The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon β 336 pages ARC from Doubleday, PRH audio and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of...
Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle – 272 pagesΒ ARC from Atria and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan for her. Every time she meets a new man, she receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on itβthe...
The Fake MateΒ by Lana Ferguson ARC from PRH audio and Berkley Pub for a honest reviewΒ Book Blurb: Mackenzie Carter has had some very bad dates lately. Model train experts, mansplainers, guys weirdly obsessed with her tailβshe hasnβt had a successful date in months....
Banyan Moon by Thao Thai ARC from Mariner books for an honest review Book Blurb: When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life is already at a crossroads. In the years since sheβs last seen Minh, Ann has built a...
A Winter in New York by Josie Silver β Audio ARC from Delacorte books for an honest review Book Blurb: A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the loveβand lifeβsheβs been looking for in this stunning novel. When Iris decides to move to...
A Dawn of Onyx by Kate Golden β Audio ARC from PRH Audio and Berkley Pub for an honest review Book Blurb: Arwen Valondale never expected to be the brave one, offering her life to save her brotherβs. Now sheβs been taken prisoner by the most dangerous kingdom on the...
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose β Audio ARC from PRH Audio for an honest review Book Blurb: Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become...
Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie β 384 pages ARC from Berkley Pub for an honest review Book Blurb: As an archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Syd Walker spends her days in Rhode Island trying to protect the land’s indigenous past, even as sheβs escaping...
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis β 368 pages ARC from Dutton for an honest review Book Blurb: New York City, 1956: Nineteen-year-old Marion is over the moon to have been selected to be one of the Rockettes, Radio City Music Hallβs glamorous precision-dancing troupe....
Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Roberts – 326 pages ARC from Berkley Pub for an honest review Book Blurb: Evelyn is a witch with a perfect storm of impulses: terrible taste in bed partners, sticky fingers, and a lust for danger. After she steals from her vampire ex...
Review:Strangers in the Night by Heather Webb was an intimate introduction to Frank Sinatra and his lifelong love, Ava Gardner. Admittedly, I knew next to nothing about the man or the woman behind their star status. I for sure have heard Frankβs music as my parents were, and still are, fans of his songs.The good news is that by writing in the first person from Frankβs POV and Avaβs POV, the reader is introduced to them in an accessible way. It didnβt matter if youβve been a lifelong fan or not familiar with either of them, we all start the book as equals.I was shocked at the at how fast their relationship could go from cold to hot. The way they could both love and fight with such passion and acrimony was crazy. Yet they always, well almost always, came back to one another.Learning about how they were raised, the struggles they went through, and the allowances given to men (not women) were all addressed throughout the book. Depression, alcoholism, addiction, and infidelity were commonplace in star-studded Hollywood.Fans of movies and old Hollywood will adore this book and folks like me, who knew little to none about Frank and Ava will enjoy it too!Heather Webb, Author @msheatherwebb @williammorrowbooks π What's your favorite song? π#newreview#bookreader #bookreview #goodbookfairybookreview #tbr #AddtoTBR#goodbookfairy... See MoreSee Less