The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle – Review

The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle has an expected publication date of September 2018 by Flatiron Books. At one point or another, we’ve all been asked to name five people, living or dead, with whom we’d like to have dinner. Why do we choose the people we do? And what if that dinner was to actually happen? These are the questions Rebecca Serle contends within her utterly captivating novel, THE DINNER LIST, a story imbued with the same delightful magical realism as One Day, and the life-changing romance of Me Before You.

Seafire: Seafire #1 by Natalie C. Parker – Review

Seafire: Seafire #1 by Natalie C. Parker – publication date August 28th, 2018 by Razorbill and is a young adult fantasy novel. After her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. She captains her ship, the Mors Navis, with a crew of girls and women just like her, whose lives have been turned upside down by Aric and his men. The crew has one misson: stay alive, and take down Aric’s armed and armored fleet.

Aaru: Halls of Hel (The Aaru Cycle #2) by David Meredith – Review

Aaru: Halls of Hel (The Aaru Cycle #2) by David Meredith – Published July 27th, 2018

Rose is a Veda. In Elysian Industries’ virtual paradise of Aaru, that means she’s practically a goddess. She is immortal. She is powerful. A limitless paradise is hers and her friends’ to command. They are free from sickness and pain, old age and death. She should be ecstatic over her prestige and privilege, but the gilded utopia has lost its luster. 

The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger – Review

The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters by Sam Kashner, Nancy Schoenberger has an expected publication date of September 25th, 2018 by Harper (an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers).  A poignant, evocative, and wonderfully gossipy account of the two sisters who represented style and class above all else—Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill—from the authors of Furious Love.

The Burn Zone: A Memoir by Renee Linnell – Review

The Burn Zone: A Memoir by Renee Linnell has an expected publication date of October 9th, 2018 by She Writes Press. After seven years of faithfully following her spiritual teacher, Renee Linnell finally realized she was in a cult and had been severely brainwashed. But how did that happen to someone like her? She had graduated magna cum laude with a double degree. She had traveled to nearly fifty countries alone before she turned thirty-five. She was a surf model and a professional Argentine tango dancer. She had started five different companies and had an MBA from NYU. How could someone like her end up brainwashed and in a cult? 

Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert – Review

 

Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert has an expected publication date of August 2018 by Little, Brown Books and is a young adult contemporary fiction novel. Since she was seven years old, Yvonne has had her trusted violin to keep her company, especially in those lonely days after her mother walked out on their family. But with graduation just around the corner, she is forced to face the hard truth that she just might not be good enough to attend a conservatory after high school. 

Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert – Review

 

Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert has an expected publication date of August 2018 by Little, Brown Books and is a young adult contemporary fiction novel. Since she was seven years old, Yvonne has had her trusted violin to keep her company, especially in those lonely days after her mother walked out on their family. But with graduation just around the corner, she is forced to face the hard truth that she just might not be good enough to attend a conservatory after high school. 

The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle – Review

The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle has an expected publication date of September 2018 by Flatiron Books. At one point or another, we’ve all been asked to name five people, living or dead, with whom we’d like to have dinner. Why do we choose the people we do? And what if that dinner was to actually happen? These are the questions Rebecca Serle contends within her utterly captivating novel, THE DINNER LIST, a story imbued with the same delightful magical realism as One Day, and the life-changing romance of Me Before You.

Sons of Blackbird Mountain: Blackbird Mountain #1 by Joanne Bischof – Review

Sons of Blackbird Mountain: Blackbird Mountain #1 by Joanne Bischof was published on July 3rd, 2018 by Thomas Nelson and is a historical romance novel. When Aven Norgaard leaves Norway to serve as housekeeper to her late husband’s cousins in Appalachia, she expects lads in need of care, not three grown men—each in need of a wife and bound by a powerful brotherhood. As the men carve out a living by brewing artisan liquor, young Haakon’s pursuit tempts Aven’s lonely spirit . . . but it is his deaf brother, Thor, whose silent strength shows her the depths of real love.

Justice Betrayed: Memphis Cold Case #3 by Patricia Bradley – Review

Justice Betrayed: Memphis Cold Case #3 by Patricia Bradley was published on June 5th.  2018 by Fleming H. Revell Company. It’s Elvis Week in Memphis, and homicide Detective Rachel Sloan isn’t sure her day could get any stranger when aging Elvis impersonator Vic Vegas asks to see her. But when he produces a photo of her murdered mother with four Elvis impersonators–one of whom had also been murdered soon after the photo was taken–she’s forced to reevaluate. Is there some connection between the two unsolved cases? And could the recent break-in at Vic’s home be tied to his obsession with finding his friend’s killer?