๐‹๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐žย  | Book Tour

๐‹๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž 

๐๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฆ

๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง

๐๐ฎ๐› ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’.๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’


Thank You @TLCBookTours @TNZFiction and @pepperbasham for a spot on tour and a gifted book.ย ย 

๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ . . . ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.

Dear Reader,

My name is Luke Edgewood, and there are few things in life that I require. Mainly black coffee. And flannel. And lots of solitude. And my dogs, Chewy and Indie. What I donโ€™t need is romance, so I have no plans to change my thirty-year-old bachelor status anytime soon.

But my youngest sister thinks that by accepting a short-term construction job in the small European country of Skymar, Iโ€™m going to follow along in her footsteps and discover my own romantic adventure. Nope. Bah humbug. The End. This time, her rom-com-movie senses are totally wrong.

Or maybe not. Because Iโ€™ve met a Grace Kelly look-alike who is annoying . . . until she isnโ€™t. But she is impossible. As in, nothing can happen between us because she is a literal princess. Even though thatโ€™s easy to forget when weโ€™re working together to restore a castle-like orphanage in a secluded mountain town and โ€œforced proximityโ€ includes a small closet, a secret one-hundred-year-old journal, and the tactile memory of an off-limits royal in my arms.

Basically, the whole situation has turned into an ooey gooey magical snow globe of romantic tropes complete with cute kids and an actual ball. Now, even my sentences are starting to sound like mush. Ugh. Send high levels of testosterone my wayโ€”Iโ€™m going to need it.

Loyally, Luke

๐Ÿ‘‘/๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐š‚๐šž๐š™๐š™๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š™๐š’๐šŒ๐š” ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š— ๐šŠ ๐š๐š˜๐šข๐šŠ๐š• ๐š›๐š˜๐š–๐šŠ๐š—๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š› ๐šŠ ๐šŒ๐šŽ๐š•๐šŽ๐š‹๐š›๐š’๐š๐šข ๐š›๐š˜๐š–๐šŠ๐š—๐šŒ๐šŽ; ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š•๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐š™๐š’๐šŒ๐š”? ๐™ฐ๐š—๐šข๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š’๐š— ๐š–๐š’๐š—๐š?

๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ | Book Tour

๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

๐๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐šรฏ๐ฌ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ

๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ

๐๐ฎ๐› ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’  ๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค!


Thank you partner @bibliolifestyle and @harpermusebooks for a spot on tour and a gifted book.

In this intimate portrait of two generations, a granddaughter and a grandmother come to terms with what it means to be family, Black women, and alive in a world on fire.

๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค:

The world is burningโ€”and Corrine will do anything to put out the flames. After her brother died aboard an oil boat on the Mississippi River in 2013, Corrine awakened to the realities of climate change and its perpetrators. Now, a year later, she finds herself trapped in a lonely cycle of mourning both her brother and the very planet she stands on. Sheโ€™s convinced that in order to save her future, she has to make sure that her brotherโ€™s life meant something. But in the act of honoring her brotherโ€™s spirit, she resurrects family ghosts she knows little aboutโ€”ghosts her grandmother Cora knows intimately.

The world is burningโ€”but it always has been. Coraโ€™s ghosts have followed her from her days as a child integrating schools in 1950s Nashville to her new life as a mother, grandmother, and teacher in Mississippi. As a child of the civil rights movement, sheโ€™s done her best to keep those specters away from her granddaughter. She faced those demons, she reasons to herself, so that Corinne would never know they existed.

When Corrineโ€™s plan to stage a dramatic act of resistance peels back the scabs of her family wounds and puts her safety in jeopardy, both grandยญmother and granddaughter must bring their unspoken secrets into the light to find a path to healing. Their world hangs in the balance as past and future meet in the present moment.

In heartfelt, lyrical prose, Mary Annaรฏse Heglar weaves an unforgettable story of the climate crisis, Black resistance, and the enduring power of family.

๐ŸŒก๏ธ๐˜ฟ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ก๐™š ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™จ?

