“I have always been happiest when hiding inside a story.” I found this audiobook on Spotify while browsing for something under 15 hours – long enough to get invested, but not overwhelming.  I also liked the narrators right away, which made it an easy yes.  The premise hooked me immediately: a woman comes home to discover she’s been replaced. That unsettling idea alone was enough to pull me in and keep me listening. Storygraph // Goodreads Quick Summary Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, Spyglass, an…

“My life vastly improved once both those men were gone. Men don’t protect us, not really. They only protect themselves, or each other. The only thing men ever protected me from was happiness.” Summary In a tiny Texas town, Lucy and Savannah “savvy” are two best friends living picture perfect lives. Lucy is married tp a handsome a wealthy man, while Savvy is the social butterfly.  Until Savvy is murdered, and Lucy is found covered in her blood. Even though Lucy was declared not guilty, she’s since fled to LA to start over. But her past won’t seem to leave her alone. Podcaster Ben Owens brings interest back to Savvy’s…

“We trust people based on the strangest, most arbitrary things, none of which have any bearing on whether or not you are inherently good.” Summary On a steep cliff, stands a cottage. Gabe and Pippa’s dream home, located in a sleepy coastal town. Their house may be idyllic but hides a sinister secret. The steep cliffs are a popular spot for people to end their lives. Night after night, Gabe talks one after another off of the edge. Until one day, he doesn’t. Pippa soon learns Gabe knew the victim. Did the victim willingly end their own life or did Gabe do the pushing? And would Gabe, Pippa’s soulmate and…

I don’t think I even read this book. I simply devoured it in a day. The intriguing storyline and fantastically wrapped up ending live rent-free in my head. Goodreads / Amazon Summary Brighton Hills is touted as an exclusive community with the perfect mix of luxury and natural beauty, located on the Oregon coast. Magazine-worthy homes nestled beneath beautiful Douglas firs, with lush backyards that lead down to the lakefront. It’s the kind of place where neighbors look out for neighbors. Even if some look a little too closely sometimes. Cora believes her husband Finn is cheating on her and needs to catch him in the act. This is where…

The rules are really simple. Listen carefully, do your research, trust no one, and run for your life. So, will you play? Summary Harriet “Harry” Reed is a novelist on the brink of stardom and her fiance, Edward, is almost too good to be true. Just as Harry settles into the bliss that is her life with Edward, his family interrupts with a reappearance, wanting nothing more than to bring Edward and Harry into the fold. Edward’s family is the embodiment of old American money. For decades, they have dominated the headlines and pulled all sorts of devious strings. Edward left it all behind to forge his own path, but…

Would you defend your husband if he was accused of murdering his mistress? Summary At 33 years old, Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington, D.C. She has been named partner at her firm and her hardworking is paying off. Unlike her husband Adam, who is a struggling writer. Adam has very little success in his career and begins to tire of his relationship with his wife, Sarah, as she is constantly working. In the secluded woods is where Adam and Sarah’s second home is located. A cabin on a lake, meant to be a vacation spot. Instead, it is a place where Adam is in…

This book is Desperate Housewives meets Big Little Lies. If you enjoyed either of those shows, then let’s chat about One of Us Is Dead by Jeneva Rose, because I have some thoughts. Summary This story centers around four women in the town of Buckhead. A place of luxury and opulence. Expensive cars, enormous houses, and friendships built on competition. The previous queen bee of Buckhead, Shannon, is now an outcast after being unceremoniously left by her politician ex-husband Bryce. Who traded her in for a much younger woman, Shannon has her eyes set on revenge. The woman who replaced Shannon? A woman named Crystal. A young woman from Texas…

An elderly couple who previously lived in your home shows up one evening, not long after you have moved in. They want to look around and relieve some of their best memories in their old home. What you originally believed to be your dream home, soon becomes the last place you feel safe. TW: Discussions of the murder of a child. I listened to We Used To Live Here by Daniel Hurst as an audiobook, read by Adam Goodwin and Deidra Whelan. Adam Goodwin and Deidre Whelan do a fantastic job of narrating We Used To Live Here and I’d recommend listening to the audiobook for this reason. It is…

You’ve just met the man you think could be “the one” and then the world shuts down due do COVID-19. He’s offered for you to move in with him. But you’ve only been on one date, what do you decide to do? TW: Child death/murder, violence, blood, bullying, toxic relationship, and suicide was mentioned. Summary Ciara and Oliver move in together without telling anyone. Now one of them is dead. 56 Days ago, Ciara and Oliver meet for the first time in a supermarket line. Right as COVID-19 reaches Ireland and the world is forced to shut down. 35 Days ago as lockdown looms over Ciara and Oliver, Oliver suggests…

A young woman goes missing. Then another woman and her young daughter. What is the connection? How will those closest to them find them and bring them home? Secrets float near the surface waiting to be revealed, but how can they know who to trust? Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica is a domestic thriller about the little strings that connect us to each other. Nothing and no one in this novel are ever really what they seem. Summary A young mother, Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Soon after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish too. Their close proximity to one another shakes the community.…