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Summary from Goodreads What if you discovered that everything you thought you knew about yourself was a lie? Rylee is fifteen. She comes home from school one afternoon to find the most shocking thing possible - her father dead, with a knife through his heart, and a key clutched in his hand. Her mother's purse is on the counter, but she appears to be long gone. A message in blood is written on the floor... RUN. With her brother in tow, Rylee begins a dark journey, one that will uncover horrific and chilling crimes and lead her to an unexpected and gruesome discovery about her real father and what - or who - is behind his insatiable desire to kill. By the journey's end Rylee's childhood is a long way behind her... RUN is the first title in the new Vengeance series, following Rylee as she begins to piece together the story of her life and to avenge unpunished crimes - starting with her own. This is DEXTER with a feisty female protagonist unlike any other in contem...

Summary from Goodreads Kenzi Shaw knows the plot of her life down to the last line - the career she's building as an up-and-coming marketing exec, the gorgeous fiancé (Bradley) she'll marry in a fairytale wedding, the children they'll raise in her dream home. But when heart-breaking ex Shane comes back into her life, life starts going off the script . .  Shane tries to win Kenzi over by re-enacting all the rom-com movies they used to watch together - Sleepless in Seattle, Bridget Jones's Diary, Pretty Woman and Dirty Dancing to name a few. He's just a guy, standing in front of a girl, asking her to trust him again. But has he really changed? Not only is her head in a spin over Shane, but now her job is on the line. And with her perfect sister-in-law showing up every tiny thing Kenzi does wrong, she feels like she's permanently in the corner. Should she risk her sensible life for the chance of a Happy Ever After? One thing's certain, when Shane ...

Summary from Goodreads Once you've heard them, you'll never forget them . . . In the scorching summer of 1976 - the hottest since records began - Christopher Norton, his wife Laura and their young daughter Faye settle into their new home in north London. The faded glory of the Victorian house is the perfect place for Norton, a composer of film soundtracks, to build a recording studio of his own. But soon in the long, oppressively hot nights, Laura begins to hear something through the crackle of the baby monitor. First, a knocking sound. Then come the voices . . . Paperback: 400 pages   Publisher: Pan (8 May 2014)     My Review The Voices is an utterly engrossing tale that is ever so creepy in places! Tallis writes fantastically and I think the subtle way he plays out the chilling details makes things all the more sinister. I loved how the story built slowly, giving little hints but never giving away too much. I never had any clue which direction the stor...

 "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking The Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.   This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:   Four: A Divergent Collection  by Veronica Roth Summary from Amazon UK Fans of the Divergent series by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by this collection of short stories told from Four’s perspective! DIVERGENT – a major motion picture in 2014. This collection of short stories explores the world of the Divergent series through the eyes of the mysterious but charismatic Tobias Eaton, revealing previously unknown secrets of his personality and intriguing backstory. See how it all began for Four… Features the following stories: ‘The Transfer’, ‘The Initiate’, ‘The Son’, ‘The Traitor’ plus the knife-throwing scene known as ‘Free Four’ . Paperback: 256 pages   Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks (2 ...

Summary from Goodreads When Sky falls from Blackfin Pier and drowns on her sixteenth birthday, the whole town goes into mourning – until she shows up three months later like nothing happened. Unravelling the mystery of those missing months takes Sky to the burned-out circus in the woods, where whispers of murder and kidnapping begin to reveal the town’s secrets. But Sky’s not the only one digging up the past – the old mime from the circus knows what happened to her, and he has more than one reason for keeping quiet about it. Paperback , 328 pages Published May 14th 2014 by Firefly Press My Review   Blackfin Sky is a gorgeously absorbing debut that has a lot of fabulous characters, hauntingly creepy scenes and an intriguing mystery. It also has lots of really interesting little quirks that make it truly memorable!   The thing that I loved the most were all those thrilling little moments and the mystery that cloaked everything. Nothing was ever certain a...

Summary from Goodreads Rush promised her forever... but promises can be broken. Torn between his love for his family and his love for Blaire, Rush has to find a way to save one without losing the other. In the end one has to be more important. Letting go isn’t easy. Blaire believed in her fairytale... but no one can live in a fantasy. Her love for Rush and desire to have a family keep her believing that they can find a way for this to work. Until she has to make the right decision for her and the baby. Even if it breaks her heart. Can they find the forever that they both want or has it all just gone... too far? Paperback , UK/AUS , 262 pages Published June 10th 2013 by Simon & Schuster UK (first published June 9th 2013)  My Review   I have been loving getting to know Rush and Blaire over the series. Their journey has been a thing of beauty, admittedly I didn't like this instalment as much as the other...

Summary from Goodreads Flashes is the first in a new series of YA paranormal crime novels in which a 17-year-old girl cannot help seeing glimpses of dead people who seem to want her aid - much to the consternation of her boyfriend, who has just started work for the local CID. ***This is the full paperback novel--which was originally released in three separate parts over the course of three months via ebook. Paperback , 352 pages Published June 5th 2014 by Chicken House Ltd  My Review Wow! Flashes is an extraordinary crime/thriller with a fantastic supernatural twist. I loved so much about it and the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because I sussed out the mystery quite early on. Saying that, it still thrilled and excited me seeing everything unravel for main character, Charley. I really really liked Charley. She's a bit of a loaner but is strong willed and really down-to-earth. After the death of her best-friend, her life seems to fall in around h...

Beyond the Door Blog Tour What have I learned about the world from myth as a writer and a reader? Since writing Beyond the Door and The Peculiars I’ve been thinking about why myth matters. During this tour I’ve blogged in the U.S and U.K. about six things I’ve learned from mythic stories that have inspired me. The links are below in case you missed any! Today I’m sharing some of the books that have inspired me. Favorite Mythic Stories When I was small my mother read me stories from The Tall Book of Make Believe ( http://www.amazon.com/Tall-Book-Make-Believe-Jane-Werner/dp/0060265051 ) and Andrew Lang’s classic fairytale books. When I went to the library I always headed straight to the fairytale section. Those early stories had a huge impact on me. For years I remembered snatches of a story about a girl who jumped rope (skipped) with fairies. She could jump through a key hole and land on a spiderweb without breaking it.   It was years before I found it again: Elsie Piddock Ski...