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    C.G. Drews: You Did Nothing Wrong Review

    by Jefferz November 16, 2025
    November 16, 2025

    You Did Nothing Wrong by C.G. Drews Genres: Adult, Familial Drama, Horror, Psychological Horror, Thriller, Domestic Thriller, Suspense Published by St. Martin’s Press on March 17, 2026 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 368 Source: Netgalley A relentless, horror-inducing psychological suspense for fans of The Push and Baby Teeth by New York Times bestselling author CG Drews. Single mother Elodie’s life has become a fairy tale. She’s met Bren, equal parts golden-retriever devoted and sinfully handsome. He’s whisked her and her autistic son, Jude, to the crumbling family house he’s renovating. She has a new husband, a new house, and a new baby on the way. Everything is perfect.  Then Jude claims he can hear voices in the walls. He says their renovations are “hurting” the house. Even Elodie can’t ignore it–something strange is going on. The question is, is it with the house, or with her son?  Then the one secret Elodie has been hiding is revealed, and no one is safe anymore.  A pulse-pounding, clever take on the haunted house novel, You Did Nothing Wrong examines the complexities of motherhood and the twisted bonds of family as it races to its shocking ending. This book may be unsuitable for people …

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    Madeline Bell: The Austen Affair Review

    by Jefferz October 28, 2025
    October 28, 2025

    The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell Genres: Adult, British Literature, Chick Lit, Historical Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance Published by St. Martin’s Press on September 15, 2025 Format: eBook Pages: 330 Two feuding co-stars in a Jane Austen film adaptation accidentally travel back in time to the Regency Era in this delightfully clever and riotously funny debut.  Tess Bright just scored her dream role starring in an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. It’s not just the role of a lifetime, but it’s also her last chance to prove herself as a serious actress (no easy feat after being fired from her last TV gig) and more importantly, it’s her opportunity to honor her mom, who was the biggest fan of Jane Austen ever. But one thing is standing in Tess’s way—well, one very tall, annoyingly handsome person, actually: Hugh Balfour.A serious British method actor, Hugh wants nothing to do with Tess (whose Teen Choice Awards somehow don’t quite compare to his BAFTA nominations). Hugh is a type-A, no-nonsense, Royal Academy prodigy, whereas Tess is big-hearted, a little reckless, and admittedly, kind of a mess. But the film needs chemistry—and Tess’s career depends on it.  Sparks fly, but not in the …

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    Ed Crocker: Lightfall Review

    by Jefferz September 13, 2025
    September 13, 2025

    Lightfall by Ed Crocker Series: The Everlands Trilogy #1 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Magic, Mystery Published by St. Martin’s Press on January 13, 2025 Format: eBook Pages: 396 An epic fantasy of vampires, werewolves and sorcerers, Lightfall is the debut novel of Ed Crocker, for fans of Jay Kristoff’s Empire of the Vampire and Richard Swan’s The Justice of Kings.  No humans here. Just immortals: their politics, their feuds—and their long buried secrets.  For centuries, vampires freely roamed the land until the Grays came out of nowhere, wiping out half the population in a night. The survivors fled to the last vampire city of First Light, where the rules are simple. If you’re poor, you drink weak blood. If you’re nobility, you get the good stuff. And you can never, ever leave.  Palace maid Sam has had enough of these rules, and she’s definitely had enough of cleaning the bedpans of the lords who enforce them. When the son of the city’s ruler is murdered and she finds the only clue to his death, she seizes the chance to blackmail her way into a better class and better blood. She falls in with the Leeches, …

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    Katherine Center: The Love Haters Review

    by Jefferz February 14, 2025
    February 14, 2025

    The Love Haters by Katherine Center Genres: Adult, Chick Lit, Comedy, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Travel Published by St. Martin’s Press, St. Martin’s Griffin on May 20, 2025 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 320 Source: Netgalley It’s a thin line between love and love-hating.  Katie Vaughn has been burned by love in the past—now she may be lighting her career on fire. She has two choices: wait to get laid off from her job as a video producer or, at her coworker Cole’s request, take a career-making gig profiling Tom “Hutch” Hutcheson, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West.  The catch? Katie’s not exactly qualified. She can’t swim—but fakes it that she can.  Plus: Cole is Hutch’s brother. And they don’t get along. Next stop paradise!  But paradise is messier than it seems. As Katie gets entangled with Hutch (the most scientifically good looking man she has ever seen . . . but also a bit of a love hater), along with his colorful Aunt Rue and his rescue Great Dane, she gets trapped in a lie. Or two.  Swim lessons, helicopter flights, conga lines, drinking contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses ensue—along with chances to tell the truth, to face old …

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    Casey McQuiston: One Last Stop

    by Jefferz October 19, 2023
    October 19, 2023

    One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Genres: Coming of Age, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Magical Realism, Romance Published by St. Martin’s Press on June 1, 2021 Format: eBook Pages: 377 From the New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes a new romantic comedy that will stop readers in their tracks… For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures. But then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train. Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like …

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