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž | Book Tour

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž

๐๐ฒ ๐‹.๐Š. ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง

๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ 

๐๐ฎ๐› ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐Ÿ’.๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’


Thank you @tlcbooktours @blackstonepub and @author.lkbowen for a spot on tour and a gifted book.ย 

๐™’๐™–๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ง๐™  ๐™ข๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™‚๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™‚๐™ž๐™ง๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ๐™š, ๐™– ๐™™๐™š๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™™๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™– ๐™™๐™–๐™ง๐™  ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™— ๐™ค๐™› ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š.

แด€ส™แดแดœแด› แด›สœแด‡ ส™แดแดแด‹:

๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ โ€ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ.

After twenty-two years of marriage and an unsuccessful separation, she canโ€™t take it anymore. On the surface, she has a picture-perfect relationship. Jeff has been a steadfast spouse. But what seems like loyalty is in reality an obsessive desire for control. Ellie is slowly losing her sight, which means she needs more and more assistance, and Jeff will stop at nothing to ensure she feels helpless and reliant on him alone.

Desperate to escape her psychologically abusive marriage, Ellie turns to an online chat room full of like-minded women in the throes of divorce. Despite their anonymity, these women quickly become Ellieโ€™s closest confidantes. The chat room is a refuge, a place to which Ellie can retreat for solace and support.

Jeff continues to be manipulative and cruel, using Ellieโ€™s failing vision to gaslight her into questioning reality itself. Desperate for freedom, she sinks deeper into the online world, and is drawn into the dark web, where she discovers a group of women with a shocking solution for ending a marriage.

๐Ÿ“˜ ๐•Ž๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐••๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ฅ๐• ๐••๐•’๐•ช? ๐”ธ๐•Ÿ๐•• ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•›๐• ๐•ช๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•š๐•ฅ?

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ | Book Tour

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ

๐๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐ƒ๐จ๐๐

๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

๐๐ฎ๐› ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’


Thank you @tlcbooktours @htpbooks and @christinadoddbooks for a spot on tour and a gifted book.ย 

From New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd comes a twisty emotional thriller about a womanโ€™s perilous quest for revenge, perfect for fans of Sandra Brown, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Lisa Jewell.

๐™‰๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™. ๐™‰๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ.

๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค: In an isolated lighthouse on the California coast, Rowan Winterbourne lives a solitary life with only her secrets for company. For she has a mission that drives herโ€“to avenge herself against Gregory Torval, the powerful drug and arms dealer who murdered her mother and vowed to eliminate everyone in her family.

Then Joe Grantham arrives at her door and, for the first time, Rowan lets her guard downโ€“a dangerous mistake when he blackmails her to go with him to Torvalโ€™s private island. There Torvalโ€™s decadent birthday celebration rages, and while Joe pursues his own agenda, sheโ€™ll provide the perfect distraction.

On Raptor Island, Torvalโ€™s will is law and Joe, the closest she has to an ally, is an enigma she canโ€™t trust. One false move, one careless word, and Rowan will die. As dark truths are uncovered, one by one, Rowan recognizes her last chance for the revenge has come. But is it worth everything she must sacrifice to get out alive?

โ›ต๐™ธ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š‘๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ๐š โ€œ๐šŠ๐š— ๐š’๐šœ๐š˜๐š•๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š•๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐šœ๐šŽ.โ€ ๐š†๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š™๐š•๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š’๐š–๐š–๐šŽ๐š๐š’๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š•๐šข ๐š๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ๐šœ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐š’๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŸ๐š’๐š‹๐šŽ๐šœ?

Listen for the Lie | Review & LFL Drop

I love partnering with @celadonbooks to do these LFL drops. Today a lucky reader will find ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ž by Amy Tintera in our neighborhood LFL.ย 

Thank you @celdadonbooks and @littlefreelibrary for the gifted copy and the invite to participate in the LFL drop. 

Thank you to @macmillan.audio for the gifted audiobook.

I canโ€™t recommend this thriller enough! I loved this book and for me to say that about a thriller – you know I enjoyed it. The audiobook is done so well, too!

โญโญโญโญโญ

Everyone thinks Lucy killed her best friend, Savvy. Granted, it doesnโ€™t look good, and Lucy canโ€™t remember what happened. Lucy had moved away from Texas because she couldnโ€™t stand all the hate, but she returned for her feisty grandmaโ€™s 80th birthday. Ben Owens, a true-crime podcaster, just happens to be in her hometown too. He wants to get the scoop, and this time, Lucy decides to work with him – she wants the truth. 

