite color of mine. When it came to makeup, I don’t think I ever wore pink lipstick or nail polish. I always tended to gravitate to a warmer palette.

Even when it came to decorating our house, we went with a Colonial decor look also using warmer colors. We recently remodeled our kitchen and I was surprised, that both my husband and I, agreed very quickly on the color scheme and the granite.

However, when it comes to flowers, my favorite is a pink Star Gazer Lily. The scent is amazing but the blooming period is very short. At one time, Yankee Candle even sold the scent but has since discontinued it.

But on Oct 7th, 2 years ago, our world exploded with pink when we welcomed our granddaughter into the world. Having 2 sons, pink was never a color I had to deal with. But now, I love the color pink because of her.

We are currently on baby watch for our 2nd grandchild, not knowing the gender until he/she makes the grand entrance, we are waiting patiently to see if pink will become a nuclear bomb in our family!!!!

This is the month of romance, flowers, and candy. But we all know, being book lovers, we would probably want books too. So in case your honey didn’t get you any, here’s a chance for you to receive not 1, but 14!!

I’m teaming up with Book Trib to spread the word about their giveaway!!!!!!

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, BookTrib is spreading the love with a huge giveaway. One winner will have the chance to win 14 different romantic reads from a variety of fantastic authors like Jill Shalvis, Eva Leigh, Jennifer Ryan, Sally Thorne and more!
 

Mailbox Monday

Monday:
DON’T WAKE UP by Liz Lawler ~ TPB from Harper Collins
THE GIRLS AT 17 SWANN STREET by Yara Zgheib ~ HC from MacMillan via AARP
Wednesday:
SCARE ME by Richard Jay Parker ~ eBook from Endeavour Press
Thursday:
DEAR WIFE by Kimberly Belle ~ eBook from Harlequin via NetGalley
Friday:
AND EVERY WORD IS TRUE by Gary McAvoy ~ eBook from Author
Saturday:
SAVING MEGHAN by D.J. Palmer ~ ARC TPB from St. Martin’s Press

1. Superbowl Sunday ________________________.

2. __________________bores me.

3. If you have _________, you have everything.

4. My skill set could get me a job at _________.

1. Superbowl Sunday, seeing we are from New England, we will be rooting for the Patriots!!!.

2. Watching a movie bores me. I would much rather read!

3. If you have family, love and health you have everything.

4. My skill set could get me a job at a medical facility but due to having multiple spine surgeries, I had to retire as an R.N..

In the vein of Big Little Lies and Reconstructing Amelia comes an emotionally charged domestic suspense novel about a mother unraveling the truth behind how her daughter became brain dead. And pregnant.

A search for the truth. A lifetime of lies.

In the small hours of the morning, Abi Knight is startled awake by the phone call no mother ever wants to get: her teenage daughter Olivia has fallen off a bridge. Not only is Olivia brain dead, she’s pregnant and must remain on life support to keep her baby alive. And then Abi sees the angry bruises circling Olivia’s wrists.

When the police unexpectedly rule Olivia’s fall an accident, Abi decides to find out what really happened that night. Heartbroken and grieving, she unravels the threads of her daughter’s life. Was Olivia’s fall an accident? Or something far more sinister?

Christina McDonald weaves a suspenseful and heartwrenching tale of hidden relationships, devastating lies, and the power of a mother’s love. With flashbacks of Olivia’s own resolve to uncover family secrets, this taut and emotional novel asks: how well do you know your children? And how well do they know you?

I belong to a few FB groups for book lovers and after seeing so many great things said about this book, I had to read it and see what the buzz was all about. And for those that recommended it, a BIG thank you!

This doesn’t happen often with me but this book was SO good that I read it in one day!

Abi Knight gets the phone call that every mother fears. There has been an accident and her daughter Olivia is at the hospital. How could this be? Abi, who is a single parent has taken every precaution to safeguard her daughter’s well being, some would even say including Olivia, to the point of being overprotective.

When Abi gets to the hospital, her nightmare begins. Not only is Olivia brain dead but she is also pregnant. Can’t be!! Olivia is a good student, has many friends, and never drank nor did drugs. And in Washington, life support can’t be turned off when a woman is pregnant.

