Books Read in 2015

A Good Killing by Allison Leotta

A Good Killing

Photo Credit: Touchstone Books- May 12, 2015

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

A Good Killing

Anna Curtis is back in her hometown. With just a short time before what should have been her wedding day, Anna is back home to Michigan- a place she has not visited for years. Why is she back? Her baby sister needs her.

Jody has been accused of killing the local hero, the all around nice guy, the man of the town- Coach Owen Fowler. Anna is stunned- why would her sister be accused of this? How is she going to find the truth- since Jody is being evasive and the town is ready to run both Curtis women out on the first thing leaving! Anna has to use all her skills and knowledge about the law as she takes on her sister’s case- leaving her prosecutor chair behind and slipping into the defense chair. Because she knows her sister did not kill Coach Owen Fowler. Or does she?

With help from a former friend, Cooper Bolden, Anna sets out to find the truth about Jody, about who killed Owen and to stand her ground against the town.  Continue reading →

The Wrong Man by Kate White

The Wrong Man

Photo Credit: Harper Collins June 16th

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

The Wrong Man

Kit Finn is on a business trip in Florida. Having recently ended a boring and safe relationship, Kit is evaluating life. She’s known for being bold and out-there in the designer world and she’s beginning to think that she needs some bold color in her personal life.

Enter Matt Healy.

Kit and Matt bump into each other and while Matt is not Kit’s normal type (he’s got red-hair for one thing!) she’s a bit attracted. Seeing Matt later while shopping, he asks her to dinner. Kit decides to chance it and just be bold. So, she goes to dinner with the handsome stranger who she feels a bit of lust for…. Continue reading →

The Marriage Season by Linda Lael Miller

 

The Marriage Season

Photo Credit: Harlequin Books

 

 

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration. 

The Marriage Season

Bex, member 3 of The Marriage Pact- a plan for all 3 best friends to meet and marry their dream men, is enjoying life. Her 2 best friends, Hadleigh and Melody, have gotten married and are expecting bundles of joy. Bex’s work is going well and she is in the midst of training for a marathon.

Bex knows she wants love- but she’s still gun-shy after losing the love of her life a few years ago. She’s not looking to settle NOR is she looking at every man wondering if he’s the one- she’s content to wait till a worthy man comes along. Continue reading →

The Happy Hour Choir by Sally

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Photo Credit: Kensington Books April 28 2015

 

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

The Happy Hour Choir

Summary from Goodreads:

Life has dealt Beulah Land a tough hand to play, least of all being named after a hymn. A teenage pregnancy estranged her from her family, and a tragedy caused her to lose what little faith remained. The wayward daughter of a Baptist deacon, she spends her nights playing the piano at The Fountain, a honky-tonk located just across the road from County Line Methodist. But when she learns that a dear friend’s dying wish is for her to take over as the church’s piano player, she realizes it may be time to face the music…

Beulah butts heads with Luke Daniels, the new pastor at County Line, who is determined to cling to tradition even though he needs to attract more congregants to the aging church. But the choir also isn’t enthusiastic about Beulah’s contemporary take on the old songs and refuse to perform. Undaunted, Beulah assembles a ragtag group of patrons from The Fountain to form the Happy Hour Choir. And as the unexpected gig helps her let go of her painful past—and accept the love she didn’t think she deserved—she just may be able to prove to Luke that she can toe the line between sinner and saint…

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Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline

Every Fifteen Minutes audio

Photo Credit: Macmillan Audio

 

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

Every Fifteen Minutes

Summary from Goodreads:

Dr. Eric Parrish is the Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at Havemeyer General Hospital outside of Philadelphia. Recently separated from his wife, Caitlin, he is doing his best as a single dad to his seven-year-old daughter Hannah. His work seems to be going better than his home life, however. His unit at the hospital has just been named number two in the country and Eric has a devoted staff of doctors and nurses who are as caring as Eric is. But when he takes on a new patient, Eric’s entire world begins to crumble. Seventeen-year-old Max has a terminally ill grandmother and is having trouble handling it. That, plus his OCD and violent thoughts about a girl he likes makes Max a high risk patient. Max can’t turn off the rituals he needs to perform every fifteen minutes that keep him calm. With the pressure mounting, Max just might reach the breaking point. When the girl is found murdered, Max is nowhere to be found. Worried about Max, Eric goes looking for him and puts himself in danger of being seen as a “person of interest”. Next, one of his own staff turns on him in a trumped up charge of sexual harassment. Is this chaos all random? Or is someone systematically trying to destroy Eric’s life?

