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Paradise Valley (A Virgin River Novel, Book 7) by Robyn Carr – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Coming home to Virgin River Marine corporal Rick Sudder is back home in Virgin River —his military tour having ended abruptly on the battlefield. But the carefree boy who left full of hope is gone, replaced by a man who believes his future is bleak. Can the passion and commitment of a young…
The Institution by Helen Fields @Helen_Fields @AvonBooksUK – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: They’re locked up for your safety. Now, you’re locked in with them. How do you find a murderer in a prison full of killers? On a locked ward in the world’s highest-security prison hospital, a scream shatters the night. A nurse has been murdered and her daughter has been taken. And with only…
One Girl, One Summer by Isabel Ashdown @orionbooks @isabelashdown.com – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Dark secrets cast long shadows...On a peaceful hilltop campsite in the heat of summer, a private plane crash-lands. Several are killed, and many more lives are shattered - including those of the Gale family who own the site. For single parent Cathy Gale, her everyday struggles are eclipsed by the tragedy, as her…
The Story Collector by Evie Woods @0neMoreChapter_ @evgaughan – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: In a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything… One hundred years ago, Anna, a young farm girl, volunteers to help an intriguing American visitor translate fairy stories from Irish to English. But all is not as it seems and Anna soon finds herself at the heart…
Maddy’s Christmas Wedding: (Little Duck Pond Café, Book 37) by Rosie Green @Rosie_Green88 @rararesources – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: The wedding of the year is approaching and the girls are off to snowy Lapland for Maddy's hen party, with sleigh rides through the forest, saunas, ice plunges and glass igloos to enjoy. Plus cute husky puppies and more snow than they could ever dream of! But there's just one problem. Maddy is…
Gone with the Penguins by Hazel Prior @HazelPriorBooks @TransworldBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Fiery and feisty at eighty-seven, Veronica McCreedy, the very first Penguin Ambassador, is determined to prove that nothing is impossible when you put your mind to it.Eileen, Veronica’s ever-patient assistant, is content taking care of other people. But when a new adventure calls, it makes her question everything...Ten-year-old, penguin-obsessed Daisy can’t wait to be reunited with…
The Silver-Haired Sisterhood by Judy Leigh @JudyLeighWriter @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: ‘We’re celebrating life,’ Rose said. ‘Life, every single minute of it. Tell me, girls - is there ever anything better to celebrate than that?’ Five years after seventy-something Tess jetted off to Paris with her best friends, Jen, Rose, Della and Pam - the Five French Hens - for Jen’s hen do, a…
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day by Milly Johnson @millyjohnson @simonschusterUK – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: It’s nearly Christmas and it’s snowing, hard. Deep in the Yorkshire Moors nestles a tiny hamlet, with a pub at its heart. As the snow falls, the inn will become an unexpected haven for six people forced to seek shelter there… Mary has been trying to get her boss Jack to notice her for four…
The Spirit of the Dragon by William Andrews – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes an epic novel of a star-crossed couple who must defy tradition, war, and prejudice to keep their love alive. At the urging of a Los Angeles detective, international rights lawyer Anna Carlson assists in a murder investigation. It’s a personal request from Suk-bo Yi, a…
The Botanist (Washington Poe Book 5) by M.W. Craven @MWCravenUK – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: 'I swear I'm one bad mood away from calling it black magic and going home . . .'Detective Sergeant Washington Poe can count on one hand the number of friends he has. And he'd still have his thumb left. There's the insanely brilliant, guilelessly innocent civilian analyst, Tilly Bradshaw of course. He's known…
The Survivors by Caroline Mitchell @Caroline_Writes – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: A fatal car crash with only one witness—but is she telling the truth? On a winding cliff edge on the wild Irish coast, two cars collide. In one is Maura Claffey’s niece, Finn, and her baby daughter. In the other, Kathryn with her own newborn—and her own secrets. Both women survive, but one…
Happy Bloody Christmas by Jo Middleton @AvonBooksUK @mummyblogger – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Anna's Christmas Eve To Do List: 1. Wrap the kids' presents 2. Peel the potatoes 3. Get rid of the dead body?! Hungover and exhausted after her family's annual party, all Anna Johnson wants for Christmas is to finish her to-do list and finally sit down with the world’s biggest glass of wine.…
Sisters Making Mischief by Maddie Please @maddiePlease1 @rararesources @BoldwoodBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Joy Chandler has had enough! All she wanted was a lovely family Christmas with perfect turkey and luxury crackers. Instead, daughter Sara announces she’s getting divorced...and where is the fizz? And son, John and perfect wife Vanessa announce they are leaving for New York… and are the vegetables organic? And not one of…
The Flower House by Nicky Black @AuthorBlackNE – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Every home has a story. Some are better left untold. Property developer Vivien Young thought she’d finally rebuilt her life. After a messy divorce, she’s returned to her childhood sanctuary, the grand Georgian home she now shares with her ageing father. Landing the contract to redevelop the Valley Park housing estate feels like the icing…
What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena @sharilapena @TransworldBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Nothing ever happens in sleepy little Fairhill.The teenagers get their kicks telling ghost stories in the old graveyard. The parents trust their kids will arrive home safe from school. Everyone knows everyone. Curtains rarely twitch. Front doors are left unlocked.But this morning all of that will change.Because Diana Brewer isn’t lying safely in…
To Fear Him by M.A. Comley @ComleyMel – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: From NY Times bestselling author M A Comley, author of the Justice series, who has sold almost five million copies worldwide comes yet another page-turning thriller set in the stunning Lake District.Five friends arrange a girls’ night out which unfortunately ends in tragedy when one of them is kidnapped and another left for…
The Lost Past of Billy McQueen by Neil Alexander @emblabooks @neilalexander_ – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: The past has never left Billy. It's just been waiting for him to come and find it...It's been over thirty years since Billy last called Northern Ireland home. Back then, his secret love for schoolfriend Conor was the only shining light that kept him going during troubled times. That is, until their romance…
The Creek by LJ Ross @LJRossAuthor – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE... Kate Irving arrives at her grandfather’s cottage at Frenchman’s Creek in the dead of night with her young son, a small suitcase and little else. Its scattered community of fishermen, farmers, artists and jetsetters barely bat an eyelid, because theirs is a rarefied world, tucked beneath…
Five Bad Deeds by Caz Frear @simonschusterUK – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Ellen Walsh has done something very, very bad. If only she knew what it was . . .Teacher, mother, wife, and all-around good citizen Ellen is juggling non-stop commitments, from raising a teen and two toddlers to job-hunting, to finally renovating her dream home, the Meadowhouse. Amidst the chaos, an ominous note arrives…
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager @riley_sager @HodderBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: On July 15, 1994, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend Billy fell asleep together in their quiet New Jersey cul de sac.In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. The tent was sliced open, and Billy was gone, taken. He was never seen again.Thirty years later, Ethan has returned to Hemlock Circle, still desperate…
The Christmas Tree Farm (Dream Harbor, Book 3) by Laurie Gilmore – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Every book in the Dream Harbor series can be read as a standalone. Kira North hates Christmas. Which is unfortunate since she just bought a Christmas tree farm in a town that’s too cute for its own good. Bennett Ellis is on vacation in Dream Harbor taking a break from his life in California. And…
Last One Left Alive (DCI Matilda Darke Thriller, Book 12) by Michael Wood @0neMoreChapter_ @MichaelHWood – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: FIVE PERFECT MURDERS DCI Matilda Darke receives an anonymous email from someone claiming to have committed the perfect murder. Experience tells her this isn’t possible, but as she investigates, she discovers a killer questioning everything she’s ever known. HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT Now, Matilda is on the trail of a murderer who targets…
How To Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin @Kristen_Perrin @QuercusBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: FRANCES ALWAYS SAID SHE'D BE MURDERED.SHE WAS RIGHT.In 1965, Frances Adams was told by a fortune teller that one day she'd be murdered. Frances spent the next sixty years trying to prevent the crime that would be her eventual demise. Of course, no one took her seriously - until she was dead.For Frances,…
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: In 1976, Dana dreams of being a writer. In 1815, she is assumed a slave.When Dana first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation, he's drowning. She saves his life - and it will happen again and again.Neither of them understands his power to summon her whenever his life is threatened, nor the significance…
Summer at the Old Boathouse (Hope Cove Book 3) by Hannah Ellis – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Of all the guys, she falls for the one who’s off limits… Emily Winters would do anything for her best friend Josie. Every week they meet for a catch up at the Old Boathouse - an idyllic little café by the Thames where Josie’s boyfriend Jack works. As the summer draws on, life seems perfect. Emily’s writing…
Escape to Oakbrook Farm (Hope Cove Book 2) by Hannah Ellis @BooksEllis – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Village life is supposed to be quiet…Josie Beaumont is a free spirit. She changes jobs about as often as she changes her relationship status. Frequently! The only constants in her life are the comfy old shoes that she refuses to part with.When unemployment looms again, she’s intrigued by a job opportunity at a…
The Bookshop at the Cornish Cove by Kim Nash @KimTheBookworm @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Escape to the beautiful coast in this heartwarming romance Dare to dream big… When Nancy opened her dream bookshop overlooking the golden sands and shimmering waters of Driftwood Bay, she may have taken on a little too much. She might know all about books, but doesn’t know the first thing about business! She…
The Cottage at Hope Cove by Hannah Ellis @BooksEllis – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: The summer that changed everything...Lizzie Beaumont has it all: a great career, a wealthy fiancé, and the wedding of her dreams just months away. But when her fiancé puts work before her again, she sets off for a week in the picturesque town of Hope Cove. She’s hoping for time away from the…
Cosy Nights & Snowball Fights: (Little Duck Pond Café, Book 36) (Little Duck Pond Cafe) by Rosie Green @rararesources @Rosie_Green88 – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: As the nights draw in, gingerbread lattes and festive hot chocolates are on the menu, and the Little Duck Pond Café girls are gearing up for the cosiest time of the year. But new recruit Laurel just wishes she could sleep through the whole jolly affair! It might be October, but she's still…
Don’t Stir the Goldfish by Eileen Wharton @WhartonEileen – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Meet Amy, who’s juggling a bustling household with five children, a job organising historical re-enactments, and a broken heart caused by her husband’s betrayal and abandonment.As she navigates the emotional rollercoaster of the break-up, Amy finds solace and guidance in her unique bond with Gupta, her AI confidante. Is artificial intelligence the answer?…
That Night by Gillian McAllister @GillianMAuthor @PenguinUKBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: What would you do to protect your family?ANYTHING.During a family holiday in Italy, you get an urgent call from your sister.There's been an accident: she hit a man with her car and he's dead. She asks for your help.She'd cover for you, so will you do the same for her?But when the police…
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sagar @HodderBooks – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Something is lurking beneath the water's surface...Recently widowed actress Casey Fletcher has escaped to her family's lake house for peace and quiet. She's been happily losing herself in her thoughts and several bottles of bourbon, until the glamorous couple across the lake catch her attention. They look so perfect - just like Casey…
Last Man Standing (DI Sara Ramsey Book 25) by M.A. Comley @ComleyMel – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: From NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author M A Comley author of the award-winning Justice series who has sold over 5 million copies world wide.With a serial killer on the loose, no one can be trusted… everyone is considered a suspect.DI Sara Ramsey receives a call from her pathologist friend that shocks…
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson @PenguinUKBooks @BenjaminSt42559 – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: I knew our family reunion wouldn't end well. But I didn't expect murder.Maybe I should have known better. After all, everyone in my family is a killer. My parents, my siblings, my in-laws . . . even me. The deaths weren't all deliberate, of course. Accidents happen.So when a body is found in…
Something More To Say (The DI Jimmy Bliss Crime Series Book 12) by Tony J. Forder @TonyJForder @rararesources – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: BLISS IS BACK... AND THIS TIME HE'S TWICE THE THREAT.Jimmy Bliss’s first unsolved case is proving to be a puzzle. Despite an original investigation and subsequent case reviews, the police still do not have a suspect in the 1999 murder of a local authority worker. The only lead Bliss and his three new…
Hope to Die (DI Fawley Book 6) by Cara Hunter – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Midnight.A call out to an isolated farm on the outskirts of Oxford.A body shot at point-blank range in the kitchen.--------'One of the finest crime writers we have' Mark Billingham'Fawley is back and better than ever' Shari Lapena'Emotionally riveting, taut, and suspenseful' Karin SlaughterIt looks like a burglary gone wrong, but DI Adam Fawley suspects there's something…
Kill Joy by Holly Jackson – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: A beautiful collector’s hardback of the prequel novela to the bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Guide to Murder series. Find out where it all began for Pip! THE GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER SERIES IS A TIKTOK SENSATION AND A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Pippa Fitz-Amobi is not in the mood for…
Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: Every killer claims a soul.Every phantom wants revenge.All contract killer Lachlan Kane wants is a quiet life. But when he botches a job for his boss's biggest client, Lachlan knows he'll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to…
Past Promises (The Harrogate Crime Series Book 14) by Malcolm Hollingdrake @MHollingdrake – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: For DCI Bennett and his team, the New Year brings a series of challenges.Concurrent investigations are underway: DI David Owen is leading a case involving the discovery of human remains, excavated during road works on the A59 at Kex Gill. Evidence suggests that this could, in fact, be the work of the Yorkshire…
Frozen in Time (DI Sally Parker Book 14) by M.A. Comley @ComleyMel – bytheletterbookreviews
Book Description: From NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author M A Comley author of the award-winning Justice series who has sold over 5 million copies world wide.After a weekend away, supply teacher Elijah Abagun, returns home to find a ghastly odour, permeating his house. Elijah calls on his builder friend, Dick, to help locate…