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    The Exorcist

    Originally published in 1971, The Exorcist is now a major television series on FOX. It remains one of the most controversial novels ever written and went on to become a literary phenomenon: It spent fifty-seven weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, seventeen consecutively at number one. Inspired by a true story of a child’s demonic possession in the 1940s, William Peter Blatty created an iconic novel that focuses on Regan, the eleven-year-old daughter of a movie actress residing in Washington, D.C. A small group of overwhelmed yet determined individuals must rescue Regan from her unspeakable fate, and the drama that ensues is gripping and unfailingly terrifying. Two years…

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    Tender is the Flesh

    His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he…

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    Sadie

    A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial―like podcast following the clues she’s left behind. And an ending you won’t be able to stop talking about. Sadie hasn’t had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she’s been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie’s entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister’s killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him. When West McCray―a radio personality working on a…

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    The Spanish Love Deception

    Catalina Martín, finally, not single. Her family is happy to announce that she will bring her American boyfriend to her sister’s wedding. Everyone is invited to come and witness the most magical event of the year. That would certainly be tomorrow’s headline in the local newspaper of the small Spanish town I came from. Or the epitaph on my tombstone, seeing the turn my life had taken in the span of a phone call. Four weeks wasn’t a lot of time to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic–from NYC and all the way to Spain–for a wedding. Let alone, someone eager to play along my charade. But that didn’t…

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    Sick Fux

    When Ellis Earnshaw and Heathan James met as children, they couldn’t have been more different.  Ellis was loud and beautiful – all blond hair, bright laughs and smiles.  Heathan was dark and brooding, and obsessed with watching things die. The pair forged an unlikely friendship, unique and strange. Until they were ripped apart by the sick cruelty of others, separated for years, both locked in a perpetual hell. Eleven years later, Heathan is back for his girl. Back from a place from which he thought there was no return. Back to seek revenge on those who wronged them. Time has made Heathan’s soul darker, polluted with hatred and the thirst…

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    Hook, Line, and Sinker

    King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he’s a guaranteed good time–in bed and out–and that’s exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She’s immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his… personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. Now, Hannah’s in town for work, crashing in Fox’s spare bedroom. She knows he’s a notorious ladies’ man, but they’re definitely just friends. In fact, she’s nursing a hopeless crush on a colleague and Fox is just the person to help…

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    It Happened One Summer

    Piper Bellinger will do anything for that perfect insta pic, but when one of her hairbrained schemes ends her up in jail, her stepfather decides he’s had enough.  That’s how Piper ends up being shipped off to a seaside town in Washington in order to prove herself as deserving.  However, what she finds is a town where she can reconnect to her past and meet a grumpy man that will change her life forever. My Thoughts  Hi, I’m Rebecca and I am OBSESSED with Tessa Bailey!  I loved her amazing Christmas romance Window Shopping so much and I became determined to read every single one of her books. This book…

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    The Frequency

    Deep within the bowels of an abandoned Cornish mine a covert occult group, known as the Network, protects the living from the dead. Their mediums host a plethora of abilities — from telepathy to astral projection — because of their connection to an energy source called the frequency. My Thoughts  I am so grateful to Books of Match Media, Pennard Press, and the author for a physical copy in exchange for an honest review! This book was a well executed paranormal thriller that kept me peeked until the very end!  This book was such an epic paranormal read that I was NOT expecting, but ended up loving!   When the read…

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    Need

    Summary Zara White has an obsession with phobias and when she moves in with her grandmother in a small town in Maine, all of those phobias start to appear. There is a creepy guy stalking her and then boys start disappearing. This town isn’t as boring as Zara thought it would be…  My Thoughts  So confession time…. I read this book a long long LONG time ago when I was in high school. I remember really liking the series and racing to the local Barnes and Noble to grab the next couple installments after they were released. I just had to have them on the day they came out. However,…

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    Between Ink and Shadows

    Summary Nimona Weston’s father died and left her in very hefty debt with the dark underground society of the Trust. Although she is paying it off, she sees no end in sight so she will depend on an unpredictable ally to get her out.   My Thoughts  So I honestly picked up this paperback because I am OBSESSED with this cover! I mean I could’ve borrowed it on Kindle Unlimited so my husband didn’t have to yell at me for having too many books, but that cover was worth it all. OMG SO PRETTY. And this time, the cover very much matched what was inside. This book was a fun and…