The police aren’t investigating because they have ruled Olivia falling to her death at the ZigZag Bridge to be a tragic accident. But Abi notices that Olivia has bruises on her wrist that resemble finger marks. She doesn’t accept this as an accident but foul play and she needs to find out the truth.

The story alternates from 6 months prior to the accident and to the present day.

Not only was this a suspenseful read from beginning to end, it was also very emotional. The author’s writing style will have you feeling every emotion that Abi is dealing with. I thought I had it all figured out when I was 1/3 into the book, but not even close! I could not put this book down!

Love, lies, betrayals, secrets, pain, guilt and a mother’s need to know to be able to say goodbye.

A captivating read!!

Purchase Links: Amazon 🔗 | Barnes & Noble 🔗 | Goodreads 🔗

A brilliant, edgy thriller about four strangers, a blizzard, a kidnapped child, and a determined young woman desperate to unmask and outwit a vicious psychopath.

A kidnapped little girl locked in a stranger’s van. No help for miles. What would you do?

On her way to Utah to see her dying mother, college student Darby Thorne gets caught in a fierce blizzard in the mountains of Colorado. With the roads impassable, she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop. Inside, are some vending machines, a coffee maker, and four complete strangers.

Desperate to find a signal to call home, Darby goes back out into the storm . . . and makes a horrifying discovery. In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate.

Who is the child? Why has she been taken? And how can Darby save her?

There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, and no way out. One of her fellow travelers is a kidnapper. But which one?

Trapped in an increasingly dangerous situation, with a child’s life and her own on the line, Darby must find a way to break the girl out of the van and escape.

But who can she trust?

With exquisitely controlled pacing, Taylor Adams diabolically ratchets up the tension with every page. Full of terrifying twists and hairpin turns, No Exit will have you on the edge of your seat and leave you breathless.

OK….I can now breathe again!!!

I apologize in advance for this being a very vague review. I am only writing it that way because if you are planning on reading this book, which I suggest that you absolutely should, I don’t want anyone to miss out on this extremely chilling read.

Have you ever heard of the Witching Hour? Do you believe everything happens for a reason? If your answer is yes to both the questions then you are in for an electrifying journey.

Darby Thorne wasn’t planning on going home to Utah for Christmas, however, that changed when she heard from her sister that their mother was in the final stages of pancreatic cancer and that she should come home. On her way, she was caught in a brutal blizzard and decided to wait it out at the next rest stop. It appeared a few other people had the same idea once she entered the Wanashono Rest Stop. It would only be for a few hours until the plows would be out and they could all be on their way. What could go wrong?

That was her thought until she saw a young child in a cage in one of the vehicles in the parking lot. But who was the evil person in that rest stop that was holding this little girl captive?

I started reading this book during the first snow storm and below freezing temperatures that New England had, which made this story even more scary because I could hear the winds blowing, the ice cracking and the feeling of being cold.

Every time I picked up this book, I don’t think I took a breath until I put it down again. I could vividly imagine being at a rest stop with strangers due to the creative and descriptive words that the author used in his writing style.

This book will grab a hold of you from the first few words to the last sentence and will leave you with a WTH just happened ending that was totally surprising.

You might have heard/seen the buzz about this book….well….it’s all that and MORE!

Purchase Links: Amazon 🔗 | Barnes & Noble 🔗 | Goodreads 🔗

Mailbox Monday

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Sunday:
GIRLS OF GLASS by Brianna Labuskes ~ eBook via Prime
Monday:
THE CUTTING EDGE by Darcia Helle ~ eBook Amazon free d/l
Thursday:
SPRING CLEANING by Antonio Manzini ~ ARC TPB from Harper Collins
THE PERFECT PLAN by Bryan Reardon ~ eBook from Penguin Group via NetGalley
Friday:
THE LAST LIE by Alex Lake ~ TPB from Harper Collins
Saturday:
THE WINTER SISTER by Megan Collins ~ eBook from Touchstone via NetGalley