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ARC Book Review: Things in Jars by Jess Kidd

Title: Things in JarsAuthor: Jess KiddGenre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, FantasyPublished On: February 4, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: EbookPages: 384 Synopsis: In the dark underbelly of Victorian London, a formidable female sleuth is pulled into the macabre world of fanatical anatomists and crooked surgeons while investigating the kidnapping of an extraordinary child in this gothic mysteryβ€”perfect for …

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ARC Book Review: Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

Title: Big Lies in a Small TownAuthor: Diane ChamberlainGenre: Historical FictionPublished On: January 14, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressPages: 400 Synopsis: North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women’s Correctional Center. Her dream …

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ARC Review: The German House by Annette Hess

Title: The German HouseAuthor: Annette HessGenre: Historical FictionPublished On: December 3, 2019Publisher: HarperViaPages: 336 Synopsis: Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess’s international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translatorβ€”caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to powerβ€”as she …

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ARC Review: One Week ‘Til Christmas by Belinda Missen

Title: One Week ‘Til Christmas Author: Belinda MissenGenre: Holiday, Romance, Women’s FictionPublished On: November 1, 2019Publisher: HQ DigitalPages: 179 Synopsis: Two people. One chance meeting. Seven days to Christmas. Isobel Bennett is waiting for the number 11 bus when a man quite literally falls into her lap. Snow is falling, Christmas lights are twinkling, and …

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ARC Review: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

Title: The Family Upstairs Author: Lisa JewellGenre: Adult, Mystery, ThrillerPublished On: November 5, 2019Publisher: Atria BooksPages: 352 Synopsis: Be careful who you let in.  Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I …

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