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It's Me or Her by Victoria Jenkins - Blog Tour 10/5/25 @bookouture @vicwritescrime

It’s Me or Her by Victoria Jenkins – Blog Tour 10/5/25 @bookouture @vicwritescrime

Holy Crap! This book was addictive, mysterious, twisted, and hard to put down! Whew! Ever read a book where you think you know how things are going to turn out and then Wham-O the author throws in a jaw dropping twist? That was my experience with It’s Me or Her! This was such a clever, well thought out, jaw dropping, roller coaster of a ride, psychological thriller! I loved that there was no down time or slow moments in this book.

When Daisy meets Andrew, she knows that he is the one for her! She can’t believe her luck. He came along at just the right time. When things go wrong at her flat, Andrew suggests that Daisy move in with him, and she agrees. Daisy did not know that Rachel, his mother, would be there as well. Oops! I guess Andrew so was smitten her forgot to mention that little fact. Things are uncomfortable and tense from the get-go……

This book has a lot going on and I was all there for it. We see Daisy struggling with her situation and confiding to her friend, Aisha. I felt for her and her plight. I thought I knew what was happening, but I was wrong, wrong, wrong. I love it when that happens. I love when an author can throw in a shocking twist or two. I love when they can pull the wool over my eyes and Victoria Jenkins certainly did that.

This was such a fun, dramatic, fast paced and thrilling page turner!

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

The Christmas Party by Kathryn Croft - Blog Tour 10/4/25 @bookouture @KatCroft

The Christmas Party by Kathryn Croft – Blog Tour 10/4/25 @bookouture @KatCroft

Sleighbells will not be ringing this year for friends who have gathered at a remote Scottish lake house! The snow is falling but no one will be decking the halls as Gabby has invited her friends to celebrate Christmas with her. It will be there in her lake house where they will revisit their ‘ghost’ of Christmas past. Twelve years ago, the six friends gathered to celebrate Christmas without any adult supervision. All they had to do was look after Gabby’s little sister, Seffie. They thought she was all nestled as tight as a bug in a rug up in her bedroom while they had a night of fun but in the morning, Seffie was nowhere to be found!

Come to the Lake house, Gabby said. We will all move on, Gabby said. Gabby lied! She believes that one of them knows what happened to her sister and she wants answer! Woohoo, Kathryn Croft has delivered once again!!!! The Christmas Party brings on the secrets, lies, tension, suspense and revelations! This was a fast-moving book which me guessing and coming up with my own theories only to have another twist and reveal pop up and see me starting over with my suspect list.

I had a great time reading this book. The book is told in two timelines which had me fully immersed in the book and glued to the pages. How well do you know your friends?? Could one of them be a killer?????? I loved the setting, the atmosphere, the trapped feeling and the quest for answers.

Gripping, shocking, chilling, and hard to put down! The Christmas Party is a wonderfully written, well thought out, and shocking page turner!

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

Reenactments: Break the Behavior Patterns That Keep You Stuck in Trauma, Stress, and Everyday Life by Tony Iezzi and Melanie P. Duckworth Ph.D. - Blog Tour 9/26/25 @The_WriteReads

Reenactments: Break the Behavior Patterns That Keep You Stuck in Trauma, Stress, and Everyday Life by Tony Iezzi and Melanie P. Duckworth Ph.D. – Blog Tour 9/26/25 @The_WriteReads

What’s your story? We all have one. Our ‘story’ is what shaped us, what we experienced, and what we learned during our childhood. The attachment styles that we developed in childhood, if you will. Because it is in childhood where we form the patterns that become automatic reactions to stressors, triggers, relationships, and trauma in our lives. In Reenactments: Break the Behavior Patterns That Keep You Stuck in Trauma, Stress, and Everyday Life the authors who are psychologists, provide a five step guide they call the Reenactment Decision Matrix, to help people to recognize and understand their behaviors/reactions and to make positive and effective changes.

I appreciated how this book is written in layman’s terms so that anyone reading can understand the material presented in this book. This is a great book who feel as if they are getting nowhere. Perhaps they are repeating the same patterns repeatedly in relationships, at work, or in their everyday lives. It helps readers to identify their patterns and habits in a very easy to read guide.

Whether you are a professional in the field of mental health or just someone who wants to make positive changes in your life, this is a worthwhile and educations book. As I mentioned, I enjoyed how the book was written. It does provide scientific information but in a very straightforward information. The examples given may resonate with some readers and help them to better understand their own behavioral patterns and automatic reactions.

Thank you to the authors and TheWriteReadswho who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own

The Ex Who Came Back by Daniel Hurst - Blog Tour 9/25/25 @bookouture @dhurstbooks

The Ex Who Came Back by Daniel Hurst – Blog Tour 9/25/25 @bookouture @dhurstbooks

When does Daniel Hurst not deliver? I mean seriously, he always delivers gripping, thrilling, shocking, fast paced page turners!!! In The Ex Who Came Back he had me glued to the pages and loving every second of it! I was addicted to the drama, the suspense, the tension, and the menacing threat one character promised to deliver!

Corinne, her husband Seth, their son and the rest of the family gathered to meet her sister, Georgia’s boyfriend, Mateo. Everyone was happy to meet Mateo except for Corinne, who has met him previously! She hoped to never see her biggest mistake ever again but her he was meeting her family!

Woohoo! The tension was off the charts! I loved Corinne’s mounting unease and tension as it grew throughout the book. Daniel Hurst had me turning the pages at warp speed wanting, no needing, to know what was going to happen next!

As with his other books, The Ex Who Came Back is a well thought out, oozing with tension, fast paced, and riveting page turner which entertained, delighted, and thrilled me!

Another captivating page turner from Hurst!

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

The Woman He Married by Willow Rose - Blog Tour 9/24/25 @bookouture @MadamWillowRose

The Woman He Married by Willow Rose – Blog Tour 9/24/25 @bookouture @MadamWillowRose

Gripping, shocking, and dramatic! This is the first Willow Rose book I have read, and I look forward to reading more of her books in the future! I thought I knew what was happening in this book, I thought I was so clever because I had everything figured out! I was so very wrong! I love it when that happens. I love when an author throws in a twist and reveal that leaves me reeling and my mouth open in awe. Willow Rose delivered a riveting, hard to put down and mysterious book with The Woman He Married: An absolutely gripping and utterly unputdownable psychological thriller!

Jane never felt that Elizabeth was good enough for her son, Richard. She hires Marie, as a cleaning woman, to keep their home clean and to spy on Elizabeth. When her perfect son goes missing, she knows that Elizabeth is behind his disappearance. She will not stop until she finds her son and proves that Elizabeth is behind Richard’s disappearance.

Richard may have been the perfect son, but he was not the perfect husband….

I enjoyed the secrets, lies, tension, suspicion, deception and drama in this book. I enjoyed both Jane and Marie POVs. This made for a captivating book which kept me on my toes and turning the pages. I enjoyed getting into both of their heads and being privy to their thoughts and motivations.

Wonderfully written, well thought out, shocking, mysterious, and hard to put down!

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.