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The Daughter by Jane Shemilt

 

the daughter

Photo Credit: William Morrow

 

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

The Daughter

Summary from Goodreads:

How well do you really know those you love?

Jenny loves her three teenage children and her husband, Ted, a celebrated neurosurgeon. She loves the way that, as a family, they always know each other’s problems and don’t keep secrets from each other.

But when her youngest child, fifteen-year-old Naomi, doesn’t come home after her school play and a nationwide search for her begins, secrets previously kept from Jenny are revealed.

Naomi has vanished, leaving her family broken and her mother desperately searching for answers. But the traces Naomi’s left behind reveal a very different girl to the one Jenny thought she’d raised. And the more she looks the more she learns that everyone she trusted has been keeping secrets.

How well does she really know her sons, her husband? How well did she know Naomi? If Jenny is going to find her, she’ll have to first uncover the truth about the daughter she thought told her everything.

 

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

Have you ever read a book that you couldn’t stop thinking about for days after you read it? THE DAUGHTER was my latest book like that. Jane Shemilt took an average family and just ripped them to shreds- showed their ugly sides and brought up some interesting viewpoints. Continue reading →

Imaginary Things by Andrea Lochen

Imaginary Things by Andrea Lochen

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This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

Imaginary Things

Anna Jennings, a 22 year old single mom. After being fired from her job- Anna decides to go home to her grandparent’s house. It’s warm and comforting- and where Anna has went each time there has been trouble in her short life.

She thinks it will be a good change of pace for her 4 year son, David, as well. Anna expects quiet and country living when she gets to her grandparent’s- but what she gets is much more than that. Continue reading →

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

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Photo Credit: Simon and Schuster 5/12/15

 

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

Luckiest Girl Alive

Meet Ani. She’s obsessed with perfection and status. She has a vision for her life- and so help anyone who might get in her way. With the perfect fiancée secured, a dangle of THE job she wants in her face, and a wardrobe that would make most supremely fashion conscious women weep with jealousy- Ani is going places and she’s not afraid to tell anyone about it.

Being a former student at Bradley School gives people who meet Ani a certain level of recognition. The school is known for many things- it’s prestige being the most known. There is a another thing the school is known for and when Ani is called to take part in a documentary- she is ready and willing to show the people she knew in her past how far she has come. Continue reading →

Never Too Late by Robyn Carr

never too late by robyn carr

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This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

Never Too Late

Clare Wilson is married to a serial cheater. He’s charming and so sorry after it happens- and yet it happens again and again.

With Clare being separated from Roger- she’s still trying to nurture the father/son relationship- though her son is not as willing since he is very angry with his dad. One night, Clare decides to go back to her house, to drop off a birthday card for Roger, since he was supposed to spend time with his son- but something came up.

Clare, unknowingly, walks right into the “something that came up” and decides then that she and Roger need to not just separate, but actually divorce. She leaves the house in a fit and gets behind the wheel. Being pulled over for speeding was not part of the plan- but when she sees the hot cop and he seems to be flirting with her, well, maybe the night will have something to smile about! Continue reading →

Whiskey and Charlie by Annabel Smith

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Photo Credit: Sourcebooks

 

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

Whiskey and Charlie

Twin boys, Whiskey and Charlie, don’t have a secret language of their own. They do use the two-way alphabet- and as kids, they have fun together.

But, they can’t stay kids forever…….

As their ages increase- so does a distance. Charlie finds himself growing resentful of how easy Whiskey has it- he’s popular, good with girls, and just seems to have an easy charm that he’s lacking. Whiskey seems to take pleasure in being the better twin- the twin who goes out in the world and gets what he wants. Continue reading →