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Judith D Collins
- Feb 27
- 5 min
A Flaw in the Design
By: Nathan Oats Narrator: David Pittu Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593446706 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 03/212023 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST MARCH 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS A professor’s life is turned upside down when he takes in his charming, wildly dangerous nephew, whose wealthy parents have just died under mysterious circumstances, in this propulsive, edge-of-your-seat debut psychological thriller. Gil is living a quiet life a
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 27
- 4 min
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me
By: William Landay ISBN: 9780345531841 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 03/07/2023 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) MARCH 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS A mother vanished. A father presumed guilty. There is no proof. There are no witnesses. For the children, there is only doubt. From the New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob. . . . “Astonishing, powerful, and provocative, this book is worth the excruciating wait for another William Landay.”—Louise Penn
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 21
- 3 min
He Said He Would Be Late
By: Justine Sullivan Narrated by Kelli Tager ISBN: 9781250882455 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 03/14/2023 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 4.5 Stars 🎧 (ARC) MARCH 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS A fast-paced, twisty psychological debut about the complexities of marriage and new motherhood, told through the frenetic lens of a wife seeking the truth about her husband, at all costs, as the validity of the life she once knew unravels page by page. Liz Bennett knows that she is o
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 20
- 6 min
The Housemaid's Secret
Series: The Housemaid (2 of 2) By: Freida McFadden Narrator: Lauryn Allman ASIN: B0BGXYL3BZISBN Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 02/20/2023 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars ++ (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST FEB 2022 MUST-READ BOOKS “Don’t go in the guest bedroom.” A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick’s face as he touches the door with his fingertips. “My wife… she’s very ill.” As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling abou
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 18
- 7 min
It's One of Us
By: J. T. Ellison Narrator: Julia Whelan Harlequin Audio
ISBN: 978-0778311768 Publisher: MIRA Publication Date: 02/21/2023 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS Everybody lies. Even the ones you think you know best of all . . . Olivia Bender designs exquisite home interiors that satisfy the most demanding clients. But her own deepest desire can’t be fulfilled by marble counters or the perfect rug. She desperately wants to be a
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 18
- 6 min
A Country You Can Leave
By: Asale Angel-Ajani Narrator: Amanda Cordner ISBN: 9781250894588 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 02/21/2023 Format: Audio 🎧 e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS A stunning debut novel following the turbulent relationship of a Black, biracial teen and her ferocious Russian mother, struggling to survive in the California desert. When sixteen-year-old Lara and her fiery mother, Yevgenia, find themselves homeless again, the misnamed Oasis Mobil
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 18
- 5 min
The Last Orphan
Series: Orphan X # 8 of 8 By: Gregg Hurwitz Narrator: Scott Brick ISBN: 978-1250252326 Publisher: Minotaur Books Macmillan Audio 🔉 Publication Date: 02/14/2023 Format: Hardcover, e-book, audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS Evan Smoak returns in The Last Orphan, the latest New York Times bestselling Orphan X thriller--when everything changes and everything is at risk. As a child, Evan Smoak was plucked out of a group home, raised an
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 16
- 4 min
Lying Beside You
Series: Cyrus Haven #3 By: Michael Robotham Narrator: Joe Jameson Simon & Schuster Audio
ISBN: 9781982166489 Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: 02/14/2023 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in Robotham’s latest page-turning, psychological thriller in this “gripping and eerie” (Karin Slaughter) series, reaffirming why Stephen King has proclaimed this author “an absolute master.” If
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 16
- 5 min
I Have Some Questions for You
By: Rebecca Makkai Narrators: Julia Whelan, JD Jackson Penguin Audio ISBN: 9780593490143 Publisher: Viking Publication Date: 02/21/2023 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by TIME, The Seattle Times, Good Housekeeping, Today.com, Southern Living, and CrimeReads The riveting new novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers A successful film professor and podcas
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 15
- 6 min
The Applicant
By: Nazli Koca Narrator: Günes Sensoy ISBN: 9781705090824 Publisher: RB Media, Recorded Books Publication Date: 02/14/2023 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 4 Stars 🎧 (ARC) FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS A singular debut from “an important and radical new literary voice” (Elif Batuman), The Applicant explores with wit and brevity what it means to be an immigrant, woman, and emerging writer. It’s 2017 and Leyla, a Turkish twenty-something living in Berlin is scrubbing toilets at an Ali
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 15
- 7 min
You Can't Hide
By: Emily Shiner ISBN: 9781837560851 Publisher: Inkubator Books Publication Date: 02/19/2023 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS Beth thought she’d escaped her past. But all this time, it’s been waiting for her… Beth and Ian are desperate to have a child. So much so that they decide to sell his family cabin in upstate New York to pay for IVF. When they arrive at the cabin, they meet Ryan, the caretaker. But Ryan is not who he says he is… He’s here
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 15
- 6 min
The Woman With The Cure
By: Lynn Cullen Narrator: Hillary Huber Penguin Audio ISBN: 978-0593438060 Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: 02/21/2023 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS She gave up everything — and changed the world. A riveting novel based on the true story of the woman who stopped a pandemic, from the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe. In 1940s and ’50s America, polio is as dreaded as the atomic bomb. No one’s life is untouched by this disease that kills or pa
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 13
- 5 min
The Writing Retreat
By: Julia Bartz
