Reading Excursions

  MY REVIEW     Paperback:  333 pages  Publisher:  Lake Union/Amazon Publishing (June 18, 2024)  Language:  English  ISBN-10:  1662519044 ISBN-13:  978-1662519048 ⬅️   Click Photo for Pre-Order Information      “ When her nineteen-year marriage ends, stay-at-home mom Effie Baker takes the first step into her new life with an extreme makeover. She assumes she’ll wake up with a renewed sense of confidence, not a vision of country music icon Patsy Cline telling her she needs to “set things right.” But like everything else lately, the last thing Effie expected is exactly what she gets.   Although the message is cryptic, Effie is certain it must have something to do with her grandmother, Lolly, who idolized the singer. While Lolly’s past may hold the key to her granddaughter’s future, it’s up to Effie to figure out what these connections mean on her own .   In the whirlwind of a new job, a mysterious str...

MY REVIEW     Paperback:  287 pages   Publisher:   Thomas & Mercer, Amazon Publishing (November 14, 2023)   Language:   English   ISBN:  1662511426 ISBN-13:   978-1662511424 ⬅️   Click Photo for Purchase Information  “ She’s a pariah with a killer past. Her bid to escape it is nothing short of terrifying in a heart-pounding novel of suspense by Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent.   Afton Teachout has been an outcast in her small town for twenty years―ever since she was accused of murdering her mother’s lover in a blackout fit of rage. That is, if one believes the malicious lies.   Living with her grandmother, working a hotel night shift, and relying on pills to get a day’s sleep, Afton is due a little luck. It comes in the form of an unexpected financial windfall. With her newfound wealth, Afton sets a secret plan in motion to help her only friend, Sydney, flee a toxic hu...

MY REVIEW     Paperback:  303 pages  Publisher:  Lake Union/Amazon Publishing (November 7, 2023)  Language:  English  ISBN-10:  1662511485 ISBN-13:  978- 1662511486 ⬅️   Click Photo for Purchase Information    “ The rescue of two missing boys in the Sierra Nevada mountains relies on unraveling the mysteries of the past in an addictive novel of heartrending suspense.   After inheriting his uncle’s lodge, Silas Matheson hopes the grandeur of the California Sierra Nevada will be a fresh start for his two young sons, and a chance to finally face his demons. It was here, fifteen years ago, that Silas and his friends Jessica, Danny, and Meg ventured into the mountain wilderness and Jessica vanished without a trace. When his boys go missing in the same dark woods, the fear and guilt that Silas has been running from ever since come crashing back.   Silas’s panicked call brings in the local search-and-rescue un...