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☆☆ ebook, 400 pages Expected publication: November 9th 2018 by Avon Books UK About the Book: Can you keep a secret? We're asking you to request this psychological thriller without knowing anything at all. If you're approved to read, please keep everything a secret until Halloween when we will reveal all. There’s a stranger in your home… When her stepmother dies unexpectedly, Caro returns to her childhood home in Derbyshire. She hadn’t seen Elizabeth in years, but the remote farmhouse offers refuge from a bad relationship, and a chance to start again. But going through Elizabeth’s belongings unearths memories Caro would rather stay buried. In particular, the story her stepmother would tell her, about two little girls and the terrible thing they do. As heavy snow traps Caro in the village, where her neighbours stare and whisper, Caro is forced to question why Elizabeth hated her so much, and what she was hiding. But does she really want to uncover the truth? A haunting and

☆☆ Kindle Edition, 299 pages Expected publication: November 26th 2018 by Bookouture About the Book: I know all your secrets, Lauren. Lauren has spent years running away from her home town, her childhood and the memories of her best friend, Hannah. Until the tenth anniversary of Hannah’s death forces her to return home and to the group of friends she abandoned there. It should be a quick visit, just so Lauren can pay her respects. At home, Lauren finds Hannah’s old diary. A diary full of secrets. The terrible things Lauren did, the lies she’s told, the reason she ran away. And she receives a message: ‘I don’t know why you’re back, but I know why you left.’ But no-one else has seen the diary, and Hannah’s dead, isn’t she? The Diary had way too many unecessary characters. It wasn't that it made the book confusing, it was the fact it made it a tad boring. I thought I was going to love this book because of seeing the story description and the great reviews. However, I was high

☆☆☆☆ Kindle Edition, 336 pages Published October 9th 2018 by Berkley About the Book: When Clara's boyfriend, Luke, disappears, everyone believes that he's left her, but Clara thinks she knows the truth. Recent evidence suggests that Luke had a stalker, and Clara worries that he's been kidnapped. Then Luke's older sister, Emily, who vanished twenty years ago, suddenly reappears. Emily wants to help Clara with her search for Luke, but she refuses to talk about what happened--even though it nearly destroyed her family when she vanished. And the deeper Clara digs into Luke's mysterious disappearance, the more convinced she is that the two incidents are connected.  Funny how it’s always us women who are left to deal with the shit men leave behind, isn’t it? I thoroughly enjoyed The Lies We Told, it was fun trying to work out how all these disparate threads and bring them together...once they start to mesh the novel is tense, enthralling, gripping and mesmerising

☆☆☆☆ ebook, 300 pages Expected publication: November 1st 2018 by Quercus Publishing About the Book: When Abby's doctor tells her she's two months pregnant she doesn't believe him. She can't be - she hasn't had sex for over a year. But to her astonishment and dismay, multiple tests confirm it's true. Desperately searching for an explanation, Abby recalls New Year's Day - the terrible hangover, the hole in her memory where the night before should have been and the inexplicable sense of unease - and realises that this baby must have been conceived at her best friend Danny's NYE party. Horrified that someone would have taken advantage of her intoxicated state, Abby enlists the help of Danny to find out which of the party guests assaulted her. But when she starts to receive anonymous messages it seems that while she has been looking into the father of her baby, someone has been watching her. She’s the cockroach in this scenario. She’s been immobilised

☆☆☆☆ Kindle Edition, 336 pages Expected publication: October 30th 2018 by MIRA About the Book: Everyone does bad things when no one is watching. Mercilessly bullied in high school, Ava knows she needs to put the past behind her and move on, but she can’t—not until she’s exacted precise, catastrophic revenge on the people who hurt her the most. First, she watches Saanvi. Flawlessly chic and working hard at a top architectural firm, Saanvi has it all together on the surface. But everyone does bad things when they think no one is watching and Ava only wants what’s fair—to destroy Saanvi’s life the way her own was destroyed. Next, she watches Cass. She’s there as Cass tries on wedding dresses, she’s there when Cass picks out a cake, she’s there when Cass betrays her fiancé. She’s the reason Cass’s entire future comes crashing down. Finally, Ava watches Mel. Mel was always the ringleader and if anyone has to pay, it’s her. But one tiny slipup and Ava realizes the truth: Mel knows she’

☆☆☆☆ Kindle Edition, 296 pages Expected publication: October 23rd 2018 by Blackstone Publishing About the Book: On the day before his twenty-first wedding anniversary, David Sullinger buried an ax in his wife’s skull. Now, eight jurors must retire to the deliberation room and decide whether David committed premeditated murder—or whether he was a battered spouse who killed his wife in self-defense. Told from the perspective of over a dozen participants in a murder trial, We, the Jury examines how public perception can mask the ghastliest nightmares. As the jurors stagger toward a verdict, they must sift through contradictory testimony from the Sullinger’s children, who disagree on which parent was Satan; sort out conflicting allegations of severe physical abuse, adultery, and incest; and overcome personal animosities and biases that threaten a fair and just verdict. Ultimately, the central figures in We, the Jury must navigate the blurred boundaries between bias and objectivity, fi

