Just a girl and her books
NEVER TURN BACK | Christopher Swann 10.06.2020 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars Ethan Faulkner was a precocious child with a troublesome sister, a war veteran father, and a weary mother trying to keep them all together. One night there was a pounding knock at their door. A young girl on the run from … Continue reading Book Review: Never Turn Back
SINS OF THE MOTHER | August Norman (Caitlin Bergman #2) 09.08.2020 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Caitlin Bergman’s mother is dead. That’s what the award-winning journalist has been telling everyone for the past forty years. It’s easier to explain death than how Maya abandoned her as an infant and then fell off the … Continue reading Book Review: Sins of the Mother
HURRY HOME | Roz Nay 07.07.2020 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 3/5 stars Alexandra Van Ness has everything going for her. She lives in a Colorado resort town tucked away in the Rocky Mountains where she shares a designer loft with her boyfriend, Chase. Alex has made it professionally as well and is working in … Continue reading Book Review: Hurry Home
THE DEAD GIRLS CLUB | Damien Angelica Walters 12.10.2019 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 4/5 stars In 1991, Heather Cole and her circle of friends formed the Dead Girls Club. They were a group of friends interested in the macabre, from ghost stories to serial killers. One day group member, Becca, shares the story of … Continue reading Book Review: The Dead Girls Club
MOTHER KNOWS BEST | Kira Peikoff 09.10.2019 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 4/5 stars Claire Abram’s saw her worst nightmare come true when she learned that she had passed along a genetic mutation to her son. Colton was able to fight the disease for a few years, but eventually lost his battle. Claire wants nothing … Continue reading Book Review: Mother Knows Best
ONE LITTLE SECRET | Cate Holahan 07.09.2019 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 4/5 stars A getaway to a secluded glass beach house was supposed to be the trip that Susan dreamed of for so long. This trip was her chance to get to know her new neighbors by bonding over some kid-free time. The three … Continue reading Book Review: One Little Secret
LITTLE DARLINGS | Melanie Golding 04.30.2019 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 4/5 stars Lauren Tranter has just gone through a complicated birth bringing her newborn twin sons, Morgan and Riley, into the world. When she experiences a weird encounter at the hospital, imagining there is a woman present trying to steal her babies, those around … Continue reading Book Review: Little Darlings
#FASHIONVICTIM | Amina Akhtar 09.11.2018 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Anya St. Clair is one of the up and coming fashion editors working for La Vie. She has worked hard to get where she is. Changed her name. Bought a wardrobe worth thousands of dollars. Enhanced her resume. Stepped up her social media … Continue reading Book Review: #FashionVictim
THE GUILTY DEAD | P.J. Tracy (Monkeewrench #9) 09.11.2018 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Gregory Norwood, a wealthy Minnesota businessman, has been found dead in his home. His body has been found on the one year anniversary of his son’s drug overdose and appears to be a suicide. Detectives Gino and Magozzi are on … Continue reading Book Review: The Guilty Dead
LIES SHE TOLD | Cate Holahan 09.12.2017 | Crooked Lane Books Rating: 4/5 stars Liza Jones has graced the bestsellers list for a novel about an abused teen, but since Drowned Secrets took the book world by storm she can’t seem to find her groove. Coming off of a failed book, Liza now has thirty … Continue reading Book Review: Lies She Told
What Jess Reads 