You Don't Know Me

In Sara Foster's You Don't Know Me, this psychological thriller will leave you gasping for air and chilled all over in the end. For Noah Carruso, he worked in his family's restaurant in Sydney and lived in fear of his brother Tom's shadow. Over a decade ago, Lizzie Burdett's, Tom's girlfriend disappeared and never to be seen again. When an inquest pops up and a true crime podcast reporting the mystery, it drudged up painful memories on that fateful night when he was fifteen. On vacation in Thailand, he bumps into a woman named  Alice Pryce, who looked similarly to Lizzie with her red hair. She's an ESL teacher there and escaped from her painful past with her own burden to share. Their relationship was magical and blissful when they shared memories together. But when Noah's called back home to help out with the inquest, they parted. For Alice, she lived in fear and stayed in Thailand, her father was behind bars for a crime. The haunting memories of that faithful night when danger loomed and targeted them. When she receives a call about her father's health condition in Sydney, she returns home and reunites with Noah, revealing a partial truth of the past, bridging them closer together and meets his family. Together, they faced the demons that shrouded them with dread. When Noah's brother returns home for the inquest, he learns things haven't changed and new questions resurface on what happened. When it was Noah's turn to testify, he revealed all, suspicion, curiosity and blame. And when someone threatened their restaurant with a bomb scare, he discovers the shocking truth about that night and who'd done it..someone closer to home. But in the end, it couldn't face seeing Alice until they meet again.

This thriller had plenty twists and turns to keep you guessing in every page. I cared for Noah who worked his butt off for his father, who never cared a wit about him. He always felt pressured to do right by him, until he escaped on his Thai vacation and met Alice. And she changed him for the better, until the past reared its ugly head with the inquest. I also loved Alice, who was also dealing with a bum wrap with his father's medical condition. I loved that she cared for Noah, though it might break her heart later. I loved the dual locations of Thailand and Australia with lovely lush scenic settings to transport there where the action took place. The theme is to let go of the past and live in the present to seek a better future. One way or another, the truth would come out.

If you love non-stop action, plenty of suspenseful drama, lots of intrigue, and a great novel to take your breath away, sink your teeth into You Don't Know Me today.

The Wedding War

In Liz Talley's The Wedding War, this  endearing woman's fiction will bring you to tears about friendship, family, life, and love from start to finish. Tennyson Abernathy and Melanie Layton have been childhood best friends in Shreveport, Louisiana. Until they went their separate lives and when Tennyson ruined Melanie's wedding to Kit. Now fast forward twenty years, Melanie's daughter is engaged to Andrew Abernathy, Tennyson's son. And when Tennyson rolled back into town, it brought back the hurt and the pain of their best friendship. While this is going on with the wedding planning, she dealt with her strict mother, her sister's illness with eating disorders, her son Noah's concerns, and Kit's associate who wants him for herself. It's a bit too much for her. For Tennyson, she had hated Melanie for stealing Kit and had no regrets ruining her wedding. But when she's back in town, she set her eyes on Officer Joseph Rhett as her newest flame. While she plans the wedding with Melanie, she wants to try to set things right with Melanie and started anew as a shoulder to lean on and have some delicious fun. Through this time before the wedding, they were there for each other and want a second chance with each other since they're now reunited as family and blood is thicker than water for a sweet ending.

This was a beautiful and moving woman's fiction novel between two best friends and how they became blended as a family. I cared for Melanie who was a bit overwhelmed with family life and other issues. I didn't blame her for snapping and falling apart at the seams. I didn't care for Charlotte who was a floozy. I cared for Tennyson who wouldn't stop at nothing to clasp her eyes on Joseph and to try to do right for Andrew and to make amends with Melanie anyway possible. They both had been through a lot of heartache throughout the years. I loved how diverse Melanie and her family was, since they're part-Japanese, and part Southern.  I loved the Shreveport location with the idealistic and fascinating scenic settings at happened around the town. The themes are here is about forgiveness and second chances in life, love, friendship and family.

Bring out your Kleenex! If you love tear-jerking woman's fiction novels with fast-paced drama, intense action, plenty of humorous suspense, and a hint of mystery, check out the Wedding War today!

