After Anna by Lisa Scottoline
Nobody cuts deeper than family…
Noah Alderman, a doctor and a widower, has remarried a wonderful woman, Maggie, and for the first time in a long time he and his son are happy. But their lives are turned upside down when Maggie’s daughter Anna moves in with them. Anna is a gorgeous seventeen-year-old who balks at living under their rules though Maggie, ecstatic to have her daughter back, ignores the red flags that hint at the trouble that is brewing. Events take a deadly turn when Anna is murdered and Noah is accused of the crime. Maggie must face not only the devastation of losing her only daughter, but the realization that her daughter’s murder was at the hands of a husband she loves. New information sends Maggie searching for the truth, leading her to discover something darker than she could have ever imagined.
Unbury Carol by Josh MalermanCarol Evers is a woman with a dark secret. She has died many times . . . but her many deaths are not final: They are comas, a waking slumber indistinguishable from death, each lasting days.
Only two people know of Carol’s eerie condition. One is her husband, Dwight, who married Carol for her fortune, and—when she lapses into another coma—plots to seize it by proclaiming her dead and quickly burying her . . . alive. The other is her lost love, the infamous outlaw James Moxie. When word of Carol’s dreadful fate reaches him, Moxie rides the Trail again to save his beloved from an early, unnatural grave.
And all the while, awake and aware, Carol fights to free herself from the crippling darkness that binds her—summoning her own fierce will to survive. As the players in this drama of life and death fight to decide her fate, Carol must in the end battle to save herself.
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
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The story of the heart can never be unwritten.
Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away.
But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos—the first and only love of her life—the careful bubble she’s constructed begins to dissolve. Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy’s entire world—growing from her gangly bookish friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother…only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her.
Told in alternating timelines between Then and Now, teenage Elliot and Macy grow from friends to much more—spending weekends and lazy summers together in a house outside of San Francisco devouring books, sharing favorite words, and talking through their growing pains and triumphs. As adults, they have become strangers to one another until their chance reunion. Although their memories are obscured by the agony of what happened that night so many years ago, Elliot will come to understand the truth behind Macy’s decade-long silence, and will have to overcome the past and himself to revive her faith in the possibility of an all-consuming love.
Lizzie by Dawn Ius
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Seventeen-year-old Lizzie Borden has never been kissed. Polite but painfully shy, Lizzie prefers to stay in the kitchen, where she can dream of becoming a chef and escape her reality. With tyrannical parents who force her to work at the family’s B&B and her blackout episodes—a medical condition that has plagued her since her first menstrual cycle—Lizzie longs for a life of freedom, the time and space to just figure out who she is and what she wants.
Enter the effervescent, unpredictable Bridget Sullivan. Bridget has joined the B&B’s staff as the new maid, and Lizzie is instantly drawn to her artistic style and free spirit—even her Star Wars obsession is kind of cute. The two of them forge bonds that quickly turn into something that’s maybe more than friendship.
But when her parents try to restrain Lizzie from living the life she wants, it sparks something in her that she can’t quite figure out. Her blackout episodes start getting worse, her instincts less and less reliable. Lizzie is angry, certainly, but she also feels like she’s going mad…
A more modern telling of the Lizzie Borden story? Interesting!
I do like the sound of Lizzie!
I want to read The Fates Divide at some point! I didn't love Carve the Mark but definitely want to finish the series. Happy reading!
Have a lovely day, Carole. =)
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I haven't read Carve the Mark yet but have a copy so I plan to at some point.
Love and Other Words was so good. Peachy Flippin' Keen sounds like something I need to check out.
I remember how much you love Love and Other Words. I really want to read that one!
I've already read Taste of Wrath and am sooooo sorry to see that series end. I'm super curious abut the Lizzie book and will probably have to grab it at some point. Some great books coming out this week!
This was definitely a good book week 🙂
great picks this time! though I think Unbury Carol is a little bit too creepy for me
I love the title of Unbury Carol 🙂
they look good! thanks for sharing!
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Those look interesting.
Lots of great books this week!
Ohhh just downloaded the newest JR Ward. Thanks!
I am so behind with JR Ward's writing!
Love and Other Words was so wonderful!!! The book gave me so many feels and I give it all the hearts and stars.
I have seen so many glowing reviews for Love and Other Words. I do want to get to that one at some point.
All of these look good but I'm really intrigued by the Lizzie Borden retelling. I think that could be either fantastic or awful and I'm super curious!
I was surprised to find that book when I put this post together but I had to include it since it really appeals to me. I will be looking for some reviews for Lizzie.
Another Lizzie Borden retelling?! Wow, that old crime has legs.
There are so many Lizzie Borden books and I still haven't read any of them. Maybe I will pick one soon 🙂