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The Midnight Knock By: John Fram
The latest horror book I read. I don’t read a lot of horror, but when I do … I like to make sure it’s weird-horror. A locked-room/Groundhog Day mystery meets white-knuckle horror in this thriller, where strangers must survive a deadly night in a remote Texas motel. The Midnight Knock is Groundhog Day meets horror-locked-room-mystery.…
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The Bookbinder’s Secret By: A.D. Bell
A young bookbinder begins a hunt for the truth when a confession hidden beneath the binding of a burned book reveals a story of forbidden love, lost fortune, and murder. An absolute page turner. It feels like there is so much going on in this book, but it also feels very manageable chaos. I felt…
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An Academic Affair By: Jodi McAlister
From the “masterly” (The New York Times) Jodi McAlister, a charming new romance about two English professors who embark on a fake relationship…only to discover that it may be harder to pretend than they realized. Big news: This is my first McAlister book and it won’t be my last. This is a perfect enemies to lovers…
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Just Friends By: Haley Pham
Catching up on some ARC reads I did this summer. Coming to you in spring of 2026! Heartwarming and swoon-worthy second chance romance about childhood friends reconnecting as adults is the highly anticipated debut novel from BookTok icon Haley Pham. Let’s get the biases out-of-the-way, I do watch Haley’s YouTube channel. I do enjoy her cute…
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The Storm By: Rachel Hawkins
St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama is famous for three the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town, the Rosalie Inn, a century-old hotel that’s survived every one of those storms, and Lo Bailey, the local girl infamously accused of the murder of her lover, political scion Landon Fitzroy, during Hurricane Marie in 1984. When Geneva Corliss,…
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Last Seen J.T. Ellison
A psychological thriller as Halley searches for her sister that she always thought was dead. Turns out she didn’t die in a car accident when she was six along with their mom. Turns out her last name isn’t even her real last name … Why did her dad hide this from her for so long…
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One of Us By: Elizabeth Day
A twisty, elite, family drama story that you could finish in one sitting … Martin and Ben used to be friends. The past was the past until Martin receives an invite to Ben’s sister’s funeral. Martin can’t resist the chance to exact his revenge on Ben and the entire Fitzmaurice clan. Where privilege meets drama…