I loved Lucy! Her snark and sass were inappropriate and hilarious. I needed to know if she was unreliable or if something else was going on here. The pace never lagged, plus with great dialogue, I was always entertained. 

Find this one in your nearest LFL, or grab your own copy today!

๐Ÿ“š ๐šƒ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š’๐šœ ๐šŠ ๐™ถ๐™ผ๐™ฐ ๐™ฑ๐š˜๐š˜๐š” ๐™ฒ๐š•๐šž๐š‹ ๐š™๐š’๐šŒ๐š”! ๐™ณ๐š˜ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐š๐š˜๐š•๐š•๐š˜๐š  ๐šŠ๐š—๐šข ๐šƒ๐š… ๐š˜๐š› ๐šŒ๐šŽ๐š•๐šŽ๐š‹๐š›๐š’๐š๐šข ๐š‹๐š˜๐š˜๐š” ๐šŒ๐š•๐šž๐š‹๐šœ?

๐€๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง | Review & Tour Stop

๐€๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง

๐๐ฒ ๐‚.๐„. ๐“๐š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ

๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐‚๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ

๐๐ฎ๐› ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’


The Hidden Realm of Angolin has had a self-imposed policy of isolation; they have lived this way for centuries. Until an enemy discovers them and, of course, is determined to conquer them.ย 

If youโ€™re a science fiction fan, this book is for you.

The author’s world-building was cinematic, vividly describing the places, spaces, and atmosphere.

I appreciated how terms for technology and equipment weren’t over-explained. For instance, โ€œthe PTS and light-bending taroc fiber hid him excellently.โ€ This allowed me to feel like a part of their world and be immersed in the story. 

There was plenty of action and combat as the protagonist, Lieutenant Dharmen Tate, learned of a plot by some of his fellow Angolinian officers to join forces with the enemy invaders. Dharmen was a well-developed character as we got to see both his personal life and him as the hero battling for Angolin. 

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours and @authorcetaylor for a spot on tour and the gifted book.

๐ŸŒŒ ๐•Š๐•”๐•š๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•”๐•– ๐”ฝ๐•š๐•”๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•ข๐•ฆ๐•–๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ – ๐•Š๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฃ ๐•‹๐•ฃ๐•–๐•œ ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•Š๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฃ ๐•Ž๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ?

๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค

๐Ÿ’•๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐Ÿ’•

๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐ต๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘ฆ ๐‘‰๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’? ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜?ย 

Thanks to my #partner at @booksparks I dropped six beautifully wrapped books at my local Fort Worth @starbucks store for lucky booklovers to pick up and love.๐Ÿ’– 

The โ€œBlind Dateโ€ books are marked with their tropes, so you can pick which youโ€™d want to snuggle up with! 

This was so much fun, dropping these books off and spreading some book love. If you’re in the Fort Worth area, pop in and grab one quick! 

I canโ€™t thank @booksparks enough; I love partnering with them and this was amazing! #VDayBookCrush #TimelessTropes #BookSparksBookGrams

๐Ÿ’ ๐š†๐š‘๐š˜ ๐š’๐šœ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š‹๐š˜๐š˜๐š” ๐šŒ๐š›๐šž๐šœ๐š‘? ๐™ท๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š— ๐šŠ ๐š‹๐š•๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐šŠ ๐š‹๐š˜๐š˜๐š”? ๐™ฐ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐šŒ๐šŽ๐š•๐šŽ๐š‹๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š…๐šŠ๐š•๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐š’๐š—๐šŽโ€™๐šœ ๐™ณ๐šŠ๐šข?

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž | Review & Tour Stop

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž

๐๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ

๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ & ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ซ

๐๐ฎ๐› ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘›!


As you can see I enjoy Rea Freyโ€™s books.ย 

Her latest, ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž is a thriller with missing persons, murder, betrayal, infidelity, and gossiping neighbors. 

Ruby is out for her morning row on the serene lake near her neighborhood when she sees a body floating on the calm surface. 

Her neighbors quickly surmise the body must be that of Tom, Rubyโ€™s husband, who had disappeared.

