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The Last Good Girl by Allison Leotta

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Photo Credit: Touchstone Books, May 2016

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

The Last Good Girl

Summary: In the bestselling tradition of Jodi Picoult and written “in a style that’s as real as it gets (USA TODAY), this ripped-from-the-headlines novel features prosecutor Anna Curtis as she finds herself again at the center of a national story involving a freshman girl at a prestigious university who disappears after filing rape charges against a young man in a powerful fraternity.

Emma, a freshman at a Michigan university, has gone missing. She was last seen leaving a bar near Sigma Pi, the prestigious and secretive fraternity known on campus as “the rape factory.” The main suspect is Dylan Brooks, the son of one of the most powerful politicians in the state. But so far the only clues are pieced-together surveillance footage of Emma leaving the bar that night…and Dylan running down the street after her.

Anna Curtis is on the case when she discovers the video diary Emma kept over her first few months at college, exposing the history she had with Dylan—and accusing him of rape before she disappeared.

Emma’s disappearance gets media attention and support from Title IX activists across the country, but Anna’s investigation hits a wall. Now Anna is looking for something, anything she can use to find Emma alive. But without a body or any physical evidence, she’s under threat from people who tell her to think hard before she ruins the name of an “innocent young man.” Inspired by real-life stories, The Last Good Girl shines a light on campus rape and the powerful emotional dynamics that affect the families of the men and women on both sides. Continue reading →

Literary Friday, ya’ll…

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It’s been a week. #enoughsaid

 

1. Deep South Magazine and their #literaryfriday: New Fall/Winter Reading List is up and news about Kristy Woodson Harvey plus more!

 

2. Reviews: The Book Date reviewed Christmas in Eternity Springs, The Baking Bookworm reviewed The Promise Kitchen, The Suspense is Thrilling Me reviewed All The Good Parts, Ivory Owl Reviews reviewed Dark Water, Always With A Book reviewed Everything We Keep and OnDBookshelf reviewed The Things We Wish Were True. Continue reading →

Fans of Heather Gudenkauf and Mary Kubica- check out the new publishing imprint Park Row Books!

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Fans of Heather Gudenkauf, Mary Kubica, and Karma Brown take note- they are moving to a new imprint called Park Row Books.

What is Park Row Books?

MIRA Books announced today the official launch of Park Row Books, an exclusive line of thought-provoking and voice-driven novels by both celebrated and new authors. Park Row Books will be led by Margaret Marbury, Vice President, General Fiction Editorial, and Erika Imranyi, Executive Editor. Park Row Books will publish unique voices and powerful stories that inspire discussion. Inaugural titles are slated for release in summer 2017. Continue reading →

The Trouble With Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis

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Photo Credit: Avon Books, 9/27

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

The Trouble With Mistletoe

Summary:

If she has her way …

Willa Davis is wrangling puppies when Keane Winters stalks into her pet shop with frustration in his chocolate-brown eyes and a pink bedazzled cat carrier in his hand. He needs a kitty sitter, stat. But the last thing Willa needs is to rescue a guy who doesn’t even remember her …

He’ll get nothing but coal in his stocking.

Saddled with his great-aunt’s Feline from Hell, Keane is desperate to leave her in someone else’s capable hands. But in spite of the fact that he’s sure he’s never seen the drop-dead-gorgeous pet shop owner before, she seems to be mad at him …

Unless he tempers “naughty” with a special kind of nice …

Willa can’t deny that Keane’s changed since high school: he’s less arrogant, for one thing—but can she trust him not to break her heart again? It’s time to throw a coin in the fountain, make a Christmas wish—and let the mistletoe do its work … Continue reading →

The Vanishing Year by Kate Moretti

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Photo Credit: Atria Books, 9/27

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

The Vanishing Year

Summary: Zoe Whittaker is living a charmed life. She is the beautiful young wife to handsome, charming Wall Street tycoon Henry Whittaker. She is a member of Manhattan’s social elite. She is on the board of one of the city’s most prestigious philanthropic organizations. She has a perfect Tribeca penthouse in the city and a gorgeous lake house in the country. The finest wine, the most up-to-date fashion, and the most luxurious vacations are all at her fingertips.

What no one knows is that five years ago, Zoe’s life was in danger. Back then, Zoe wasn’t Zoe at all. Now her secrets are coming back to haunt her. As the past and present collide, Zoe must decide who she can trust before she—whoever she is—vanishes completely.

The Vanishing Year combines the classic sophistication of Ruth Rendell and A.S.A. Harrison with the thoroughly modern flair of Jessica Knoll. Told from the point-of-view of a heroine who is as relatable as she is enigmatic, The Vanishing Year is an unforgettable new novel by a rising star of the genre. Continue reading →

Book Talk with R & T presents a day in the life of The Bookshop on the Corner!

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This week has been #BookTalkWithRandT all week long at both mine and Rhiannon’s blogs. We’re very choosy about the books we pick to spotlight because we like to have ALL THE FEELS about the books (and we love to have this text message convos back and forth about where we are in book, etc.)

Rhiannon suggested this book and from the cover, I could just tell that this would be a great book. Then reading the description sealed the deal. I was sold.

I did a little photo documenting along the way as I read the book- and I might have made some notes 🙂 So, get ready to see the photos! Continue reading →

Book Talk With R & T: The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

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Photo Credit: William Morrow, 9/20

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

The Bookshop on the Corner

Summary: Nina Redmond is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion… and also her job. Or at least it was. Until yesterday, she was a librarian in the hectic city. But now the job she loved is no more.

Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a sleepy village many miles away. There she buys a van and transforms it into a bookmobile—a mobile bookshop that she drives from neighborhood to neighborhood, changing one life after another with the power of storytelling.

From helping her grumpy landlord deliver a lamb, to sharing picnics with a charming train conductor who serenades her with poetry, Nina discovers there’s plenty of adventure, magic, and soul in a place that’s beginning to feel like home… a place where she just might be able to write her own happy ending. Continue reading →