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Shark Heart

Would you still love me if I were a shark? Author: Emily Habeck Newlyweds Lewis and Wren dream of many things. Lewis, a failed actor and beloved teacher, still dreams that one day he will write the play to end all plays. And Wren, she dreams of never being abandoned again, of embracing someone who will stay. Both will have their hearts broken. Lewis notices the changes at first and thinks nothing of them, but eventually he puts aside his avoidance and goes to the doctor. The diagnosis is stark. His body is, indeed, changing, and there is nothing they can [...]

Frances Carden2024-10-15T10:24:39-07:00October 15th, 2024|Tags: book review, botm, fantasy, literary, magical realism, read, reading|

Bucket of Ashes

When the Past Comes Calling Author: P.B. Ryan Nell Sweeny is forced to confront her troubled past. A young governess in post-Civil War Boston, she is ostensibly respectable. Childless, devoted, apparently unmarried. But, of course, Nell is none of those things. She is secretly pregnant thanks to the house’s infamous black sheep – Will Hewitt – a man torn apart by his own demons of addiction. She’s also married, her husband a violent criminal, in jail. Now the dead murderer found nearby is proven to be her estranged brother. Things are coalescing for Nell – the difference between the outwardly respectable [...]

Frances Carden2024-10-14T10:41:32-07:00October 14th, 2024|Tags: book review, cozy mystery, historical mystery, mystery, read, reading|

It Waits on the Top Floor

Awful Offices Author: Ben Farthing Chris has lost everything, but he has gained one thing: his son. And for his son, he’s willing to fight and to face unimaginable horrors. Chris’ aspiring career as an architect was long since destroyed by his college professor. Now his marriage is over. But his newly adopted son, Eddie, is his world. For that, he’s willing to reunite with the professor who destroyed his promising future and stole his hard work. Together with this nemesis, he will be working with a suspicious billionaire to investigate a skyscraper that has appeared overnight. Something about Chris, about [...]

Frances Carden2024-10-13T20:10:11-07:00October 13th, 2024|Tags: book review, horror, read, reading|