ISBN: 9781982199456 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 02/21/2023 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS #Debut2023 The Plot meets Please Join Us in this psychological suspense debut about a young author at an exclusive writer’s retreat that descends into a nightmare. Alex has all but given up on her dreams of becoming a published author when she receives a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: attend an exclusive, month-long writing
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 7
- 6 min
Looking For Jane
By: Heather Marshall
Narrator: Sarah Borges Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9781668013687 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 02/07/2023 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars +(ARC) FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST DEBUT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER This “powerful debut” (Hello! Canada) for fans of Kristin Hannah and Jennifer Chiaverini about three women whose lives are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother’s love, and a secret network of women fighting fo
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 7
- 4 min
Someone Else's Shoes
By: JoJo Moyes Narrator: Daisy Ridley Penguin Audio ISBN: 978-1984879295 Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books Publication Date: 02/07/2023 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS A story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances, this is the new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You and The Giver of Stars Who are you when you are forced to walk in someone else’s shoes? Nisha Cantor lives the globetrott
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 6
- 4 min
The Suspect
By: Kathryn Croft Narrator: Tamsin Kennard ISBN: 9781837903894 Publisher: Bookouture Audio Publication Date: 02/08/2023 Format: Audiobook & e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS My family said he killed my mother. They lied… I was just a little girl, fast asleep in my stroller, the day my mother was killed. I don’t remember anything about the sunny day that turned so dark. She’d be so happy for me now, twenty years later, with my dream job as a photographer
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Judith D Collins
- Feb 1
- 8 min
Reef Road
By: Deborah Goodrich Royce Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Blackstone Publishing ISBN: 978-1637584965 Publisher: Post Hill Press Publication Date: 01/10/2023 Format: e-book and audio My Rating: 5 Stars JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP BOOKS OF 2023 When a severed hand washes ashore in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach, Florida, the lives of two women—a lonely writer obsessed with the unsolved murder of her mother’s best friend and a panicked wife whose husband has disappeared with t
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 31
- 4 min
Spare
By: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex Author and Narrator Random House Audio ISBN: 978-0593593806 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 01/10/2023 Format: Audiobook 🔉 My Rating: 5 Stars JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS HIS WORDS. HIS STORY. It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince Wil
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 30
- 4 min
Murder at Haven's Rock
Series: Haven's Rock #1 By: Kelley Armstrong Narrator: Thérèse Plummer ISBN: 9781250881755 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Minotaur Books Publication Date: 02/21/2023 Format: Audiobook & e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) FEB 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS “I can’t say enough good things about the audio editions and narrator Thérèse Plummer, who has done a phenomenal job throughout the entire series." —The Bibliosanctum New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s Rockton Novels had on
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 30
- 6 min
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
Series: The Finlay Donovan (#3) By: Ellie Cosimano Narrator: Angela Dawe Macmillan Audio ISBN: 978-1250846037 Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: 01/31/2023 Format: Hardcover, e-book, audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) 🎧 JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST From USA Today bestseller and Edgar Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun―the hilarious and heart-pounding next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series. Author and single
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 29
- 18 min
The Wedding Veil
By: Kristy Woodson Harvey ISBN: 978-1982180713 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 03/29/2022 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars +++ TOP BOOKS OF 2022 Now in paperback! MAR 7TH 2023 FEATURED MARCH AUTHOR QA The New York Times bestselling author of Under the Southern Sky and the Peachtree Bluff series brings “her signature wit, charm, and heart” (Woman’s World) to this sweeping new novel following four women across generations, bound by a beautiful wedding veil and
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 27
- 4 min
The Holiday Home
By: Daniel Hurst Narrators: Zoe Mills, Richard Burnip
ISBN: 9781803149424 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 03/01/2023 Format: e-book & audiobook My Rating: 3.5 Stars (ARC) MARCH 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS The perfect holiday or the perfect nightmare… I sit sipping champagne in the warm water, bubbles frothing around me as I admire the breath-taking view of gorgeous blue skies and mountains. I can’t believe I’m here, at this stunning holiday home. It’s to die for… My best fri
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 26
- 4 min
No Safe Place
Series: A Detective Rebecca Ellis Thriller #1 By: Robin Mahle ASIN: B0BRT6VPFP Publisher: Inkubator Books Publication Date: 01/15/2023 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP BOOKS OF 2023 LIST A little knowledge is a dangerous thing… Detective Rebecca Ellis has some big shoes to fill. Her father was the legendary detective, Hank Ellis, now retired from the Bangor Police Department. Emerging from his shadow hasn’t been easy. So when she’s assigned to wo
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Judith D Collins
- Jan 25
- 5 min
The Forgotten Boy
By: Emily Shiner ISBN: 979-8373299756 Publication Date: 01/10/2023 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars JAN 2023 MUST-READ BOOKS Going back home can be deadly. Mina would have been perfectly happy never setting foot in her childhood home ever again. But it’s part of her parents’ will - if she wants her inheritance, she has to return home and clean out the house. But it’s not just dust and antiques waiting for her in Black Tar, Tennessee. The home is full of memories and secrets.
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