Books:
“Thick As Thieves” by Sandra Brown (Crime, Thriller)
“Lost Souls At The Neptune Inn” by Betsy Carter (Historical Fiction)
Blogger’s Note: Thank you to Grand Central Publishing for the free copies of these books in exchange for an honest review!
With school ramping back up and fall just around the corner, stress has been at an all time high. For some reason (okay… we all know why) this changing of the seasons feels different. One of the shining beacons in this time of madness has been books. Reassuring and calming, literature has always been a piece of comfort for me.
This past week, I was blessed enough to receive the two books listed above from Grand Central Publishing. Holding these beautiful hardcovers in my hands lifted my spirits and has me excited to dive in and read the stories inside! For more information on these titles, check out the blurbs below!
Happy Reading!
“Thick As Thieves” by Sandra Brown (Source- GCP)
“In this tantalizing thriller from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a woman uncovers lifelong secrets as she searches for the truth behind her father’s involvement in a heist gone wrong.
Twenty years ago in the dead of night, four seemingly random individuals pulled the ultimate heist and almost walked away with half a million dollars. But by daybreak, their plan had been shot to hell. One of them was in the hospital. One was in jail. One was dead. And one got away with it.
Arden Maxwell, the daughter of the man who disappeared all those years ago — presumably with the money, after murdering his accomplice — has never reconciled with her father’s abandonment of her and her sister. After countless personal setbacks she decides to return to her family home near mysterious Caddo Lake, and finally get answers to the many questions that torment her. Little does she know, two of her father’s co-conspirators — a war hero and a corrupt district attorney — are watching her every move.
Ledge Burnet, a rebellious teen at the time of the heist, evaded his jail sentence by enlisting in the army. Now he’s back in town to care for his ailing father — and to keep his eye on the county’s corrupt district attorney, whom he suspects was the real murderer. Although the two are bound to silence because of the crime they committed together, each has spent years waiting and hoping that the other will make a fatal misstep. But the arrival of their elusive accomplice’s daughter, Arden, who may know more about the missing money than she’s telling, sets them both on red alert. She ignites Ledge’s determination to expose the D.A.’s treachery . . . and sparks a desire he wishes to deny.”
“Lost Souls At The Neptune Inn” by Betsy Carter (Source-GCP)
“When an elusive stranger arrives in 1960s New Rochelle, three generations of women are forever changed.When the heart finds its home, anything is possible.Geraldine, Emilia Mae, and Alice Wingo couldn’t be more different from each other. Geraldine is a fiery beauty, turning heads while running the local bakery with her devoted husband, Earle-but she never quite takes to motherhood. Her daughter, Emilia Mae, spends her life chasing her mother’s affection and goes looking for love in all the wrong places. So when she gives birth to her own daughter, Alice-the girl with the quick laugh and music running through her veins-she vows to do things differently.Then, Dillard Fox, a handsome stranger with a Southern drawl sails into town, bringing with him a gentle warmth that draws in all three of the Wingo women. Emilia Mae, never thinking she’d find true love, builds the kind of happy life with Dillard that neither of them ever expected. Geraldine slowly learns to be kinder to her difficult daughter, and young Alice may have found the father figure she always wanted. But everyone has their secrets, and the one that Dillard has been carrying all of these years threatens to upend their idyllic family.Over the course of their lives, these three women navigate their relationships with each other and the changing world around them. Filled with Carter’s characteristic wit, this charming, wise novel is a paean to love-any way you can find it.”
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Looking forward to the Sandra Brown book!!