Blackmail and Bibingka
It’s Christmastime in Shady Palms, but things are far from jolly for Lila Macapagal. Sure, her new business, The Brew-ha Cafe, is looking to turn a profit in its first year. And yes, she’s taken the first step in a new romance with her good friend, Jae Park. But her cousin Ronnie is back in town after ghosting the family fifteen years ago, claiming that his recent purchase of a local winery shows that he’s back on his feet and ready to give back to the Shady Palms community. Tita Rosie is thrilled with the return of her prodigal son, but Lila knows that wherever Ronnie goes, trouble follows. She’s…
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling locked-room thriller by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. What could be more restful, more restorative, than a weekend getaway with family and friends? An isolated luxury cabin in the woods, complete with spectacular views, a hot tub and a personal chef. Hannah’s loving and generous tech-mogul brother found the listing online. The reviews are stellar. It’s his birthday gift to Hannah and includes their spouses and another couple. The six friends need this trip with good food, good company and lots of R & R, far from the chatter and pressures…
How to Survive Your Murder
Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister’s murder trial. And in the year since Claire’s death, Alice’s life has completely fallen apart. Her parents have gotten divorced, she’s moved into an apartment that smells like bologna, and she is being forced to face her sister’s killer and a courtroom full of people who doubt what she saw in the corn maze a year prior. Claire was an all-American girl, beautiful and bubbly, and a theater star. Alice was a nerd who dreamed of becoming a forensic pathologist and would rather stay at home to watch her favorite horror movies than party. Despite their differences, they were bonded by…
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…
Sawkill Girls
Beware of the woods and the dark, dank deep. He’ll follow you home, and he won’t let you sleep. Who are the Sawkill Girls? Marion: the new girl. Awkward and plain, steady and dependable. Weighed down by tragedy and hungry for love she’s sure she’ll never find. Zoey: the pariah. Luckless and lonely, hurting but hiding it. Aching with grief and dreaming of vanished girls. Maybe she’s broken—or maybe everyone else is. Val: the queen bee. Gorgeous and privileged, ruthless and regal. Words like silk and eyes like knives, a heart made of secrets and a mouth full of lies. Their stories come together on the island of Sawkill Rock,…
Sinners Duet
Cole Blackwell loathes Alastor Shaw. The art world of San Francisco thinks they are just rivals, but their connection is more dark and much more sinister. When Mara Eldritch captures both of their attention, it becomes a deadly game for all. My Thoughts This book is a fricken masterpiece to me in so many ways. I have been suffering through such bad dark romances lately and this duet was a shining beacon in the Kindle Unlimited dark romance world. I’ve read from this author before and I wasn’t as thrilled as I thought I would be soooo I wasn’t really expecting much….. I was dumb… I was a silly silly…
The Corpse Queen
When Molly Green is sent away to live with her mysterious aunt, she is thrust into a world of dead bodies, science, and murder…. My Thoughts So this book just grabbed me by the title, I’m not going to lie. I found the cover on bookstagram and I knew I just had to read this book. I didn’t care what it was about or if it had romance or the like, I just knew it had to be read. Therefore, I went into this book completely blind and had no idea what to expect. I’m really glad I did because it was such a fascinating world of science and it’s…
Horrid
Jane North-Robinson has suffered a tragic loss that has left her family full of grief and broke so they are forced to move cross country to her grandparents estate in Maine. This house has more secrets about Jane’s life than she could have imagined Jane finds herself facing something truly horrid…. My Thoughts I remember when this book first came out and I was purely obsessed with the cover and wanted to know more. However, as I usually am, I was distracted by so many other books on my shelf that I ended up forgetting about this read. But, when a friend asked my buddy to read it during this…
The Shadows
25 years ago, Charlie Crabtree used his dark imagination to convince his friends to do horrible deeds and then disappeared. A new case causes Charlie’s name to appear once again and the past to come to a whole new life. My Thoughts: I have had this audiobook in my Audible shelf for like a year so when spooky season came around, I just had to read it. Boy am I happy I did because it was creepy and spooky and terrifying in the best way. It was what my spooky heart was yearning for this season. I read The Whisper Man last year and fell instantly in love with this…
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…