Sea Change

In Nancy Kress's Sea Change, this stand-alone sci fi novella is about the future outlook for our world and concerning our environment. This story is about Renata Black, a lawyer for the Quinnault Indian tribe, and her fight for changing the planet, one step at a time, starting in 2010. It's also how she fell in love with Jake Sanderson, a rising superstar actor, and how this fight for the environment had affected them and around them.  As an operative for a secret organization for the Department of Agriculture Safety (DAS), they're onto the Org, a radical company who used GMOs for their produce and in the ocean. Fast fast a decade later, it caused a disastrous mess and a bona fide catastrophe, including killing her only child Ian and a few other kids. As a secret agent, she goes by the name of Caroline Denton and searches for answers in the Org. When she gets too close to the answers she's been looking for, she's been found out and is on the run from the law for her quick escape to freedom.

This novella gives us a closer look at our world from a climate-changing/techno-thriller and futuristic thriller view. It gives us a different perspective on our produce, our oceans, and the chemicals that kill people, organism, and animals. I've cared for Renata and how she struggled to deal with a collapsed marriage, the loss of her son, and who were responsible for endangering our planet. I loved the dual locations from Seattle to Oregon in both time periods, then and now. The themes are environmental-conscious with a gentle reminder of what poisons can do to our environment... two years from now too.

If you like novels that focus on the planet with high-stakes drama, tons of suspense, plenty of action, and sparks of eco-friendly hints of espionage, take a chance to read Sea Change today.

Never Saw You Coming

In Hayley Doyle's Never Saw You Coming, this feel-good romantic comedy/woman's fiction novel would have you in stitches. Zara Khoury lived in Dubai most of her life and planned to track down a man she met named Nick Gregory in London and had a long-distance online relationship with him. She boarded a plane to go there to speak to him and crashed her car into Jim Glover's new car. For Jim Glover, he worked a dead-end job as a toll booth collector and won a brand new car from a radio call-in contest. He was a former lead singer of a band that got nowhere and took care of his mother since his father died. From there, it was a collision course of calamities between them when it wasn't love at first sight. When Zara tells Jim about her woes and heartbreaks during the car ride, she gets to know him a bit longer. At first, Jim just wanted to deal with the car repair and move on with his life.  But when he took her and a "mop" to Nick's place, he waits for her to confront him. Then he spots her on the ground and comes to her rescue when he later learns who Nick really is. From there, he begins to care for her and plan to take her to the airport--but they did hit a couple of snags along the way. Later, they went their separate ways to start their new lives at the opposite ends of the world and discovers they care for each other before they reunite in the end and decide to give it a chance.

This was a beautiful well-written story that talks about Fate and tugs at the heart. I cared about Zara and how she had no luck with love and family troubles of her own. I also cared about Jim who needed a break and needed some exciting adventure. But the sparks did fly when they met in that car accident. I loved the Dubai and Liverpool dual locations to capture those scenic settings and imagine ourselves were there in the moment. The themes are be careful of online dating and you'll never love when love comes sneaking up on you.

If you need a feel-good romance to keep you laughing and grabbing a Kleenex, Never Saw You Coming has that and non-stop action, bits of humorous drama, lots of suspense, and a hint of mystery and romance here and there. Check it out today!

Empire of Lies

In Raymond Khoury's Empire of Lies, this alternative history thriller will blow you mind.  It all started when this mysterious man had an interesting proposition to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul 1683 to change history. Fast forward to 2017, in present-day Turkey, Ramadan Agha works at the local hospital when a naked man appeared in the hospital with dozens of tattoos all over his body.  He's happily married to his wife Nisreen, and has two kids of his own. But when this man named Ayman Rasheed remained silent and spoke in a new language, it blew his mind. His brother Kamal, works for the Sultan's private sector army, while they deal with war-like issues in Turkey. But when Rasheed's secret is discovered,  mayhem and chaos ensued in the hospital. While Kamal learns about this newest development, he stops Ramadan and Nisreen with a bloody mess on the streets. When the were killed in the crossfire, it was up to Nisreen and Kamal to go back in time and make things right to change history. But the consequences might be deadly when it was up to them to stop Rasheed in his tracks for a better future.

This was a fantastic thriller that had an alternative history twist. I cared for Nisreen and Kamal and Ramadan on how they've gotten into this mess. I did feel sorry that Nisreen loved Kamal before she married his brother. I love the historical facts that's been interwoven into the storyline and how it had made me in the edge of the seat. I loved the various locations in past and present-day Turkey and Paris--the scenic settings were mesmerizing and well-absorbing to get sucked into this time warp in the second half of the book. The theme is difficult to define: don't change history and leave the past in the past.

