It’s Only a Game by Kelsea Yu

ARC, 352 pagesRelease Date: July 9, 2024Published by: Bloomsbury YARead from: June 20-July 9, 2024Stand-alone Source: Texas Library Association Conference Content Warning: Child Abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Death of a Parent, Fire/Fire Injury, Grief, Animal Cruelty, Mental Illness, Panic AttacksFor Readers Interested In: Thrillers, Romance, 2slgbtq+, YA, Gaming, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Stand-alone,      In this twisty, fast-paced YA…

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka

e-Audio, 12:03:30Narrated by: Laura Knight KeatingRelease Date: 6/4/24Published by: Hachette Audio (Little Brown Books for Young Readers) Read from: June 9-11, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: Infidelity, Emotional Abuse, Car Accident, Medical Content, CursingFor Readers Interested In: YA, Heist Stories, Romance, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Humor       The Inheritance Games meets Ocean’s 11 in this thrilling…

Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

e-Audio, 08:27:15Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Brittany Pressley, Andrew Eiden, January LaVoy Release Date: April 30, 2024Published by: Blackstone PublishingRead From: May 5, 2024Stand-aloneSource: AudibleContent Warning: Murder, Death of parent, Drug Abuse (not on page, but is recounted), Child Death, Addiction, Gun ViolenceFor Readers Interested In: Mystery, Adult, Sparkly Covers, Thrillers, Stand-alones       From New York…

One Last Breath by Ginny Myers Sain

e-Audio, 10:59:52Narrated by:  Sophie AmossRelease Date: March 5, 2024Published by: Books on TapeRead from: March 7-11, 2024Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-audiobook from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Child Death, Murder, Drug use, Emotional Cheating ?For Readers Interested…

That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally

e-Audio, 09:01:16Narrated by: Sophie Amoss & Robb MoreiraRelease Date: December 26, 2023Published by: Recorded Books, Inc. (Sourcebooks Fire)Read from: December 26-27, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a copy of this book from the Publisher & Netgalley in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Violence, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Child Abuse,…

And Don’t Look Back by Rebecca Barrow

e-Audio, 09:31:43Narrated by: Jade Wheeler & Kimberly WoodsRelease Date: October 3, 2023Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: October 6-9, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Libro FM (I received a copy of this audiobook from Libro FM and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Car Accident, Death, Gaslighting,…

Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis

e-Audio, 10:20:33Narrated by: Jade WheelerRelease Date: September 26, 2023Published by: Books on TapeRead from: October 3-4, 2023Thieves’ Gambit, #1Source: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this audiobook from PRH Audio in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review)TW: Gun Violence, Kidnapping, Emotional Abuse, Violence, Death of…

Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus

e-ARC, 368 pagesRelease Date: August 30, 2022Published by: Delacorte PressRead from: July 21- August 2, 2022Companion to other McManus novels Source: Netgalley (I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Death, Unreliable parent, drinkingFor Readers Interested In:…

Bad Things Happen Here by Rebecca Barrow

e-Audio, 08:07:43Narrated by: Carolina HoyosRelease Date: June 28,2022Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: June 20-25 & July 14, 2022Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Death, Blood, Drug MentionFor Readers Interested In: Mysteries, Thrillers, Cold Cases, Fat Leads, Racial/Ethnic MC (Biracial), Realistic Fiction, LGBTQ+, YA       I Killed Zoe Spanos meets The Cheerleaders in this haunting mystery about an…

The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

e-Audio, 10:44:46Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Kirsten Potter, Robert Petkoff Release Date: March 15, 2022Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: April 6-9, 2022Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Death, Gun Violence, Alcoholism, Death of parentsFor Readers Interested In: Ghostly things, Realistic Fiction, True Crime, Thrillers/Mysteries, Adult       In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by…

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