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Won’t You Come and Save Me, Oh Soldier

“The actress might be dead, but her voice keeps singing to him…

Something about that murdered woman got to the detective. She was a missing person he was tracing – a young starlet – but by the time he found her, she was a bloated corpse on a dockside. One moonless night she’d been beaten, strangled and dumped in the Thames.

Her gangster boyfriend thinks he’s got away with murder, but the detective is coming for him. The need for revenge burning at his soul. He might look like an average man,...

Death at the Seaside

“Nothing was going to ruin Castle’s holiday.

Except for the mocking laughter of the dead.

Castle was anticipating a lovely break at the seaside. His glamorous film star mistress was even joining him.

However, an unexpected encounter leaves Castle reeling. There’s a chance that someone knows his darkest secret and no matter what, he’s going to have to deal with it.

All his life, Castle has been the luckiest bloke he knew.

That luck might be about to run out”

I got an ARC of this book.

This bo...

Certain Danger

“What are those voices from the past? And why are they screaming at her? It all started when she witnessed a car crash. A brutal smash which left a gorgeous young couple dead. But for Alice, it reawakened strange memories of childhood: a sinister old house, a dead boy in the woods and an other-worldly power lurking forever in the darkness. Desperate to make sense of the bizarre pictures in her mind, Alice’s enquires lead her to a hidden away clinic in the Surrey Hills. Within those walls thou...

Call of the Mandrake

“What terrible secrets are the town’s women hiding?

Beddnic, on the South Wales coast, has shut itself off from the outside world. Days after a number of its men were reported missing, the road in was closed and all communications ceased. No strangers are welcome there anymore.

Now, two agents – Ludo and Garris – are venturing across the water, anxious to know what’s going on and desperate to help. And no amount of threats or horrors will make them turn back. The awful curse which has befalle...

Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place (A Transgender Memoir)

“When Jackson Bird was twenty-five, he came out as transgender to his friends, family, and anyone in the world with an internet connection. Assigned female at birth and having been raised a girl, he often wondered if he should have been born a boy. Jackson didn’t share this thought with anyone because he didn’t think he could share it with anyone. Growing up in Texas in the 1990s, he had no transgender role models. He barely remembers meeting anyone who was openly gay, let alone being taught...

Breath of Flowers; vol 2

“Azami does not understand her friends’ fascination with yuri and yaoi. She’s only attracted to boys, especially the handsome Gwen, who she’s had eyes on since the beginning of the year. Intelligent, sporty, attractive and just a little older than Azami, he’s the ideal boyfriend. But everything Azami believes comes crashing down when she finds out that Gwen is actually a girl! This is volume 2 of the series.”

I got an ARC of this book.

I don’t really know why I asked for the second book, kno...

The Stone Rainbow

“Seventeen-year-old Jack Pedersen is finding life complicated ever since he came out to his mom. Even though she’s been doing her best to be understanding, it’s obvious to Jack that his mom still wants to cry every time she says the word gay. Complications go into hyperdrive when a new student arrives at school, and Jack starts experiencing feelings he’s never allowed himself to feel before. When a near tragedy turns life upside down, Jack realizes it’s time to stop hiding from himself and ev...

Dark Age

“For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will another legend rise to take his place?

Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile, has returned to the Core. Determined to bring peace back to mankind at the edge of his sword, he must overco...

This Is How You Lose the Time War

“Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. 

Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.

Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There’s still...

Results of Reader’s Choice Picks for August 2019!

Hello, everyone! : )

As promised, here are the results as of this morning (August 21st- I didn’t finish adding the pictures and links until today so this post is a few days late)! 103 readers voted and here are the books that they chose; the links will take to each book’s respective goodreads page.

Tied for 16th place-

Crazy  by Han Nolan The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Storms by Marion Roberts Alexander Hamilton’s Guide to Life by Jeff Wilser

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Tied for 15t...