If you love time-travel/alternative history novels and mind-blown thrillers with tons of intense drama, plenty of non-stop actions, sparks of suspense, and lots of mystery to keep you hooked on the first page, check out Empire of Lies today!

The Grace Kelly Dress

In Brenda Janowitz's the Grace Kelly Dress, this beautiful woman's fiction novel is so emotional and has a bit of a historical fiction twist. When Rachel "Rocky" is engaged to her true love Drew, her mother wants her to wear the Grace Kelly dress,  a dress that's been handed down from one generation. As she plans her wedding, Rocky isn't the typical bride--she has tattoos, dyed her hair, and doesn't wear dresses. While she deals with the details with her sister Amanda, we flash back into time when Joan, Rocky's mother, and Rose, her grandmother, when they wore the wedding dress.
For Rose in 1950s, she's an apprentice for Madame Michel at the French bridal atelier shop. When Madame Michel unfortunately passed away, it's up to her and her nephew Julien to keep up with the subterfuge that Michel's busy. When Diana Laurent comes to the shop for Rose to design her bridal dress like Grace Kelly's, she meets Robert Laurent, Diana's brother, who's engaged to be married to someone else. The chemistry between them is palpable, while Julien warns her about him. As the attraction between them is mutual, she meets Elisabeth, his betrothed, which complicates things further for her. When the truth comes out about Michel's passing, they lose the business and potential customers... except for Diana Laurent and the dress. As for Joni,  it's the 1980s, when she's a college student who's engaged to be married to Matthew, and a sorority sister. She's on the hunt for the truth about what happened to her sister Michel who died from a heart attack. From there, she goes to the art gallery and meets Mel, an artist and one of her sister's her former friends. Then she meets her brother, Jesse, a musician in the band, the chemistry between them is red-hot, though she should stay away since she's engaged. Later, she broken off the engagement and marries her true love with the dress. In the end, the family comes together for Rocky's wedding and how she used the dress for her own dream wedding to honor tradition.

This was a terrific woman's fiction novel and how the Grace Kelly dress spanned three generations in one family. I loved how diverse the characters were from Drew being Korean and adopted into a Jewish family, and how both Julien and Amanda were gay and became who they were. I cared for Rose, Rocky, and Joni, who shared us their love story and how the dress became passed down from grandmother to mother to daughter. I love the three time periods that pictured the timing well in New York City, past and present, for the locations and mesmerizing scenic settings. The theme of the story is to follow your heart and how family comes together to build traditions like an interwoven quilt.

If you love to be loveswept into a terrific woman's fiction novel with non-stop drama, plenty of action, sparks of love, and hints of passionate intrigue, you'll love the Grace Kelly dress today. Check it out today!

A Conspiracy in Belgravia

In Sherry Thomas's A Conspiracy in Belgravia, the 2nd installment in the Lady Sherlock historical mystery series, this gender-swapped tale packs a punch with a hell of a twist. For Lady Charlotte Holmes, she's been shunned by Society for masquerading as Sherlock Holmes's sister. With the help with Mrs. Watson, these two women sleuths set the world on fire and turned plenty of heads. It all started when Lady Ingram inquired her assistance to her find someone to meet. This provided her to go forth and helping her out. With some in-depth snooping and deciphering codes, she learned that the person she might be meeting was her half-brother named Myron Finch. One she never knew she had, whether he was dead or alive. Meanwhile as Lord Bancroft proposed to her again, her sister Livia worked on a separate case when Mrs. Burns accused her father's potential mistress of poisoning her and causing her to sick. As both Holmes's sisters work on these sleuth-worthy investigations, they learn the truth when it comes to a head with a daunting twist.

This was a fantastic historical mystery. I loved how the roles were swapped in 1800-century England, when such things were hush-hushed as taboo subjects back then. I cared for Charlotte and how she wanted to be an independent woman, no matter who or what the cost. Even if that meant no marriage for her. I adored Mrs. Watson and Livia who were both hoots and delightful characters to read about. I loved the English settings around 1800-century England from London and beyond for idealistic locations in this time period. The dual themes can be looks can be deceiving and be careful on who you trust.


If you love daring and bold historical mystery series with non-stop drama, lots of heart-stopping action, intense suspense, and dashes of intrigue, check out A Conspiracy in Belgravia today!