☆☆☆☆ Kindle Edition, 302 pages Expected publication: October 16th 2018 by Amazon Publishing UK About the Book: Fifteen years ago in the colourful bustle of Vietnam, Celine and Patrick met and shared four blissful days together. It felt like true love, but soon reality tore them apart and Celine moved on. But now, when she sees him unexpectedly on a busy London street, suddenly nothing else matters. As she deals with the mixed emotions of an amicable divorce, Celine becomes preoccupied with her daughter and the dating agency she founded—not least when her ex-husband, Mike, asks her to find him someone new. But now her path has crossed with Patrick’s again, is fate determined to pull them back together? Or is it Mike she really wants a second chance with? Because first love is hard to get over. But real love never lets you go. What is it about an innocent enquiry about your well-being that makes you realise you’re actually not doing well at all? Carol Mason writes such wonderful

☆☆☆☆ Kindle Edition, 321 pages Expected publication: October 16th 2018 by LitHunters Ltd. About the Book: I hate him. Finally, she said those three words to herself. At first glance, Elena has it all. A woman in her forties with a seemingly great job as the deputy director of an international company, a beautiful home, and once a picture-perfect family life: a university professor for a husband and a fifteen-year-old son. She's doing her best juggling her career and her family when one day it dawns upon her. She cannot stand her husband anymore. Where do you go from there? What are you going to do when after 15 years, "don't" slips inside your routine "I love you"? WHY is a family tragedy that describes the emotional stages a couple goes through after a sudden realization that they don't satisfy each other emotionally and have been having affairs. Can their marriage be saved, or is it dead in the sand? This gripping novel deconstructs feelings and

☆☆☆☆ Kindle Edition, 366 pages Published October 4th 2018 by Thomas & Mercer About the Book: Isabel’s life seemed perfect. Successful business, beautiful house, adoring husband. And then she was dead. For four years Jessica has never doubted that her sister Isabel’s death was an accident. But when Jessica’s young daughter seems to know long-forgotten details about her aunt’s past, Jessica can’t shake the feeling that there’s a more sinister truth behind the tragedy. As Jessica unearths disturbing revelations about her sister, and about the people she loved and trusted most, it becomes clear Isabel’s life was less than perfect and that Jessica’s might also be at risk. Did someone murder Isabel? Are they now after Jessica and her family? The key seems to lie in the hands of a child. Can Isabel reveal the truth from beyond the grave, or is the answer closer to home? I can almost guarantee you that you will not find another book like In Her Shadow by Mark Edwards. I know I haven

☆☆☆☆☆ ebook, 373 pages Published October 2nd 2018 by St. Martin's Press About the Book: When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970 and there seems to be little that can be done. But her brother-in-law, a physicist, tells her that perhaps there is. Hunter appeared in their lives just a few years before—and his appearance was as mysterious as his past. With no family, no friends, and a background shrouded in secrets, Hunter embraced the Sears family and never looked back.  Now, Hunter is telling her that something can be done about her baby's heart. Something that will shatter every preconceived notion that Caroline has. Something that will require a kind of strength and courage that Caroline never knew existed. Something that will mean a mind-bending leap of faith on Caroline's part. And all for the love of her unborn child. A rich, genre-spanning, breathtaking novel about one mother's quest to s

☆☆☆☆ Kindle Edition, 277 pages Published September 13th 2018 by Agora Books About the Book: In the scorching summer of 1976, Robyn spends her days swimming at the Lido and tagging after her brother. It’s the perfect holiday – except for the crying women her mum keeps bringing home. As the heatwave boils on, tensions in the town begin to simmer. Everyone is gossiping about her mum, a strange man is following her around, and worst of all, no one will tell Robyn the truth. But this town isn’t good at keeping secrets. Twelve years later Robyn returns home, to a house that has stood empty for years and a town that hasn’t moved on, forced to confront the mystery that haunted her that summer. And atone for the part she played in it. Neil is shouting at us to wait for him, but we can’t because we are unstoppable and glorious and made of wind. The novel takes place in 1976 and 1988. I particularly enjoyed the 1976 chapters, when Kit and Robyn were children. I was quite taken with the e

☆☆☆☆ ebook, 286 pages Published October 2nd 2018 by Grove Atlantic Grove Press About the Book: Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander is "cruising along at medium altitude" when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Virgil survives but his language and memory are altered and he emerges into a world no longer familiar to him. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together his personal history and the lore of his broken town, with the help of a cast of affable and curious locals--from Rune, a twinkling, pipe-smoking, kite-flying stranger investigating the mystery of his disappeared son; to Nadine, the reserved, enchanting wife of the vanished man; to Tom, a journalist and Virgil's oldest friend; and various members of the Pea family who must confront tragedies of their own. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town. Wander—what a name. It’s almost a calling. You’ve had some adventu

☆☆☆☆ Kindle Edition, 352 pages Expected publication: November 27th 2018 by Kensington Books About the Book: Eleven years ago, Glory abandoned her two daughters—five-year-old Ruby and baby Aurora—at a fire station, running off to a man who promised love and protection. Though the refuge she hoped for turned out to be a sham, she believes Ruby and Aurora are better off without her. But Glory has since given birth to another daughter who’s clamoring for a life beyond their close-knit, tightly controlled world. Sixteen-year-old Ruby loves her adoptive parents, but she hasn’t forgotten Glory. Now that she has her driver’s license, Ruby sets out in search of her birth mother. What she finds is a ramshackle house of castaway women, referred to as “sisters,” ruled over by a charismatic bully who monitors their every move. Glory would take nine-year-old Luna away in a heartbeat if they had somewhere to go. On good days, the girl is confined to the fenced-in yard; on bad days, she’s sent to