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The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica

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4.0

Mary Kubica is becoming one of my favorite thriller authors.   She sends you on one crazy ride!!
A Dark and Stormy by Peggy Ehrhart

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4.0

Cozy Mysteries are my palate cleanser. 

The Knit and Nibble Mysteries are just so cozy and have a book for all the seasons. 

Peggy really makes me want to pack up my house and move to Aborville. It was a cozy almost Stars Hollow town where everyone knows everyone. 

Pamela, a widow with her daughter out of the house has some how been wrapped up in the latest murder in Aborville. As an amateur sleuth Pamela is going to get wrapped up in this murder. 

This is a very cozy plot line. I love the characters as they are more in the middle age area and feel more relatable to me then younger characters do.  

After reading 10+ books in this series I feel very interested not only in the murder plot line but the characters lives. I’m still hoping for a Pamela and Richard Larkin Romance. 

The Halloween part of this book is literally in the beginning and I wish the book had more Halloween vibes but the murder happens on Halloween night and then Halloween is over. 

Genre:  Cozy Murder Mystery
APK: Ebook
Pages: 280
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Series or Standalone:  Book 11 in the Knit and Nibble Series

Thank you Kensington Publishing for a free copy of Dark and Stormy Knit for a honest review 💜
The Black Girl Survives in This One by Saraciea J. Fennell, Desiree S. Evans

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2.5

This is collection of short stories about black women that survive horror stories. 

I really wanted to love this. But most of the stories were absolutely dull. I wasn’t scared and even on my toes with this one. 

The Cosmo story and the Zombie one were probably the best ones out of all the stories. 

The green juice made absolutely no sense… 
The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine

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5.0

This book made me audibly gasp at the end. This was a wild ride from start to finish. I was on the roller coaster of this thriller until the very last sentence. 
The Second Mrs. Strom by Kaira Rouda

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medium-paced

4.0

This is a quick thriller under 300 pages that will keep you on your toes. 

Paul and Cecelia are in Paris for their one year wedding anniversary. What they both don’t know is they each have their own secrets for this trip. 

This was a quick read. I was able to easily fly through it and stay interested in the story line. We get 3 POVs from Paul, Cecelia and mysterious dairy entries.  

This isn’t a super twisty book that will leave you gasping at every turn but it still had some good twist coming towards the end. 

What I do want to know is more about Paul’s first marriage. We get some information about how he left her and took his kids but that’s it. 

Genre: Thriller 
APK: Ebook
Pages: 289
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Series or Standalone:  Stand-alone. 
The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

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4.0

This was a great end to the series!! This was a fast paced thriller that I could not put down. 
Barbarian Lover by Ruby Dixon

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3.0

These are such quick reads that can be read within a day. I liked this one. We finally got a resolution on the aliens who kidnapped the girls. 

The spicy scenes 👩🏼‍🍳💋
Barbarian Mine by Ruby Dixon

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4.0

This one is probably my favorite so far out of all of them.  This one feels like a Tarzan meets Jane retelling. 

Harlow is kidnapped by a rouge alien but he’s different. He doesn’t speak English or the native language but Harlow and Rook know there mates. 

This one was fun! It did help that it finally time jumped to a year after the crash. Also I could not picture the pregnancy time of over a year.
Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders

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5.0

This was a 5⭐️ thriller in my books

Joanne is living her best life. She has a new baby and ab amazing husband. When her husbands daughter comes to stay with them things don’t add up. 

This was a great thriller that just kept going. We have Joanne who is an unreliable narrator. Between her past and her postpartum we don’t know if we can believe what she is seeing. 

The very end is like a roller coaster and doesn’t stop until the very last sentence.  

Genre:  Thriller
APK: Audio
Audio Length:  8 hours and 24 minutes 
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Series or Standalone:  Stand-alone