Before We Were Strangers by Brenda Novak
Something happened to her mother that night. Something no one wants to talk about. But she’s determined to uncover her family’s dark secrets, even if they bury her.
Five-year-old Sloane McBride couldn’t sleep that night. Her parents were arguing again, their harsh words heating the cool autumn air. And then there was that other sound–the ominous thump before all went quiet.
In the morning, her mother was gone. The official story was that she left. Her loving, devoted mother! That hadn’t sat any better at the time than it did when Sloane moved out at eighteen, anxious to leave her small Texas hometown in search of anywhere else. But not even a fresh start working as a model in New York could keep the nightmares at bay. Or her fears that the domineering father she grew up with wasn’t just difficult–he was deadly.
Now another traumatic loss forces Sloane to realize she owes it to her mother to find out the truth, even if it means returning to a small town full of secrets and lies, a jilted ex-boyfriend and a father and brother who’d rather see her silenced. But as Sloane starts digging into the past, the question isn’t whether she can uncover what really happened that night…it’s what will remain of her family if she does?
A picture hides a thousand lies… And only Iris Grey can uncover the truth.
Iris Grey rents a quaint cottage in a picture-perfect Hampshire village, looking to escape from her crumbling marriage. She is drawn to the neighboring Wetherby family, and is commissioned to paint a portrait of Dominic Wetherby, a celebrated crime writer.
At the Wetherby’s Christmas Eve party, the mulled wine is in full flow – but so are tensions and rivalries among the guests. On Christmas Day, the youngest member of the Wetherby family, Lorcan, finds a body in the water. A tragic accident? Or a deadly crime?
With the snow falling, Iris enters a world of village gossip, romantic intrigue, buried secrets, and murder.
Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the epic Year One returns with a new tale of terror and magic in a brand new world.
They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed.
Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before—the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the Doom sickened and killed billions. Traveling anywhere is a danger, as vicious gangs of Raiders and fanatics called Purity Warriors search for their next victim. Those like Fallon, in possession of gifts, are hunted—and the time is coming when her true nature, her identity as The One, can no longer be hidden.
In a mysterious shelter in the forest, her training is about to begin under the guidance of Mallick, whose skills have been honed over centuries. She will learn the old ways of healing; study and spar; encounter faeries and elves and shifters; and find powers within herself she never imagined. And when the time is right, she will take up the sword, and fight. For until she grows into the woman she was born to be, the world outside will never be whole again.
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After two years of living on cheap beer and little else in a bitterly cold tiny cabin outside an abandoned, crumbling mansion, young programmers Shawn Eagle and Billy Stafford have created something that could make them rich: a revolutionary computer they name Eagle Logic.
But the hard work and escalating tension have not been kind to their once solid friendship—Shawn’s girlfriend Emily has left him for Billy, and a third partner has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. While Billy walks away with Emily, Shawn takes Eagle Logic, which he uses to build a multi-billion-dollar company that eventually outshines Apple, Google, and Microsoft combined.
Years later, Billy is a failure, beset by poverty and addiction, and Shawn is the most famous man in the world. Unable to let the past be forgotten, Shawn decides to resurrect his and Billy’s biggest failure: a next-generation computer program named Nellie that can control a house’s every function. He decides to set it up in the abandoned mansion they worked near all those years ago. But something about Nellie isn’t right—and the reconstruction of the mansion is plagued by accidental deaths. Shawn is forced to bring Billy back, despite their longstanding mutual hatred, to discover and destroy the evil that lurks in the source code.
Murder at the Mill definitely looks like something I'd like- thanks for sharing these!
I am tempted by that one!
I have read the Mansion! It is definitely a to be read book!!
I will have to pick that one up at the library sometime soon.
I'll probably take a look at The mansion at some point!
That one is on my wish list!
The Mansion is one I'm interested in. That cover is creepy. Thanks for sharing!
I did enjoy the author's trilogy earlier this year so I hope to read that one as well.
No, no, no new books!! I just typed up a list of the books I own but have not yet read – rather more than I thought I had :-0
You can't let that stop you 🙂
Ooh The Mansion sounds intense. I think I need to read that one. And Murder at the Mill sounds like a fun Winter mystery!
-Lauren
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There are so many great picks!
I always like Brenda Novak. I think the Nora Roberts is book 2 in a series where I got book 1 in an Audible sale. Anne – Books of My Heart
I have the first one from the Nora Roberts series from an Audible sale too. I do hope to work it in soon.
SOme intriguing books there!
There are!
Some great looking releases. I'll take one of each. 🙂
sherry @ fundinmental
Me too!
Nice new books 🙂
Always!
I'm currently reading The Mansion and it's sooo good! 🙂
Good to know!
Murder at the Mill and Before we were strangers sound just my type of read!
I do enjoy Brenda Novak's work.
The Mansion sounds terrific. I'm going to add it to Goodreads. ?✨
Looks like a good week for mysteries, what with Nora Robarts and Brenda Novak both releasing new books 😀
I need to get back to Roberts/Robb. So many good books 🙂