This is a true domestic thriller where everyone has secrets that are revealed slowly. I canโ€™t say too much, or Iโ€™ll give the twists and turns away. But the story jumps between then and now – and we find out that Rubyโ€™s daughter, Lily, disappeared first and then her husband. 

You would think Rubyโ€™s neighbors would be more sympathetic if this were her dead husband. But when you read the neighborhood forums posted sporadically throughout the book – we see some of their true natures emerge. More murders occur, and you are left to put the pieces together. 

I was unsure if Ruby was supposed to be an unreliable narrator – as she is the only one who cannot identify the body as her husband. I did enjoy that the neighborhood had a murder mystery group called the โ€œMurderlings,โ€ and now they are part of a murder mystery!

Thank you @suzyapprovedbooktours and @reafreyauthor for a spot on tour and a gifted book.

๐Ÿ“˜ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ?

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ | Review & Tour Stop

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ

๐๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐จ

๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 

๐๐ฎ๐› ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค!


Most of us may find something to relate to in ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ. I know I did.ย 

Olivia is in that phase of life where she is putting everyoneโ€™s needs ahead of her own; maybe she has all along. Sheโ€™s a mom and a wife, but sheโ€™s lonely and feeling down.

Patricia is Oliviaโ€™s next-door neighbor, and sheโ€™s a top town realtor. Although Olivia finds Patricia rude and abrasive, she also feels Patricia has her life together. So when Patricia offers her a job as her assistant she grabs it. 

The story becomes twofold: a self-discovery journey and a stressful but emotional friendship story. Patricia tells Olivia about the โ€œMe Listโ€ – things she wants to accomplish each year to push herself to do. Olivia begins her own list – time to think about herself. But, as she and Patriciaโ€™s relationship changes from employer/employee to maybe friends, things get messy.

This was a very realistic read. As I mentioned, the characters and what they were going through: marriages falling apart, a sick parent, caring for children, addictions, money issues, etc., made them flawed but relatable. Sometimes, I found Patricia a little too toxic, but Olivia was a saint. I appreciated that both women admit that friendship does not come easy to them, but you can see that, in the end, itโ€™s something worth working for. 

Thank you @getredprbooks @blackrosewriting and @juleebalko for a spot on tour and a gifted book. 

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐™ณ๐š˜ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐šœ๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐š ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š–๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š‘ ๐š˜๐š๐š ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐šŠ ๐šƒ๐š˜ ๐™ณ๐š˜ ๐™ป๐š’๐šœ๐š ๐š˜๐š› ๐šŠ ๐™ฒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š”๐š•๐š’๐šœ๐š? 

๐๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ | Book Tour

๐๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

๐๐ฒ ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ

๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ

๐๐ฎ๐› ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ—.๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’


Thank you @tlcbooktours @tlcdiversity @harpermusebooks and @sheryllister for a spot on tour and a gifted book.

๐™๐™ง๐™ช๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ.

Best friends forever. Thatโ€™s the vow Joy, Diane, Rochelle and Yvette made when they were children, and even in their mid-thirties, the friends have always been there for each otherโ€”through the highs and lows of life and love. Until forever comes up against a terminal cancer diagnosis. Nothing could have prepared them for what life would look like when four became three.

But Yvette was prepared.

Her final gift to her girls is an all-expenses-paid trip to Jamaica like they had always talked about but kept putting off as life got in the way.

The Jamaican getaway seems to come at the perfect time as the remaining friends deal with their grief, dashed hopes, and unexpected relationship drama. Sick of putting her dreams to open a spa on hold, not to mention her husbandโ€™s lack of support, Joy decides sheโ€™s moving forward with her new businessโ€”with or without him. The thunderous ticking of Dianeโ€™s biological clock has her wondering if her desire to have a baby will ever come true, and her husbandโ€™s bizarre behavior has her questioning if heโ€™s still on board. And after witnessing her friendsโ€™ imploding relationships, single mother Rochelle is content to do life on her own, but her heart doesnโ€™t seem to get the memo when a new man unexpectedly enters the picture.

Guided by Yvetteโ€™s spirit, the friends must lean on each other now more than ever before as they learn to navigate their new normal, take unexpected risks and live life with no reservations.

๐Ÿ“ฑ๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™– ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง?